Top baby names in Ohio, 1937
Recorded as girls
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 2,759 |
| 2 | Barbara | 1,980 |
| 3 | Patricia | 1,840 |
| 4 | Carol | 1,521 |
| 5 | Shirley | 1,505 |
| 6 | Nancy | 1,323 |
| 7 | Betty | 1,057 |
| 8 | Janet | 938 |
| 9 | Marilyn | 810 |
| 10 | Ruth | 782 |
| 11 | Donna | 763 |
| 12 | Joyce | 716 |
| 13 | Joan | 690 |
| 14 | Beverly | 659 |
| 15 | Dorothy | 653 |
| 16 | Margaret | 643 |
| 17 | Phyllis | 560 |
| 18 | Carolyn | 539 |
| 19 | Helen | 534 |
| 20 | Sandra | 488 |
| 21 | Janice | 481 |
| 22 | Lois | 448 |
| 23 | Marlene | 445 |
| 24 | Judith | 441 |
| 25 | Virginia | 435 |
| 26 | Jean | 418 |
| 27 | Norma | 408 |
| 28 | Martha | 404 |
| 29 | Linda | 348 |
| 30 | Doris | 341 |
| 31 | Elizabeth | 335 |
| 32 | Joanne | 330 |
| 33 | Carole | 323 |
| 34 | Frances | 315 |
| 35 | Dolores | 311 |
| 36 | Alice | 307 |
| 36 | Rose | 307 |
| 38 | Sally | 297 |
| 39 | Ann | 289 |
| 39 | Joann | 289 |
| 41 | Evelyn | 276 |
| 42 | Marjorie | 266 |
| 43 | Peggy | 265 |
| 44 | Jane | 254 |
| 45 | Sharon | 249 |
| 46 | Anna | 244 |
| 47 | Delores | 237 |
| 48 | Sue | 233 |
| 49 | Elaine | 232 |
| 50 | Rita | 230 |
Recorded as boys
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert | 3,521 |
| 2 | James | 3,025 |
| 3 | John | 2,652 |
| 4 | Richard | 2,254 |
| 5 | William | 2,196 |
| 6 | Donald | 1,816 |
| 7 | Charles | 1,605 |
| 8 | David | 1,526 |
| 9 | Ronald | 1,439 |
| 10 | Thomas | 1,328 |
| 11 | Paul | 925 |
| 12 | George | 856 |
| 13 | Larry | 841 |
| 14 | Joseph | 766 |
| 15 | Kenneth | 735 |
| 16 | Edward | 689 |
| 17 | Jack | 602 |
| 18 | Jerry | 591 |
| 19 | Gerald | 540 |
| 20 | Frank | 506 |
| 20 | Raymond | 506 |
| 22 | Carl | 503 |
| 23 | Harold | 457 |
| 24 | Roger | 442 |
| 25 | Gary | 441 |
| 26 | Ralph | 378 |
| 27 | Lawrence | 348 |
| 28 | Michael | 328 |
| 29 | Walter | 325 |
| 30 | Daniel | 306 |
| 31 | Fred | 305 |
| 32 | Eugene | 298 |
| 33 | Dale | 279 |
| 34 | Harry | 275 |
| 35 | Norman | 248 |
| 36 | Howard | 246 |
| 37 | Albert | 241 |
| 37 | Arthur | 241 |
| 39 | Don | 235 |
| 40 | Russell | 222 |
| 41 | Joe | 215 |
| 42 | Earl | 214 |
| 43 | Wayne | 206 |
| 44 | Bill | 204 |
| 45 | Philip | 200 |
| 46 | Louis | 199 |
| 47 | Gene | 198 |
| 48 | Melvin | 190 |
| 49 | Anthony | 175 |
| 50 | Frederick | 174 |