Popular baby names in Ohio, 1944

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1944 were Mary for girls (2,885 babies) and James for boys (4,062). Social Security records list 122,371 babies born in Ohio in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1944

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

Girls

Noreen: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darla: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Becky: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sue: 380 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sandy: 78 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Patti: 34 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 126 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Timothy: 295 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Terrence: 59 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tom: 269 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	2,885	–	1
2	Barbara	2,002	–	2
3	Linda	1,968	–	3
4	Patricia	1,909	–	4
5	Carol	1,907	–	5
6	Sandra	1,593	–	6
7	Nancy	1,496	↑2	7
8	Sharon	1,495	–	8
9	Judith	1,482	↓2	9
10	Karen	1,255	–	16
11	Judy	1,021	–	12
12	Donna	1,011	–	17
13	Susan	921	↑2	13
14	Janet	895	–	21
15	Carolyn	883	↓2	11
16	Kathleen	788	↑5	20
17	Joyce	782	↓1	18
18	Shirley	767	↓1	15
19	Betty	727	↓1	10
20	Marilyn	716	–	27
21	Margaret	708	↓2	14
22	Cheryl	653	new	36
23	Ruth	597	↑1	32
24	Bonnie	581	↑1	34
25	Beverly	553	↓3	35
26	Diane	540	↓3	24
27	Joan	481	↓1	22
28	Dorothy	455	–	19
29	Janice	447	↓2	28
30	Phyllis	437	↑2	40
31	Virginia	428	↓1	26
32	Elizabeth	408	↑4	23
33	Martha	399	↓4	29
34	Gloria	397	↓3	25
35	Jean	392	↓2	37
36	Jane	380	↑5	41
37	Sue	380	–	62
38	Connie	354	↑2	51
39	Helen	339	↓4	31
40	Pamela	338	↑4	44
41	Sally	332	↓3	59
42	Carole	323	↓8	43
43	Frances	292	–	33
44	Rita	289	↑3	54
45	Elaine	285	↑4	46
46	Diana	276	–	60
47	Lois	272	↓8	47
48	Alice	269	↓6	38
49	Ann	257	↓4	39
50	Brenda	253	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	4,062	–	1
2	Robert	3,948	–	2
3	John	3,443	–	3
4	William	2,788	–	4
5	Richard	2,537	–	5
6	David	2,391	–	6
7	Thomas	2,063	–	8
8	Charles	1,768	–	7
9	Ronald	1,553	–	10
10	Donald	1,479	↑1	11
11	Michael	1,467	↑1	9
12	Gary	1,319	↑1	15
13	Larry	1,307	↓3	12
14	Kenneth	982	↑1	16
15	Paul	982	↓1	17
16	Joseph	874	↑1	13
17	George	835	↓1	14
18	Dennis	777	↑1	20
19	Jerry	743	↓1	19
20	Edward	696	–	18
21	Roger	660	–	23
22	Daniel	618	↑1	25
23	Gerald	539	↓1	24
24	Raymond	501	↑1	22
25	Jack	499	↑1	30
26	Frank	486	↓2	21
27	Terry	457	↑2	43
28	Carl	420	↓1	36
29	Harold	395	↑1	27
30	Lawrence	395	↑1	32
31	Ralph	388	↓3	42
32	Stephen	354	↑3	28
33	Harry	315	↑6	49
34	Douglas	312	↓2	34
35	Walter	303	↓2	26
36	Dale	300	↓2	61
37	Fred	298	↓1	47
38	Timothy	295	↑3	92
39	Wayne	278	↑4	37
40	Tom	269	↓3	87
41	Arthur	254	↓1	29
42	Bruce	252	↓4	51
43	Jim	246	↑1	68
44	Russell	239	new	63
45	Howard	233	–	53
46	Albert	229	↓4	44
47	Bill	226	↑3	66
48	Eugene	221	↑1	48
49	Roy	219	↓1	39
50	Norman	218	new	58

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