State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,250 Oklahoma births in 1912 across 581 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#58Jessoutside the national top 200
#67Jewelloutside the national top 200
#72Tedoutside the national top 200
#59Bonnie#183 nationally
#80Jeweloutside the national top 200
#82Charley#200 nationally
#83Lorene#196 nationally
#89Cleooutside the national top 200
#92Troyoutside the national top 200
#93Claudoutside the national top 200
#81Lela#184 nationally
#66Bill#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary431US #1
#2Ruby246US #23
#3Ruth237US #5
#4Helen201US #2
#5Mildred186US #6
#6Dorothy183US #3
#7Opal165US #85
#8Thelma164US #26
#9Hazel155US #25
#10Gladys144US #19
#11Edna138US #16
#12Ethel134US #18
#13Marie118US #10
#14Margaret116US #4
#15Edith110US #31
#16Alice101US #11
#17Elizabeth99US #8
#18Lucille99US #32
#19Bessie98US #43
#20Frances97US #9
#21Bertha93US #36
#22Grace86US #24
#23Irene86US #22
#24Pauline84US #38
#25Anna82US #7
#26Juanita80US #103
#27Virginia80US #20
#28Lillian79US #14
#29Minnie78US #60
#30Velma78US #88
#31Myrtle77US #50
#32Pearl77US #54
#33Lois75US #63
#34Vera75US #68
#35Evelyn73US #13
#36Viola73US #52
#37Clara71US #34
#38Jessie70US #65
#39Willie68US #61
#40Florence67US #12
#41Alma66US #62
#42Lena65US #72
#43Esther64US #33
#44Louise64US #17
#45Elsie63US #42
#46Eva63US #49
#47Mabel61US #46
#48Beulah60US #80
#49Emma60US #35
#50Lillie57US #67
#51Martha57US #29
#52Leona55US #76
#53Nellie54US #59
#54Beatrice53US #37
#55Betty52US #66
#56Gertrude52US #30
#57Mattie51US #70
#58Bernice50US #51
#59Bonnie50US #183
#60Ida48US #45
#61Vivian47US #84
#62Ella46US #69
#63Georgia43US #101
#64Laura43US #57
#65Lola43US #127
#66Sarah43US #41
#67Jewell41
#68Lula41US #107
#69Ada40US #96
#70Cora40US #98
#71Josephine40US #28
#72Wilma40US #99
#73Doris39US #48
#74Geneva39US #116
#75Marguerite39US #79
#76Stella38US #73
#77Fern37US #167
#78Sylvia37US #77
#79Agnes36US #40
#80Jewel36
#81Lela36US #184
#82Ollie36US #163
#83Lorene34US #196
#84Annie33US #27
#85Blanche33US #75
#86Effie32US #161
#87Mamie32US #95
#88Naomi32US #132
#89Cleo31
#90Della31US #148
#91Eula31US #147
#92Inez31US #100
#93Katherine31US #53
#94Nora31US #130
#95Verna31US #126
#96Dora30US #110
#97Eunice30US #109
#98Mable30US #125
#99Marjorie30US #56
#100Violet30US #83

Boys

#1William378US #2
#2John328US #1
#3James300US #3
#4Robert204US #4
#5George194US #6
#6Charles193US #7
#7Paul107US #14
#8Jack103US #28
#9Roy100US #31
#10Joe97US #36
#11Woodrow95US #46
#12Carl94US #24
#13Harold94US #13
#14Thomas92US #10
#15Earl91US #34
#16Clarence87US #21
#17Frank87US #9
#18Walter87US #11
#19Henry85US #12
#20Joseph81US #5
#21Albert80US #17
#22Fred75US #26
#23Floyd72US #59
#24Arthur66US #15
#25Cecil66US #76
#26Edward66US #8
#27Willie66US #22
#28Ernest65US #32
#29Eugene63US #41
#30Ralph62US #23
#31Ray61US #77
#32Raymond60US #18
#33Lee53US #78
#34Leonard53US #45
#35Elmer52US #47
#36David48US #29
#37Richard48US #19
#38Clyde47US #65
#39Jesse47US #74
#40Kenneth46US #33
#41Harry45US #16
#42Howard45US #25
#43Louis45US #20
#44Virgil45US #111
#45Clifford41US #62
#46Herman40US #50
#47Lawrence40US #38
#48Lloyd38US #70
#49Samuel38US #30
#50Herbert37US #39
#51Homer37US #98
#52Lewis37US #68
#53Vernon37US #90
#54Lester36US #58
#55Alfred35US #40
#56Chester35US #55
#57Leo34US #49
#58Jess33
#59Glenn32US #84
#60Oscar32US #73
#61Donald31US #27
#62Everett31US #96
#63Marvin30US #83
#64Orville29US #136
#65Theodore29US #52
#66Bill28US #168
#67Harvey28US #91
#68Leroy28US #66
#69Marion27US #112
#70Allen25US #103
#71Otis25US #126
#72Ted25
#73Alvin24US #86
#74Charlie24US #57
#75Glen24US #139
#76Melvin24US #71
#77Russell24US #56
#78Edgar23US #85
#79Edwin22US #54
#80Ira22US #152
#81Jim22US #149
#82Charley21US #200
#83Claude21US #89
#84Leon21US #79
#85Victor21US #81
#86Ben20US #102
#87Johnnie20US #106
#88Luther20US #114
#89Archie19US #130
#90Gordon19US #93
#91Lonnie19US #179
#92Troy19
#93Claud18
#94Delbert18US #180
#95Earnest18US #132
#96Jimmie18US #160
#97Leslie18US #108
#98Sam18US #63
#99Alton17US #192
#100Alva17

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑29Orville#64
↑26Herman#46
↑24Grace#22
↑24Lena#42
↑23Leonard#34
↑22Lucille#18
↑22Minnie#29
↑22Harold#13

Falling

↓42Sam#98
↓37Melvin#76
↓31Mable#98
↓27Luther#88
↓26Bill#66
↓22Charlie#74
↓21Violet#100
↓20Nora#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.