Popular baby names in Ohio, 1940

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1940 were Mary for girls (2,692 babies) and Robert for boys (3,443). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 106,858 babies born in Ohio in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1940

Names given at least 15 times in Ohio that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Patty: 135 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sondra: 110 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sandy: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sue: 308 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Saundra: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gretchen: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jill: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Susanne: 30 babies, 2× the national rate
Judie: 27 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Tim: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Terrence: 51 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dave: 92 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tom: 260 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jan: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Mary	2,692	–	1
2	Barbara	2,087	–	2
3	Patricia	1,926	–	3
4	Carol	1,759	–	6
5	Judith	1,661	↑1	4
6	Nancy	1,409	↓1	7
7	Linda	1,277	↑7	8
8	Sandra	1,129	↑3	10
9	Judy	921	↑7	16
10	Shirley	896	↓3	9
11	Janet	895	↓2	19
12	Joyce	893	↓2	13
13	Betty	842	↓5	5
14	Donna	765	↓2	23
15	Carolyn	735	↑4	15
16	Margaret	718	↓1	11
17	Marilyn	678	↓4	25
18	Ruth	677	–	24
19	Joan	615	↓2	14
20	Beverly	591	–	27
21	Janice	557	↑1	22
22	Dorothy	539	↑1	12
23	Sharon	528	↑2	17
24	Phyllis	518	↓3	33
25	Susan	464	↑8	36
26	Virginia	450	–	21
27	Karen	441	↑10	34
28	Helen	439	↓4	18
29	Martha	439	↓2	26
30	Bonnie	406	new	39
31	Jean	366	↓3	29
32	Carole	353	↓3	49
33	Lois	351	↓2	38
34	Alice	337	↑1	32
35	Gloria	337	new	30
36	Kathleen	332	new	40
37	Elizabeth	329	↓3	20
38	Ann	322	↑5	35
39	Norma	310	↓7	43
40	Sue	308	↑10	81
41	Jane	291	↓2	47
42	Diane	290	new	45
43	Doris	283	↓3	31
44	Frances	276	↓6	28
45	Rose	272	–	44
46	Sally	272	↓16	61
47	Joanne	267	↓6	54
48	Rita	255	new	70
49	Marjorie	248	↓5	64
50	Marlene	237	↓14	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Robert	3,443	–	2
2	James	3,289	–	1
3	John	2,925	–	3
4	William	2,410	–	4
5	Richard	2,326	–	5
6	David	1,961	–	7
7	Charles	1,586	–	6
8	Thomas	1,541	–	8
9	Ronald	1,485	–	10
10	Donald	1,423	–	9
11	Larry	1,361	–	13
12	Paul	954	↑1	17
13	Kenneth	911	↓1	15
14	Jerry	850	–	14
15	Gary	834	↑3	19
16	George	787	↓1	11
17	Joseph	787	↓1	12
18	Michael	696	↑1	18
19	Edward	667	↓2	16
20	Gerald	593	↑1	21
21	Roger	577	↓1	26
22	Raymond	536	↑1	22
23	Frank	500	↑1	20
24	Jack	496	↓2	29
25	Carl	444	↑1	32
26	Dennis	440	↑3	24
27	Daniel	416	↑1	34
28	Harold	408	↓3	23
29	Lawrence	362	↑4	36
30	Ralph	360	↓3	37
31	Fred	323	–	40
32	Walter	313	↓2	25
33	Dale	277	↓1	57
34	Harry	272	–	47
35	Tom	260	↑3	92
36	Howard	257	–	45
37	Wayne	256	↑2	39
38	Arthur	238	↑2	33
39	Eugene	230	↓4	38
40	Norman	226	↓3	48
41	Anthony	223	↑8	46
42	Terry	220	↑3	73
43	Bill	215	↓1	67
44	Albert	214	↓3	41
45	Don	213	↓2	62
46	Philip	204	new	60
47	Bruce	202	new	55
48	Russell	201	↓2	72
49	Jim	197	↓2	78
50	Joe	194	↓6	28

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