Popular baby names in Ohio, 1949

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1949 were Linda for girls (5,150 babies) and James for boys (4,921). Social Security records list 178,023 babies born in Ohio in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1949

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

Girls

Patti: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sondra: 52 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dale: 691 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Timothy: 989 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Terrence: 126 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	5,150	–	1
2	Mary	3,378	–	2
3	Patricia	2,641	↑1	3
4	Barbara	2,438	↓1	4
5	Susan	2,247	–	5
6	Sandra	1,869	–	6
7	Karen	1,829	–	11
8	Carol	1,786	↑2	8
9	Kathleen	1,768	↑2	9
10	Nancy	1,758	↓1	7
11	Sharon	1,651	↓3	10
12	Deborah	1,602	↑7	15
13	Donna	1,307	↓1	12
14	Judith	1,222	↓1	16
15	Pamela	1,156	↓1	21
16	Janet	1,030	↑2	23
17	Diane	999	↓1	19
18	Cheryl	970	↓3	28
19	Margaret	954	↑1	14
20	Brenda	828	↑11	13
21	Cynthia	826	↑1	27
22	Shirley	818	↑2	18
23	Joyce	813	↓2	26
24	Rebecca	803	↑9	40
25	Carolyn	794	↓8	17
26	Beverly	780	↓1	31
27	Marilyn	700	↑1	33
28	Judy	688	↓5	20
29	Bonnie	675	–	35
30	Janice	667	↓3	24
31	Christine	660	↑4	30
32	Kathy	645	↑5	42
33	Diana	611	↓7	48
34	Elizabeth	608	↑2	25
35	Connie	569	↓5	43
36	Betty	564	↓2	22
37	Jane	560	↓5	41
38	Ruth	539	–	47
39	Gloria	484	↑3	29
40	Martha	474	–	34
41	Peggy	449	↓2	38
42	Catherine	439	↑8	37
43	Kathryn	433	new	52
44	Constance	421	new	83
45	Jean	417	↑1	45
46	Paula	410	↓1	55
47	Phyllis	410	↓4	50
48	Jacqueline	398	new	58
49	Rita	397	↓1	54
50	Joan	396	↓3	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	4,921	–	1
2	John	4,819	↑1	3
3	Robert	4,764	↓1	2
4	David	4,040	–	6
5	Michael	3,883	↑1	5
6	William	3,592	↓1	4
7	Thomas	3,284	–	8
8	Richard	3,090	–	7
9	Charles	2,216	↑1	9
10	Gary	1,998	↑1	12
11	Ronald	1,976	↓2	11
12	Donald	1,708	↑1	13
13	Larry	1,684	↓1	10
14	Kenneth	1,467	–	15
15	Joseph	1,349	–	14
16	Paul	1,334	↑1	17
17	Daniel	1,315	↑1	22
18	Dennis	1,281	↓2	16
19	Stephen	1,038	↑2	19
20	Timothy	989	↑4	34
21	Steven	981	↑5	20
22	Edward	973	↓2	21
23	Mark	943	↑4	24
24	George	942	↓5	18
25	Terry	857	↓3	28
26	Roger	830	↓3	25
27	Gregory	783	↑1	31
28	Jerry	727	↓3	23
29	Douglas	713	↑7	29
30	Bruce	711	↓1	26
31	Dale	691	↑1	54
32	Jeffrey	656	↑6	48
33	Raymond	646	↓3	30
34	Frank	643	–	27
35	Lawrence	630	↓2	32
36	Gerald	536	↓1	33
37	Carl	505	–	43
38	Jack	488	↓7	47
39	Patrick	462	↑2	39
40	Anthony	427	↑3	36
41	Ralph	418	↓1	50
42	Harold	387	↓3	42
43	Danny	372	↓1	40
44	Wayne	370	↑1	35
45	Walter	362	↓1	37
46	Philip	359	↑2	55
47	Alan	346	↓1	45
48	Russell	308	new	69
49	Phillip	293	–	66
50	Arthur	289	new	44

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