Popular baby names in Ohio, 1950

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1950 were Linda for girls (4,474 babies) and James for boys (4,814). Social Security records list 175,949 babies born in Ohio in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1950

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

Girls

Saundra: 54 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	4,474	–	1
2	Mary	3,321	–	2
3	Patricia	2,633	–	3
4	Barbara	2,399	–	4
5	Deborah	2,245	↑7	7
6	Susan	2,207	↓1	5
7	Karen	1,922	–	12
8	Nancy	1,762	↑2	6
9	Sandra	1,654	↓3	8
10	Sharon	1,652	↑1	11
11	Kathleen	1,628	↓2	10
12	Carol	1,579	↓4	9
13	Pamela	1,188	↑2	17
14	Donna	1,144	↓1	13
15	Janet	1,103	↑1	18
16	Diane	999	↑1	16
17	Judith	997	↓3	21
18	Cynthia	900	↑3	23
19	Brenda	899	↑1	14
20	Margaret	876	↓1	15
21	Cheryl	872	↓3	29
22	Rebecca	848	↑2	36
23	Joyce	799	–	27
24	Christine	731	↑7	28
25	Shirley	731	↓3	19
26	Beverly	716	–	31
27	Kathy	712	↑5	38
28	Bonnie	679	↑1	33
29	Carolyn	678	↓4	20
30	Elizabeth	660	↑4	24
31	Janice	632	↓1	22
32	Diana	609	↑1	47
33	Marilyn	606	↓6	37
34	Jane	578	↑3	39
35	Judy	571	↓7	25
36	Connie	559	↓1	44
37	Betty	510	↓1	26
38	Catherine	495	↑4	34
39	Peggy	487	↑2	41
40	Kathryn	464	↑3	46
41	Martha	457	↓1	32
42	Ruth	445	↓4	49
43	Debra	427	new	59
44	Jacqueline	408	↑4	55
45	Vicki	405	new	61
46	Jean	403	↓1	48
47	Rita	401	↑2	56
48	Paula	400	↓2	54
49	Cathy	395	new	75
50	Marcia	393	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	4,814	–	1
2	Robert	4,706	↑1	2
3	John	4,591	↓1	3
4	Michael	4,009	↑1	4
5	David	3,998	↓1	5
6	William	3,526	–	6
7	Thomas	3,162	–	8
8	Richard	3,142	–	7
9	Gary	2,292	↑1	10
10	Charles	2,103	↓1	9
11	Ronald	1,788	–	12
12	Donald	1,689	–	14
13	Larry	1,584	–	11
14	Dennis	1,453	↑4	17
15	Kenneth	1,452	↓1	15
16	Daniel	1,339	↑1	21
17	Joseph	1,330	↓2	13
18	Paul	1,257	↓2	18
19	Steven	1,192	↑2	16
20	Mark	1,142	↑3	23
21	Stephen	1,089	↓2	19
22	Timothy	1,045	↓2	32
23	Gregory	1,018	↑4	25
24	Edward	905	↓2	22
25	George	901	↓1	20
26	Terry	840	↓1	30
27	Roger	824	↓1	27
28	Douglas	810	↑1	28
29	Bruce	746	↑1	26
30	Jerry	707	↓2	24
31	Jeffrey	684	↑1	43
32	Dale	651	↓1	49
33	Raymond	628	–	31
34	Lawrence	590	↑1	33
35	Frank	585	↓1	29
36	Gerald	526	–	34
37	Patrick	499	↑2	38
38	Jack	494	–	48
39	Anthony	436	↑1	36
40	Carl	415	↓3	44
41	Danny	395	↑2	39
42	Alan	391	↑5	41
43	Ralph	371	↓2	52
44	Wayne	350	–	35
45	Philip	341	↑1	53
46	Harold	337	↓4	45
47	Walter	331	↓2	40
48	Keith	323	new	78
49	Frederick	298	new	75
50	Craig	286	new	69

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