State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,178 Oklahoma births in 1936 across 867 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#62Doyleoutside the national top 200
#82Deloris#196 nationally
#89Melbaoutside the national top 200
#95Troyoutside the national top 200
#97Ramona#197 nationally
#71Velma#167 nationally
#92Lola#187 nationally
#50Joy#144 nationally
#51Charlene#145 nationally
#24Billie#117 nationally
#57Glenda#150 nationally
#94Benny#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,098US #1
#2Shirley945US #2
#3Betty853US #4
#4Barbara601US #3
#5Wanda430US #56
#6Patricia347US #5
#7Dorothy308US #6
#8Patsy300US #52
#9Norma293US #29
#10Joyce287US #12
#11Virginia241US #14
#12Helen239US #11
#13Donna226US #22
#14Carolyn218US #23
#15Margaret204US #9
#16Frances202US #19
#17Nancy201US #8
#18Peggy194US #35
#19Doris191US #15
#20Carol187US #10
#21Wilma179US #78
#22Ruth165US #16
#23Martha158US #24
#24Billie152US #117
#25Beverly150US #17
#26Ruby147US #51
#27Lois146US #26
#28Jo142US #72
#29Phyllis139US #25
#30Marilyn138US #13
#31Anna134US #36
#32Evelyn127US #34
#33Sue119US #109
#34Alice115US #27
#35Mildred104US #40
#36Bonnie103US #65
#37Loretta103US #70
#38Delores101US #58
#39Jean101US #20
#40Joan100US #7
#41Juanita98US #75
#42Elizabeth92US #18
#43Janice91US #31
#44Ann90US #28
#45Emma90US #85
#46Joann90US #55
#47Thelma89US #74
#48Gloria88US #32
#49Edna85US #71
#50Joy84US #144
#51Charlene80US #145
#52Dolores78US #30
#53Sandra78US #38
#54Bobbie76US #119
#55Charlotte76US #61
#56Geraldine76US #41
#57Glenda76US #150
#58Roberta75US #64
#59Hazel73US #96
#60Margie73US #102
#61Sylvia73US #53
#62Georgia72US #128
#63Kathryn72US #113
#64Kay71US #98
#65June69US #62
#66Rose68US #37
#67Clara67US #91
#68Darlene64US #83
#69Maxine64US #127
#70Anita63US #104
#71Velma63US #167
#72Gladys62US #84
#73Louise62US #46
#74Marie62US #33
#75Geneva61US #153
#76Jane60US #42
#77Eva59US #116
#78Alma58US #137
#79Pauline58US #82
#80Pat57US #152
#81Marlene56US #39
#82Deloris55US #196
#83Yvonne54US #81
#84Ellen53US #99
#85Janet52US #21
#86Judy52US #118
#87Edith51US #87
#88Marjorie51US #49
#89Melba51
#90Vera51US #142
#91Jessie50US #140
#92Lola50US #187
#93Rita50US #69
#94Judith49US #43
#95Lillie49US #124
#96Vivian49US #115
#97Ramona46US #197
#98Sharon46US #60
#99Florence45US #80
#100Ida45US #130

Boys

#1James1,055US #2
#2Charles764US #6
#3Robert742US #1
#4John690US #3
#5Donald689US #7
#6Billy660US #22
#7William517US #4
#8Jerry496US #18
#9Bobby489US #24
#10Kenneth401US #14
#11Joe366US #23
#12Richard341US #5
#13Jimmy310US #46
#14George283US #9
#15Jack283US #20
#16David263US #10
#17Ronald245US #12
#18Harold241US #21
#19Thomas230US #8
#20Jimmie228US #71
#21Carl226US #27
#22Don222US #51
#23Paul220US #15
#24Bill219US #61
#25Roy195US #42
#26Bob174US #77
#27Gerald166US #19
#28Larry154US #25
#29Johnny150US #72
#30Edward148US #13
#31Raymond146US #17
#32Tommy145US #91
#33Jackie137US #106
#34Frank136US #16
#35Floyd132US #86
#36Melvin127US #53
#37Wayne127US #45
#38Gene120US #66
#39Jim118US #85
#40Earl117US #47
#41Ralph113US #31
#42Ray111US #65
#43Gary109US #38
#44Walter108US #26
#45Dale103US #59
#46Marvin103US #49
#47Clarence100US #52
#48Glen94US #119
#49Henry94US #28
#50Howard92US #40
#51Fred91US #36
#52Leon88US #82
#53Eugene87US #29
#54Eddie86US #79
#55Joseph86US #11
#56Leroy84US #57
#57Vernon82US #93
#58Lloyd81US #88
#59Glenn80US #80
#60Albert79US #34
#61Cecil78US #114
#62Doyle78
#63Max77US #129
#64Arthur75US #30
#65Lawrence75US #37
#66Willie75US #32
#67Elmer73US #121
#68Clifford72US #90
#69Lee72US #76
#70Ernest69US #55
#71Darrell63US #133
#72Harvey63US #97
#73Norman63US #43
#74Roger63US #35
#75Clyde61US #89
#76Franklin61US #64
#77Virgil61US #149
#78Jesse59US #104
#79Louis59US #44
#80Leonard58US #54
#81Calvin57US #124
#82Herbert57US #62
#83Stanley57US #58
#84Alfred55US #60
#85Tom54US #112
#86Curtis53US #107
#87Delbert53US #163
#88Alvin52US #96
#89Harry52US #39
#90Phillip52US #102
#91Ronnie51US #147
#92Herman50US #105
#93Johnnie50US #117
#94Benny49US #181
#95Troy49
#96Samuel47US #67
#97Daniel46US #41
#98Freddie46US #134
#99Leo45US #94
#100Wesley45US #145

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑46Ann#44
↑41Roberta#58
↑36Kay#64
↑24Janice#43
↑23Rose#66
↑18Calvin#81
↑17Geraldine#56
↑15Darlene#68

Falling

↓27Vera#90
↓25Velma#71
↓21Melba#89
↓20Jane#76
↓19Leonard#80
↓18Clara#67
↓18Eva#77
↓18Edith#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.