Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Ohio, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,474
2	Mary	3,321
3	Patricia	2,633
4	Barbara	2,399
5	Deborah	2,245
6	Susan	2,207
7	Karen	1,922
8	Nancy	1,762
9	Sandra	1,654
10	Sharon	1,652
11	Kathleen	1,628
12	Carol	1,579
13	Pamela	1,188
14	Donna	1,144
15	Janet	1,103
16	Diane	999
17	Judith	997
18	Cynthia	900
19	Brenda	899
20	Margaret	876
21	Cheryl	872
22	Rebecca	848
23	Joyce	799
24	Christine	731
24	Shirley	731
26	Beverly	716
27	Kathy	712
28	Bonnie	679
29	Carolyn	678
30	Elizabeth	660
31	Janice	632
32	Diana	609
33	Marilyn	606
34	Jane	578
35	Judy	571
36	Connie	559
37	Betty	510
38	Catherine	495
39	Peggy	487
40	Kathryn	464
41	Martha	457
42	Ruth	445
43	Debra	427
44	Jacqueline	408
45	Vicki	405
46	Jean	403
47	Rita	401
48	Paula	400
49	Cathy	395
50	Marcia	393

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	4,814
2	Robert	4,706
3	John	4,591
4	Michael	4,009
5	David	3,998
6	William	3,526
7	Thomas	3,162
8	Richard	3,142
9	Gary	2,292
10	Charles	2,103
11	Ronald	1,788
12	Donald	1,689
13	Larry	1,584
14	Dennis	1,453
15	Kenneth	1,452
16	Daniel	1,339
17	Joseph	1,330
18	Paul	1,257
19	Steven	1,192
20	Mark	1,142
21	Stephen	1,089
22	Timothy	1,045
23	Gregory	1,018
24	Edward	905
25	George	901
26	Terry	840
27	Roger	824
28	Douglas	810
29	Bruce	746
30	Jerry	707
31	Jeffrey	684
32	Dale	651
33	Raymond	628
34	Lawrence	590
35	Frank	585
36	Gerald	526
37	Patrick	499
38	Jack	494
39	Anthony	436
40	Carl	415
41	Danny	395
42	Alan	391
43	Ralph	371
44	Wayne	350
45	Philip	341
46	Harold	337
47	Walter	331
48	Keith	323
49	Frederick	298
50	Craig	286