Top baby names in Ohio, 1917
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 3,947 |
| 2 | Helen | 2,447 |
| 3 | Dorothy | 1,834 |
| 4 | Ruth | 1,732 |
| 5 | Margaret | 1,565 |
| 6 | Virginia | 1,092 |
| 7 | Mildred | 968 |
| 8 | Betty | 856 |
| 9 | Elizabeth | 838 |
| 10 | Anna | 819 |
| 11 | Evelyn | 766 |
| 12 | Frances | 661 |
| 13 | Martha | 635 |
| 14 | Florence | 614 |
| 15 | Alice | 549 |
| 16 | Rose | 494 |
| 17 | Catherine | 484 |
| 18 | Irene | 478 |
| 18 | Marie | 478 |
| 20 | Eleanor | 475 |
| 21 | Marjorie | 443 |
| 22 | Thelma | 427 |
| 23 | Ann | 413 |
| 24 | Pauline | 412 |
| 25 | Edna | 402 |
| 26 | Josephine | 398 |
| 27 | Lillian | 396 |
| 28 | Jean | 392 |
| 29 | Lucille | 390 |
| 30 | Esther | 386 |
| 31 | Doris | 384 |
| 32 | Ethel | 372 |
| 33 | Jane | 370 |
| 34 | Hazel | 339 |
| 35 | Edith | 338 |
| 36 | Grace | 334 |
| 37 | Kathryn | 333 |
| 38 | Clara | 322 |
| 39 | Gladys | 319 |
| 40 | Louise | 315 |
| 41 | Julia | 281 |
| 42 | Gertrude | 278 |
| 43 | Anne | 266 |
| 44 | June | 259 |
| 45 | Lois | 256 |
| 46 | Bernice | 255 |
| 47 | Katherine | 252 |
| 48 | Agnes | 245 |
| 49 | Wilma | 240 |
| 50 | Rita | 239 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 2,807 |
| 2 | John | 2,700 |
| 3 | William | 2,300 |
| 4 | Charles | 1,624 |
| 5 | James | 1,463 |
| 6 | George | 1,219 |
| 7 | Joseph | 1,202 |
| 8 | Paul | 1,017 |
| 9 | Edward | 964 |
| 10 | Richard | 915 |
| 11 | Frank | 901 |
| 12 | Harold | 759 |
| 13 | Donald | 727 |
| 14 | Walter | 661 |
| 15 | Ralph | 618 |
| 16 | Carl | 594 |
| 17 | Harry | 590 |
| 18 | Raymond | 570 |
| 19 | Thomas | 513 |
| 20 | Albert | 484 |
| 21 | Arthur | 481 |
| 22 | Howard | 435 |
| 23 | Jack | 416 |
| 24 | Louis | 377 |
| 25 | Kenneth | 376 |
| 26 | Clarence | 355 |
| 27 | Earl | 349 |
| 28 | Henry | 340 |
| 29 | David | 302 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 292 |
| 31 | Eugene | 289 |
| 32 | Stanley | 262 |
| 33 | Fred | 260 |
| 34 | Russell | 254 |
| 35 | Joe | 252 |
| 36 | Elmer | 249 |
| 37 | Herbert | 248 |
| 38 | Roy | 247 |
| 39 | Francis | 235 |
| 40 | Michael | 219 |
| 41 | Andrew | 214 |
| 41 | Bernard | 214 |
| 43 | Anthony | 213 |
| 44 | Steve | 209 |
| 45 | Leonard | 206 |
| 45 | Norman | 206 |
| 47 | Ernest | 202 |
| 48 | Frederick | 198 |
| 49 | Chester | 185 |
| 50 | Mike | 182 |