State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,604 Oklahoma births in 1931 across 889 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#51Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#55Doyle#195 nationally
#79Loreneoutside the national top 200
#80Melbaoutside the national top 200
#87Loydoutside the national top 200
#70Charlene#179 nationally
#68Opal#171 nationally
#53Joy#152 nationally
#44Jackie#142 nationally
#100Pat#198 nationally
#71Erma#163 nationally
#88Bobbie#178 nationally

Girls

#1Betty1,308US #2
#2Mary1,237US #1
#3Wanda580US #54
#4Dorothy523US #3
#5Norma417US #22
#6Barbara407US #4
#7Helen350US #6
#8Doris314US #10
#9Patricia309US #8
#10Virginia284US #12
#11Billie279US #81
#12Joyce273US #15
#13Margaret255US #7
#14Wilma249US #69
#15Ruth238US #11
#16Ruby237US #39
#17Patsy231US #83
#18Frances198US #18
#19Lois198US #20
#20Peggy191US #42
#21Mildred189US #26
#22Anna188US #25
#23Juanita188US #57
#24Bonnie174US #73
#25Evelyn166US #24
#26Martha165US #28
#27Shirley165US #9
#28Joan153US #5
#29Jo142US #116
#30Donna140US #32
#31Edna135US #52
#32Alice134US #21
#33Thelma131US #53
#34Maxine124US #101
#35Marilyn123US #19
#36Bobbie120US #124
#37Dolores116US #14
#38Pauline111US #56
#39Marjorie110US #34
#40Nancy110US #17
#41Hazel109US #74
#42Emma106US #76
#43Margie105US #107
#44Louise104US #33
#45Jean103US #13
#46June101US #44
#47Beverly100US #31
#48Clara99US #61
#49Velma97US #131
#50Gloria93US #23
#51Imogene92
#52Geraldine90US #38
#53Joy87US #152
#54Phyllis87US #29
#55Elizabeth86US #16
#56Marie86US #27
#57Delores85US #58
#58Carolyn83US #60
#59Joann83US #90
#60Alma81US #114
#61Gladys78US #55
#62Kathryn77US #108
#63Vera77US #111
#64Georgia76US #120
#65Loretta75US #96
#66Edith74US #65
#67Eva73US #94
#68Opal72US #171
#69Geneva71US #136
#70Charlene70US #179
#71Erma70US #163
#72Rose70US #30
#73Willie69US #93
#74Carol68US #46
#75Ethel68US #67
#76Jessie68US #122
#77Irene67US #37
#78Ida65US #100
#79Lorene65
#80Melba64
#81Jane63US #50
#82Laura63US #89
#83Vivian63US #82
#84Faye62US #158
#85Roberta61US #121
#86Naomi60US #140
#87Ann59US #35
#88Bernice58US #63
#89Bertha57US #102
#90Bessie57US #113
#91Ella57US #110
#92Florence57US #43
#93Lena57US #149
#94Lillie57US #112
#95Lucille57US #62
#96Sue57US #153
#97Minnie56US #129
#98Julia54US #91
#99Lola53US #156
#100Pat53US #198

Boys

#1James1,079US #2
#2Billy921US #19
#3Robert842US #1
#4Charles720US #6
#5John680US #3
#6William672US #4
#7Donald631US #7
#8Bobby547US #32
#9Kenneth430US #14
#10Richard374US #5
#11Jack367US #15
#12George354US #8
#13Harold315US #18
#14Joe301US #29
#15Bill263US #57
#16Thomas240US #10
#17Jerry228US #43
#18Roy226US #35
#19Raymond215US #17
#20Paul211US #12
#21Jimmie200US #81
#22Jimmy197US #89
#23Bob190US #78
#24David185US #13
#25Carl172US #28
#26Don171US #59
#27Edward167US #11
#28Earl160US #40
#29Walter142US #20
#30Albert135US #24
#31Melvin134US #51
#32Eugene128US #21
#33Frank127US #16
#34Floyd126US #66
#35Clarence124US #39
#36Marvin123US #45
#37Gerald120US #26
#38Lloyd120US #68
#39Leroy117US #52
#40Tommy117US #115
#41Ralph116US #25
#42Vernon113US #74
#43Ray112US #60
#44Jackie111US #142
#45Henry109US #22
#46Gene108US #64
#47Billie107US #128
#48Wayne107US #58
#49Johnny103US #105
#50Fred99US #33
#51Howard98US #34
#52Dale97US #62
#53Leon97US #84
#54Clifford94US #75
#55Doyle93US #195
#56Cecil91US #102
#57Joseph88US #9
#58Leonard88US #48
#59Ronald86US #27
#60Jesse84US #97
#61Willie84US #31
#62Glen83US #112
#63Clyde82US #77
#64Arthur81US #23
#65Herbert77US #41
#66Johnnie77US #110
#67Lawrence77US #38
#68Lee76US #90
#69Elmer75US #82
#70Jim75US #116
#71Ernest74US #47
#72Virgil71US #121
#73Eddie70US #95
#74Norman68US #36
#75Louis66US #37
#76Alvin64US #80
#77Harry64US #30
#78Alfred63US #50
#79Leo63US #69
#80Glenn60US #72
#81Lewis60US #87
#82Samuel58US #56
#83Chester56US #106
#84Herman56US #83
#85Homer56US #144
#86Calvin55US #119
#87Loyd55
#88Bobbie54US #178
#89Delbert54US #159
#90Harvey54US #93
#91Junior52US #150
#92Lester52US #96
#93Max52US #140
#94Marion51US #133
#95Larry50US #88
#96Stanley50US #49
#97Lonnie48US #183
#98Bennie44US #169
#99Douglas44US #85
#100Russell44US #63

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑53Marilyn#35
↑26Delores#57
↑25Lloyd#38
↑24Beverly#47
↑23Virgil#72
↑22Loretta#65
↑21Eddie#73
↑19Doyle#55

Falling

↓31Lucille#95
↓26Sue#96
↓24Junior#91
↓23Opal#68
↓23Naomi#86
↓19Geneva#69
↓19Lola#99
↓18Herbert#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.