Popular baby names in Ohio, 1946

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1946 were Mary for girls (3,333 babies) and James for boys (4,966). Social Security records list 158,052 babies born in Ohio in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1946

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: 142 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Saundra: 83 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Becky: 108 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Patty: 129 babies, 2× the national rate
Bonita: 121 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Denny: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Timothy: 575 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrence: 100 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rodger: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dave: 140 babies, 2× the national rate
Kim: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	3,333	–	1
2	Linda	2,974	–	2
3	Barbara	2,593	–	4
4	Patricia	2,509	↑1	3
5	Carol	2,251	↓1	5
6	Sandra	2,035	–	6
7	Sharon	1,939	–	9
8	Karen	1,834	↑1	15
9	Nancy	1,743	↑1	7
10	Susan	1,662	↑1	8
11	Judith	1,437	↓3	10
12	Donna	1,247	–	13
13	Kathleen	1,151	↑3	16
14	Judy	1,134	↓1	11
15	Janet	1,044	–	21
16	Cheryl	942	↑7	27
17	Carolyn	941	↓3	12
18	Joyce	888	↑1	20
19	Diane	875	↑2	19
20	Shirley	862	↓2	18
21	Margaret	804	↓4	17
22	Betty	782	↓2	14
23	Marilyn	732	↓1	29
24	Bonnie	712	↑2	33
25	Janice	712	↑3	22
26	Beverly	703	↓1	30
27	Pamela	629	↑10	34
28	Connie	589	↑7	45
29	Diana	537	↑2	42
30	Jane	534	↓3	35
31	Ruth	531	↓7	38
32	Sue	488	↑7	61
33	Jean	474	↑1	37
34	Virginia	467	↑2	31
35	Joan	464	↓5	28
36	Gloria	450	↓7	26
37	Cynthia	444	new	46
38	Phyllis	428	↑3	41
39	Elizabeth	427	↓1	25
40	Dorothy	422	↓7	23
41	Martha	414	↓9	32
42	Elaine	406	–	47
43	Sally	387	↑1	67
44	Darlene	376	↑5	71
45	Rebecca	376	new	68
46	Peggy	373	new	43
47	Ann	371	↓2	40
48	Brenda	359	new	24
49	Rita	342	↓2	56
50	Suzanne	335	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	4,966	–	1
2	Robert	4,873	–	2
3	John	4,403	–	3
4	Richard	3,532	↑1	5
5	William	3,358	↓1	4
6	David	3,274	–	6
7	Thomas	2,692	–	8
8	Michael	2,532	–	7
9	Ronald	2,039	↑1	10
10	Charles	1,994	↓1	9
11	Gary	1,870	–	12
12	Larry	1,656	–	11
13	Donald	1,561	–	13
14	Dennis	1,308	↑3	17
15	Paul	1,276	–	18
16	Kenneth	1,237	↓2	15
17	Joseph	1,166	↓1	14
18	George	991	–	16
19	Edward	893	↑1	19
20	Jerry	893	↓1	20
21	Terry	887	↑2	26
22	Daniel	875	–	21
23	Roger	823	↓2	23
24	Raymond	627	↑1	25
25	Jack	618	↓1	35
26	Frank	601	↑1	22
27	Stephen	589	↑3	24
28	Timothy	575	–	60
29	Gerald	562	↓3	27
30	Carl	519	↓1	39
31	Lawrence	518	–	31
32	Douglas	460	↑1	34
33	Bruce	458	↑9	32
34	Harold	444	↓2	33
35	Ralph	406	–	48
36	Dale	386	–	62
37	Gregory	383	new	56
38	Steven	382	new	28
39	Wayne	382	↑2	29
40	Danny	364	↑9	46
41	Fred	355	↓2	51
42	Walter	345	↓8	30
43	Jeffrey	326	new	78
44	Mark	323	new	58
45	Tom	316	↓5	87
46	Harry	313	↓9	50
47	Alan	312	↓9	49
48	Anthony	307	new	44
49	Patrick	304	new	59
50	Howard	300	↓3	55

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