Popular baby names in Ohio, 1953

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1953 were Deborah for girls (3,461 babies) and Michael for boys (4,936). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 199,628 babies born in Ohio in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1953

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

Girls

Beth: 263 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 132 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rick: 340 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Deborah	3,461	↑2	3
2	Linda	3,444	↓1	2
3	Mary	3,371	↓1	1
4	Patricia	2,769	–	4
5	Susan	2,423	–	5
6	Barbara	2,322	–	6
7	Debra	2,138	↑2	7
8	Karen	2,021	↓1	9
9	Pamela	1,900	↑2	10
10	Nancy	1,790	↓2	8
11	Cynthia	1,644	↑4	12
12	Sandra	1,473	↓2	11
13	Sharon	1,447	–	15
14	Carol	1,383	–	16
15	Kathleen	1,377	↓3	14
16	Diane	1,202	–	17
17	Donna	1,182	–	13
18	Brenda	1,099	↑1	18
19	Rebecca	1,040	↑2	24
20	Janet	1,037	↓2	19
21	Kathy	921	↑2	23
22	Cheryl	853	↑3	28
23	Christine	847	↓3	32
24	Margaret	832	–	20
25	Joyce	826	↑1	26
26	Beverly	793	↑2	34
27	Denise	778	–	31
28	Judith	772	↓6	30
29	Elizabeth	659	↑1	21
30	Janice	641	↓1	22
31	Marilyn	615	↑3	36
32	Connie	614	–	47
33	Diana	612	↑4	55
34	Bonnie	595	↓3	45
35	Carolyn	583	–	25
36	Jane	574	↓3	43
37	Teresa	561	↑12	42
38	Paula	550	↑5	40
39	Judy	539	↓3	27
40	Catherine	514	–	35
41	Cathy	494	↓2	56
42	Darlene	491	new	75
43	Betty	488	↑3	33
44	Vicki	487	↓3	61
45	Shirley	484	↓7	29
46	Peggy	473	↓4	44
47	Gail	472	↑1	39
48	Kathryn	471	↓1	48
49	Joan	469	↓5	37
50	Jacqueline	442	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	4,936	↑3	3
2	James	4,917	↓1	2
3	Robert	4,863	↓1	1
4	David	4,689	↑1	5
5	John	4,482	↓2	4
6	William	3,616	↑1	6
7	Richard	3,552	↓1	7
8	Thomas	3,119	–	8
9	Gary	2,379	–	10
10	Charles	2,136	–	9
11	Mark	2,036	–	12
12	Donald	1,832	–	14
13	Steven	1,818	↑1	11
14	Ronald	1,702	↓1	15
15	Kenneth	1,529	↑2	17
16	Joseph	1,503	↑2	13
17	Daniel	1,491	↓2	20
18	Dennis	1,489	↓2	19
19	Jeffrey	1,452	↑5	25
20	Paul	1,398	↓1	16
21	Timothy	1,343	–	26
22	Gregory	1,242	↑1	24
23	Larry	1,217	↓3	18
24	Stephen	1,188	↓2	21
25	Edward	1,002	–	23
26	Douglas	973	↑1	27
27	Terry	925	↑1	30
28	George	893	↓2	22
29	Roger	882	↑1	31
30	Bruce	816	↓1	28
31	Jerry	707	–	29
32	Dale	672	–	48
33	Randy	633	↑7	35
34	Anthony	619	↓1	32
35	Raymond	585	↓1	34
36	Lawrence	570	↓1	37
37	Frank	557	↓1	33
38	Keith	545	–	47
39	Kevin	530	↑5	36
40	Patrick	510	↓1	39
41	Carl	492	↑1	44
42	Jack	482	↓5	57
43	Gerald	468	↓2	42
44	Danny	438	↓1	41
45	Alan	431	new	43
46	Scott	430	↓1	46
47	Christopher	381	new	63
48	Ralph	379	↓1	59
49	Craig	376	↓1	60
50	Ricky	371	new	51

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