State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,984 Oklahoma births in 1919 across 938 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#168 nationally
#64Jewelloutside the national top 200
#69Jeweloutside the national top 200
#73Billieoutside the national top 200
#79Charleyoutside the national top 200
#43Bonnie#163 nationally
#84Loydoutside the national top 200
#92Fayeoutside the national top 200
#82Cleo#190 nationally
#64Billy#154 nationally
#10Opal#98 nationally
#82Ira#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,051US #1
#2Dorothy532US #3
#3Helen507US #2
#4Mildred456US #6
#5Ruby436US #24
#6Ruth411US #5
#7Juanita340US #73
#8Hazel324US #32
#9Margaret320US #4
#10Opal288US #98
#11Thelma288US #31
#12Virginia276US #7
#13Gladys268US #21
#14Pauline261US #36
#15Edna245US #22
#16Evelyn245US #11
#17Frances244US #9
#18Marie244US #12
#19Lois239US #40
#20Edith212US #29
#21Lucille204US #27
#22Anna203US #10
#23Alice177US #13
#24Betty173US #15
#25Irene171US #16
#26Lorene156US #168
#27Doris146US #18
#28Vera142US #65
#29Martha141US #25
#30Louise140US #20
#31Maxine140US #85
#32Wilma139US #86
#33Jessie137US #75
#34Elizabeth135US #8
#35Ethel135US #28
#36Velma130US #104
#37Geneva129US #107
#38Lillian124US #17
#39Viola122US #58
#40Grace120US #34
#41Beatrice118US #41
#42Alma117US #76
#43Bonnie117US #163
#44Eva117US #55
#45Bernice116US #42
#46Bessie115US #59
#47Elsie115US #47
#48Pearl114US #56
#49Emma112US #45
#50Geraldine111US #68
#51Vivian111US #72
#52Ida110US #57
#53Minnie110US #80
#54Wanda107US #128
#55Clara105US #43
#56Marjorie105US #33
#57Nellie104US #69
#58Bertha103US #52
#59Florence103US #14
#60Lillie102US #81
#61Myrtle99US #67
#62Violet98US #74
#63Beulah97US #108
#64Jewell93
#65Willie93US #61
#66Esther90US #38
#67Leona90US #90
#68Georgia87US #106
#69Jewel87
#70Ella86US #87
#71Lena86US #94
#72Kathryn83US #66
#73Billie82
#74Inez81US #117
#75June80US #64
#76Katherine79US #51
#77Laura76US #71
#78Naomi76US #140
#79Mabel74US #78
#80Agnes71US #50
#81Lola70US #142
#82Cleo69US #190
#83Mable68US #143
#84Lula67US #134
#85Norma67US #83
#86Marguerite66US #96
#87Eula65US #159
#88Sylvia65US #77
#89Jean64US #37
#90Daisy63US #148
#91Annie62US #35
#92Faye62
#93Josephine62US #26
#94Erma60US #147
#95Nora60US #161
#96Ada59US #129
#97Catherine59US #23
#98Christine59US #116
#99Fern59US #176
#100Gertrude59US #39

Boys

#1James881US #3
#2John844US #1
#3William831US #2
#4Robert628US #4
#5Charles479US #5
#6Jack423US #21
#7George397US #6
#8Roy285US #32
#9Raymond262US #14
#10Thomas232US #10
#11Walter225US #11
#12Harold219US #13
#13Paul211US #15
#14Frank204US #9
#15Earl198US #31
#16Joe193US #35
#17Kenneth190US #26
#18Carl188US #29
#19Clarence179US #25
#20Edward177US #8
#21Richard166US #12
#22Fred164US #30
#23Ralph162US #22
#24Henry161US #16
#25Joseph161US #7
#26Floyd160US #59
#27Cecil157US #78
#28Albert151US #18
#29Arthur143US #19
#30Eugene142US #33
#31Ray137US #69
#32Howard131US #24
#33Harry128US #20
#34Donald125US #17
#35David123US #27
#36Melvin120US #56
#37Elmer116US #44
#38Vernon116US #65
#39Jesse114US #77
#40Lee113US #82
#41Willie112US #23
#42Leonard110US #39
#43Leroy108US #55
#44Ernest107US #36
#45Clifford106US #60
#46Wayne106US #90
#47Clyde104US #67
#48Lloyd101US #58
#49Marvin101US #63
#50Bill96US #130
#51Lester95US #62
#52Alfred93US #42
#53Herbert91US #40
#54Lawrence90US #38
#55Leo90US #49
#56Chester83US #53
#57Edgar82US #89
#58Virgil82US #103
#59Louis81US #28
#60Herman78US #61
#61Lewis76US #74
#62Leon74US #80
#63Alvin73US #76
#64Billy68US #154
#65Glenn66US #84
#66Homer65US #104
#67Glen63US #116
#68Marion62US #106
#69Hubert61US #115
#70Samuel61US #43
#71Warren58US #83
#72Harvey56US #85
#73Johnnie55US #95
#74Luther55US #117
#75Oscar55US #88
#76Edwin53US #52
#77Charlie52US #66
#78Russell52US #50
#79Charley50
#80Everett50US #93
#81Francis50US #34
#82Ira50US #164
#83Jessie50US #109
#84Loyd50
#85Otis50US #146
#86Leslie49US #105
#87Benjamin48US #79
#88Orville48US #133
#89Sam48US #75
#90Curtis47US #120
#91Earnest47US #139
#92Theodore47US #54
#93Tom47US #140
#94Willard47US #87
#95Ben46US #126
#96Claude46US #92
#97Delbert46US #157
#98Eddie45US #99
#99Woodrow45US #91
#100Norman44US #48

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑23Johnnie#73
↑22Beulah#63
↑20Wayne#46
↑18Kathryn#72
↑16Geraldine#50
↑16Luther#74
↑14Beatrice#41
↑14Lee#40

Falling

↓67Woodrow#99
↓23Myrtle#61
↓22Josephine#93
↓22Lloyd#48
↓20Clara#55
↓19Lola#81
↓19Claude#96
↓17Lillie#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.