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Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,747 Oklahoma births in 1935 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.

#65Doyle#199 nationally
#68Melbaoutside the national top 200
#47Glenda#169 nationally
#81Opaloutside the national top 200
#92Troyoutside the national top 200
#40Joy#148 nationally
#95Buddyoutside the national top 200
#98Fredaoutside the national top 200
#95Ramona#197 nationally
#46Velma#147 nationally
#88Erma#189 nationally
#53Charlene#146 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley1,159US #2
#2Mary1,155US #1
#3Betty939US #4
#4Barbara652US #3
#5Wanda465US #49
#6Patricia389US #5
#7Norma344US #29
#8Dorothy333US #6
#9Joyce317US #12
#10Patsy300US #56
#11Virginia289US #16
#12Helen281US #10
#13Doris274US #13
#14Margaret217US #8
#15Carolyn208US #28
#16Peggy207US #36
#17Billie205US #106
#18Lois205US #21
#19Martha201US #24
#20Wilma195US #70
#21Donna192US #23
#22Nancy187US #9
#23Ruth183US #15
#24Ruby181US #41
#25Jo175US #73
#26Carol163US #11
#27Phyllis159US #27
#28Frances157US #19
#29Marilyn157US #14
#30Bonnie155US #62
#31Joan153US #7
#32Mildred150US #35
#33Anna135US #34
#34Evelyn135US #31
#35Alice133US #25
#36Beverly128US #20
#37Sue123US #115
#38Juanita110US #72
#39Loretta109US #69
#40Joy105US #148
#41Joann103US #53
#42Thelma102US #76
#43Delores100US #57
#44Elizabeth100US #17
#45Margie100US #100
#46Velma97US #147
#47Glenda95US #169
#48Jean94US #18
#49Clara89US #81
#50Emma89US #89
#51Bobbie88US #116
#52Edna86US #67
#53Charlene84US #146
#54Hazel79US #92
#55Dolores78US #26
#56Jane78US #43
#57Sandra75US #50
#58Charlotte73US #65
#59Eva73US #110
#60Louise73US #45
#61Maxine73US #120
#62Gloria71US #32
#63Vera71US #124
#64Georgia69US #123
#65Naomi68US #144
#66Yvonne68US #98
#67Janice64US #47
#68Melba64
#69Edith63US #87
#70Kathryn63US #111
#71Pat63US #150
#72Sylvia63US #60
#73Geraldine62US #40
#74June62US #55
#75Geneva61US #156
#76Marjorie61US #46
#77Sally61US #58
#78Janet60US #22
#79Marie60US #33
#80Marlene60US #39
#81Opal60
#82Jessie59US #135
#83Darlene58US #91
#84Pauline58US #80
#85Alma57US #132
#86Gladys57US #78
#87Christine56US #130
#88Erma56US #189
#89Rose56US #37
#90Ann55US #30
#91Ethel55US #82
#92Katherine54US #103
#93Lillian54US #66
#94Ella53US #122
#95Ramona52US #197
#96Sarah52US #61
#97Bernice51US #90
#98Freda51
#99Roberta51US #77
#100Kay50US #134

Boys

#1James1,088US #2
#2Charles802US #6
#3John737US #3
#4Donald735US #7
#5Billy702US #19
#6Robert698US #1
#7Bobby516US #24
#8William511US #4
#9Jerry476US #22
#10Kenneth422US #15
#11Richard341US #5
#12Joe336US #25
#13Jimmy320US #47
#14George306US #8
#15Jack300US #18
#16Bill248US #60
#17Harold241US #20
#18Don238US #51
#19Jimmie234US #69
#20Ronald226US #12
#21David221US #11
#22Paul221US #14
#23Thomas211US #9
#24Carl208US #28
#25Roy187US #40
#26Raymond181US #17
#27Jackie162US #102
#28Tommy159US #95
#29Edward153US #13
#30Bob149US #81
#31Wayne147US #49
#32Jim142US #90
#33Larry142US #33
#34Floyd140US #76
#35Earl138US #46
#36Johnny137US #74
#37Gerald134US #21
#38Eugene127US #26
#39Frank127US #16
#40Ray123US #64
#41Fred114US #34
#42Gene107US #66
#43Henry105US #27
#44Walter105US #23
#45Marvin103US #45
#46Ralph101US #32
#47Albert100US #31
#48Clarence100US #48
#49Melvin100US #57
#50Dale99US #61
#51Leroy99US #50
#52Howard96US #39
#53Glen94US #124
#54Cecil93US #109
#55Lloyd92US #84
#56Vernon89US #94
#57Arthur88US #29
#58Gary87US #44
#59Clyde84US #82
#60Willie81US #30
#61Leonard78US #54
#62Glenn77US #78
#63Leon77US #86
#64Clifford76US #88
#65Doyle75US #199
#66Eddie74US #87
#67Joseph73US #10
#68Max73US #128
#69Norman73US #38
#70Ernest71US #55
#71Lawrence70US #35
#72Lee68US #80
#73Elmer67US #115
#74Alvin65US #91
#75Stanley64US #56
#76Alfred63US #63
#77Phillip62US #107
#78Virgil62US #141
#79Roger61US #36
#80Herman60US #101
#81Jesse60US #104
#82Tom59US #110
#83Harvey57US #99
#84Curtis56US #108
#85Lewis56US #98
#86Samuel56US #62
#87Delbert53US #165
#88Herbert53US #58
#89Johnnie53US #118
#90Harry52US #37
#91Marion52US #134
#92Troy52
#93Edwin51US #89
#94Allen50US #83
#95Buddy50
#96Lester50US #114
#97Leo49US #92
#98Billie48US #168
#99Calvin48US #127
#100Lonnie48US #178

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑28Glenda#47
↑27Charlotte#58
↑22Janice#67
↑20Roger#79
↑19Emma#50
↑19Larry#33
↑19Fred#41
↑19Gary#58

Falling

↓39Ann#90
↓25Pauline#84
↓24Billie#98
↓22Geneva#75
↓22Erma#88
↓21Ethel#91
↓20Jesse#81
↓19Geraldine#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.