State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,968 Oklahoma births in 1915 across 839 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#61Jeweloutside the national top 200
#62Jewelloutside the national top 200
#43Lorene#179 nationally
#71Jess#193 nationally
#79Fayeoutside the national top 200
#81Troyoutside the national top 200
#83Lelaoutside the national top 200
#87Loydoutside the national top 200
#88Altaoutside the national top 200
#90Charleyoutside the national top 200
#91Cleooutside the national top 200
#95Billieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary763US #1
#2Ruby401US #24
#3Ruth367US #5
#4Helen338US #2
#5Mildred317US #6
#6Dorothy293US #3
#7Hazel289US #26
#8Opal288US #90
#9Thelma223US #30
#10Gladys216US #21
#11Margaret212US #4
#12Edna207US #20
#13Pauline190US #32
#14Marie187US #11
#15Juanita184US #92
#16Lois180US #47
#17Frances177US #9
#18Lucille168US #29
#19Alice163US #13
#20Edith163US #31
#21Irene155US #17
#22Velma151US #94
#23Virginia145US #12
#24Anna143US #7
#25Ethel137US #23
#26Clara128US #38
#27Grace124US #27
#28Martha124US #25
#29Jessie119US #66
#30Myrtle119US #58
#31Vera119US #65
#32Bessie118US #57
#33Evelyn117US #10
#34Elsie114US #41
#35Louise114US #18
#36Elizabeth112US #8
#37Lillian109US #15
#38Leona108US #74
#39Doris106US #34
#40Esther103US #33
#41Viola103US #59
#42Eva97US #55
#43Lorene96US #179
#44Pearl96US #56
#45Florence92US #14
#46Lillie90US #84
#47Geneva85US #110
#48Nellie83US #63
#49Bertha82US #46
#50Alma79US #70
#51Beatrice78US #37
#52Beulah78US #95
#53Minnie78US #68
#54Wilma78US #80
#55Vivian77US #78
#56Maxine76US #98
#57Inez75US #101
#58Emma72US #40
#59Bernice71US #42
#60Willie71US #72
#61Jewel69
#62Jewell68
#63Georgia66US #111
#64Agnes65US #45
#65Josephine65US #22
#66Lola65US #136
#67Annie64US #36
#68Naomi64US #128
#69Laura63US #61
#70Mabel63US #62
#71Mattie62US #91
#72Sarah62US #51
#73Fern60US #157
#74Ada59US #114
#75Ida59US #54
#76Bonnie58US #180
#77Ella58US #75
#78Gertrude58US #35
#79Faye57
#80Betty56US #53
#81Marjorie56US #39
#82Violet56US #82
#83Lela55
#84Lena55US #77
#85Cleo52US #184
#86Eunice52US #109
#87Goldie52US #172
#88Alta50
#89Iva50US #190
#90Lula50US #129
#91Daisy47US #131
#92Eula47US #160
#93Blanche46US #87
#94Kathryn46US #60
#95Billie45
#96Katherine45US #49
#97Dora44US #122
#98Ellen44US #88
#99Marguerite44US #85
#100Rosa44US #116

Boys

#1William667US #2
#2John661US #1
#3James644US #3
#4Robert452US #4
#5George356US #6
#6Charles354US #7
#7Jack242US #27
#8Thomas227US #10
#9Roy218US #32
#10Raymond213US #16
#11Carl201US #22
#12Paul189US #13
#13Frank186US #9
#14Harold183US #12
#15Walter177US #11
#16Earl169US #33
#17Ralph162US #21
#18Joe153US #38
#19Clarence151US #24
#20Fred146US #26
#21Richard144US #15
#22Henry139US #14
#23Floyd137US #59
#24Edward134US #8
#25Elmer132US #45
#26Cecil131US #76
#27Albert129US #17
#28Joseph124US #5
#29Ray122US #67
#30Arthur120US #18
#31Howard117US #25
#32Kenneth111US #28
#33Willard100US #58
#34Ernest98US #35
#35Eugene97US #41
#36Lloyd96US #62
#37Clyde94US #63
#38Chester92US #54
#39Harry90US #19
#40Willie90US #30
#41Melvin89US #60
#42Leonard88US #44
#43Vernon86US #80
#44David85US #31
#45Lee85US #84
#46Lester81US #57
#47Woodrow80US #83
#48Herman78US #56
#49Lawrence78US #37
#50Clifford76US #61
#51Leroy76US #66
#52Wayne74US #97
#53Marvin73US #72
#54Virgil73US #108
#55Glen72US #123
#56Jesse72US #77
#57Alvin70US #81
#58Alfred68US #42
#59Donald67US #20
#60Glenn67US #87
#61Herbert64US #40
#62Homer64US #98
#63Lewis64US #70
#64Louis63US #23
#65Everett61US #89
#66Leo60US #47
#67Russell60US #51
#68Francis59US #29
#69Bill58US #157
#70Claude58US #96
#71Jess56US #193
#72Oscar56US #88
#73Leon54US #82
#74Orville54US #127
#75Harvey53US #95
#76Samuel53US #39
#77Charlie52US #75
#78Marion50US #112
#79Earnest47US #143
#80Allen46US #99
#81Troy46
#82Andrew45US #46
#83Daniel45US #55
#84Edgar45US #85
#85Theodore45US #64
#86Curtis44US #128
#87Loyd44
#88Otis44US #141
#89Tom44US #142
#90Charley43
#91Cleo42
#92Hubert42US #116
#93Luther41US #115
#94Jim39US #170
#95Norman39US #50
#96Edwin36US #53
#97Ira36US #146
#98Stanley36US #34
#99Ben34US #113
#100Horace34US #122

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑37Willard#33
↑28Jess#71
↑25Leroy#51
↑24Doris#39
↑22Maxine#56
↑21Annie#67
↑21Lester#46
↑18Violet#82

Falling

↓31Katherine#96
↓25Lena#84
↓24Ida#75
↓24Ellen#98
↓21Mabel#70
↓21Ella#77
↓21Woodrow#47
↓20Louis#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.