State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,781 Oklahoma births in 1923 across 1,017 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#49Imogene#200 nationally
#30Billie#177 nationally
#40Lorene#178 nationally
#75Loydoutside the national top 200
#78Troyoutside the national top 200
#80Fayeoutside the national top 200
#85Jewelloutside the national top 200
#92Lelaoutside the national top 200
#95Nadineoutside the national top 200
#97Cleooutside the national top 200
#88Fern#187 nationally
#86Billie#184 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,445US #1
#2Betty813US #5
#3Dorothy777US #2
#4Helen555US #3
#5Mildred433US #8
#6Ruby430US #25
#7Ruth428US #6
#8Virginia394US #7
#9Juanita385US #51
#10Margaret382US #4
#11Wanda294US #80
#12Doris263US #11
#13Frances256US #10
#14Pauline253US #37
#15Lois250US #27
#16Anna240US #13
#17Hazel238US #40
#18Opal233US #113
#19Evelyn230US #12
#20Edna221US #32
#21Gladys221US #29
#22Thelma214US #31
#23Norma211US #41
#24Alice209US #15
#25Wilma203US #74
#26Louise192US #22
#27Marie186US #14
#28Maxine181US #76
#29Marjorie177US #16
#30Billie175US #177
#31Bonnie173US #126
#32Edith173US #36
#33Martha168US #21
#34Lucille165US #35
#35Geraldine157US #58
#36Elizabeth152US #9
#37Irene151US #17
#38Velma149US #116
#39Margie146US #101
#40Lorene144US #178
#41Geneva143US #111
#42Vera131US #82
#43Lillian130US #20
#44Lillie121US #91
#45Clara120US #49
#46Elsie117US #61
#47Ethel117US #38
#48Georgia117US #112
#49Imogene115US #200
#50Jessie115US #94
#51Eva109US #66
#52Florence109US #18
#53Myrtle109US #84
#54Naomi108US #137
#55Alma105US #89
#56Emma105US #53
#57Vivian105US #69
#58Beatrice98US #46
#59Bertha97US #64
#60Viola96US #79
#61Jean95US #19
#62Bessie94US #81
#63Bernice92US #43
#64Laura92US #73
#65Willie92US #67
#66Lola91US #157
#67Katherine87US #60
#68Minnie87US #99
#69June85US #42
#70Kathryn82US #72
#71Nellie82US #88
#72Esther80US #47
#73Barbara79US #33
#74Grace78US #39
#75Sarah78US #54
#76Ida77US #68
#77Leona77US #100
#78Patricia77US #56
#79Josephine75US #30
#80Faye74
#81Eula72US #171
#82Beulah71US #129
#83Annie69US #34
#84Pearl67US #78
#85Jewell66
#86Kathleen66US #70
#87Audrey65US #85
#88Fern64US #187
#89Christine63US #120
#90Erma63US #168
#91Joan63US #117
#92Lela63
#93Violet63US #86
#94Ella62US #93
#95Nadine62
#96Eunice61US #125
#97Cleo60
#98Joyce60US #104
#99Phyllis60US #45
#100Dora59US #136

Boys

#1James1,207US #4
#2John955US #1
#3William945US #3
#4Robert800US #2
#5Jack654US #17
#6Charles605US #5
#7George464US #6
#8Kenneth331US #21
#9Paul306US #14
#10Harold300US #13
#11Billy298US #78
#12Thomas288US #12
#13Raymond272US #15
#14Joe262US #35
#15Carl250US #28
#16Richard248US #9
#17Roy235US #32
#18Edward215US #8
#19Frank205US #11
#20Walter205US #16
#21Donald197US #10
#22Earl193US #31
#23Henry191US #18
#24Ralph191US #23
#25Bill189US #98
#26Eugene189US #25
#27Clarence186US #29
#28Joseph171US #7
#29Floyd160US #64
#30Fred156US #33
#31Lloyd156US #59
#32Howard151US #26
#33Albert147US #20
#34Cecil144US #87
#35David139US #24
#36Ray139US #61
#37Arthur138US #19
#38Leonard136US #37
#39Leroy127US #55
#40Ernest126US #38
#41Harry123US #22
#42Leo120US #49
#43Lawrence119US #36
#44Melvin118US #48
#45Clyde117US #68
#46Louis117US #27
#47Marvin117US #51
#48Willie113US #30
#49Clifford112US #65
#50Vernon112US #67
#51Jesse107US #83
#52Elmer106US #57
#53Lee104US #85
#54Warren102US #43
#55Alfred101US #42
#56Wayne100US #75
#57Leon96US #77
#58Glenn94US #84
#59Chester90US #63
#60Samuel90US #45
#61Glen88US #121
#62Lester84US #71
#63Herbert82US #40
#64Virgil81US #100
#65Dale80US #90
#66Gerald78US #54
#67Homer78US #113
#68Calvin77US #82
#69Gene76US #140
#70Alvin73US #73
#71Edgar73US #94
#72Francis73US #34
#73Jimmie73US #141
#74Junior73US #139
#75Loyd73
#76Marion71US #106
#77Hubert68US #117
#78Troy68
#79Herman67US #66
#80Lewis66US #74
#81Johnnie64US #107
#82Oscar64US #96
#83Bob63US #164
#84Willard63US #92
#85Everett62US #99
#86Billie61US #184
#87Johnny59US #159
#88Andrew58US #53
#89Claude57US #103
#90Don57US #130
#91Wallace57US #69
#92Wesley54US #125
#93Norman53US #44
#94Luther52US #126
#95Russell52US #52
#96Delbert51US #156
#97Charlie50US #79
#98Curtis50US #116
#99Harvey50US #91
#100Tom50US #144

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑25Dale#65
↑24Barbara#73
↑23Imogene#49
↑22Patricia#78
↑21Sarah#75
↑20Norma#23
↑17Eula#81
↑16Naomi#54

Falling

↓23Leona#77
↓22Charlie#97
↓20Ella#94
↓19Pearl#84
↓18Ethel#47
↓16Luther#94
↓15Warren#54
↓15Herman#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.