State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,412 Oklahoma births in 1938 across 864 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#74Melbaoutside the national top 200
#86Doyleoutside the national top 200
#88Lola#199 nationally
#49Joy#159 nationally
#69Velma#174 nationally
#35Billie#139 nationally
#97Donnieoutside the national top 200
#90Ramona#190 nationally
#96Deloris#196 nationally
#53Charlene#143 nationally
#37Glenda#123 nationally
#100Jackie#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,117US #1
#2Barbara782US #2
#3Betty714US #4
#4Shirley663US #5
#5Patricia410US #3
#6Wanda373US #49
#7Carolyn326US #15
#8Dorothy273US #8
#9Joyce273US #11
#10Patsy272US #55
#11Norma271US #34
#12Donna265US #20
#13Carol263US #6
#14Nancy251US #7
#15Helen239US #13
#16Peggy229US #35
#17Margaret226US #9
#18Virginia206US #22
#19Doris201US #25
#20Beverly176US #18
#21Janice175US #24
#22Martha175US #26
#23Phyllis175US #28
#24Frances170US #23
#25Ruth165US #21
#26Linda158US #31
#27Wilma156US #85
#28Ruby150US #61
#29Marilyn141US #19
#30Sandra139US #14
#31Anna130US #40
#32Sharon130US #30
#33Jo127US #78
#34Lois126US #33
#35Billie125US #139
#36Alice124US #29
#37Glenda113US #123
#38Evelyn111US #38
#39Bonnie109US #65
#40Loretta109US #62
#41Sue109US #104
#42Judith106US #12
#43Kay101US #81
#44Judy100US #41
#45Elizabeth98US #17
#46Joan95US #10
#47Mildred94US #52
#48Juanita93US #80
#49Joy87US #159
#50Margie86US #109
#51Thelma86US #86
#52Bobbie85US #127
#53Charlene84US #143
#54Edna84US #82
#55Anita83US #99
#56Karen83US #50
#57Emma82US #96
#58Gloria82US #36
#59Ann81US #32
#60Darlene81US #76
#61Clara80US #98
#62Jean78US #27
#63Joann73US #68
#64Delores72US #75
#65Hazel71US #111
#66Rose70US #39
#67Charlotte66US #70
#68Sylvia66US #56
#69Velma66US #174
#70Louise64US #59
#71Jane63US #44
#72Kathryn62US #114
#73Pat62US #149
#74Melba60
#75Roberta59US #73
#76Yvonne57US #101
#77Myrna56US #134
#78Sarah56US #67
#79Janet54US #16
#80Edith53US #102
#81Geraldine53US #45
#82Jessie52US #150
#83Marjorie51US #53
#84Sally51US #54
#85Carole50US #46
#86Marie50US #37
#87Gladys49US #103
#88Lola49US #199
#89Paula49US #163
#90Ramona49US #190
#91Vera49US #156
#92Georgia48US #138
#93Connie47US #110
#94Ethel47US #94
#95Naomi47US #166
#96Deloris46US #196
#97Dixie46US #167
#98Ellen45US #89
#99Eva45US #126
#100Jackie45US #185

Boys

#1James1,052US #2
#2Robert775US #1
#3Charles751US #6
#4Donald694US #7
#5John658US #3
#6Jerry621US #17
#7William519US #4
#8Billy515US #24
#9Kenneth392US #14
#10Bobby391US #27
#11David389US #8
#12Richard350US #5
#13Jimmy328US #45
#14George291US #11
#15Ronald280US #10
#16Joe274US #28
#17Larry257US #16
#18Don255US #52
#19Jack230US #25
#20Thomas228US #9
#21Paul220US #15
#22Harold213US #23
#23Bill198US #67
#24Tommy189US #77
#25Carl183US #29
#26Raymond183US #20
#27Jimmie182US #76
#28Gary173US #22
#29Roy171US #41
#30Johnny162US #63
#31Gerald144US #19
#32Bob137US #94
#33Jackie135US #105
#34Jim119US #81
#35Dale118US #56
#36Earl117US #50
#37Wayne116US #40
#38Edward115US #13
#39Melvin114US #54
#40Frank112US #18
#41Floyd104US #96
#42Leon104US #85
#43Marvin103US #53
#44Walter102US #26
#45Ralph99US #35
#46Howard97US #42
#47Fred96US #38
#48Eugene94US #33
#49Gene94US #65
#50Ray94US #72
#51Cecil93US #118
#52Clifford90US #89
#53Eddie86US #79
#54Glen85US #121
#55Albert84US #37
#56Henry84US #30
#57Leroy83US #61
#58Joseph82US #12
#59Vernon81US #103
#60Clarence77US #58
#61Roger77US #31
#62Glenn76US #83
#63Johnnie74US #123
#64Michael74US #21
#65Lawrence73US #36
#66Lloyd73US #92
#67Phillip70US #95
#68Clyde69US #97
#69Lee69US #80
#70Terry69US #86
#71Willie69US #34
#72Ronnie66US #113
#73Arthur64US #32
#74Danny64US #137
#75Harvey64US #99
#76Tom64US #106
#77Alvin62US #98
#78Alfred61US #69
#79Norman60US #43
#80Darrell58US #128
#81Ernest57US #55
#82Jesse56US #107
#83Leonard56US #57
#84Stanley56US #59
#85Daniel55US #39
#86Doyle55
#87Elmer55US #130
#88Lester55US #115
#89Lewis55US #109
#90Curtis54US #101
#91Dennis53US #49
#92Douglas53US #60
#93Louis53US #47
#94Calvin52US #122
#95Everett52US #159
#96Virgil52US #151
#97Donnie51
#98Freddie51US #132
#99Marion51US #145
#100Max49US #140

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑48Judith#42
↑38Margie#50
↑33Johnnie#63
↑32Sharon#32
↑32Glenn#62
↑27Rose#66
↑24Judy#44
↑24Michael#64

Falling

↓35Georgia#92
↓34Eva#99
↓31Curtis#90
↓25Max#100
↓23Alfred#78
↓21Stanley#84
↓19Jane#71
↓19Ernest#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.