State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,436 Oklahoma births in 1917 across 871 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#34Lorene#181 nationally
#55Jewelloutside the national top 200
#65Faye#197 nationally
#74Jeweloutside the national top 200
#78Loydoutside the national top 200
#81Jessoutside the national top 200
#54Bonnie#171 nationally
#84Charleyoutside the national top 200
#73Goldie#187 nationally
#88Altaoutside the national top 200
#98Ivaoutside the national top 200
#56Bill#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary931US #1
#2Dorothy478US #3
#3Helen467US #2
#4Ruby425US #27
#5Ruth409US #5
#6Mildred407US #6
#7Opal309US #95
#8Margaret291US #4
#9Hazel290US #31
#10Pauline269US #33
#11Juanita261US #87
#12Frances253US #9
#13Thelma239US #32
#14Edna231US #20
#15Edith222US #28
#16Gladys218US #23
#17Lucille211US #29
#18Virginia205US #10
#19Lois191US #43
#20Marie179US #12
#21Evelyn165US #11
#22Alice162US #13
#23Anna160US #7
#24Velma158US #99
#25Irene154US #17
#26Elizabeth141US #8
#27Ethel138US #24
#28Martha137US #22
#29Jessie136US #70
#30Vera133US #66
#31Louise132US #19
#32Lillian130US #15
#33Doris127US #25
#34Lorene127US #181
#35Myrtle127US #58
#36Maxine117US #93
#37Bessie116US #61
#38Wilma115US #82
#39Geneva114US #113
#40Eva113US #54
#41Viola113US #59
#42Bertha112US #51
#43Beatrice111US #39
#44Elsie107US #50
#45Alma106US #71
#46Bernice105US #42
#47Pearl105US #57
#48Emma100US #46
#49Grace98US #30
#50Marjorie94US #36
#51Ida93US #56
#52Minnie93US #75
#53Betty92US #34
#54Bonnie92US #171
#55Jewell92
#56Esther91US #38
#57Willie90US #72
#58Josephine89US #21
#59Clara88US #41
#60Laura88US #65
#61Leona88US #80
#62Lillie88US #86
#63Florence85US #14
#64Beulah84US #102
#65Faye81US #197
#66Nellie80US #64
#67Georgia76US #105
#68Inez75US #110
#69Vivian74US #79
#70Lola70US #143
#71June69US #73
#72Sarah69US #52
#73Goldie68US #187
#74Jewel68
#75Kathryn68US #60
#76Lena68US #85
#77Gertrude66US #37
#78Annie65US #35
#79Mabel65US #68
#80Ella62US #83
#81Marguerite61US #78
#82Wanda60US #140
#83Eunice59US #111
#84Fern59US #162
#85Geraldine59US #89
#86Katherine59US #49
#87Agnes58US #48
#88Alta57
#89Eula57US #172
#90Mable57US #144
#91Audrey56US #117
#92Sylvia56US #69
#93Verna56US #124
#94Violet56US #84
#95Rose55US #16
#96Blanche54US #91
#97Ellen54US #90
#98Iva54
#99Flora53US #145
#100Nora53US #154

Boys

#1James789US #3
#2John733US #1
#3William723US #2
#4Robert520US #4
#5Charles395US #7
#6George388US #6
#7Jack305US #22
#8Roy217US #33
#9Paul211US #13
#10Raymond211US #16
#11Harold204US #12
#12Joe198US #35
#13Thomas194US #10
#14Carl191US #24
#15Ralph189US #21
#16Frank187US #9
#17Earl178US #32
#18Walter175US #11
#19Henry173US #15
#20Edward161US #8
#21Clarence155US #25
#22Albert153US #18
#23Richard150US #14
#24Joseph146US #5
#25Cecil143US #83
#26Floyd143US #62
#27Kenneth134US #27
#28Fred132US #29
#29Lloyd129US #53
#30Arthur128US #17
#31Elmer126US #45
#32Leonard117US #41
#33Willie116US #31
#34Ernest114US #37
#35Howard113US #26
#36Clyde112US #64
#37Melvin111US #57
#38Ray108US #74
#39Eugene104US #39
#40Leo102US #47
#41Vernon100US #71
#42Clifford99US #59
#43Harry99US #19
#44David94US #28
#45Jesse93US #79
#46Marvin91US #68
#47Donald87US #20
#48Homer86US #102
#49Leroy86US #60
#50Woodrow85US #73
#51Alfred82US #43
#52Lee82US #85
#53Leon77US #82
#54Glenn75US #86
#55Virgil75US #103
#56Bill74US #147
#57Charlie74US #67
#58Herbert74US #40
#59Chester71US #56
#60Lester71US #61
#61Marion71US #108
#62Lewis69US #70
#63Wayne69US #96
#64Claude68US #98
#65Everett68US #94
#66Herman67US #58
#67Lawrence67US #36
#68Johnnie66US #111
#69Louis65US #23
#70Alvin64US #81
#71Luther63US #116
#72Samuel63US #42
#73Glen62US #122
#74Willard62US #80
#75Andrew60US #48
#76Hubert56US #115
#77Francis54US #30
#78Loyd54
#79Russell52US #52
#80Edgar51US #88
#81Jess51
#82Harvey50US #90
#83Allen48US #100
#84Charley48
#85Jim47US #163
#86Norman45US #46
#87Sam45US #72
#88Oscar44US #87
#89Gerald43US #69
#90Hugh43US #110
#91Otis42US #145
#92Edwin41US #55
#93Orville41US #134
#94Dale40US #120
#95Delbert40US #162
#96Curtis39US #121
#97Jessie39US #114
#98Milton39US #75
#99Theodore39US #63
#100Earnest38US #143

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑43Jewell#55
↑36Charlie#57
↑22Marjorie#50
↑20Kathryn#75
↑16Inez#68
↑15Kenneth#27
↑15Melvin#37
↑15Alfred#51

Falling

↓31Geraldine#85
↓22Leona#61
↓22Florence#63
↓21Grace#49
↓19Allen#83
↓18Katherine#86
↓18Louis#69
↓18Orville#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.