State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,229 Oklahoma births in 1920 across 994 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#65Billieoutside the national top 200
#34Lorene#167 nationally
#71Jewelloutside the national top 200
#77Loydoutside the national top 200
#80Jeweloutside the national top 200
#81Troyoutside the national top 200
#82Fayeoutside the national top 200
#92Nadineoutside the national top 200
#97Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#98Doyleoutside the national top 200
#59Bonnie#154 nationally
#100Cleo#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,313US #1
#2Dorothy700US #2
#3Helen577US #3
#4Mildred524US #6
#5Ruby477US #26
#6Ruth469US #5
#7Juanita402US #61
#8Betty370US #11
#9Margaret369US #4
#10Virginia350US #7
#11Hazel321US #34
#12Thelma317US #31
#13Opal286US #101
#14Frances283US #9
#15Pauline282US #36
#16Marie280US #13
#17Lois274US #38
#18Evelyn249US #12
#19Gladys236US #22
#20Lucille236US #29
#21Edna233US #27
#22Edith219US #32
#23Irene212US #17
#24Doris211US #14
#25Alice199US #15
#26Wilma196US #78
#27Anna194US #10
#28Maxine180US #81
#29Louise176US #19
#30Martha169US #23
#31Ethel168US #30
#32Geneva167US #106
#33Vera166US #75
#34Lorene157US #167
#35Lillian153US #18
#36Eva152US #58
#37Jessie152US #84
#38Marjorie148US #24
#39Velma148US #105
#40Wanda148US #117
#41Clara142US #44
#42Elizabeth142US #8
#43Vivian142US #64
#44Bertha141US #57
#45Myrtle137US #68
#46Bernice135US #40
#47Viola128US #59
#48Geraldine126US #60
#49Pearl125US #62
#50Lillie122US #90
#51Emma120US #46
#52Bessie118US #71
#53Esther117US #39
#54Leona116US #89
#55Elsie115US #51
#56Violet115US #77
#57Georgia114US #113
#58Alma112US #80
#59Bonnie111US #154
#60Beulah107US #109
#61Florence105US #16
#62Beatrice99US #41
#63Grace99US #37
#64June99US #53
#65Billie98
#66Ida98US #66
#67Jean97US #33
#68Nellie95US #76
#69Minnie91US #87
#70Laura90US #63
#71Jewell89
#72Norma88US #69
#73Willie88US #74
#74Ella87US #88
#75Kathryn87US #67
#76Gertrude84US #42
#77Josephine84US #28
#78Lola83US #147
#79Lena82US #98
#80Jewel81
#81Annie79US #35
#82Faye78
#83Marguerite78US #93
#84Mattie78US #96
#85Inez75US #122
#86Katherine72US #45
#87Naomi72US #134
#88Eula68US #169
#89Agnes66US #54
#90Cora66US #137
#91Margie66US #168
#92Nadine66
#93Sylvia65US #85
#94Eunice64US #115
#95Fern63US #170
#96Flora63US #149
#97Imogene63
#98Sarah63US #50
#99Stella63US #82
#100Cleo62US #191

Boys

#1James1,149US #4
#2William930US #2
#3John900US #1
#4Robert728US #3
#5Charles566US #5
#6Jack462US #20
#7George441US #6
#8Harold310US #12
#9Raymond302US #15
#10Roy302US #32
#11Joe263US #35
#12Thomas260US #11
#13Paul246US #14
#14Carl239US #27
#15Kenneth239US #23
#16Richard225US #10
#17Walter224US #13
#18Frank217US #9
#19Edward209US #8
#20Earl197US #31
#21Warren189US #39
#22Eugene188US #30
#23Albert184US #19
#24Ralph180US #22
#25Clarence178US #26
#26Joseph172US #7
#27Floyd171US #61
#28Elmer169US #45
#29Cecil165US #77
#30Henry165US #17
#31Leonard156US #38
#32Lloyd145US #58
#33Ray143US #67
#34Howard142US #24
#35Arthur137US #18
#36Fred137US #33
#37Harry137US #21
#38Ernest132US #37
#39David130US #25
#40Clyde129US #68
#41Donald126US #16
#42Leroy126US #56
#43Marvin126US #62
#44Lawrence125US #36
#45Leo125US #48
#46Bill123US #121
#47Jesse122US #79
#48Billy121US #132
#49Lee117US #82
#50Melvin116US #54
#51Chester115US #55
#52Clifford115US #59
#53Leon114US #75
#54Willie110US #29
#55Vernon109US #65
#56Wayne104US #86
#57Alfred102US #42
#58Lewis101US #72
#59Homer98US #100
#60Louis94US #28
#61Herbert92US #41
#62Samuel89US #44
#63Alvin84US #76
#64Lester84US #69
#65Everett81US #95
#66Herman81US #66
#67Virgil81US #101
#68Edgar80US #89
#69Francis80US #34
#70Claude79US #92
#71Hubert76US #113
#72Marion74US #109
#73Gerald72US #64
#74Glenn72US #80
#75Glen71US #122
#76Willard69US #88
#77Loyd67
#78Oscar67US #90
#79Russell67US #51
#80Delbert65US #150
#81Troy64
#82Harvey62US #87
#83Jessie62US #111
#84Orville62US #134
#85Andrew59US #49
#86Charlie59US #70
#87Johnnie58US #99
#88Otis58US #146
#89Luther57US #123
#90Theodore54US #63
#91Leslie53US #110
#92Wallace51US #93
#93Allen50US #94
#94Jim50US #165
#95Jimmie50US #147
#96Eddie49US #104
#97Calvin48US #139
#98Doyle48
#99Sam46US #84
#100Stanley46US #40

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑50Warren#21
↑26Claude#70
↑24Gertrude#76
↑22Jean#67
↑18Marjorie#38
↑18Willard#76
↑17Delbert#80
↑16Betty#8

Falling

↓23Grace#63
↓21Beatrice#62
↓18Cleo#100
↓17Vernon#55
↓16Alma#58
↓16Bonnie#59
↓16Minnie#69
↓15Luther#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.