State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,669 Oklahoma births in 1926 across 965 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#49Lorene#195 nationally
#30Imogene#172 nationally
#65Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#68Loydoutside the national top 200
#71Jooutside the national top 200
#84Jeweloutside the national top 200
#83Patsy#198 nationally
#86Nadineoutside the national top 200
#86Doyleoutside the national top 200
#91Melbaoutside the national top 200
#14Billie#122 nationally
#94Troyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,411US #1
#2Betty1,264US #3
#3Dorothy757US #2
#4Helen521US #4
#5Wanda493US #66
#6Mildred366US #9
#7Virginia355US #8
#8Ruby342US #30
#9Ruth342US #6
#10Margaret329US #5
#11Juanita321US #52
#12Norma300US #29
#13Lois299US #19
#14Billie298US #122
#15Doris290US #7
#16Frances222US #10
#17Thelma218US #36
#18Anna215US #15
#19Pauline214US #39
#20Wilma203US #67
#21Edna198US #38
#22Evelyn198US #13
#23Hazel198US #48
#24Martha187US #24
#25Opal182US #130
#26Bonnie176US #105
#27Alice169US #17
#28Maxine165US #85
#29Marjorie158US #22
#30Imogene156US #172
#31Velma155US #124
#32Margie152US #103
#33Marie150US #18
#34Geraldine145US #54
#35Patricia144US #23
#36Geneva139US #117
#37Joyce139US #44
#38Barbara138US #16
#39Peggy138US #104
#40Edith137US #42
#41Louise137US #27
#42Gladys131US #35
#43Vera131US #84
#44Elizabeth123US #11
#45Emma123US #59
#46Lucille123US #43
#47Irene118US #21
#48Jean116US #12
#49Lorene116US #195
#50Vivian114US #80
#51Alma107US #91
#52Georgia103US #116
#53Gloria103US #20
#54Ethel102US #41
#55Lillian100US #28
#56Bertha99US #76
#57Bernice97US #45
#58Clara94US #61
#59Jessie94US #93
#60Eva89US #79
#61June89US #40
#62Lillie89US #99
#63Willie89US #73
#64Bessie87US #89
#65Bobbie87
#66Phyllis85US #33
#67Beatrice84US #58
#68Ida84US #82
#69Myrtle84US #101
#70Ella83US #98
#71Jo82
#72Lola82US #162
#73Esther80US #62
#74Roberta79US #135
#75Audrey78US #60
#76Florence78US #26
#77Leona78US #112
#78Naomi78US #141
#79Joan76US #51
#80Elsie74US #69
#81Laura74US #81
#82Nellie74US #102
#83Patsy74US #198
#84Jewel73
#85Faye71US #173
#86Nadine70
#87Viola69US #97
#88Beulah68US #148
#89Katherine68US #72
#90Lena68US #123
#91Melba66
#92Rose65US #25
#93Erma64US #157
#94Pearl64US #96
#95Eula63US #179
#96Sylvia63US #107
#97Christine61US #120
#98Violet61US #94
#99Verna60US #152
#100Flora59US #168

Boys

#1James1,231US #3
#2William910US #4
#3Robert902US #1
#4John849US #2
#5Charles628US #5
#6Billy623US #40
#7Jack539US #16
#8Kenneth408US #18
#9George406US #6
#10Donald316US #9
#11Richard311US #7
#12Harold308US #14
#13Raymond282US #15
#14Joe276US #33
#15Roy266US #34
#16Paul263US #13
#17Thomas253US #11
#18Eugene224US #23
#19Bobby221US #116
#20Bill216US #74
#21Carl191US #26
#22Walter191US #17
#23Edward187US #10
#24Frank182US #12
#25Earl173US #32
#26Clarence165US #29
#27David159US #22
#28Floyd158US #53
#29Henry157US #19
#30Howard150US #27
#31Albert149US #21
#32Ralph146US #24
#33Melvin144US #47
#34Leroy140US #51
#35Joseph136US #8
#36Calvin132US #65
#37Leon131US #73
#38Jimmie127US #115
#39Vernon127US #66
#40Ray126US #57
#41Gerald125US #41
#42Cecil124US #86
#43Arthur122US #20
#44Lloyd122US #60
#45Fred120US #31
#46Wayne120US #68
#47Clifford119US #62
#48Gene119US #91
#49Willie118US #28
#50Elmer114US #61
#51Leonard114US #38
#52Marvin114US #50
#53Bob112US #102
#54Junior112US #117
#55Clyde110US #67
#56Billie99US #145
#57Harry99US #25
#58Jesse97US #87
#59Ernest96US #37
#60Alvin92US #72
#61Virgil91US #118
#62Lawrence87US #36
#63Lee87US #85
#64Leo86US #54
#65Alfred80US #45
#66Glenn80US #75
#67Louis80US #30
#68Loyd80
#69Herbert79US #44
#70Don78US #96
#71Glen75US #121
#72Johnnie74US #104
#73Homer73US #123
#74Dale72US #84
#75Lester72US #78
#76Jimmy68US #166
#77Chester67US #79
#78Norman65US #39
#79Edgar63US #109
#80Jerry62US #97
#81Herman61US #69
#82Lewis61US #82
#83Samuel61US #48
#84Claude59US #106
#85Jim59US #143
#86Doyle57
#87Everett56US #119
#88Charlie55US #81
#89Curtis55US #112
#90Eddie55US #108
#91Jessie55US #124
#92Oscar55US #105
#93Marion53US #113
#94Troy53
#95Edwin52US #55
#96Johnny52US #136
#97Wallace52US #95
#98Harvey51US #90
#99Russell51US #52
#100Delbert49US #163

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑24Lola#72
↑22Bobbie#65
↑21Ida#68
↑20Jimmie#38
↑20Jerry#80
↑19Imogene#30
↑19Gerald#41
↑19Johnnie#72

Falling

↓26Pearl#94
↓24Viola#87
↓21Lee#63
↓20Samuel#83
↓19Marion#93
↓18Gladys#42
↓18Troy#94
↓16Harvey#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.