State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,892 Oklahoma births in 1916 across 863 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#29Lorene#177 nationally
#73Jeweloutside the national top 200
#74Fayeoutside the national top 200
#76Loydoutside the national top 200
#62Bonnie#185 nationally
#78Jessoutside the national top 200
#84Troyoutside the national top 200
#85Ivaoutside the national top 200
#86Lela#199 nationally
#96Charleyoutside the national top 200
#98Jewelloutside the national top 200
#53Bill#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary815US #1
#2Dorothy390US #3
#3Ruth390US #5
#4Ruby381US #23
#5Helen372US #2
#6Mildred370US #6
#7Opal278US #91
#8Hazel262US #31
#9Thelma257US #29
#10Margaret246US #4
#11Juanita237US #90
#12Edna228US #19
#13Pauline228US #33
#14Lucille214US #30
#15Gladys206US #22
#16Virginia193US #10
#17Lois186US #43
#18Irene183US #17
#19Marie181US #12
#20Frances180US #9
#21Edith179US #28
#22Alice156US #13
#23Ethel156US #25
#24Anna153US #7
#25Evelyn152US #11
#26Elizabeth140US #8
#27Louise135US #18
#28Grace128US #26
#29Lorene124US #177
#30Martha122US #24
#31Viola121US #59
#32Lillian120US #16
#33Velma119US #99
#34Bessie113US #56
#35Eva113US #55
#36Vera113US #66
#37Pearl110US #57
#38Doris109US #32
#39Leona109US #75
#40Jessie108US #68
#41Florence106US #14
#42Bertha105US #49
#43Myrtle105US #58
#44Esther102US #34
#45Clara99US #39
#46Maxine99US #96
#47Emma98US #41
#48Beatrice95US #38
#49Wilma95US #82
#50Geneva94US #112
#51Minnie93US #71
#52Nellie91US #61
#53Bernice85US #42
#54Geraldine83US #94
#55Elsie82US #48
#56Vivian82US #77
#57Ida81US #54
#58Alma80US #70
#59Beulah78US #97
#60Lena78US #85
#61Betty76US #44
#62Bonnie76US #185
#63Josephine76US #21
#64Lola76US #147
#65Willie76US #73
#66Gertrude75US #35
#67Laura74US #64
#68Katherine73US #51
#69Ella72US #81
#70Lillie70US #88
#71Naomi70US #130
#72Marjorie69US #37
#73Jewel68
#74Faye65
#75Fern65US #152
#76Georgia65US #108
#77Violet64US #83
#78Agnes62US #50
#79Mabel62US #65
#80Sarah62US #52
#81Ada61US #117
#82Eunice60US #110
#83Marguerite60US #78
#84Inez59US #107
#85Iva58
#86Lela58US #199
#87Wanda58US #138
#88Blanche57US #89
#89Daisy57US #137
#90Eula57US #164
#91Annie56US #36
#92Cleo56US #180
#93Julia56US #46
#94Audrey55US #119
#95Kathryn55US #60
#96Mable55US #136
#97Mae54US #92
#98Jewell53
#99Stella51US #63
#100Cora50US #114

Boys

#1James720US #3
#2William705US #2
#3John665US #1
#4Robert482US #4
#5Charles372US #6
#6George371US #7
#7Jack292US #26
#8Roy211US #33
#9Harold203US #13
#10Thomas202US #10
#11Carl197US #23
#12Raymond187US #16
#13Paul184US #12
#14Earl180US #32
#15Ralph169US #21
#16Walter168US #11
#17Henry167US #14
#18Frank164US #9
#19Joe155US #35
#20Cecil147US #80
#21Clarence147US #24
#22Floyd147US #60
#23Fred146US #29
#24Edward143US #8
#25Albert132US #17
#26Ray126US #73
#27Richard125US #15
#28Joseph120US #5
#29Leonard116US #42
#30Clyde112US #62
#31Arthur111US #18
#32Willie109US #30
#33Elmer108US #45
#34Eugene107US #39
#35Woodrow107US #64
#36Howard106US #25
#37Lloyd104US #58
#38Harry103US #19
#39Marvin93US #66
#40Vernon93US #75
#41Ernest92US #36
#42Kenneth92US #27
#43Jesse91US #77
#44Clifford89US #61
#45Chester86US #54
#46Lee86US #83
#47Leroy84US #63
#48Claude82US #93
#49David82US #28
#50Leo82US #47
#51Louis82US #22
#52Melvin82US #57
#53Bill81US #147
#54Donald81US #20
#55Leon77US #85
#56Glenn76US #84
#57Willard74US #69
#58Alvin72US #82
#59Homer72US #103
#60Marion69US #110
#61Herman68US #56
#62Virgil68US #104
#63Lester66US #59
#64Allen64US #101
#65Russell62US #51
#66Alfred61US #43
#67Lawrence60US #38
#68Edgar58US #88
#69Herbert58US #40
#70Wayne58US #98
#71Francis56US #31
#72Lewis56US #71
#73Everett54US #91
#74Oscar54US #86
#75Orville52US #131
#76Loyd50
#77Glen49US #122
#78Jess48
#79Samuel48US #41
#80Luther47US #116
#81Edwin46US #53
#82Hubert46US #113
#83Sam46US #74
#84Troy43
#85Dale42US #121
#86Andrew41US #46
#87Jim40US #177
#88Otis38US #142
#89Tom38US #139
#90Wesley38US #135
#91Curtis37US #120
#92Leslie37US #112
#93Charlie36US #68
#94Norman36US #48
#95Ben35US #119
#96Charley35
#97Guy34US #144
#98Jessie34US #117
#99Willis34US #136
#100Hugh33US #96

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑28Katherine#68
↑24Lena#60
↑22Claude#48
↑19Betty#61
↑18Ida#57
↑18Leon#55
↑18Marion#60
↑16Marguerite#83

Falling

↓36Jewell#98
↓27Inez#84
↓24Lillie#70
↓24Annie#91
↓24Willard#57
↓22Glen#77
↓21Elsie#55
↓19Clara#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.