State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,035 Oklahoma births in 1930 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.

#52Imogene#188 nationally
#73Loreneoutside the national top 200
#74Doyleoutside the national top 200
#85Troyoutside the national top 200
#81Charlene#195 nationally
#88Loydoutside the national top 200
#45Jackie#157 nationally
#45Opal#156 nationally
#90Melbaoutside the national top 200
#28Bobbie#135 nationally
#93Bobbie#200 nationally
#29Jo#131 nationally

Girls

#1Betty1,463US #2
#2Mary1,319US #1
#3Wanda652US #56
#4Dorothy597US #3
#5Norma440US #25
#6Helen421US #4
#7Billie369US #79
#8Doris331US #9
#9Virginia327US #12
#10Barbara309US #6
#11Patricia306US #7
#12Ruth285US #10
#13Margaret268US #5
#14Wilma264US #68
#15Ruby255US #36
#16Lois253US #17
#17Joyce246US #18
#18Patsy239US #97
#19Mildred231US #21
#20Peggy216US #67
#21Thelma198US #45
#22Frances189US #16
#23Juanita178US #57
#24Evelyn169US #19
#25Joan165US #8
#26Anna162US #23
#27Bonnie161US #78
#28Bobbie153US #135
#29Jo153US #131
#30Martha153US #27
#31Alice142US #20
#32Shirley132US #11
#33Pauline130US #52
#34Velma130US #127
#35Jean128US #14
#36Nancy126US #24
#37Maxine125US #93
#38Donna122US #37
#39Hazel122US #71
#40Edna121US #51
#41Geraldine121US #43
#42Clara119US #64
#43Dolores119US #13
#44Louise114US #31
#45Opal112US #156
#46Elizabeth111US #15
#47Gladys111US #48
#48Marjorie111US #32
#49Georgia109US #117
#50Geneva108US #133
#51Vera108US #104
#52Imogene106US #188
#53June103US #47
#54Margie101US #112
#55Phyllis101US #28
#56Emma97US #73
#57Marie95US #26
#58Alma93US #109
#59Eva93US #86
#60Ramona86US #149
#61Edith82US #61
#62Kathryn82US #101
#63Naomi82US #139
#64Lucille81US #59
#65Gloria80US #30
#66Carolyn77US #72
#67Erma77US #169
#68Joy76US #163
#69Joann75US #118
#70Sue74US #167
#71Beverly73US #34
#72Irene73US #33
#73Lorene73
#74Willie72US #87
#75Leona71US #130
#76Lillian71US #44
#77Rose71US #29
#78Bessie69US #108
#79Lillie69US #111
#80Lola69US #162
#81Charlene68US #195
#82Ethel67US #65
#83Delores66US #66
#84Ella66US #107
#85Elsie66US #88
#86Jessie66US #114
#87Loretta66US #105
#88Marilyn66US #22
#89Nellie66US #113
#90Melba65
#91Bertha63US #95
#92Katherine63US #85
#93Minnie63US #122
#94Laura61US #89
#95Roberta61US #125
#96Annie60US #40
#97Eula59US #182
#98Faye58US #177
#99Nadine58
#100Vivian58US #91

Boys

#1James1,151US #2
#2Billy973US #20
#3Robert902US #1
#4Charles787US #6
#5William763US #4
#6John755US #3
#7Donald641US #7
#8Bobby521US #41
#9Kenneth471US #17
#10Jack470US #14
#11George386US #8
#12Richard368US #5
#13Joe320US #27
#14Harold296US #18
#15Paul272US #12
#16Thomas258US #11
#17Bill245US #59
#18Carl239US #26
#19Roy234US #33
#20Raymond226US #16
#21Edward214US #10
#22David209US #15
#23Jimmie206US #86
#24Bob194US #88
#25Earl173US #38
#26Eugene170US #21
#27Jerry168US #51
#28Walter157US #19
#29Jimmy153US #102
#30Don151US #68
#31Melvin149US #50
#32Clarence148US #39
#33Frank148US #13
#34Floyd145US #61
#35Ralph144US #25
#36Gene143US #70
#37Albert134US #24
#38Ray132US #57
#39Henry128US #22
#40Tommy126US #127
#41Wayne125US #65
#42Billie124US #123
#43Howard123US #31
#44Leroy119US #53
#45Jackie113US #157
#46Clyde111US #76
#47Herbert110US #35
#48Fred108US #32
#49Arthur107US #23
#50Gerald107US #30
#51Marvin106US #48
#52Lee104US #82
#53Vernon100US #72
#54Willie97US #29
#55Elmer95US #80
#56Johnny95US #101
#57Joseph95US #9
#58Lawrence95US #36
#59Cecil94US #99
#60Leon93US #81
#61Leonard93US #45
#62Harry90US #28
#63Lloyd89US #69
#64Dale88US #64
#65Clifford87US #73
#66Glen86US #114
#67Junior86US #135
#68Jesse85US #94
#69Ronald80US #37
#70Ernest78US #43
#71Alvin77US #79
#72Herman77US #78
#73Alfred76US #46
#74Doyle76
#75Curtis75US #106
#76Glenn74US #71
#77Johnnie73US #104
#78Leo73US #63
#79Jim70US #125
#80Norman68US #40
#81Delbert67US #151
#82Louis67US #34
#83Calvin66US #111
#84Lewis59US #87
#85Troy59
#86Bennie58US #162
#87Harvey58US #92
#88Loyd58
#89Marion58US #126
#90Samuel58US #55
#91Edwin57US #66
#92Everett56US #134
#93Bobbie55US #200
#94Eddie54US #97
#95Virgil54US #128
#96Lester53US #95
#97Charlie52US #91
#98Russell50US #60
#99Daniel49US #47
#100Freddie49US #171

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑24Willie#74
↑24Tommy#40
↑22Nancy#36
↑21Clyde#46
↑16Georgia#49
↑16Jackie#45
↑16Ronald#69
↑15June#53

Falling

↓29Jessie#86
↓26Vivian#100
↓21Herbert#47
↓20Lillie#79
↓18Imogene#52
↓17Lloyd#63
↓16Ethel#82
↓16Bertha#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.