Popular baby names in Ohio, 1942

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1942 were Mary for girls (3,036 babies) and James for boys (4,295). Social Security records list 134,170 babies born in Ohio in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1942

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: 122 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Patti: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sondra: 112 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Saundra: 101 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Becky: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Darla: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sue: 394 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patty: 126 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dianna: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gretchen: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Tim: 69 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dave: 135 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tom: 335 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Timothy: 264 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jan: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	3,036	–	1
2	Barbara	2,599	–	2
3	Patricia	2,208	–	3
4	Carol	2,138	–	5
5	Linda	2,083	↑1	4
6	Sandra	1,747	↑2	6
7	Nancy	1,714	–	8
8	Judith	1,702	↓3	7
9	Sharon	1,326	↑5	11
10	Karen	1,258	↑7	16
11	Carolyn	1,141	–	10
12	Judy	1,135	↓3	15
13	Janet	1,057	↓3	19
14	Joyce	1,054	↓2	13
15	Donna	1,028	–	20
16	Betty	884	↓3	9
17	Shirley	811	↓1	12
18	Susan	811	↑4	21
19	Margaret	790	–	14
20	Marilyn	750	↓2	27
21	Beverly	722	–	32
22	Joan	721	↑1	18
23	Ruth	674	↓3	33
24	Kathleen	664	↑4	24
25	Bonnie	656	–	34
26	Janice	581	↓2	25
27	Carole	555	↑9	35
28	Diane	529	↑7	28
29	Phyllis	508	↓3	37
30	Virginia	496	↓1	23
31	Dorothy	488	↓4	17
32	Martha	432	↓1	29
33	Helen	412	–	26
34	Elizabeth	407	↓2	22
35	Jean	407	↓5	36
36	Gloria	402	↓2	31
37	Sue	394	↑2	73
38	Sally	380	–	56
39	Lois	365	↓2	44
40	Jane	353	–	46
41	Elaine	350	↑2	45
42	Ann	336	↑2	38
43	Alice	320	↑3	39
44	Connie	318	new	70
45	Joanne	314	↓3	48
46	Rita	308	new	55
47	Frances	305	↓6	30
48	Kay	296	↓3	75
49	Roberta	286	new	66
50	Diana	285	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	4,295	–	1
2	Robert	4,134	–	2
3	John	3,619	–	3
4	William	3,101	–	4
5	Richard	2,659	–	5
6	David	2,549	–	6
7	Thomas	2,215	–	8
8	Charles	1,938	↑1	7
9	Ronald	1,912	↓1	9
10	Larry	1,628	–	12
11	Donald	1,537	–	10
12	Gary	1,311	–	18
13	Michael	1,294	↑5	13
14	Kenneth	1,083	–	15
15	Paul	1,043	↓2	19
16	Joseph	1,018	↑1	11
17	Jerry	967	↓2	16
18	George	924	↓2	14
19	Edward	863	–	17
20	Dennis	861	↑2	20
21	Roger	696	–	25
22	Gerald	670	↓2	22
23	Frank	603	↑1	21
24	Raymond	589	↑1	24
25	Daniel	580	↑2	28
26	Jack	562	↓3	34
27	Carl	536	↓1	36
28	Douglas	494	new	23
29	Harold	436	–	27
30	Ralph	428	↓2	38
31	Terry	413	↑5	52
32	Lawrence	409	↓2	30
33	Walter	382	↑2	26
34	Dale	373	↓2	63
35	Stephen	363	↑2	32
36	Fred	354	↓3	46
37	Tom	335	↓3	89
38	Harry	329	↓7	48
39	Bruce	309	↑7	50
40	Arthur	291	↓2	29
41	Wayne	290	↓2	41
42	Albert	283	↑1	40
43	Eugene	281	↓1	45
44	Howard	278	–	49
45	Jim	277	↑5	74
46	Anthony	266	↑2	44
47	Timothy	264	new	>100
48	Bill	259	↓7	65
49	Russell	250	–	70
50	Norman	238	↓5	53

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