Popular baby names in Ohio, 1959

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1959 were Mary for girls (3,054 babies) and David for boys (5,093). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 219,236 babies born in Ohio in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1959

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: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Molly: 90 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kimberly: 1,357 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	3,054	–	1
2	Karen	2,271	–	4
3	Linda	2,245	–	3
4	Susan	2,229	–	2
5	Patricia	1,817	↑1	6
6	Deborah	1,803	↓1	9
7	Pamela	1,714	↑1	12
8	Cynthia	1,684	↑1	8
9	Debra	1,604	↓2	7
10	Lisa	1,578	↑8	10
11	Donna	1,457	↑4	5
12	Barbara	1,441	↓1	11
13	Brenda	1,425	–	16
14	Kathy	1,382	↓2	15
15	Cheryl	1,365	↓5	18
16	Kimberly	1,357	–	33
17	Nancy	1,316	↓3	14
18	Sandra	1,234	↑2	13
19	Diane	1,213	↓2	19
20	Sharon	1,167	↓1	17
21	Teresa	1,166	↑4	24
22	Debbie	1,135	↓1	20
23	Carol	1,004	↓1	22
24	Kathleen	954	–	23
25	Cindy	938	↓2	25
26	Laura	903	↑2	30
27	Julie	896	↓1	26
28	Tammy	848	↑7	31
29	Elizabeth	831	–	21
30	Lori	831	↑6	27
31	Janet	808	↓1	28
32	Denise	803	↓5	29
33	Robin	774	↑1	32
34	Rebecca	773	↓3	38
35	Kim	746	↑2	35
36	Theresa	738	↑2	34
37	Tina	691	↑10	53
38	Christine	676	↓5	43
39	Cathy	674	↓7	39
40	Connie	646	↑2	48
41	Diana	643	↓1	49
42	Terri	614	↑6	46
43	Margaret	604	↓2	36
44	Michelle	592	↑5	47
45	Rhonda	587	new	45
46	Beth	584	new	80
47	Joyce	583	↓1	50
48	Judy	575	↓5	41
49	Amy	536	new	85
50	Vicki	528	↓5	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	5,093	–	2
2	James	4,668	↑1	3
3	Michael	4,661	↓1	1
4	John	4,346	–	4
5	Robert	4,192	–	5
6	Mark	4,080	–	6
7	William	2,892	–	7
8	Richard	2,691	–	8
9	Thomas	2,552	–	9
10	Timothy	2,536	–	12
11	Jeffrey	2,299	–	16
12	Steven	1,807	–	10
13	Charles	1,797	–	11
14	Daniel	1,623	–	18
15	Kevin	1,532	↑4	14
16	Joseph	1,528	↓1	13
17	Donald	1,515	↓1	19
18	Ronald	1,413	–	21
19	Kenneth	1,404	↑1	15
20	Paul	1,377	↑1	17
21	Gary	1,368	↓4	20
22	Gregory	1,331	–	23
23	Scott	1,221	↑1	24
24	Douglas	1,203	↓1	30
25	Brian	1,131	↑1	22
26	Randy	924	↑4	31
27	Terry	921	–	33
28	Anthony	916	↑3	26
29	Dennis	915	–	29
30	Larry	905	↓5	25
31	Edward	873	↓3	27
32	Christopher	866	↑4	35
33	Stephen	814	↓1	28
34	Mike	737	↓1	37
35	Keith	709	–	39
36	George	708	↓2	32
37	Eric	653	↑12	46
38	Jerry	642	↓1	36
39	Dale	636	↑1	49
40	Bruce	624	↓2	38
41	Jeff	609	↑7	52
42	Jeffery	609	–	55
43	Tim	605	↑1	60
44	Ricky	599	↓5	34
45	Steve	595	↓4	41
46	Patrick	577	–	43
47	Roger	566	↑3	47
48	Craig	562	new	44
49	Frank	530	↓4	42
50	Raymond	509	↓3	45

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