Popular baby names in Ohio, 1951

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1951 were Linda for girls (4,107 babies) and Robert for boys (5,014). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 189,080 babies born in Ohio in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1951

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: 59 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Tim: 75 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	4,107	–	1
2	Mary	3,520	–	2
3	Patricia	3,198	–	3
4	Deborah	3,111	↑1	4
5	Susan	2,337	↑1	6
6	Barbara	2,324	↓2	5
7	Karen	2,123	–	8
8	Nancy	1,797	–	7
9	Sandra	1,708	–	9
10	Carol	1,629	↑2	11
11	Kathleen	1,620	–	10
12	Sharon	1,505	↓2	13
13	Pamela	1,363	–	16
14	Donna	1,191	–	12
15	Diane	1,179	↑1	15
16	Janet	1,132	↓1	19
17	Cynthia	1,033	↑1	20
18	Brenda	1,025	↑1	14
19	Debra	1,024	↑24	18
20	Judith	979	↓3	25
21	Rebecca	952	↑1	32
22	Margaret	906	↓2	17
23	Cheryl	869	↓2	30
24	Christine	837	–	24
25	Joyce	806	↓2	28
26	Kathy	767	↑1	35
27	Beverly	744	↓1	33
28	Janice	711	↑3	21
29	Elizabeth	685	↑1	23
30	Carolyn	682	↓1	22
31	Bonnie	654	↓3	37
32	Shirley	652	↓7	27
33	Connie	636	↑3	44
34	Diana	607	↓2	50
35	Jane	604	↓1	43
36	Marilyn	551	↓3	41
37	Denise	548	new	48
38	Vicki	547	↑7	58
39	Judy	538	↓4	26
40	Catherine	523	↓2	34
41	Peggy	491	↓2	40
42	Martha	488	↓1	38
43	Kathryn	484	↓3	45
44	Betty	478	↓7	29
45	Ruth	450	↓3	53
46	Gail	448	new	36
47	Cathy	426	↑2	71
48	Darlene	418	new	79
49	Jacqueline	414	↓5	56
50	Constance	407	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	5,014	↑1	2
2	James	4,979	↓1	1
3	John	4,687	–	3
4	Michael	4,423	–	4
5	David	4,267	–	5
6	William	3,646	–	6
7	Thomas	3,282	–	8
8	Richard	3,268	–	7
9	Gary	2,582	–	10
10	Charles	2,153	–	9
11	Ronald	1,777	–	12
12	Donald	1,775	–	15
13	Dennis	1,632	↑1	17
14	Larry	1,534	↓1	11
15	Kenneth	1,492	–	16
16	Steven	1,464	↑3	13
17	Mark	1,449	↑3	20
18	Joseph	1,425	↓1	14
19	Daniel	1,415	↓3	21
20	Timothy	1,284	↑2	28
21	Paul	1,280	↓3	18
22	Stephen	1,244	↓1	19
23	Gregory	1,057	–	25
24	Edward	1,030	–	23
25	George	982	–	22
26	Jeffrey	957	↑5	35
27	Douglas	922	↑1	27
28	Terry	907	↓2	30
29	Bruce	848	–	26
30	Jerry	789	–	24
31	Roger	768	↓4	29
32	Dale	693	–	49
33	Lawrence	626	↑1	33
34	Raymond	624	↓1	32
35	Frank	585	–	31
36	Jack	558	↑2	48
37	Patrick	531	–	39
38	Anthony	518	↑1	34
39	Gerald	502	↓3	36
40	Carl	455	–	43
41	Alan	435	↑1	40
42	Keith	420	↑6	59
43	Wayne	401	↑1	37
44	Harold	394	↑2	46
45	Danny	392	↓4	41
46	Ralph	389	↓3	51
47	Craig	379	↑3	63
48	Christopher	363	new	61
49	Scott	348	new	68
50	Philip	344	↓5	55

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