Popular baby names in Ohio, 1957

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1957 were Mary for girls (3,448 babies) and Michael for boys (5,433). Social Security records list 230,438 babies born in Ohio in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1957

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

Girls

Cindi: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tonya: 78 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kimberly: 1,090 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Candy: 99 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Molly: 77 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 266 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	3,448	–	1
2	Karen	2,687	↑1	5
3	Deborah	2,683	↓1	6
4	Susan	2,597	↑2	2
5	Linda	2,511	↓1	3
6	Cynthia	2,415	↑2	7
7	Debra	2,265	↓2	4
8	Patricia	2,068	↓1	8
9	Pamela	1,810	–	12
10	Barbara	1,727	–	9
11	Brenda	1,725	↑8	13
12	Cheryl	1,675	↑1	16
13	Nancy	1,601	↓2	11
14	Sharon	1,405	↓2	14
15	Kathy	1,339	↑5	20
16	Diane	1,315	↓1	17
17	Cindy	1,292	↑20	19
18	Sandra	1,275	↓4	15
19	Carol	1,251	↓2	18
20	Donna	1,203	↓4	10
21	Kathleen	1,145	↓3	21
22	Kimberly	1,090	↑4	42
23	Debbie	1,027	↑12	27
24	Denise	986	↓2	25
25	Teresa	974	↓1	24
26	Rebecca	894	↓5	34
27	Janet	880	↓4	23
28	Lisa	866	↑13	26
29	Elizabeth	865	↓2	22
30	Robin	861	↓5	30
31	Julie	788	new	28
32	Laura	782	↑4	31
33	Diana	773	↑5	43
34	Christine	749	↓6	41
35	Cathy	723	↓4	39
36	Kim	706	↑8	35
37	Theresa	695	↓5	36
38	Vicki	675	↑1	51
39	Joyce	673	↓9	40
40	Margaret	650	↓11	29
41	Darlene	645	↑5	57
42	Connie	637	↓9	47
43	Catherine	576	↓1	37
44	Beverly	545	↓4	48
45	Judy	541	↑4	38
46	Carolyn	539	new	33
47	Paula	524	–	49
48	Judith	512	↓14	53
49	Rhonda	507	new	52
50	Jane	503	↓2	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	5,433	–	1
2	David	5,260	–	3
3	James	5,014	–	2
4	Robert	4,912	–	4
5	John	4,660	–	5
6	Mark	3,857	–	7
7	Richard	3,308	↑1	8
8	William	3,259	↓1	6
9	Thomas	2,975	–	9
10	Jeffrey	2,270	↑1	21
11	Timothy	2,151	↑2	19
12	Steven	2,044	–	10
13	Charles	2,009	↓3	11
14	Daniel	1,883	↑3	16
15	Ronald	1,815	↑3	17
16	Gary	1,789	↓2	13
17	Donald	1,761	↓2	15
18	Joseph	1,680	↓2	12
19	Gregory	1,646	–	23
20	Kenneth	1,508	↑1	14
21	Paul	1,469	↓1	18
22	Kevin	1,466	–	20
23	Douglas	1,332	–	30
24	Larry	1,223	↑1	22
25	Dennis	1,070	↓1	28
26	Terry	1,048	–	33
27	Stephen	1,042	–	24
28	Scott	980	↑6	32
29	Edward	978	↓1	25
30	Randy	960	↓1	31
31	Brian	949	↑4	26
32	Anthony	895	↓1	27
33	George	850	↓3	29
34	Bruce	841	↓2	34
35	Keith	813	↓2	36
36	Jerry	774	↑1	35
37	Jeffery	721	↑5	52
38	Roger	657	↓2	42
39	Frank	640	↑2	38
40	Dale	627	↓1	50
41	Raymond	598	↓3	39
42	Patrick	586	↓2	41
43	Christopher	580	–	43
44	Mike	555	new	53
45	Steve	532	new	44
46	Carl	521	↓2	49
47	Ricky	518	new	40
48	Lawrence	502	↓3	46
49	Rick	500	new	87
50	Danny	475	↓1	45

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