State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,453 Oklahoma births in 1924 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.

#41Lorene#188 nationally
#20Billie#158 nationally
#67Troyoutside the national top 200
#50Imogene#182 nationally
#69Loydoutside the national top 200
#70Bobby#191 nationally
#80Nadineoutside the national top 200
#83Jeweloutside the national top 200
#84Jewelloutside the national top 200
#85Melbaoutside the national top 200
#97Jooutside the national top 200
#97Doyleoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,462US #1
#2Betty987US #4
#3Dorothy751US #2
#4Helen549US #3
#5Virginia444US #7
#6Ruby440US #26
#7Mildred428US #8
#8Wanda385US #74
#9Juanita373US #48
#10Ruth371US #6
#11Margaret336US #5
#12Lois281US #22
#13Frances271US #10
#14Doris255US #9
#15Evelyn250US #12
#16Pauline242US #38
#17Thelma235US #33
#18Norma228US #40
#19Wilma224US #67
#20Billie222US #158
#21Hazel221US #42
#22Anna220US #13
#23Edna201US #31
#24Opal200US #120
#25Marjorie189US #17
#26Martha186US #21
#27Maxine186US #77
#28Alice185US #15
#29Gladys184US #30
#30Marie175US #14
#31Edith172US #36
#32Bonnie166US #117
#33Elizabeth153US #11
#34Lucille151US #37
#35Lillian148US #23
#36Louise147US #24
#37Geneva143US #110
#38Geraldine142US #58
#39Irene138US #18
#40Emma136US #57
#41Lorene136US #188
#42Vera134US #85
#43Patricia132US #35
#44Georgia130US #113
#45Velma130US #123
#46Clara129US #56
#47Jean128US #16
#48Margie128US #102
#49Ethel121US #39
#50Imogene120US #182
#51Bernice118US #47
#52Eva117US #66
#53Viola114US #82
#54Jessie113US #91
#55Elsie109US #61
#56Ida108US #70
#57Naomi106US #140
#58Alma105US #87
#59Myrtle104US #89
#60Leona103US #103
#61Katherine102US #59
#62Willie101US #68
#63Bessie100US #86
#64June100US #45
#65Ella99US #94
#66Peggy99US #133
#67Barbara96US #28
#68Florence96US #20
#69Lillie95US #97
#70Bertha94US #65
#71Joyce93US #83
#72Beatrice92US #50
#73Lola91US #161
#74Vivian91US #71
#75Kathryn90US #81
#76Lena86US #112
#77Minnie83US #100
#78Gloria81US #41
#79Laura81US #72
#80Nadine78
#81Grace77US #43
#82Pearl76US #78
#83Jewel75
#84Jewell74
#85Melba70
#86Sarah70US #54
#87Violet70US #88
#88Esther69US #51
#89Nellie68US #92
#90Julia67US #62
#91Annie66US #32
#92Ellen66US #99
#93Joan65US #95
#94Audrey63US #84
#95Beulah63US #138
#96Dora63US #139
#97Jo63
#98Eula62US #177
#99Mattie62US #109
#100Phyllis62US #44

Boys

#1James1,229US #4
#2Robert934US #1
#3William934US #3
#4John920US #2
#5Charles650US #5
#6Jack632US #17
#7George437US #6
#8Kenneth377US #19
#9Billy336US #63
#10Harold328US #13
#11Raymond308US #15
#12Joe273US #35
#13Paul273US #14
#14Thomas267US #11
#15Donald237US #10
#16Calvin230US #44
#17Roy229US #31
#18Richard222US #8
#19Eugene219US #25
#20Carl204US #27
#21Edward203US #9
#22Frank199US #12
#23Bill192US #92
#24Walter182US #16
#25Henry171US #18
#26Ralph169US #23
#27Clarence167US #29
#28Earl164US #33
#29Floyd159US #66
#30Howard157US #26
#31Albert153US #21
#32Cecil151US #85
#33Arthur149US #20
#34Joseph148US #7
#35David143US #24
#36Leroy140US #53
#37Marvin138US #50
#38Elmer137US #57
#39Fred137US #32
#40Lloyd134US #61
#41Leonard130US #38
#42Ray126US #60
#43Vernon126US #68
#44Harry125US #22
#45Melvin125US #48
#46Lawrence123US #36
#47Willie117US #30
#48Lee115US #83
#49Ernest110US #37
#50Louis109US #28
#51Jesse108US #86
#52Clyde105US #69
#53Wayne100US #74
#54Clifford99US #64
#55Chester98US #67
#56Junior96US #121
#57Alfred95US #43
#58Jimmie95US #132
#59Alvin92US #73
#60Glen90US #118
#61Glenn90US #79
#62Bob88US #142
#63Leon87US #76
#64Leo85US #51
#65Samuel83US #45
#66Herman82US #70
#67Troy80
#68Gene79US #135
#69Loyd79
#70Bobby77US #191
#71Homer77US #109
#72Lewis77US #77
#73Everett76US #104
#74Lester76US #72
#75Billie75US #167
#76Harvey75US #88
#77Don72US #125
#78Herbert71US #41
#79Warren71US #58
#80Virgil70US #111
#81Gerald66US #49
#82Johnnie65US #101
#83Edgar64US #96
#84Claude63US #103
#85Daniel61US #47
#86Dale60US #84
#87Luther60US #127
#88Curtis59US #117
#89Andrew58US #56
#90Earnest58US #145
#91Oscar58US #99
#92Edwin55US #55
#93Marion55US #112
#94Johnny54US #152
#95Hubert53US #115
#96Jim53US #160
#97Doyle52
#98Willard52US #97
#99Francis51US #34
#100Otis51US #158

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑52Calvin#16
↑35Patricia#43
↑29Ella#65
↑27Joyce#71
↑23Harvey#76
↑21Bob#62
↑20Ida#56
↑18Junior#56

Falling

↓27Francis#99
↓25Lillie#69
↓25Warren#79
↓22Leo#64
↓21Dale#86
↓18Nellie#89
↓18Hubert#95
↓17Vivian#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.