State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,872 Oklahoma births in 1939 across 876 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#63Ramona#200 nationally
#83Doyleoutside the national top 200
#84Melbaoutside the national top 200
#89Troyoutside the national top 200
#62Joy#166 nationally
#99Delorisoutside the national top 200
#48Billie#149 nationally
#83Naomi#174 nationally
#53Pat#142 nationally
#86Geneva#172 nationally
#93Velma#178 nationally
#90Benny#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,080US #1
#2Barbara702US #2
#3Betty687US #4
#4Shirley535US #5
#5Patricia473US #3
#6Carolyn348US #14
#7Wanda342US #50
#8Joyce299US #12
#9Carol295US #6
#10Patsy288US #56
#11Linda269US #15
#12Nancy261US #7
#13Donna252US #20
#14Margaret233US #10
#15Dorothy226US #9
#16Virginia225US #21
#17Helen214US #16
#18Janice203US #24
#19Judy199US #28
#20Norma199US #38
#21Peggy198US #34
#22Phyllis185US #30
#23Judith184US #8
#24Doris180US #29
#25Sandra177US #13
#26Martha172US #27
#27Frances166US #26
#28Ruth153US #22
#29Wilma150US #87
#30Sharon149US #23
#31Marilyn144US #19
#32Jo143US #70
#33Beverly140US #25
#34Glenda130US #112
#35Alice127US #31
#36Ruby127US #67
#37Anna126US #43
#38Lois126US #35
#39Bonnie113US #61
#40Sue113US #92
#41Elizabeth109US #18
#42Evelyn107US #40
#43Joan106US #11
#44Kay104US #76
#45Karen102US #39
#46Loretta100US #65
#47Juanita96US #77
#48Billie95US #149
#49Charlotte88US #66
#50Jean86US #32
#51Clara83US #103
#52Mildred82US #55
#53Pat78US #142
#54Anita77US #97
#55Margie76US #113
#56Darlene74US #75
#57Jane74US #46
#58Delores73US #79
#59Ann72US #33
#60Thelma71US #88
#61Edna69US #81
#62Joy68US #166
#63Ramona68US #200
#64Sally68US #52
#65Eva66US #129
#66Gloria66US #36
#67Sylvia65US #62
#68Rose64US #42
#69Kathryn63US #106
#70Alma61US #150
#71Carole61US #47
#72Georgia61US #131
#73Hazel61US #118
#74Joann61US #57
#75Charlene60US #139
#76Janet60US #17
#77Marjorie60US #60
#78Geraldine57US #41
#79Roberta57US #71
#80Ellen56US #80
#81Connie55US #111
#82Emma55US #89
#83Naomi55US #174
#84Melba53
#85Ella52US #132
#86Geneva52US #172
#87Laura52US #107
#88Paula52US #159
#89Bobbie50US #141
#90Ethel50US #100
#91Julia49US #91
#92Sarah48US #68
#93Velma48US #178
#94Yvonne48US #90
#95Edith47US #102
#96Myrna47US #144
#97Vera47US #153
#98Deanna46US #133
#99Deloris44
#100Louise44US #59

Boys

#1James1,128US #2
#2Charles758US #6
#3Jerry716US #16
#4Robert697US #1
#5John691US #3
#6Donald657US #8
#7William515US #4
#8Billy439US #24
#9Kenneth412US #13
#10Bobby384US #29
#11Richard375US #5
#12David367US #7
#13Jimmy352US #43
#14Larry341US #14
#15Ronald292US #10
#16Joe284US #27
#17George274US #11
#18Harold235US #23
#19Thomas215US #9
#20Don210US #56
#21Gary209US #21
#22Paul195US #17
#23Tommy195US #77
#24Roy185US #42
#25Jack181US #26
#26Carl179US #30
#27Gerald163US #19
#28Johnny162US #62
#29Jimmie159US #80
#30Bill149US #67
#31Raymond146US #22
#32Edward137US #15
#33Jim134US #75
#34Bob133US #89
#35Walter124US #25
#36Earl123US #50
#37Melvin118US #51
#38Leon116US #86
#39Jackie113US #105
#40Wayne107US #39
#41Ralph106US #35
#42Dale104US #59
#43Floyd104US #94
#44Frank104US #20
#45Ray103US #74
#46Albert99US #41
#47Gene98US #69
#48Fred95US #40
#49Ronnie95US #109
#50Eddie94US #81
#51Howard93US #47
#52Phillip87US #92
#53Vernon87US #100
#54Clarence85US #60
#55Marvin83US #52
#56Henry82US #31
#57Leroy80US #61
#58Clifford79US #88
#59Lee77US #78
#60Roger77US #28
#61Glen76US #123
#62Michael72US #18
#63Darrell70US #130
#64Eugene70US #37
#65Cecil68US #114
#66Clyde68US #101
#67Joseph67US #12
#68Leonard67US #54
#69Lloyd67US #95
#70Dennis66US #34
#71Herbert66US #68
#72Johnnie66US #120
#73Arthur65US #32
#74Terry64US #83
#75Allen63US #72
#76Danny62US #137
#77Harvey60US #102
#78Curtis59US #98
#79Norman58US #44
#80Louis57US #49
#81Willie56US #33
#82Elmer55US #132
#83Doyle54
#84Ernest54US #55
#85Harry54US #45
#86Lawrence54US #36
#87Stanley54US #57
#88Max52US #162
#89Troy52
#90Benny51US #172
#91Glenn51US #87
#92Jesse51US #99
#93Alfred50US #70
#94Alvin50US #103
#95Daniel50US #38
#96Marion50US #155
#97Lonnie48US #150
#98Tom48US #97
#99Douglas47US #58
#100Everett46US #163

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑34Eva#65
↑27Ramona#63
↑25Judy#19
↑23Ronnie#49
↑21Dennis#70
↑20Pat#53
↑20Sally#64
↑20Georgia#72

Falling

↓37Bobbie#89
↓30Louise#100
↓29Glenn#91
↓25Emma#82
↓24Velma#93
↓22Charlene#75
↓22Tom#98
↓21Lawrence#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.