Popular baby names in Ohio, 1941

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1941 were Mary for girls (2,723 babies) and James for boys (3,678). Social Security records list 116,631 babies born in Ohio in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1941

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

Girls

Sandy: 75 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Patti: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Saundra: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sondra: 90 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Darla: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Patty: 118 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Becky: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sue: 333 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jill: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kaye: 37 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 123 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tom: 312 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Terrence: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tim: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Timothy: 170 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ron: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Merle: 50 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Myron: 61 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	2,723	–	1
2	Barbara	2,281	–	2
3	Patricia	2,211	–	3
4	Carol	1,913	–	4
5	Judith	1,700	–	6
6	Linda	1,515	↑1	5
7	Nancy	1,488	↓1	8
8	Sandra	1,433	–	9
9	Judy	1,096	–	16
10	Janet	1,021	↑1	18
11	Carolyn	938	↑4	11
12	Joyce	880	–	13
13	Betty	848	–	7
14	Sharon	844	↑9	15
15	Donna	823	↓1	20
16	Shirley	812	↓6	10
17	Karen	805	↑10	19
18	Marilyn	681	↓1	30
19	Margaret	667	↓3	12
20	Ruth	653	↓2	28
21	Beverly	635	↓1	29
22	Susan	598	↑3	27
23	Joan	588	↓4	17
24	Janice	582	↓3	22
25	Bonnie	570	↑5	33
26	Phyllis	519	↓2	35
27	Dorothy	485	↓5	14
28	Kathleen	468	↑8	36
29	Virginia	451	↓3	23
30	Jean	442	↑1	32
31	Martha	423	↓2	25
32	Elizabeth	383	↑5	21
33	Helen	381	↓5	24
34	Gloria	360	↑1	26
35	Diane	346	↑7	40
36	Carole	338	↓4	48
37	Lois	337	↓4	43
38	Sally	333	↑8	61
39	Sue	333	↑1	75
40	Jane	308	↑1	46
41	Frances	305	↑3	31
42	Joanne	303	↑5	54
43	Elaine	297	new	44
44	Ann	288	↓6	37
45	Kay	283	new	70
46	Alice	271	↓12	34
47	Norma	267	↓8	47
48	Peggy	265	new	39
49	Marlene	262	↑1	83
50	Rose	254	↓5	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	3,678	↑1	1
2	Robert	3,660	↓1	2
3	John	3,127	–	3
4	William	2,628	–	4
5	Richard	2,395	–	5
6	David	2,334	–	7
7	Thomas	1,746	↑1	8
8	Ronald	1,710	↑1	9
9	Charles	1,701	↓2	6
10	Larry	1,512	↑1	11
11	Donald	1,435	↓1	10
12	Gary	1,036	↑3	19
13	Paul	983	↓1	18
14	Kenneth	977	↓1	15
15	Jerry	972	↓1	14
16	George	905	–	13
17	Joseph	869	–	12
18	Michael	869	–	16
19	Edward	739	–	17
20	Gerald	621	–	20
21	Roger	619	–	25
22	Dennis	582	↑4	23
23	Jack	550	↑1	32
24	Frank	530	↓1	21
25	Raymond	488	↓3	22
26	Carl	474	↓1	29
27	Daniel	464	–	31
28	Ralph	396	↑2	38
29	Harold	395	↓1	24
30	Lawrence	386	↓1	34
31	Harry	329	↑3	48
32	Dale	323	↑1	59
33	Fred	322	↓2	43
34	Tom	312	↑1	88
35	Walter	295	↓3	26
36	Terry	289	↑6	64
37	Stephen	284	new	41
38	Arthur	274	–	33
39	Wayne	263	↓2	37
40	Philip	251	↑6	52
41	Bill	245	↑2	68
42	Eugene	239	↓3	42
43	Albert	237	↑1	40
44	Howard	234	↓8	47
45	Norman	234	↓5	49
46	Bruce	229	↑1	51
47	Joe	228	↑3	30
48	Anthony	220	↓7	46
49	Russell	201	↓1	75
50	Jim	200	↓1	80

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