State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,743 Oklahoma births in 1933 across 899 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#49Opal#182 nationally
#72Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#68Doyle#196 nationally
#74Troyoutside the national top 200
#82Melbaoutside the national top 200
#83Nadineoutside the national top 200
#62Erma#176 nationally
#95Loreneoutside the national top 200
#42Joy#147 nationally
#97Loydoutside the national top 200
#98Buddyoutside the national top 200
#67Pat#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,255US #1
#2Betty1,154US #2
#3Wanda578US #48
#4Barbara548US #3
#5Dorothy423US #4
#6Norma415US #23
#7Patricia370US #6
#8Helen347US #8
#9Joyce332US #12
#10Patsy313US #65
#11Doris300US #10
#12Virginia279US #15
#13Wilma250US #66
#14Billie247US #92
#15Peggy237US #36
#16Shirley228US #9
#17Ruth206US #13
#18Margaret203US #7
#19Lois187US #19
#20Ruby181US #43
#21Anna178US #29
#22Frances176US #18
#23Nancy174US #11
#24Joan170US #5
#25Martha155US #27
#26Donna154US #24
#27Bonnie152US #68
#28Mildred151US #32
#29Juanita147US #63
#30Jo146US #90
#31Evelyn140US #30
#32Carol134US #20
#33Jean131US #14
#34Bobbie129US #114
#35Carolyn128US #40
#36Alice125US #22
#37Clara120US #67
#38Beverly115US #26
#39Phyllis115US #28
#40Edna113US #55
#41Sue111US #131
#42Joy109US #147
#43Thelma109US #57
#44Dolores101US #21
#45Marilyn100US #16
#46Geraldine99US #42
#47Emma90US #75
#48Margie90US #95
#49Opal90US #182
#50Velma89US #137
#51Eva86US #101
#52Loretta86US #87
#53Maxine86US #110
#54Elizabeth85US #17
#55June84US #45
#56Georgia83US #126
#57Hazel83US #82
#58Louise82US #39
#59Gloria79US #31
#60Pauline79US #64
#61Geneva77US #141
#62Erma76US #176
#63Joann75US #72
#64Delores74US #52
#65Kathryn72US #108
#66Naomi72US #140
#67Pat72US #160
#68Edith71US #80
#69Ann70US #34
#70Laura70US #91
#71Vera69US #121
#72Imogene68
#73Rose68US #35
#74Alma66US #124
#75Charlene66US #156
#76Ethel65US #71
#77Marie65US #33
#78Bertha63US #106
#79Roberta63US #112
#80Ella62US #113
#81Marjorie62US #41
#82Melba61
#83Nadine61
#84Darlene60US #96
#85Bessie59US #117
#86Elsie59US #99
#87Lillie58US #111
#88Gladys57US #60
#89Lillian56US #51
#90Sarah56US #58
#91Sylvia56US #84
#92Ramona55US #180
#93Jessie54US #127
#94Lola54US #163
#95Lorene53
#96Christine52US #128
#97Irene52US #46
#98Katherine52US #100
#99Minnie52US #135
#100Violet52US #136

Boys

#1James1,040US #2
#2Charles812US #6
#3Billy779US #20
#4Robert771US #1
#5Donald674US #7
#6John638US #3
#7William576US #4
#8Bobby484US #26
#9Kenneth446US #15
#10Richard366US #5
#11Jack363US #17
#12George322US #8
#13Jerry318US #31
#14Harold313US #18
#15Joe299US #27
#16Bill287US #59
#17David250US #13
#18Jimmy241US #64
#19Jimmie240US #72
#20Carl221US #28
#21Paul217US #14
#22Roy216US #39
#23Thomas212US #10
#24Raymond206US #19
#25Don200US #54
#26Edward174US #11
#27Bob168US #82
#28Gerald156US #22
#29Earl151US #41
#30Frank148US #16
#31Floyd147US #69
#32Tommy147US #109
#33Gene142US #66
#34Ronald142US #12
#35Eugene141US #23
#36Ray131US #62
#37Walter128US #21
#38Clarence127US #43
#39Jackie127US #123
#40Marvin127US #44
#41Franklin124US #33
#42Henry122US #24
#43Johnny118US #90
#44Melvin117US #51
#45Lloyd108US #73
#46Wayne106US #52
#47Dale104US #65
#48Fred102US #34
#49Jim101US #98
#50Howard98US #36
#51Leon97US #85
#52Vernon96US #83
#53Cecil90US #111
#54Glen90US #124
#55Leonard90US #47
#56Ralph87US #29
#57Clifford86US #86
#58Elmer85US #101
#59Clyde84US #87
#60Lee83US #79
#61Albert82US #30
#62Leroy82US #56
#63Joseph80US #9
#64Willie79US #32
#65Lawrence76US #38
#66Norman76US #37
#67Glenn75US #74
#68Doyle72US #196
#69Larry72US #58
#70Ernest71US #50
#71Virgil71US #138
#72Gary70US #80
#73Arthur69US #25
#74Troy69
#75Billie68US #146
#76Alfred67US #57
#77Jesse65US #100
#78Delbert63US #157
#79Eddie63US #93
#80Harry62US #35
#81Herman60US #96
#82Louis60US #40
#83Herbert59US #49
#84Alvin58US #88
#85Harvey58US #97
#86Curtis57US #107
#87Johnnie56US #115
#88Marion54US #133
#89Max53US #140
#90Samuel53US #61
#91Leo52US #75
#92Allen51US #84
#93Lewis51US #92
#94Calvin49US #112
#95Homer49US #150
#96Lester47US #108
#97Loyd47
#98Buddy46
#99Wesley46US #147
#100Darrell45US #148

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑38Eva#51
↑29Sue#41
↑28Franklin#41
↑24Opal#49
↑23Carol#32
↑18Carolyn#35
↑18Naomi#66
↑16Ella#80

Falling

↓35Marjorie#81
↓28Gladys#88
↓22Leroy#62
↓20Louise#58
↓19Arthur#73
↓19Jesse#77
↓17Pauline#60
↓16Louis#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.