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Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,682 Oklahoma births in 1932 across 892 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#68Imogene#196 nationally
#77Troyoutside the national top 200
#79Melbaoutside the national top 200
#80Doyleoutside the national top 200
#59Erma#166 nationally
#63Charlene#170 nationally
#73Opal#179 nationally
#95Buddyoutside the national top 200
#81Pat#177 nationally
#40Velma#133 nationally
#38Jackie#130 nationally
#56Joy#147 nationally

Girls

#1Betty1,246US #2
#2Mary1,225US #1
#3Wanda600US #52
#4Dorothy484US #4
#5Barbara468US #3
#6Norma403US #22
#7Helen372US #8
#8Patricia331US #6
#9Virginia307US #14
#10Joyce306US #12
#11Patsy285US #77
#12Doris272US #10
#13Margaret247US #7
#14Peggy247US #40
#15Ruby235US #38
#16Wilma229US #65
#17Billie227US #93
#18Ruth216US #11
#19Lois209US #20
#20Juanita201US #58
#21Joan184US #5
#22Anna181US #24
#23Mildred179US #26
#24Martha178US #27
#25Shirley178US #9
#26Donna173US #29
#27Frances169US #19
#28Thelma168US #51
#29Jo163US #103
#30Evelyn154US #23
#31Bonnie150US #64
#32Alice139US #21
#33Nancy118US #13
#34Jean117US #15
#35Bobbie116US #113
#36Phyllis116US #30
#37Edna110US #50
#38Louise108US #36
#39Margie105US #102
#40Velma104US #133
#41Clara102US #70
#42Marilyn99US #16
#43Pauline99US #59
#44Geraldine98US #42
#45Loretta98US #89
#46Marjorie98US #37
#47Geneva96US #137
#48Maxine96US #110
#49Dolores95US #18
#50Emma95US #76
#51Georgia95US #118
#52Beverly93US #28
#53Carolyn92US #46
#54Hazel92US #75
#55Carol88US #32
#56Joy88US #147
#57Edith84US #69
#58Elizabeth81US #17
#59Erma81US #166
#60Gladys81US #54
#61June81US #44
#62Gloria79US #25
#63Charlene77US #170
#64Ethel77US #66
#65Joann76US #79
#66Willie74US #91
#67Bertha73US #101
#68Imogene73US #196
#69Delores72US #56
#70Sue72US #139
#71Vera72US #121
#72Alma71US #119
#73Opal69US #179
#74Roberta69US #109
#75Ann68US #34
#76Lillian68US #48
#77Kathryn65US #107
#78Marie65US #31
#79Melba65
#80Rose65US #33
#81Pat63US #177
#82Irene62US #43
#83Sylvia62US #96
#84Naomi61US #148
#85Laura60US #88
#86Lillie60US #111
#87Lola59US #161
#88Lena58US #155
#89Eva57US #98
#90Florence57US #47
#91Jessie57US #126
#92Faye56US #159
#93Lucille56US #63
#94Vivian56US #90
#95Christine55US #127
#96Ella54US #108
#97Bernice53US #71
#98Verna53US #165
#99Anita52US #116
#100Elsie52US #97

Boys

#1James1,090US #2
#2Billy843US #20
#3Robert832US #1
#4Charles761US #6
#5John659US #3
#6Donald638US #7
#7William603US #4
#8Bobby559US #30
#9Kenneth411US #14
#10Richard391US #5
#11Jack357US #17
#12George298US #8
#13Joe296US #29
#14Bill292US #58
#15Harold289US #18
#16Jerry256US #34
#17Thomas246US #10
#18Paul228US #13
#19Roy221US #38
#20Don215US #55
#21Jimmy214US #76
#22Jimmie208US #75
#23David205US #12
#24Bob200US #79
#25Raymond197US #19
#26Carl195US #28
#27Edward156US #11
#28Floyd146US #68
#29Frank145US #15
#30Tommy145US #109
#31Walter143US #21
#32Ronald141US #16
#33Earl138US #41
#34Gene137US #64
#35Clarence136US #40
#36Eugene130US #22
#37Gerald130US #24
#38Jackie129US #130
#39Henry122US #23
#40Leroy121US #53
#41Ralph119US #27
#42Ray118US #59
#43Wayne116US #57
#44Melvin113US #51
#45Marvin112US #46
#46Johnny111US #96
#47Albert101US #26
#48Howard100US #36
#49Vernon99US #78
#50Lloyd96US #71
#51Dale95US #61
#52Lee93US #86
#53Cecil91US #108
#54Arthur90US #25
#55Fred89US #33
#56Leon89US #83
#57Glen87US #118
#58Jesse87US #99
#59Norman87US #37
#60Jim85US #104
#61Clyde84US #82
#62Lawrence83US #35
#63Willie80US #31
#64Elmer79US #94
#65Leonard77US #48
#66Louis77US #39
#67Harry76US #32
#68Ernest75US #47
#69Franklin75US #66
#70Joseph75US #9
#71Billie73US #141
#72Eddie73US #91
#73Clifford71US #84
#74Glenn70US #77
#75Larry69US #65
#76Alvin68US #87
#77Troy68
#78Alfred67US #49
#79Curtis65US #103
#80Doyle65
#81Herman63US #89
#82Johnnie63US #113
#83Leo60US #74
#84Marion59US #132
#85Virgil59US #139
#86Delbert58US #151
#87Junior56US #145
#88Lester56US #101
#89Calvin54US #119
#90Lonnie54US #179
#91Herbert52US #44
#92Harvey51US #95
#93Chester50US #112
#94Tom50US #116
#95Buddy48
#96Everett48US #140
#97Lewis48US #92
#98Max47US #143
#99Samuel47US #56
#100Claude46US #126

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑27Ronald#32
↑26Sue#70
↑22Geneva#47
↑22Bertha#67
↑20Loretta#45
↑20Larry#75
↑19Carol#55
↑19Pat#81

Falling

↓26Herbert#91
↓25Doyle#80
↓24Billie#71
↓22Marie#78
↓22Eva#89
↓19Clifford#73
↓17Imogene#68
↓17Albert#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.