State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,414 Oklahoma births in 1911 across 451 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Oklahoma more than they say America.

#59Jewelloutside the national top 200
#62Jeweloutside the national top 200
#67Loydoutside the national top 200
#53Faye#184 nationally
#74Jessoutside the national top 200
#81Peteoutside the national top 200
#68Bonnie#181 nationally
#94Tedoutside the national top 200
#95Troyoutside the national top 200
#83Lorene#188 nationally
#40Bill#135 nationally
#100Charley#193 nationally

Girls

#1Mary348US #1
#2Ruby206US #22
#3Ruth169US #5
#4Helen138US #2
#5Hazel133US #25
#6Mildred129US #8
#7Opal122US #81
#8Gladys119US #18
#9Edna112US #17
#10Thelma112US #27
#11Dorothy109US #4
#12Marie91US #9
#13Velma91US #90
#14Edith85US #31
#15Ethel85US #15
#16Juanita83US #107
#17Pearl83US #48
#18Irene81US #21
#19Bessie80US #40
#20Margaret80US #3
#21Anna78US #6
#22Bertha76US #36
#23Alice75US #11
#24Frances74US #10
#25Myrtle71US #50
#26Clara69US #33
#27Pauline67US #38
#28Esther66US #34
#29Vera65US #67
#30Lois64US #68
#31Elsie62US #41
#32Viola62US #47
#33Lillian60US #13
#34Lillie59US #60
#35Elizabeth57US #7
#36Eva57US #46
#37Beulah56US #79
#38Florence56US #12
#39Jessie56US #66
#40Lucille56US #32
#41Virginia56US #26
#42Mabel55US #43
#43Martha54US #28
#44Alma52US #62
#45Evelyn50US #16
#46Grace50US #23
#47Lola50US #120
#48Louise50US #19
#49Beatrice49US #37
#50Emma48US #35
#51Minnie45US #52
#52Nellie45US #54
#53Faye44US #184
#54Ida44US #45
#55Leona43US #76
#56Wilma43US #102
#57Ella42US #63
#58Gertrude42US #30
#59Jewell42
#60Willie42US #61
#61Vivian41US #80
#62Jewel40
#63Doris39US #56
#64Josephine38US #29
#65Bernice37US #51
#66Lena37US #70
#67Mable37US #127
#68Bonnie36US #181
#69Georgia36US #96
#70Laura36US #57
#71Lula36US #94
#72Mae36US #71
#73Mattie36US #65
#74Nora36US #116
#75Della35US #130
#76Sarah35US #42
#77Ada34US #97
#78Annie34US #24
#79Violet33US #83
#80Cora32US #91
#81Blanche31US #75
#82Eunice31US #109
#83Lorene31US #188
#84Maxine31US #152
#85Goldie30US #140
#86Ollie29US #157
#87Stella29US #72
#88Flora28US #117
#89Iva28US #180
#90Maggie28US #111
#91Fannie27US #88
#92Geneva27US #122
#93Marguerite27US #87
#94Naomi27US #141
#95Susie27US #112
#96Marjorie26US #59
#97Effie25US #147
#98Lucy25US #77
#99Mamie25US #89
#100Nettie25US #136

Boys

#1James198US #3
#2William187US #2
#3John179US #1
#4Robert112US #5
#5George92US #4
#6Charles79US #7
#7Jack63US #25
#8Roy61US #31
#9Walter55US #12
#10Henry53US #11
#11Thomas52US #10
#12Fred51US #22
#13Raymond50US #19
#14Albert45US #15
#15Joe45US #29
#16Willie43US #14
#17Ralph41US #24
#18Frank40US #8
#19Paul40US #17
#20Carl39US #26
#21Floyd39US #57
#22Cecil38US #76
#23Clarence37US #23
#24Earl34US #34
#25Elmer34US #48
#26Lee34US #67
#27Joseph33US #6
#28Richard33US #20
#29Ray32US #71
#30Harry31US #13
#31Ernest28US #32
#32Arthur27US #18
#33Eugene27US #43
#34Edward26US #9
#35Harold26US #16
#36Clifford25US #62
#37Jesse25US #72
#38Howard23US #28
#39Melvin23US #73
#40Bill22US #135
#41David22US #27
#42Vernon22US #96
#43Virgil22US #107
#44Chester21US #58
#45Clyde21US #61
#46Lawrence21US #37
#47Louis21US #21
#48Homer20US #95
#49Kenneth20US #40
#50Lewis20US #66
#51Alfred19US #39
#52Charlie19US #45
#53Leo19US #51
#54Lester19US #65
#55Lloyd19US #74
#56Sam19US #47
#57Leonard18US #46
#58Marvin18US #82
#59Donald17US #36
#60Everett17US #102
#61Luther17US #100
#62Oscar17US #68
#63Otis17US #122
#64Andrew16US #42
#65Harvey16US #91
#66Jessie16US #79
#67Loyd16
#68Samuel16US #30
#69Francis15US #33
#70Herbert15US #41
#71Alvin14US #89
#72Herman14US #49
#73Hugh14US #121
#74Jess14
#75Leon14US #77
#76Edgar13US #83
#77Johnnie13US #90
#78Eddie12US #78
#79Ira12US #141
#80Jim12US #134
#81Pete12
#82Theodore12US #56
#83Tom12US #105
#84Archie11US #127
#85Claude11US #87
#86Gilbert11US #103
#87Marion11US #110
#88Oliver11US #115
#89Otto11US #150
#90Russell11US #55
#91Wayne11US #126
#92Leslie10US #117
#93Orville10US #146
#94Ted10
#95Troy10
#96Aaron9US #171
#97Amos9US #182
#98Bert9US #178
#99Calvin9US #157
#100Charley9US #193

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑43Velma#13
↑34Jessie#66
↑32Esther#28
↑32Doris#63
↑31Mable#67
↑31Melvin#39
↑28Faye#53
↑28Alfred#51

Falling

↓42Orville#93
↓41Charley#100
↓36Tom#83
↓36Claude#85
↓32Jess#74
↓30Grace#46
↓29Georgia#69
↓29Leonard#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.