State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,626 Oklahoma births in 1929 across 902 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#34Imogene#174 nationally
#72Loreneoutside the national top 200
#74Troyoutside the national top 200
#76Doyleoutside the national top 200
#61Jackie#179 nationally
#61Joy#177 nationally
#31Bobbie#146 nationally
#89Loydoutside the national top 200
#29Jo#140 nationally
#91Charlene#200 nationally
#60Erma#166 nationally
#96Nina#197 nationally

Girls

#1Betty1,484US #2
#2Mary1,350US #1
#3Wanda641US #61
#4Dorothy617US #3
#5Helen410US #4
#6Billie371US #79
#7Norma338US #25
#8Virginia329US #11
#9Doris322US #6
#10Ruth262US #8
#11Patricia259US #10
#12Ruby256US #36
#13Mildred248US #18
#14Margaret244US #5
#15Wilma240US #66
#16Barbara236US #7
#17Joyce226US #23
#18Lois223US #17
#19Juanita221US #60
#20Evelyn189US #19
#21Peggy189US #70
#22Patsy188US #118
#23Frances185US #16
#24Anna177US #20
#25Bonnie177US #86
#26Thelma167US #41
#27Alice153US #21
#28Martha148US #27
#29Jo144US #140
#30Maxine136US #85
#31Bobbie128US #146
#32Hazel126US #64
#33Joan126US #13
#34Imogene125US #174
#35Shirley124US #9
#36Geraldine119US #43
#37Edna118US #51
#38Marjorie117US #30
#39Clara112US #65
#40Dolores112US #14
#41Margie112US #108
#42Pauline110US #50
#43Jean104US #12
#44Donna103US #47
#45Elizabeth103US #15
#46Gladys101US #44
#47Velma101US #128
#48Phyllis100US #24
#49Alma99US #106
#50Louise99US #31
#51Marie99US #22
#52Eva98US #83
#53Geneva98US #130
#54Emma96US #69
#55Opal95US #150
#56Edith91US #59
#57Jessie90US #110
#58Nancy84US #32
#59Lillie83US #103
#60Erma80US #166
#61Joy80US #177
#62Ramona79US #120
#63Vera79US #99
#64Gloria78US #28
#65Georgia77US #115
#66Ethel76US #56
#67Lillian76US #40
#68June74US #48
#69Kathryn73US #104
#70Lucille73US #57
#71Irene72US #29
#72Lorene71
#73Rose71US #26
#74Vivian71US #81
#75Bertha69US #93
#76Elsie69US #78
#77Naomi69US #139
#78Bessie68US #107
#79Laura68US #90
#80Lola67US #163
#81Bernice65US #55
#82Delores65US #74
#83Ella64US #102
#84Florence64US #35
#85Leona64US #122
#86Viola64US #109
#87Beatrice61US #72
#88Minnie61US #124
#89Pearl61US #114
#90Grace60US #54
#91Charlene58US #200
#92Ida58US #96
#93Dora57US #141
#94Ellen57US #97
#95Myrtle57US #117
#96Nina57US #197
#97Roberta57US #126
#98Willie56US #76
#99Carol55US #63
#100Loretta55US #127

Boys

#1James1,139US #2
#2Billy920US #23
#3Robert906US #1
#4William773US #4
#5Charles705US #5
#6John685US #3
#7Donald510US #7
#8Jack451US #14
#9Kenneth450US #18
#10Bobby415US #50
#11George379US #8
#12Richard310US #6
#13Harold293US #16
#14Joe285US #30
#15Roy252US #35
#16Paul232US #13
#17Carl229US #28
#18Raymond226US #15
#19Thomas225US #11
#20David210US #17
#21Bill205US #63
#22Edward186US #10
#23Eugene185US #20
#24Jimmie166US #98
#25Bob165US #89
#26Herbert163US #25
#27Walter163US #19
#28Frank156US #12
#29Floyd152US #58
#30Clarence151US #37
#31Earl145US #36
#32Ralph144US #26
#33Albert141US #24
#34Jimmy130US #115
#35Gene129US #68
#36Henry124US #21
#37Wayne122US #69
#38Jerry120US #61
#39Leroy120US #51
#40Melvin120US #49
#41Marvin119US #46
#42Don115US #78
#43Vernon111US #71
#44Billie110US #122
#45Fred110US #34
#46Lloyd110US #62
#47Gerald109US #33
#48Howard109US #31
#49Joseph103US #9
#50Ray102US #57
#51Junior96US #120
#52Cecil95US #101
#53Dale95US #73
#54Arthur93US #22
#55Elmer92US #70
#56Lawrence90US #38
#57Alvin88US #77
#58Johnny86US #113
#59Alfred85US #41
#60Harry83US #27
#61Jackie83US #179
#62Willie83US #29
#63Lee82US #85
#64Tommy82US #144
#65Glen81US #123
#66Jesse81US #93
#67Clyde80US #74
#68Louis78US #32
#69Leon76US #81
#70Clifford75US #72
#71Leonard75US #42
#72Curtis74US #99
#73Ernest73US #43
#74Troy73
#75Calvin72US #109
#76Doyle69
#77Johnnie68US #103
#78Jim67US #132
#79Leo66US #60
#80Marion64US #118
#81Glenn63US #80
#82Lester62US #88
#83Hubert57US #124
#84Eddie56US #102
#85Ronald56US #45
#86Herman55US #75
#87Max55US #128
#88Edwin54US #66
#89Loyd54
#90Delbert53US #157
#91Norman52US #40
#92Willard52US #114
#93Chester50US #96
#94Homer50US #141
#95Virgil50US #127
#96Samuel49US #53
#97Bennie48US #158
#98Douglas48US #97
#99Lewis48US #84
#100Bobbie47

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑31Johnny#58
↑30Joy#61
↑27Nancy#58
↑21Jimmy#34
↑20Jo#29
↑20Lillie#59
↑20Dale#53
↑18Dolores#40

Falling

↓31Willie#98
↓25Norman#91
↓21Opal#55
↓21Clifford#70
↓21Ernest#73
↓18Leonard#71
↓17Naomi#77
↓17Ray#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.