State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,827 Oklahoma births in 1927 across 944 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#49Loreneoutside the national top 200
#51Bobbie#194 nationally
#29Imogene#157 nationally
#73Jooutside the national top 200
#73Jackieoutside the national top 200
#74Loydoutside the national top 200
#75Troyoutside the national top 200
#78Doyleoutside the national top 200
#56Patsy#168 nationally
#94Rebaoutside the national top 200
#78Joy#183 nationally
#96Melbaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,502US #1
#2Betty1,373US #3
#3Dorothy678US #2
#4Wanda559US #66
#5Helen431US #4
#6Virginia368US #8
#7Norma365US #26
#8Mildred344US #11
#9Ruby340US #30
#10Ruth335US #6
#11Billie323US #109
#12Margaret308US #5
#13Juanita300US #55
#14Lois284US #19
#15Doris268US #7
#16Wilma247US #68
#17Frances222US #12
#18Anna212US #16
#19Evelyn209US #15
#20Barbara200US #10
#21Patricia197US #18
#22Thelma195US #38
#23Bonnie179US #100
#24Peggy178US #96
#25Martha176US #24
#26Joyce175US #35
#27Pauline163US #42
#28Alice159US #17
#29Imogene156US #157
#30Margie155US #104
#31Hazel154US #53
#32Edna153US #40
#33Marjorie146US #25
#34Velma144US #118
#35Emma142US #64
#36Marie142US #20
#37Geraldine140US #58
#38Louise140US #27
#39Maxine137US #87
#40Opal130US #141
#41Geneva128US #119
#42Georgia128US #120
#43Gladys128US #37
#44Jean125US #14
#45Lucille116US #45
#46Vera113US #89
#47Eva112US #79
#48Elizabeth110US #13
#49Lorene108
#50Irene106US #21
#51Bobbie105US #194
#52Ethel104US #47
#53Jessie102US #95
#54Edith101US #48
#55Lillian100US #32
#56Patsy100US #168
#57Lola99US #154
#58Phyllis96US #29
#59Lillie92US #94
#60Alma91US #97
#61Elsie91US #72
#62Clara90US #63
#63Bertha89US #80
#64Gloria89US #22
#65Joan88US #41
#66Florence87US #28
#67Naomi87US #137
#68Bernice86US #49
#69Willie86US #71
#70Bessie85US #88
#71Donna85US #70
#72Vivian84US #77
#73Jo82
#74June82US #43
#75Ella80US #98
#76Kathryn80US #90
#77Ida78US #84
#78Joy78US #183
#79Nellie78US #105
#80Rose76US #23
#81Beulah75US #145
#82Erma75US #161
#83Esther75US #65
#84Myrtle72US #110
#85Shirley72US #9
#86Viola72US #101
#87Violet70US #103
#88Christine69US #117
#89Faye69US #187
#90Katherine67US #73
#91Lena65US #130
#92Audrey64US #62
#93Roberta64US #122
#94Reba63
#95Laura62US #82
#96Melba62
#97Minnie61US #114
#98Dolores60US #34
#99Sarah60US #61
#100Dorthy59

Boys

#1James1,181US #3
#2Robert954US #1
#3William853US #4
#4John808US #2
#5Billy780US #31
#6Charles671US #5
#7Jack533US #16
#8George423US #7
#9Donald384US #8
#10Kenneth380US #18
#11Harold340US #14
#12Bobby318US #91
#13Richard289US #6
#14Joe279US #30
#15Paul278US #13
#16Roy276US #34
#17Raymond267US #15
#18Thomas252US #11
#19Bill223US #69
#20Eugene218US #20
#21Carl216US #26
#22Earl189US #33
#23Clarence186US #32
#24Edward180US #10
#25Frank179US #12
#26Ralph176US #24
#27Walter169US #17
#28Gene163US #72
#29Floyd161US #53
#30Henry150US #19
#31David148US #21
#32Leroy146US #51
#33Bob144US #100
#34Albert140US #23
#35Arthur137US #22
#36Marvin136US #47
#37Melvin136US #48
#38Joseph135US #9
#39Jimmie132US #108
#40Cecil131US #92
#41Elmer131US #61
#42Vernon131US #71
#43Howard128US #28
#44Ray123US #60
#45Fred122US #35
#46Wayne122US #67
#47Calvin117US #73
#48Gerald117US #38
#49Billie116US #135
#50Leonard112US #40
#51Lee108US #86
#52Willie108US #27
#53Clyde106US #68
#54Jesse105US #89
#55Lloyd104US #58
#56Don103US #90
#57Clifford100US #65
#58Harry100US #25
#59Leon100US #78
#60Junior99US #119
#61Ernest97US #41
#62Jerry97US #93
#63Lawrence95US #37
#64Leo93US #55
#65Glen90US #115
#66Herbert88US #42
#67Louis85US #29
#68Alvin83US #66
#69Alfred82US #45
#70Dale76US #81
#71Homer73US #129
#72Herman70US #70
#73Jackie70
#74Loyd70
#75Troy70
#76Glenn69US #76
#77Chester67US #85
#78Doyle67
#79Lewis67US #82
#80Tommy65US #170
#81Jimmy64US #158
#82Curtis63US #118
#83Edgar63US #107
#84Johnnie63US #105
#85Virgil63US #121
#86Samuel62US #49
#87Jessie61US #124
#88Marion61US #117
#89Norman61US #39
#90Everett60US #120
#91Lester60US #83
#92Harvey58US #94
#93Charlie57US #80
#94Claude57US #114
#95Johnny57US #132
#96Wesley57US #134
#97Delbert54US #159
#98Jim53US #136
#99Warren52US #79
#100Earnest50US #148

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑27Patsy#56
↑20Gene#28
↑20Bob#33
↑19Elsie#61
↑19Troy#75
↑18Barbara#20
↑18Jerry#62
↑16Marvin#36

Falling

↓24Virgil#85
↓22Vivian#72
↓22Leon#59
↓19Roberta#93
↓17Audrey#92
↓16Lester#91
↓15Opal#40
↓15Myrtle#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.