Popular baby names in Ohio, 1954

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1954 were Mary for girls (3,756 babies) and Michael for boys (5,361). Social Security records list 211,214 babies born in Ohio in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1954

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

Girls

Lu: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Becky: 197 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Terrence: 167 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rick: 374 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	3,756	↑2	1
2	Deborah	3,698	↓1	3
3	Linda	3,036	↓1	2
4	Susan	2,769	↑1	5
5	Patricia	2,680	↓1	4
6	Debra	2,531	↑1	6
7	Barbara	2,199	↓1	7
8	Karen	2,187	–	8
9	Pamela	2,038	–	12
10	Cynthia	1,839	↑1	10
11	Nancy	1,808	↓1	9
12	Sandra	1,530	–	13
13	Diane	1,350	↑3	17
14	Sharon	1,326	↓1	16
15	Carol	1,321	↓1	15
16	Donna	1,301	↑1	11
17	Kathleen	1,271	↓2	14
18	Brenda	1,146	–	18
19	Rebecca	1,077	–	26
20	Janet	1,047	–	19
21	Cheryl	984	↑1	22
22	Denise	968	↑5	24
23	Kathy	947	↓2	23
24	Beverly	799	↑2	31
25	Joyce	790	–	28
26	Margaret	750	↓2	21
27	Connie	735	↑5	39
28	Elizabeth	727	↑1	20
29	Judith	714	↓1	30
30	Christine	674	↓7	43
31	Teresa	673	↑6	34
32	Marilyn	644	↓1	35
33	Paula	634	↑5	38
34	Robin	628	new	41
35	Janice	625	↓5	25
36	Bonnie	622	↓2	52
37	Vicki	611	↑7	50
38	Diana	601	↓5	57
39	Carolyn	561	↓4	27
40	Laura	544	new	45
41	Catherine	533	↓1	32
42	Judy	528	↓3	29
43	Peggy	518	↑3	48
44	Jane	516	↓8	49
45	Cathy	514	↓4	59
46	Shirley	491	↓1	33
47	Theresa	490	new	47
48	Kathryn	468	–	51
49	Ann	462	new	44
50	Betty	450	↓7	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	5,361	–	1
2	James	5,072	–	3
3	David	5,013	↑1	5
4	Robert	5,013	↓1	2
5	John	4,643	–	4
6	William	3,585	–	6
7	Richard	3,552	–	7
8	Thomas	3,277	–	8
9	Mark	2,552	↑2	12
10	Gary	2,340	↓1	9
11	Charles	2,166	↓1	10
12	Steven	2,034	↑1	11
13	Donald	1,896	↓1	14
14	Ronald	1,808	–	15
15	Jeffrey	1,790	↑4	23
16	Daniel	1,770	↑1	18
17	Joseph	1,694	↓1	13
18	Timothy	1,592	↑3	26
19	Dennis	1,435	↓1	21
20	Kenneth	1,420	↓5	17
21	Paul	1,390	↓1	16
22	Gregory	1,388	–	25
23	Larry	1,171	–	19
24	Stephen	1,161	–	20
25	Terry	1,084	↑2	27
26	Douglas	1,077	–	29
27	Edward	1,007	↓2	22
28	George	937	–	24
29	Bruce	894	↑1	30
30	Kevin	870	↑9	28
31	Randy	784	↑2	33
32	Roger	754	↓3	34
33	Anthony	730	↑1	32
34	Jerry	680	↓3	31
35	Raymond	642	–	35
36	Dale	637	↓4	50
37	Patrick	609	↑3	38
38	Keith	595	–	45
39	Frank	561	↓2	36
40	Lawrence	554	↓4	39
41	Scott	542	↑5	40
42	Jack	527	–	57
43	Carl	497	↓2	47
44	Gerald	491	↓1	44
45	Danny	466	↓1	42
46	Craig	436	↑3	51
47	Alan	430	↓2	43
48	Randall	427	new	55
49	Ricky	421	↑1	46
50	Ralph	406	↓2	61

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