State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,802 Oklahoma births in 1925 across 969 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#38Lorene#188 nationally
#16Billie#141 nationally
#49Imogene#174 nationally
#76Troyoutside the national top 200
#77Jooutside the national top 200
#80Jewelloutside the national top 200
#82Nadineoutside the national top 200
#83Loydoutside the national top 200
#35Bobby#150 nationally
#87Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#25Opal#129 nationally
#100Willaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,451US #1
#2Betty1,229US #3
#3Dorothy821US #2
#4Helen585US #4
#5Wanda455US #72
#6Mildred407US #9
#7Ruth377US #6
#8Virginia367US #7
#9Juanita353US #49
#10Ruby346US #30
#11Margaret306US #5
#12Wilma271US #62
#13Doris268US #8
#14Lois267US #18
#15Norma261US #34
#16Billie257US #141
#17Frances256US #11
#18Evelyn251US #12
#19Pauline237US #38
#20Anna217US #13
#21Thelma210US #35
#22Hazel192US #45
#23Edna181US #37
#24Gladys181US #33
#25Opal181US #129
#26Alice174US #15
#27Bonnie172US #107
#28Martha169US #23
#29Louise167US #27
#30Marjorie163US #21
#31Lucille160US #41
#32Maxine158US #79
#33Marie157US #16
#34Margie154US #99
#35Elizabeth148US #10
#36Geraldine148US #54
#37Geneva146US #109
#38Lorene146US #188
#39Joyce141US #59
#40Jean140US #14
#41Edith139US #42
#42Patricia137US #28
#43Peggy136US #117
#44Emma132US #57
#45Georgia130US #112
#46Lillian126US #25
#47Velma125US #128
#48Alma124US #94
#49Imogene124US #174
#50Irene124US #19
#51Bernice121US #46
#52Ethel119US #43
#53Gloria114US #20
#54Eva113US #71
#55Barbara111US #22
#56Vera111US #86
#57June106US #39
#58Minnie104US #104
#59Ella102US #93
#60Clara101US #55
#61Bertha97US #74
#62Lillie96US #91
#63Viola96US #84
#64Vivian95US #76
#65Leona93US #108
#66Willie93US #68
#67Jessie91US #97
#68Pearl91US #90
#69Beatrice90US #50
#70Florence90US #24
#71Kathryn86US #88
#72Elsie85US #63
#73Nellie84US #98
#74Bessie83US #87
#75Joan81US #66
#76Laura81US #75
#77Jo80
#78Myrtle80US #95
#79Naomi79US #144
#80Jewell76
#81Katherine76US #61
#82Nadine75
#83Phyllis75US #40
#84Nancy73US #60
#85Dora72US #136
#86Lena71US #124
#87Bobbie69
#88Cora69US #150
#89Ida69US #82
#90Beulah68US #143
#91Grace68US #44
#92Rose68US #26
#93Violet68US #92
#94Ellen65US #101
#95Annie64US #32
#96Lola64US #164
#97Lula64US #149
#98Erma62US #162
#99Josephine62US #36
#100Willa60

Boys

#1James1,273US #4
#2William974US #3
#3Robert931US #1
#4John771US #2
#5Charles618US #5
#6Jack571US #17
#7Billy542US #49
#8George450US #6
#9Kenneth366US #19
#10Harold305US #14
#11Paul302US #13
#12Richard287US #8
#13Thomas278US #11
#14Joe276US #34
#15Donald272US #10
#16Raymond263US #15
#17Roy243US #32
#18Edward229US #9
#19Eugene226US #24
#20Carl223US #28
#21Bill207US #84
#22Walter206US #16
#23Frank202US #12
#24Calvin195US #47
#25Clarence181US #30
#26Henry176US #18
#27Floyd175US #58
#28Melvin171US #50
#29Joseph161US #7
#30Ralph161US #25
#31Earl159US #31
#32David158US #22
#33Arthur151US #20
#34Albert146US #21
#35Bobby138US #150
#36Clifford135US #59
#37Howard135US #26
#38Elmer133US #61
#39Leroy130US #52
#40Ray130US #64
#41Lloyd129US #62
#42Lee127US #82
#43Vernon125US #67
#44Cecil124US #87
#45Marvin124US #51
#46Willie122US #27
#47Fred119US #33
#48Leon115US #76
#49Lawrence113US #36
#50Leonard113US #38
#51Jesse110US #85
#52Wayne108US #74
#53Harry107US #23
#54Junior107US #115
#55Clyde106US #68
#56Bob105US #129
#57Louis105US #29
#58Jimmie99US #121
#59Leo99US #54
#60Gerald98US #45
#61Gene96US #112
#62Glenn96US #77
#63Samuel96US #46
#64Glen91US #117
#65Ernest90US #37
#66Virgil89US #120
#67Billie86US #156
#68Herman85US #69
#69Alvin82US #70
#70Alfred80US #43
#71Lester80US #81
#72Dale79US #86
#73Chester78US #73
#74Marion77US #109
#75Homer74US #116
#76Troy74
#77Don71US #106
#78Herbert68US #42
#79Edgar67US #96
#80Oscar66US #99
#81Luther63US #132
#82Harvey62US #88
#83Loyd62
#84Sam62US #91
#85Warren62US #66
#86Claude61US #102
#87Russell61US #53
#88Curtis59US #118
#89Edwin59US #57
#90Lewis59US #79
#91Johnnie58US #100
#92Johnny58US #142
#93Norman58US #41
#94Daniel56US #44
#95Everett55US #108
#96Jessie54US #123
#97Hubert52US #124
#98Orville52US #161
#99Otis52US #159
#100Jerry50US #107

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑35Bobby#35
↑32Joyce#39
↑25Gloria#53
↑23Peggy#43
↑21Gerald#60
↑20Jo#77
↑19Minnie#58
↑19Marion#74

Falling

↓33Ida#89
↓23Lola#96
↓22Naomi#79
↓22Everett#95
↓20Katherine#81
↓19Myrtle#78
↓18Chester#73
↓18Lewis#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.