State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,272 Oklahoma births in 1934 across 904 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#69Doyleoutside the national top 200
#72Opal#199 nationally
#76Melbaoutside the national top 200
#78Imogeneoutside the national top 200
#75Glenda#194 nationally
#66Erma#180 nationally
#88Fredaoutside the national top 200
#91Buddyoutside the national top 200
#99Dixieoutside the national top 200
#52Joy#152 nationally
#57Velma#144 nationally
#64Charlene#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,222US #1
#2Betty1,065US #2
#3Barbara634US #3
#4Wanda600US #47
#5Shirley488US #4
#6Norma422US #24
#7Dorothy396US #5
#8Patricia395US #6
#9Joyce336US #12
#10Patsy330US #59
#11Helen312US #9
#12Virginia279US #15
#13Doris274US #11
#14Margaret243US #8
#15Peggy242US #36
#16Wilma229US #73
#17Billie217US #92
#18Ruby213US #39
#19Jo212US #75
#20Frances203US #19
#21Donna200US #23
#22Ruth189US #13
#23Bonnie183US #58
#24Martha182US #27
#25Carol178US #14
#26Lois175US #20
#27Mildred171US #35
#28Joan170US #7
#29Nancy169US #10
#30Carolyn163US #33
#31Phyllis157US #28
#32Anna148US #31
#33Evelyn148US #29
#34Alice140US #25
#35Bobbie140US #110
#36Beverly137US #22
#37Juanita133US #64
#38Joann124US #50
#39Elizabeth118US #18
#40Delores117US #51
#41Thelma116US #65
#42Loretta114US #83
#43Marilyn114US #17
#44Clara110US #76
#45Jean110US #16
#46Margie109US #103
#47Edna107US #55
#48Louise106US #40
#49Dolores99US #26
#50Sue98US #119
#51Ann95US #32
#52Joy94US #152
#53Geneva93US #139
#54Geraldine93US #43
#55Maxine91US #114
#56Eva89US #100
#57Velma89US #144
#58June86US #46
#59Pauline86US #71
#60Hazel85US #87
#61Kathryn76US #108
#62Vera76US #127
#63Gloria75US #30
#64Charlene74US #151
#65Marie73US #34
#66Erma70US #180
#67Georgia70US #122
#68Sylvia70US #70
#69Emma69US #85
#70Ethel69US #78
#71Edith68US #81
#72Opal67US #199
#73Alma66US #123
#74Naomi64US #149
#75Glenda62US #194
#76Melba62
#77Gladys61US #66
#78Imogene61
#79Marjorie61US #41
#80Pat60US #162
#81Vivian59US #98
#82Anita58US #130
#83Roberta58US #104
#84Rose58US #37
#85Charlotte57US #72
#86Ella57US #113
#87Faye57US #146
#88Freda56
#89Janice55US #68
#90Nellie54US #126
#91Minnie53US #133
#92Bertha51US #112
#93Leona51US #140
#94Lillie51US #116
#95Janet50US #21
#96Ellen49US #95
#97Jacqueline49US #80
#98Lola48US #170
#99Dixie47
#100Lillian47US #52

Boys

#1James1,068US #2
#2Charles882US #7
#3Robert766US #1
#4Billy733US #20
#5Donald729US #6
#6John674US #3
#7William604US #4
#8Bobby544US #23
#9Jerry392US #25
#10Kenneth372US #15
#11Richard361US #5
#12Jack320US #17
#13Jimmy308US #56
#14Joe299US #26
#15Harold287US #18
#16George281US #8
#17Bill280US #59
#18David256US #12
#19Thomas252US #9
#20Jimmie249US #68
#21Don242US #50
#22Paul238US #14
#23Carl221US #28
#24Bob200US #75
#25Raymond200US #19
#26Roy198US #35
#27Ronald184US #11
#28Edward167US #13
#29Tommy165US #98
#30Jackie153US #114
#31Earl150US #41
#32Gerald146US #22
#33Johnny145US #83
#34Jim142US #90
#35Floyd135US #73
#36Frank135US #16
#37Eugene131US #24
#38Wayne131US #48
#39Ralph129US #31
#40Walter129US #21
#41Gene127US #67
#42Leroy123US #54
#43Melvin118US #55
#44Marvin117US #44
#45Howard114US #37
#46Clarence113US #45
#47Dale113US #62
#48Ray108US #63
#49Leon103US #87
#50Henry101US #27
#51Vernon100US #89
#52Larry99US #43
#53Franklin95US #46
#54Albert93US #32
#55Clyde92US #84
#56Lloyd89US #82
#57Willie88US #30
#58Arthur85US #29
#59Cecil83US #111
#60Fred81US #33
#61Jesse80US #102
#62Joseph80US #10
#63Lee79US #79
#64Eddie78US #92
#65Glen78US #120
#66Max78US #126
#67Clifford76US #85
#68Leonard75US #53
#69Doyle74
#70Elmer74US #108
#71Norman74US #38
#72Lawrence73US #34
#73Glenn71US #81
#74Billie70US #147
#75Ernest70US #51
#76Harvey69US #99
#77Gary67US #60
#78Leo67US #86
#79Johnnie66US #116
#80Curtis65US #103
#81Harry62US #36
#82Virgil62US #141
#83Alfred61US #64
#84Phillip61US #113
#85Allen59US #88
#86Delbert59US #163
#87Herman59US #97
#88Louis59US #40
#89Alvin58US #93
#90Wesley55US #142
#91Buddy54
#92Lewis54US #94
#93Herbert53US #57
#94Calvin52US #128
#95Darrell52US #140
#96Lonnie52US #180
#97Tom51US #112
#98Dennis50US #95
#99Roger50US #39
#100Junior48US #171

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑25Joann#38
↑24Delores#40
↑23Sylvia#68
↑23Max#66
↑20Leroy#42
↑18Ann#51
↑17Ralph#39
↑17Larry#52

Falling

↓23Opal#72
↓22Emma#69
↓14Bertha#92
↓13Pat#80
↓13Leonard#68
↓12Jean#45
↓12Ray#48
↓12Franklin#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.