Popular baby names in Ohio, 1945

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1945 were Mary for girls (2,680 babies) and James for boys (3,976). Social Security records list 122,744 babies born in Ohio in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1945

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: 97 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jayne: 43 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Saundra: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patti: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Molly: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patty: 98 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Timothy: 423 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dave: 106 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tim: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tom: 271 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	2,680	–	1
2	Linda	2,224	↑1	2
3	Barbara	2,020	↓1	3
4	Carol	1,850	↑1	5
5	Patricia	1,843	↓1	4
6	Sandra	1,500	–	6
7	Sharon	1,428	↑1	8
8	Judith	1,330	↑1	9
9	Karen	1,328	↑1	16
10	Nancy	1,238	↓3	7
11	Susan	1,088	↑2	10
12	Donna	962	–	17
13	Judy	959	↓2	13
14	Carolyn	873	↑1	12
15	Janet	863	↓1	20
16	Kathleen	825	–	19
17	Margaret	760	↑4	15
18	Shirley	751	–	14
19	Joyce	749	↓2	18
20	Betty	695	↓1	11
21	Diane	629	↑5	22
22	Marilyn	621	↓2	27
23	Cheryl	619	↓1	32
24	Ruth	563	↓1	33
25	Beverly	523	–	37
26	Bonnie	521	↓2	35
27	Jane	510	↑9	36
28	Janice	491	↑1	24
29	Gloria	454	↑5	23
30	Joan	437	↓3	25
31	Diana	430	↑15	43
32	Martha	428	↑1	30
33	Dorothy	421	↓5	21
34	Jean	403	↑1	38
35	Connie	399	↑3	47
36	Virginia	387	↓5	28
37	Pamela	386	↑3	42
38	Elizabeth	367	↓6	26
39	Sue	350	↓2	66
40	Helen	348	↓1	31
41	Phyllis	338	↓11	40
42	Elaine	316	↑3	44
43	Carole	292	↓1	51
44	Sally	285	↓3	64
45	Ann	281	↑4	39
46	Lois	275	↑1	48
47	Rita	270	↓3	59
48	Roberta	266	new	75
49	Darlene	262	new	71
50	Frances	256	↓7	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	3,976	–	1
2	Robert	3,781	–	2
3	John	3,561	–	3
4	William	2,694	–	4
5	Richard	2,567	–	5
6	David	2,470	–	6
7	Thomas	2,135	–	8
8	Michael	1,762	↑3	9
9	Charles	1,645	↓1	7
10	Ronald	1,479	↓1	10
11	Gary	1,436	↑1	13
12	Larry	1,434	↑1	11
13	Donald	1,353	↓3	12
14	Kenneth	992	–	16
15	Paul	941	–	17
16	Joseph	937	–	14
17	Dennis	896	↑1	19
18	George	850	↓1	15
19	Jerry	748	–	20
20	Edward	726	–	18
21	Roger	725	–	22
22	Daniel	613	–	24
23	Terry	561	↑4	33
24	Jack	495	↑1	32
25	Raymond	472	↓1	23
26	Gerald	460	↓3	25
27	Frank	459	↓1	21
28	Timothy	423	↑10	70
29	Carl	422	↓1	39
30	Stephen	409	↑2	26
31	Lawrence	385	↓1	30
32	Harold	370	↓3	28
33	Douglas	329	↑1	29
34	Walter	325	↑1	27
35	Ralph	323	↓4	44
36	Dale	318	–	61
37	Harry	305	↓4	47
38	Alan	275	new	52
39	Fred	274	↓2	51
40	Tom	271	–	89
41	Wayne	261	↓2	35
42	Bruce	252	–	48
43	Arthur	242	↓2	34
44	Jim	234	↓1	68
45	Roy	229	↑4	40
46	Philip	224	new	58
47	Howard	223	↓2	54
48	Bill	213	↓1	66
49	Danny	211	new	56
50	Russell	205	↓6	64

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