State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,513 Oklahoma births in 1937 across 838 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#79Doyleoutside the national top 200
#34Glenda#146 nationally
#91Melbaoutside the national top 200
#97Opaloutside the national top 200
#98Troyoutside the national top 200
#100Buddyoutside the national top 200
#62Joy#162 nationally
#29Billie#126 nationally
#59Pat#147 nationally
#76Velma#164 nationally
#54Charlene#141 nationally
#94Dixie#174 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,093US #1
#2Betty704US #5
#3Barbara693US #2
#4Shirley654US #4
#5Wanda372US #55
#6Patricia346US #3
#7Patsy299US #54
#8Joyce283US #11
#9Norma272US #33
#10Carolyn261US #20
#11Helen250US #12
#12Carol249US #6
#13Dorothy239US #8
#14Donna230US #21
#15Peggy224US #31
#16Virginia223US #16
#17Margaret212US #10
#18Nancy195US #7
#19Doris191US #22
#20Martha188US #24
#21Jo176US #73
#22Beverly163US #14
#23Ruth163US #15
#24Phyllis162US #27
#25Frances160US #19
#26Janice156US #25
#27Wilma156US #80
#28Marilyn146US #13
#29Billie139US #126
#30Anna137US #39
#31Lois132US #29
#32Bonnie131US #64
#33Ruby125US #52
#34Glenda120US #146
#35Sue117US #101
#36Alice111US #28
#37Loretta109US #63
#38Juanita107US #75
#39Elizabeth105US #17
#40Sandra100US #26
#41Linda99US #49
#42Edna98US #74
#43Evelyn98US #36
#44Jean94US #23
#45Joann93US #58
#46Thelma91US #78
#47Joan89US #9
#48Bobbie88US #122
#49Ann85US #30
#50Mildred84US #43
#51Emma83US #89
#52Jane82US #42
#53Delores81US #68
#54Charlene80US #141
#55Kay77US #79
#56Charlotte75US #67
#57Georgia75US #132
#58Anita74US #93
#59Pat74US #147
#60Gloria73US #32
#61Darlene71US #72
#62Joy71US #162
#63Clara70US #100
#64Sharon69US #41
#65Eva68US #117
#66Yvonne68US #77
#67Hazel66US #106
#68Judy65US #91
#69Louise64US #48
#70Janet63US #18
#71Laura62US #105
#72June61US #71
#73Kathryn61US #108
#74Edith59US #96
#75Roberta59US #66
#76Velma59US #164
#77Alma58US #138
#78Marie58US #35
#79Sylvia58US #50
#80Dolores57US #37
#81Geraldine57US #44
#82Maxine57US #136
#83Pauline57US #87
#84Ethel56US #88
#85Geneva56US #158
#86Marjorie55US #57
#87Vivian54US #127
#88Margie52US #111
#89Naomi52US #168
#90Judith50US #34
#91Melba50
#92Rita48US #69
#93Rose48US #38
#94Dixie46US #174
#95Ella46US #134
#96Gladys46US #86
#97Opal46
#98Sally46US #59
#99Carole45US #56
#100Lillie45US #131

Boys

#1James1,092US #2
#2Robert736US #1
#3Charles712US #6
#4Donald681US #7
#5John636US #3
#6Billy557US #22
#7William496US #4
#8Jerry480US #17
#9Bobby432US #24
#10Kenneth369US #14
#11Jimmy317US #45
#12David305US #8
#13Richard300US #5
#14Joe291US #25
#15George262US #10
#16Ronald244US #11
#17Jack243US #23
#18Don230US #51
#19Harold221US #21
#20Carl218US #28
#21Paul217US #15
#22Larry211US #16
#23Thomas206US #9
#24Bill189US #64
#25Jimmie187US #72
#26Roy177US #40
#27Edward176US #13
#28Raymond170US #19
#29Gary158US #29
#30Tommy150US #84
#31Wayne134US #44
#32Johnny131US #69
#33Bob122US #81
#34Gerald120US #20
#35Jackie115US #107
#36Frank114US #18
#37Earl106US #48
#38Floyd106US #80
#39Jim105US #82
#40Dale103US #59
#41Ralph103US #34
#42Albert102US #37
#43Melvin102US #50
#44Vernon98US #96
#45Walter98US #26
#46Leroy97US #56
#47Leon95US #85
#48Henry94US #30
#49Gene92US #61
#50Marvin90US #49
#51Howard89US #42
#52Fred85US #35
#53Eugene76US #33
#54Clarence73US #54
#55Alfred72US #60
#56Eddie71US #83
#57Ray71US #71
#58Willie69US #32
#59Curtis68US #109
#60Clifford67US #90
#61Clyde67US #93
#62Ernest67US #53
#63Stanley67US #57
#64Cecil66US #114
#65Glen66US #122
#66Arthur65US #31
#67Lawrence65US #38
#68Leonard65US #58
#69Jesse63US #102
#70Elmer61US #120
#71Allen60US #76
#72Joseph60US #12
#73Norman60US #43
#74Danny58US #152
#75Max58US #141
#76Phillip58US #98
#77Roger58US #36
#78Lloyd57US #91
#79Doyle56
#80Lee56US #78
#81Ronnie55US #128
#82Harvey54US #95
#83Tom54US #108
#84Virgil54US #158
#85Wesley54US #146
#86Darrell52US #130
#87Douglas51US #74
#88Michael50US #27
#89Terry50US #113
#90Alvin48US #99
#91Daniel48US #39
#92Louis48US #46
#93Franklin47US #77
#94Glenn47US #88
#95Herbert47US #65
#96Johnnie47US #118
#97Delbert46US #161
#98Troy46
#99Harry45US #41
#100Buddy44

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑34Sharon#64
↑29Alfred#55
↑27Curtis#59
↑24Jane#52
↑23Glenda#34
↑21Pat#59
↑20Stanley#63
↑18Judy#68

Falling

↓35Glenn#94
↓28Dolores#80
↓28Margie#88
↓27Rose#93
↓25Geraldine#81
↓24Gladys#96
↓20Lloyd#78
↓18Sylvia#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.