Popular baby names in Ohio, 1947

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1947 were Linda for girls (5,885 babies) and Robert for boys (5,427). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 184,900 babies born in Ohio in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1947

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: 149 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Saundra: 90 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sondra: 69 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jayne: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Timothy: 759 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Terrence: 123 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tim: 144 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rick: 118 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	5,885	↑1	1
2	Mary	3,563	↓1	2
3	Barbara	2,886	–	4
4	Patricia	2,866	–	3
5	Sandra	2,322	↑1	5
6	Carol	2,264	↓1	6
7	Nancy	2,052	↑2	7
8	Sharon	1,997	↓1	9
9	Karen	1,964	↓1	13
10	Susan	1,923	–	8
11	Donna	1,574	↑1	10
12	Judith	1,505	↓1	12
13	Kathleen	1,431	–	11
14	Diane	1,146	↑5	18
15	Cheryl	1,124	↑1	24
16	Judy	1,105	↓2	14
17	Janet	1,068	↓2	23
18	Carolyn	1,037	↓1	15
19	Joyce	1,026	↓1	20
20	Margaret	972	↑1	16
21	Pamela	962	↑6	28
22	Shirley	847	↓2	19
23	Marilyn	831	–	29
24	Beverly	761	↑2	31
25	Betty	755	↓3	17
26	Janice	752	↓1	22
27	Bonnie	738	↓3	35
28	Cynthia	705	↑9	33
29	Connie	663	↓1	43
30	Jane	651	–	36
31	Ruth	619	–	44
32	Diana	613	↓3	48
33	Elizabeth	569	↑6	25
34	Sue	517	↓2	69
35	Gloria	509	↑1	27
36	Martha	501	↑5	32
37	Brenda	496	↑11	21
38	Rebecca	494	↑7	52
39	Jean	490	↓6	40
40	Joan	485	↓5	30
41	Phyllis	485	↓3	37
42	Kathy	481	new	64
43	Deborah	472	new	62
44	Christine	469	new	45
45	Peggy	464	↑1	42
46	Virginia	464	↓12	34
47	Ann	435	–	41
48	Rita	430	↑1	60
49	Dorothy	417	↓9	26
50	Sally	412	↓7	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	5,427	↑1	2
2	James	5,311	↓1	1
3	John	5,255	–	3
4	David	4,143	↑2	6
5	William	3,883	–	4
6	Richard	3,751	↓2	5
7	Michael	3,230	↑1	7
8	Thomas	3,117	↓1	8
9	Ronald	2,189	–	11
10	Gary	2,169	↑1	12
11	Charles	2,159	↓1	9
12	Larry	2,108	–	10
13	Donald	1,694	–	13
14	Kenneth	1,477	↑2	15
15	Dennis	1,449	↓1	17
16	Paul	1,439	↓1	18
17	Joseph	1,344	–	14
18	Daniel	1,140	↑4	22
19	Edward	1,115	–	19
20	George	1,100	↓2	16
21	Terry	1,047	–	26
22	Jerry	903	↓2	20
23	Roger	870	–	25
24	Stephen	794	↑3	21
25	Timothy	759	↑3	52
26	Frank	697	–	23
27	Raymond	688	↓3	27
28	Jack	665	↓3	37
29	Gregory	649	↑8	33
30	Steven	640	↑8	24
31	Douglas	599	↑1	31
32	Gerald	585	↓3	28
33	Bruce	562	–	29
34	Lawrence	555	↓3	32
35	Mark	551	↑9	47
36	Carl	529	↓6	40
37	Dale	512	↓1	63
38	Ralph	505	↓3	50
39	Jeffrey	455	↑4	66
40	Harold	453	↓6	35
41	Wayne	445	↓2	30
42	Danny	444	↓2	39
43	Alan	409	↑4	45
44	Patrick	386	↑5	53
45	Walter	385	↓3	34
46	Anthony	375	↑2	41
47	Fred	375	↓6	56
48	Tom	365	↓3	87
49	Harry	362	↓3	54
50	Philip	348	new	57

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