Popular baby names in Ohio, 1960

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1960 were Mary for girls (2,904 babies) and David for boys (5,296). Social Security records list 217,398 babies born in Ohio in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1960

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: 61 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kimberly: 1,756 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	2,904	–	1
2	Karen	2,196	–	4
3	Susan	2,095	↑1	2
4	Lisa	2,065	↑6	6
5	Linda	1,993	↓2	3
6	Kimberly	1,756	↑10	26
7	Brenda	1,551	↑6	13
8	Patricia	1,536	↓3	7
9	Deborah	1,502	↓3	10
10	Pamela	1,471	↓3	14
11	Barbara	1,392	↑1	12
12	Donna	1,392	↓1	5
13	Cynthia	1,331	↓5	9
14	Debra	1,322	↓5	8
15	Cheryl	1,282	–	17
16	Sandra	1,261	↑2	11
17	Kathy	1,243	↓3	21
18	Nancy	1,169	↓1	15
19	Sharon	1,168	↑1	16
20	Teresa	1,160	↑1	19
21	Lori	1,121	↑9	20
22	Laura	1,074	↑4	25
23	Diane	1,025	↓4	22
24	Carol	990	↓1	23
25	Debbie	978	↓3	24
26	Denise	947	↑6	29
27	Kathleen	930	↓3	27
28	Tammy	894	–	31
29	Robin	892	↑4	33
30	Julie	877	↓3	28
31	Elizabeth	844	↓2	18
32	Janet	784	↓1	32
33	Theresa	781	↑3	35
34	Cindy	751	↓9	30
35	Christine	735	↑3	40
36	Kim	733	↓1	34
37	Rebecca	725	↓3	38
38	Michelle	704	↑6	39
39	Tina	698	↓2	45
40	Terri	647	↑2	49
41	Beth	618	↑5	72
42	Connie	618	↓2	47
43	Cathy	604	↓4	46
44	Diana	596	↓3	53
45	Margaret	584	↓2	36
46	Amy	579	↑3	77
47	Jennifer	551	new	61
48	Rhonda	531	↓3	44
49	Joyce	530	↓2	58
50	Kelly	519	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	5,296	–	1
2	Michael	4,566	↑1	2
3	James	4,533	↓1	3
4	John	4,375	–	4
5	Robert	4,039	–	5
6	Mark	4,007	–	6
7	William	2,753	–	7
8	Thomas	2,514	↑1	9
9	Richard	2,496	↓1	8
10	Jeffrey	2,464	↑1	14
11	Timothy	2,369	↓1	11
12	Steven	1,784	–	10
13	Charles	1,710	–	13
14	Daniel	1,600	–	17
15	Joseph	1,573	↑1	12
16	Kevin	1,570	↓1	15
17	Kenneth	1,426	↑2	16
18	Gregory	1,386	↑4	24
19	Donald	1,383	↓2	19
20	Ronald	1,365	↓2	21
21	Scott	1,318	↑2	23
22	Paul	1,299	↓2	18
23	Gary	1,296	↓2	22
24	Brian	1,280	↑1	20
25	Douglas	1,224	↓1	30
26	Christopher	989	↑6	29
27	Anthony	985	↑1	25
28	Edward	886	↑3	26
29	Larry	870	↑1	28
30	Terry	845	↓3	34
31	Randy	816	↓5	32
32	Dennis	811	↓3	31
33	Stephen	804	–	27
34	Keith	772	↑1	35
35	Mike	736	↓1	36
36	Jeff	696	↑5	49
37	George	678	↓1	33
38	Bruce	655	↑2	39
39	Eric	651	↓2	44
40	Craig	638	↑8	41
41	Jerry	628	↓3	37
42	Tim	608	↑1	60
43	Jeffery	589	↓1	55
44	Steve	576	↑1	43
45	Patrick	564	↑1	45
46	Dale	563	↓7	54
47	Roger	537	–	47
48	Ricky	524	↓4	38
49	Frank	510	–	40
50	Raymond	494	–	46

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