State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,465 Oklahoma births in 1928 across 921 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#56Loreneoutside the national top 200
#31Imogene#163 nationally
#49Jo#179 nationally
#76Jackieoutside the national top 200
#44Bobbie#166 nationally
#83Doyleoutside the national top 200
#29Patsy#145 nationally
#86Troyoutside the national top 200
#34Opal#146 nationally
#92Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#94Nadineoutside the national top 200
#96Loydoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty1,453US #2
#2Mary1,342US #1
#3Dorothy620US #3
#4Wanda590US #63
#5Helen426US #4
#6Norma395US #23
#7Billie346US #96
#8Doris338US #7
#9Virginia323US #9
#10Ruth318US #6
#11Juanita298US #58
#12Mildred276US #15
#13Ruby275US #34
#14Margaret267US #5
#15Barbara256US #8
#16Wilma245US #69
#17Lois244US #18
#18Patricia239US #11
#19Frances204US #13
#20Anna199US #16
#21Peggy181US #76
#22Thelma179US #40
#23Evelyn176US #17
#24Bonnie175US #89
#25Joyce155US #30
#26Edna154US #45
#27Alice152US #19
#28Hazel152US #59
#29Patsy150US #145
#30Pauline147US #48
#31Imogene145US #163
#32Martha142US #22
#33Jean137US #12
#34Opal132US #146
#35Marjorie129US #29
#36Maxine129US #84
#37Louise126US #31
#38Margie122US #108
#39Velma116US #114
#40Geraldine113US #50
#41Emma112US #67
#42Eva112US #79
#43Shirley112US #10
#44Bobbie111US #166
#45Clara108US #65
#46Joan107US #27
#47Gladys104US #41
#48Vera104US #92
#49Jo102US #179
#50Elizabeth100US #14
#51Phyllis100US #26
#52Geneva98US #124
#53Ramona97US #117
#54Marie96US #21
#55Georgia93US #115
#56Lorene91
#57Jessie90US #109
#58Dolores89US #20
#59Donna88US #61
#60Naomi86US #141
#61Bertha84US #81
#62Alma83US #107
#63Vivian83US #78
#64Gloria82US #25
#65Lucille82US #51
#66Ethel81US #55
#67Willie81US #74
#68Rose78US #24
#69Elsie77US #73
#70Edith76US #56
#71June76US #44
#72Bessie74US #101
#73Ella74US #100
#74Lillian74US #35
#75Bernice73US #53
#76Erma73US #157
#77Irene73US #28
#78Kathryn73US #99
#79Lillie73US #104
#80Lola73US #164
#81Ida69US #87
#82Myrtle68US #116
#83Florence67US #32
#84Laura67US #83
#85Nancy66US #43
#86Viola66US #103
#87Beulah64US #154
#88Ellen64US #98
#89Nellie63US #111
#90Beverly61US #46
#91Joy61US #188
#92Leona60US #122
#93Christine59US #120
#94Nadine59
#95Roberta58US #127
#96Violet58US #113
#97Beatrice57US #70
#98Dora57US #144
#99Katherine57US #75
#100Verna57US #152

Boys

#1James1,200US #3
#2Robert923US #1
#3Billy861US #27
#4William828US #4
#5John766US #2
#6Charles756US #5
#7Jack494US #15
#8Donald456US #7
#9Bobby382US #65
#10Kenneth382US #17
#11George363US #8
#12Richard342US #6
#13Harold310US #14
#14Joe279US #30
#15Paul249US #13
#16Bill238US #64
#17Raymond237US #16
#18Roy234US #34
#19Thomas226US #11
#20Edward204US #10
#21Carl202US #28
#22Eugene187US #20
#23Earl174US #37
#24Walter170US #18
#25Herbert169US #25
#26Gene167US #62
#27David166US #19
#28Clarence162US #35
#29Frank160US #12
#30Ralph160US #24
#31Leroy157US #51
#32Jimmie155US #100
#33Ray144US #57
#34Floyd138US #54
#35Bob136US #95
#36Howard135US #31
#37Melvin132US #48
#38Joseph128US #9
#39Lloyd127US #59
#40Billie124US #133
#41Vernon123US #70
#42Marvin122US #46
#43Gerald121US #41
#44Wayne118US #69
#45Fred117US #36
#46Albert115US #23
#47Henry115US #21
#48Alfred114US #33
#49Clifford114US #68
#50Willie111US #29
#51Jerry110US #79
#52Ernest107US #43
#53Leonard107US #42
#54Cecil104US #97
#55Jimmy104US #138
#56Arthur103US #22
#57Don102US #84
#58Lee102US #87
#59Clyde99US #74
#60Tommy99US #151
#61Calvin98US #94
#62Elmer97US #63
#63Leon93US #81
#64Curtis92US #101
#65Alvin91US #72
#66Norman90US #39
#67Glen89US #115
#68Harry88US #26
#69Junior86US #120
#70Louis86US #32
#71Lawrence85US #38
#72Marion84US #118
#73Dale83US #75
#74Herman82US #78
#75Jesse82US #91
#76Jackie79
#77Chester78US #88
#78Johnnie75US #103
#79Homer73US #131
#80Leo73US #61
#81Virgil73US #126
#82Delbert71US #154
#83Doyle70
#84Jim68US #137
#85Lester66US #89
#86Troy66
#87Harvey65US #90
#88Glenn64US #76
#89Johnny63US #117
#90Max62US #125
#91Ronald62US #50
#92Bobbie60
#93Everett59US #123
#94Hubert53US #121
#95Lewis53US #86
#96Loyd53
#97Samuel53US #52
#98Andrew52US #60
#99Charlie52US #80
#100Claude51US #116

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑42Shirley#43
↑41Herbert#25
↑40Dolores#58
↑27Patsy#29
↑26Jimmy#55
↑24Jo#49
↑23Norman#66
↑21Alfred#48

Falling

↓27Irene#77
↓23Lola#80
↓22Loyd#96
↓21Arthur#56
↓21Elmer#62
↓21Jesse#75
↓20Lucille#65
↓20Lillie#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.