State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,982 Oklahoma births in 1918 across 964 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#26Lorene#173 nationally
#72Loydoutside the national top 200
#74Jewelloutside the national top 200
#75Billieoutside the national top 200
#76Jeweloutside the national top 200
#54Bonnie#178 nationally
#86Fayeoutside the national top 200
#87Troyoutside the national top 200
#88Cleo#197 nationally
#98Lelaoutside the national top 200
#80Eula#168 nationally
#7Opal#94 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,035US #1
#2Dorothy561US #3
#3Helen529US #2
#4Mildred450US #6
#5Ruby437US #27
#6Ruth400US #5
#7Opal357US #94
#8Hazel346US #33
#9Margaret317US #4
#10Frances305US #8
#11Thelma299US #32
#12Juanita290US #85
#13Gladys279US #22
#14Pauline279US #35
#15Virginia272US #7
#16Marie268US #12
#17Lois250US #42
#18Edna246US #23
#19Anna233US #10
#20Alice231US #13
#21Lucille230US #29
#22Edith224US #30
#23Evelyn217US #11
#24Irene196US #16
#25Velma168US #103
#26Lorene164US #173
#27Lillian162US #15
#28Elizabeth161US #9
#29Ethel161US #28
#30Martha160US #25
#31Betty157US #21
#32Vera153US #68
#33Wilma145US #82
#34Grace144US #31
#35Clara143US #43
#36Louise143US #18
#37Doris139US #19
#38Myrtle137US #62
#39Bessie134US #61
#40Jessie131US #75
#41Elsie130US #49
#42Geneva130US #112
#43Lillie129US #89
#44Maxine129US #87
#45Eva126US #55
#46Viola125US #59
#47Alma124US #73
#48Pearl124US #56
#49Bertha121US #51
#50Nellie120US #65
#51Bernice116US #41
#52Leona116US #79
#53Marjorie116US #34
#54Bonnie113US #178
#55Beatrice112US #40
#56Minnie109US #88
#57Esther107US #38
#58Emma104US #46
#59Ida104US #57
#60Georgia102US #107
#61Vivian102US #72
#62Lola100US #146
#63Willie99US #70
#64Florence97US #14
#65Laura97US #64
#66Geraldine91US #77
#67Wanda88US #128
#68Lena84US #93
#69Inez80US #115
#70Katherine80US #50
#71Josephine79US #24
#72Violet79US #83
#73Agnes78US #47
#74Jewell77
#75Billie76
#76Jewel76
#77Naomi76US #140
#78Julia75US #48
#79Annie74US #36
#80Eula74US #168
#81Mabel74US #74
#82June73US #66
#83Ella71US #84
#84Stella71US #67
#85Beulah69US #104
#86Faye69
#87Sarah69US #52
#88Cleo68US #197
#89Gertrude67US #39
#90Kathryn67US #63
#91Eunice65US #111
#92Ada64US #123
#93Ellen64US #92
#94Lula63US #132
#95Mable63US #144
#96Roberta63US #142
#97Sylvia63US #71
#98Lela62
#99Audrey60US #118
#100Mae60US #95

Boys

#1James967US #3
#2John885US #1
#3William811US #2
#4Robert604US #4
#5Charles518US #5
#6George395US #6
#7Jack383US #21
#8Roy299US #32
#9Raymond266US #15
#10Harold259US #13
#11Joe243US #34
#12Paul237US #14
#13Thomas234US #10
#14Carl226US #25
#15Frank199US #9
#16Walter198US #11
#17Clarence196US #23
#18Edward195US #8
#19Henry187US #16
#20Albert184US #19
#21Ralph182US #22
#22Richard182US #12
#23Floyd175US #61
#24Earl174US #31
#25Joseph171US #7
#26Lloyd164US #51
#27Cecil161US #82
#28Kenneth159US #27
#29Fred153US #33
#30Arthur150US #17
#31Melvin140US #56
#32Woodrow138US #58
#33Harry132US #20
#34Elmer131US #44
#35Ernest131US #37
#36Leonard130US #41
#37Ray130US #69
#38Eugene128US #35
#39Howard124US #26
#40Clyde123US #67
#41Marvin113US #68
#42Louis112US #24
#43Clifford111US #60
#44David106US #28
#45Donald105US #18
#46Vernon105US #66
#47Jesse104US #78
#48Leo104US #48
#49Virgil102US #99
#50Lawrence101US #38
#51Leroy101US #57
#52Willie100US #29
#53Alfred98US #42
#54Lee97US #86
#55Lewis95US #74
#56Leon91US #77
#57Herbert89US #40
#58Herman87US #65
#59Lester84US #62
#60Bill82US #143
#61Alvin81US #80
#62Samuel81US #43
#63Chester79US #54
#64Edgar76US #89
#65Glenn76US #84
#66Wayne74US #91
#67Andrew71US #46
#68Oscar70US #87
#69Charlie69US #70
#70Francis68US #30
#71Hubert68US #114
#72Loyd68
#73Jessie65US #120
#74Homer64US #100
#75Orville64US #134
#76Glen63US #125
#77Claude62US #95
#78Edwin62US #55
#79Sam59US #75
#80Marion57US #107
#81Everett55US #93
#82Gerald54US #72
#83Russell53US #50
#84Willard53US #83
#85Harvey52US #88
#86Ira52US #163
#87Troy52
#88Wesley51US #137
#89Allen50US #98
#90Luther50US #119
#91Jim49US #165
#92Jimmie49US #159
#93Archie48US #138
#94Curtis48US #123
#95Daniel47US #52
#96Johnnie47US #110
#97Tom45US #139
#98Ben44US #128
#99Don44US #153
#100Leslie44US #102

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑27Louis#42
↑24Clara#35
↑24Jessie#73
↑22Betty#31
↑22Violet#72
↑20Oscar#68
↑19Lillie#43
↑19Geraldine#66

Falling

↓28Johnnie#96
↓26Homer#74
↓21Beulah#85
↓21Faye#86
↓19Jewell#74
↓19Willie#52
↓19Marion#80
↓19Luther#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.