State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,151 Oklahoma births in 1922 across 995 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#39Billie#190 nationally
#32Lorene#178 nationally
#72Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#77Loydoutside the national top 200
#79Doyleoutside the national top 200
#81Jewelloutside the national top 200
#83Jeweloutside the national top 200
#86Fayeoutside the national top 200
#95Ivaoutside the national top 200
#99Nadineoutside the national top 200
#100Charleyoutside the national top 200
#88Fern#182 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,358US #1
#2Dorothy726US #2
#3Betty593US #6
#4Helen583US #3
#5Mildred488US #8
#6Virginia449US #7
#7Ruth421US #5
#8Ruby401US #26
#9Juanita346US #57
#10Margaret338US #4
#11Doris300US #11
#12Frances298US #10
#13Lois280US #35
#14Pauline278US #36
#15Opal256US #108
#16Anna248US #12
#17Hazel238US #37
#18Edna235US #29
#19Evelyn235US #13
#20Thelma234US #31
#21Wanda231US #92
#22Gladys215US #25
#23Marjorie201US #16
#24Martha201US #21
#25Louise195US #22
#26Marie195US #14
#27Lucille185US #33
#28Edith180US #34
#29Ethel180US #32
#30Alice177US #15
#31Maxine174US #82
#32Lorene166US #178
#33Wilma160US #77
#34Vera159US #79
#35Lillian155US #19
#36Geraldine154US #58
#37Velma153US #113
#38Elizabeth151US #9
#39Billie149US #190
#40Geneva142US #110
#41Irene139US #17
#42Jessie137US #87
#43Norma132US #46
#44Margie131US #100
#45Bonnie130US #137
#46Bertha125US #63
#47Eva125US #64
#48Clara124US #47
#49Lillie122US #85
#50Viola121US #72
#51Vivian120US #74
#52Georgia116US #114
#53Bessie113US #81
#54Leona111US #101
#55Elsie110US #59
#56Florence110US #18
#57Myrtle109US #75
#58Jean106US #20
#59June103US #45
#60Bernice100US #41
#61Alma97US #84
#62Willie97US #70
#63Beatrice94US #43
#64Minnie94US #91
#65Pearl94US #71
#66Grace93US #38
#67Kathryn91US #73
#68Lola90US #161
#69Emma89US #50
#70Naomi88US #134
#71Lena87US #107
#72Imogene86
#73Katherine85US #54
#74Ella84US #90
#75Stella81US #88
#76Ida80US #65
#77Nellie79US #83
#78Laura77US #68
#79Violet77US #86
#80Beulah74US #124
#81Jewell72
#82Esther71US #44
#83Jewel71
#84Annie68US #30
#85Audrey68US #89
#86Faye68
#87Catherine66US #24
#88Fern66US #182
#89Cora64US #140
#90Josephine64US #27
#91Sylvia64US #94
#92Christine63US #116
#93Joyce63US #126
#94Verna63US #146
#95Iva62
#96Sarah61US #51
#97Barbara60US #40
#98Eula59US #174
#99Nadine59
#100Patricia59US #69

Boys

#1James1,143US #4
#2William949US #3
#3John872US #1
#4Robert832US #2
#5Jack683US #18
#6Charles559US #5
#7George465US #6
#8Kenneth298US #21
#9Roy298US #32
#10Paul297US #14
#11Harold291US #13
#12Thomas288US #11
#13Raymond266US #16
#14Joe264US #35
#15Richard260US #9
#16Carl227US #30
#17Billy208US #90
#18Eugene208US #25
#19Frank203US #10
#20Earl197US #31
#21Walter194US #15
#22Edward193US #8
#23Clarence187US #29
#24Ralph185US #23
#25Donald182US #12
#26Albert170US #20
#27Floyd168US #61
#28Henry167US #17
#29Lloyd165US #59
#30Joseph152US #7
#31Bill151US #104
#32Cecil151US #85
#33Fred150US #33
#34David145US #24
#35Howard140US #26
#36Ray139US #65
#37Vernon137US #68
#38Melvin136US #50
#39Warren132US #45
#40Marvin131US #56
#41Leonard127US #38
#42Louis125US #27
#43Harry124US #22
#44Lee123US #83
#45Elmer122US #54
#46Clyde119US #67
#47Willie119US #28
#48Arthur117US #19
#49Leon115US #77
#50Leroy110US #55
#51Wayne105US #78
#52Lawrence102US #36
#53Ernest100US #37
#54Clifford98US #63
#55Leo98US #51
#56Jesse95US #81
#57Alvin93US #73
#58Alfred91US #42
#59Samuel89US #43
#60Chester82US #64
#61Virgil82US #99
#62Jimmie81US #140
#63Glen80US #123
#64Herman80US #66
#65Edgar79US #93
#66Marion78US #107
#67Glenn74US #79
#68Lewis73US #75
#69Francis72US #34
#70Everett71US #98
#71Homer70US #108
#72Herbert67US #40
#73Lester67US #69
#74Claude65US #97
#75Charlie62US #72
#76Gene62US #144
#77Loyd62
#78Luther62US #118
#79Doyle61
#80Gerald61US #58
#81Andrew60US #53
#82Delbert59US #162
#83Edwin57US #52
#84Junior57US #149
#85Orville57US #151
#86Oscar57US #92
#87Russell57US #49
#88Harvey56US #88
#89Jim56US #169
#90Dale55US #89
#91Daniel55US #47
#92Jessie55US #111
#93Norman55US #44
#94Willard55US #91
#95Max53US #117
#96Sam53US #84
#97Johnnie52US #105
#98Allen51US #95
#99Curtis51US #113
#100Charley49

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑32Jimmie#62
↑20Lena#71
↑20Francis#69
↑18Lillie#49
↑17Louis#42
↑15Billie#39
↑15Donald#25
↑14Billy#17

Falling

↓29Curtis#99
↓26Esther#82
↓24Warren#39
↓18Emma#69
↓16Nellie#77
↓16Sylvia#91
↓16Willard#94
↓14Arthur#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.