State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,285 Oklahoma births in 1921 across 1,025 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#35Lorene#172 nationally
#54Billie#190 nationally
#70Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#81Jewelloutside the national top 200
#81Troyoutside the national top 200
#82Fayeoutside the national top 200
#85Loydoutside the national top 200
#90Jeweloutside the national top 200
#98Goldieoutside the national top 200
#52Bonnie#151 nationally
#65Lola#157 nationally
#13Opal#103 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,338US #1
#2Dorothy781US #2
#3Helen635US #3
#4Mildred530US #7
#5Ruth475US #5
#6Betty456US #8
#7Ruby453US #26
#8Juanita429US #57
#9Virginia379US #6
#10Margaret378US #4
#11Pauline314US #37
#12Frances313US #9
#13Opal302US #103
#14Hazel295US #34
#15Thelma291US #30
#16Doris276US #13
#17Anna255US #11
#18Lois251US #38
#19Marie241US #14
#20Edna232US #27
#21Evelyn230US #12
#22Gladys222US #24
#23Alice217US #15
#24Lucille211US #31
#25Marjorie201US #16
#26Edith196US #33
#27Maxine194US #77
#28Velma193US #108
#29Martha186US #21
#30Irene184US #18
#31Wanda181US #101
#32Wilma179US #72
#33Geneva172US #113
#34Louise171US #22
#35Lorene164US #172
#36Clara162US #45
#37Elizabeth152US #10
#38Geraldine152US #62
#39Lillian151US #19
#40Norma149US #51
#41Vera148US #76
#42Ethel143US #32
#43Vivian143US #68
#44Eva129US #63
#45Jessie128US #91
#46Florence124US #17
#47Margie124US #106
#48Bernice122US #39
#49Viola122US #66
#50Bertha120US #59
#51Emma120US #52
#52Bonnie113US #151
#53Elsie113US #55
#54Billie112US #190
#55Myrtle108US #73
#56Esther105US #42
#57Jean105US #25
#58Pearl105US #65
#59Beatrice103US #41
#60Georgia103US #117
#61Nellie103US #80
#62Bessie101US #75
#63Leona100US #92
#64June97US #50
#65Lola96US #157
#66Katherine95US #49
#67Lillie95US #94
#68Minnie95US #96
#69Alma93US #78
#70Imogene90
#71Violet90US #81
#72Willie89US #74
#73Audrey88US #82
#74Naomi88US #132
#75Sylvia88US #88
#76Beulah85US #116
#77Grace85US #35
#78Ida85US #67
#79Ella84US #89
#80Kathryn84US #64
#81Jewell82
#82Faye81
#83Laura79US #71
#84Marguerite79US #98
#85Ellen77US #95
#86Christine74US #118
#87Josephine73US #28
#88Sarah73US #54
#89Annie71US #36
#90Jewel71
#91Lena71US #104
#92Patricia70US #84
#93Eula69US #170
#94Barbara67US #40
#95Eunice67US #120
#96Gertrude67US #46
#97Erma66US #158
#98Goldie66
#99Julia66US #58
#100Lula66US #143

Boys

#1James1,231US #4
#2William993US #3
#3John973US #1
#4Robert827US #2
#5Jack576US #18
#6Charles570US #5
#7George452US #6
#8Raymond318US #16
#9Kenneth297US #22
#10Roy293US #32
#11Harold291US #12
#12Paul287US #14
#13Thomas278US #11
#14Richard257US #10
#15Warren253US #24
#16Joe247US #36
#17Carl244US #30
#18Edward231US #8
#19Ralph221US #23
#20Eugene220US #26
#21Earl213US #31
#22Frank210US #9
#23Walter207US #15
#24Henry192US #17
#25Floyd182US #63
#26Clarence176US #28
#27Joseph175US #7
#28Fred173US #33
#29Cecil172US #79
#30Albert164US #20
#31Billy163US #109
#32Leonard159US #39
#33Ray156US #67
#34Arthur154US #19
#35Lloyd154US #58
#36Howard153US #27
#37Marvin149US #59
#38Vernon147US #68
#39David143US #25
#40Donald143US #13
#41Ernest133US #38
#42Elmer131US #48
#43Jesse129US #77
#44Bill128US #121
#45Melvin124US #53
#46Lee122US #86
#47Leon122US #74
#48Clyde119US #69
#49Lawrence118US #37
#50Leroy118US #55
#51Harry115US #21
#52Leo115US #50
#53Chester109US #56
#54Glenn103US #80
#55Virgil102US #98
#56Wayne102US #81
#57Herman100US #64
#58Clifford99US #62
#59Louis99US #29
#60Willie98US #34
#61Lester97US #66
#62Everett95US #95
#63Samuel92US #44
#64Herbert89US #42
#65Alvin84US #73
#66Lewis84US #71
#67Alfred83US #43
#68Calvin80US #131
#69Glen80US #119
#70Curtis76US #122
#71Marion76US #102
#72Gerald75US #60
#73Homer75US #105
#74Edgar71US #90
#75Edwin69US #54
#76Oscar69US #92
#77Andrew67US #51
#78Willard64US #89
#79Charlie62US #76
#80Dale62US #93
#81Troy62
#82Archie61US #155
#83Claude60US #96
#84Harvey60US #87
#85Loyd60
#86Earnest59US #138
#87Luther59US #123
#88Norman58US #46
#89Francis57US #35
#90Jim57US #165
#91Leslie57US #106
#92Orville57US #137
#93Hugh56US #120
#94Jimmie54US #147
#95Junior54US #167
#96Wallace54US #88
#97Johnnie53US #108
#98Otis53US #151
#99Tom52US #144
#100Russell51US #52

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑44Margie#47
↑32Norma#40
↑29Calvin#68
↑27Imogene#70
↑20Katherine#66
↑20Glenn#54
↑18Sylvia#75
↑17Billy#31

Falling

↓21Russell#100
↓20Gertrude#96
↓20Francis#89
↓17Lillie#67
↓16Beulah#76
↓15Violet#71
↓14Grace#77
↓14Elmer#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.