Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Ohio, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,680
2	Linda	2,224
3	Barbara	2,020
4	Carol	1,850
5	Patricia	1,843
6	Sandra	1,500
7	Sharon	1,428
8	Judith	1,330
9	Karen	1,328
10	Nancy	1,238
11	Susan	1,088
12	Donna	962
13	Judy	959
14	Carolyn	873
15	Janet	863
16	Kathleen	825
17	Margaret	760
18	Shirley	751
19	Joyce	749
20	Betty	695
21	Diane	629
22	Marilyn	621
23	Cheryl	619
24	Ruth	563
25	Beverly	523
26	Bonnie	521
27	Jane	510
28	Janice	491
29	Gloria	454
30	Joan	437
31	Diana	430
32	Martha	428
33	Dorothy	421
34	Jean	403
35	Connie	399
36	Virginia	387
37	Pamela	386
38	Elizabeth	367
39	Sue	350
40	Helen	348
41	Phyllis	338
42	Elaine	316
43	Carole	292
44	Sally	285
45	Ann	281
46	Lois	275
47	Rita	270
48	Roberta	266
49	Darlene	262
50	Frances	256

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,976
2	Robert	3,781
3	John	3,561
4	William	2,694
5	Richard	2,567
6	David	2,470
7	Thomas	2,135
8	Michael	1,762
9	Charles	1,645
10	Ronald	1,479
11	Gary	1,436
12	Larry	1,434
13	Donald	1,353
14	Kenneth	992
15	Paul	941
16	Joseph	937
17	Dennis	896
18	George	850
19	Jerry	748
20	Edward	726
21	Roger	725
22	Daniel	613
23	Terry	561
24	Jack	495
25	Raymond	472
26	Gerald	460
27	Frank	459
28	Timothy	423
29	Carl	422
30	Stephen	409
31	Lawrence	385
32	Harold	370
33	Douglas	329
34	Walter	325
35	Ralph	323
36	Dale	318
37	Harry	305
38	Alan	275
39	Fred	274
40	Tom	271
41	Wayne	261
42	Bruce	252
43	Arthur	242
44	Jim	234
45	Roy	229
46	Philip	224
47	Howard	223
48	Bill	213
49	Danny	211
50	Russell	205