Popular baby names in Ohio, 1943

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1943 were Mary for girls (3,166 babies) and James for boys (4,291). Social Security records list 132,839 babies born in Ohio in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1943

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: 113 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Saundra: 91 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patty: 120 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patti: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sue: 368 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Darla: 34 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Ned: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tom: 320 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Timothy: 277 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nick: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dave: 113 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lowell: 83 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tim: 65 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Myron: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	3,166	–	1
2	Barbara	2,330	–	2
3	Linda	2,234	↑2	4
4	Patricia	2,171	↓1	3
5	Carol	2,156	↓1	5
6	Sandra	1,683	–	6
7	Judith	1,665	↑1	7
8	Sharon	1,665	↑1	8
9	Nancy	1,615	↓2	9
10	Karen	1,454	–	15
11	Judy	1,197	↑1	13
12	Donna	1,123	↑3	17
13	Carolyn	1,101	↓2	11
14	Janet	1,062	↓1	20
15	Susan	922	↑3	18
16	Joyce	910	↓2	16
17	Shirley	887	–	12
18	Betty	857	↓2	10
19	Margaret	782	–	14
20	Marilyn	733	–	27
21	Kathleen	694	↑3	22
22	Beverly	652	↓1	32
23	Diane	647	↑5	24
24	Ruth	641	↓1	33
25	Bonnie	585	–	34
26	Joan	555	↓4	21
27	Janice	516	↓1	26
28	Dorothy	458	↑3	19
29	Martha	445	↑3	29
30	Virginia	438	–	25
31	Gloria	420	↑5	30
32	Phyllis	418	↓3	39
33	Jean	415	↑2	36
34	Carole	410	↓7	42
35	Helen	409	↓2	28
36	Elizabeth	380	↓2	23
37	Sue	368	–	72
38	Sally	344	–	57
39	Lois	330	–	43
40	Connie	323	↑4	59
41	Jane	314	↓1	44
42	Alice	311	↑1	38
43	Frances	307	↑4	31
44	Pamela	307	new	54
45	Ann	300	↓3	37
46	Diana	299	↑4	62
47	Rita	292	↓1	52
48	Charlotte	287	new	47
49	Elaine	283	↓8	46
50	Roberta	280	↓1	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	4,291	–	1
2	Robert	4,221	–	2
3	John	3,621	–	3
4	William	3,054	–	4
5	Richard	2,796	–	5
6	David	2,598	–	6
7	Thomas	2,211	–	8
8	Charles	1,873	–	7
9	Ronald	1,867	–	9
10	Larry	1,555	–	12
11	Donald	1,522	–	11
12	Michael	1,408	↑1	10
13	Gary	1,263	↓1	16
14	Paul	1,131	↑1	19
15	Kenneth	1,125	↓1	15
16	George	975	↑2	14
17	Joseph	954	↓1	13
18	Jerry	899	↓1	17
19	Dennis	877	↑1	20
20	Edward	818	↓1	18
21	Roger	801	–	24
22	Gerald	673	–	23
23	Daniel	590	↑2	25
24	Frank	588	↓1	21
25	Raymond	584	↓1	22
26	Jack	578	–	34
27	Carl	479	–	33
28	Ralph	472	↑2	40
29	Terry	453	↑2	49
30	Harold	450	↓1	27
31	Lawrence	441	↑1	32
32	Douglas	395	↓4	28
33	Walter	389	–	26
34	Dale	362	–	59
35	Stephen	353	–	29
36	Fred	338	–	45
37	Tom	320	–	87
38	Bruce	308	↑1	51
39	Harry	296	↓1	50
40	Arthur	280	–	30
41	Timothy	277	↑6	99
42	Albert	270	–	43
43	Wayne	260	↓2	41
44	Jim	258	↑1	75
45	Howard	255	↓1	48
46	Anthony	246	–	44
47	Philip	241	new	57
48	Roy	238	new	38
49	Eugene	235	↓6	47
50	Bill	231	↓2	65

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