Popular baby names in Ohio, 1958

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1958 were Mary for girls (3,089 babies) and David for boys (5,150). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 221,274 babies born in Ohio in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1958

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

Girls

Barb: 67 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kimberly: 1,223 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Chris: 151 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Candy: 100 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Molly: 85 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tonya: 84 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tamara: 363 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	3,089	–	1
2	Karen	2,427	–	4
3	Linda	2,367	↑2	3
4	Susan	2,364	–	2
5	Deborah	1,989	↓2	7
6	Patricia	1,922	↑2	5
7	Debra	1,884	–	6
8	Pamela	1,744	↑1	11
9	Cynthia	1,718	↓3	8
10	Cheryl	1,686	↑2	13
11	Barbara	1,667	↓1	9
12	Kathy	1,517	↑3	14
13	Brenda	1,401	↓2	16
14	Nancy	1,363	↓1	12
15	Donna	1,251	↑5	10
16	Kimberly	1,223	↑6	39
17	Diane	1,206	↓1	18
18	Lisa	1,165	↑10	19
19	Sharon	1,150	↓5	17
20	Sandra	1,141	↓2	15
21	Debbie	1,131	↑2	24
22	Carol	1,118	↓3	20
23	Cindy	1,071	↓6	25
24	Kathleen	1,058	↓3	21
25	Teresa	1,000	–	26
26	Julie	978	↑5	23
27	Denise	938	↓3	27
28	Laura	888	↑4	29
29	Elizabeth	865	–	22
30	Janet	840	↓3	28
31	Rebecca	782	↓5	41
32	Cathy	755	↑3	34
33	Christine	750	↑1	43
34	Robin	749	↓4	32
35	Tammy	749	new	44
36	Lori	724	new	30
37	Kim	718	↓1	40
38	Theresa	711	↓1	33
39	Peggy	680	new	42
40	Diana	679	↓7	45
41	Margaret	654	↓1	31
42	Connie	626	–	50
43	Judy	601	↑2	36
44	Darlene	600	↓3	49
45	Vicki	586	↓7	57
46	Joyce	580	↓7	46
47	Tina	552	new	71
48	Terri	543	new	51
49	Michelle	538	new	56
50	Catherine	521	↓7	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	5,150	↑1	2
2	Michael	5,138	↓1	1
3	James	4,578	–	3
4	John	4,385	↑1	5
5	Robert	4,367	↓1	4
6	Mark	3,744	–	7
7	William	3,156	↑1	6
8	Richard	3,067	↓1	8
9	Thomas	2,690	–	9
10	Timothy	2,466	↑1	13
11	Jeffrey	1,996	↓1	21
12	Steven	1,830	–	10
13	Charles	1,756	–	11
14	Daniel	1,662	–	16
15	Joseph	1,610	↑3	12
16	Donald	1,595	↑1	18
17	Gary	1,569	↓1	17
18	Ronald	1,519	↓3	19
19	Kevin	1,504	↑3	20
20	Kenneth	1,457	–	14
21	Paul	1,323	–	15
22	Gregory	1,307	↓3	23
23	Douglas	1,196	–	30
24	Scott	1,182	↑4	25
25	Larry	1,042	↓1	22
26	Brian	1,036	↑5	24
27	Terry	1,027	↓1	33
28	Edward	987	↑1	28
29	Dennis	979	↓4	29
30	Randy	906	–	32
31	Anthony	895	↑1	27
32	Stephen	881	↓5	26
33	Mike	767	↑11	40
34	George	760	↓1	31
35	Keith	745	–	37
36	Christopher	744	↑7	39
37	Jerry	716	↓1	35
38	Bruce	712	↓4	36
39	Ricky	675	↑8	34
40	Dale	650	–	46
41	Steve	631	↑4	44
42	Jeffery	575	↓5	59
43	Rick	573	↑6	77
44	Tim	570	new	74
45	Frank	568	↓6	38
46	Patrick	562	↓4	42
47	Raymond	539	↓6	43
48	Jeff	519	new	68
49	Eric	517	new	50
50	Roger	509	↓12	47

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