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Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,472 Oklahoma births in 1940 across 878 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#72Doyleoutside the national top 200
#83Melbaoutside the national top 200
#89Sherryoutside the national top 200
#92Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#47Billie#149 nationally
#81Delbert#180 nationally
#98Donnie#197 nationally
#100Jackie#189 nationally
#70Alma#152 nationally
#97Geneva#178 nationally
#54Pat#134 nationally
#81Paula#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,042US #1
#2Barbara702US #2
#3Betty579US #5
#4Patricia518US #3
#5Shirley473US #9
#6Linda451US #8
#7Carolyn419US #15
#8Joyce313US #13
#9Carol311US #6
#10Wanda311US #52
#11Nancy278US #7
#12Donna270US #23
#13Judith256US #4
#14Judy256US #16
#15Patsy248US #57
#16Margaret225US #11
#17Janice217US #22
#18Dorothy211US #12
#19Sandra211US #10
#20Sharon211US #17
#21Helen207US #18
#22Virginia204US #21
#23Norma194US #43
#24Phyllis185US #33
#25Martha184US #26
#26Peggy175US #37
#27Beverly165US #27
#28Frances162US #28
#29Karen154US #34
#30Ruth152US #24
#31Alice151US #32
#32Doris149US #31
#33Marilyn148US #25
#34Glenda139US #107
#35Jo130US #72
#36Wilma122US #93
#37Ruby121US #66
#38Elizabeth117US #20
#39Bonnie116US #39
#40Sue116US #81
#41Lois114US #38
#42Anna108US #51
#43Janet100US #19
#44Loretta100US #69
#45Charlotte98US #55
#46Gloria95US #30
#47Billie93US #149
#48Jean89US #29
#49Evelyn86US #48
#50Kay84US #77
#51Anita81US #87
#52Ann79US #35
#53Juanita78US #78
#54Pat78US #134
#55Joan77US #14
#56Mildred75US #58
#57Darlene73US #79
#58Brenda71US #42
#59Edna71US #86
#60Delores68US #83
#61Thelma68US #101
#62Clara67US #111
#63Geraldine67US #46
#64Hazel67US #123
#65Jane67US #47
#66Ellen66US #74
#67Margie66US #114
#68Connie62US #88
#69Kathryn61US #103
#70Alma60US #152
#71June59US #82
#72Rose59US #44
#73Joann58US #63
#74Georgia57US #138
#75Laura57US #108
#76Sylvia57US #62
#77Edith56US #98
#78Julia55US #91
#79Myrna55US #150
#80Marie54US #41
#81Paula53US #155
#82Sally53US #61
#83Melba52
#84Rita52US #70
#85Emma51US #94
#86Charlene50US #145
#87Roberta49US #71
#88Joy48US #160
#89Sherry48
#90Bobbie47US #147
#91Eva47US #132
#92Ramona47
#93Deanna46US #136
#94Sarah46US #60
#95Susan46US #36
#96Vera46US #159
#97Geneva45US #178
#98Marjorie45US #64
#99Carole44US #49
#100Jackie44US #189

Boys

#1James1,090US #1
#2Jerry799US #14
#3Robert731US #2
#4John709US #3
#5Charles700US #6
#6Donald627US #9
#7William521US #4
#8Billy480US #27
#9David437US #7
#10Larry396US #13
#11Richard393US #5
#12Kenneth389US #15
#13Bobby379US #30
#14Jimmy336US #44
#15Ronald307US #10
#16Gary303US #19
#17George290US #11
#18Joe283US #28
#19Thomas233US #8
#20Harold219US #23
#21Carl210US #32
#22Paul206US #17
#23Johnny200US #51
#24Tommy197US #76
#25Jack189US #29
#26Don185US #62
#27Roy181US #42
#28Jimmie158US #86
#29Gerald157US #21
#30Bill156US #67
#31Raymond150US #22
#32Earl133US #52
#33Jim127US #78
#34Bob121US #99
#35Michael121US #18
#36Edward120US #16
#37Wayne115US #39
#38Fred106US #40
#39Jackie106US #108
#40Dale103US #57
#41Floyd101US #103
#42Frank101US #20
#43Henry101US #31
#44Ralph101US #37
#45Eugene100US #38
#46Gene97US #70
#47Marvin97US #63
#48Leon94US #89
#49Melvin92US #53
#50Ray91US #77
#51Ronnie91US #101
#52Walter91US #25
#53Terry90US #73
#54Wendell90US #114
#55Dennis87US #24
#56Howard86US #45
#57Arthur85US #33
#58Roger84US #26
#59Cecil81US #117
#60Jesse78US #93
#61Clarence77US #64
#62Eddie77US #81
#63Phillip77US #79
#64Vernon75US #105
#65Albert74US #41
#66Leroy74US #66
#67Danny73US #126
#68Johnnie71US #129
#69Joseph71US #12
#70Clifford67US #94
#71Leonard67US #54
#72Doyle66
#73Tom66US #92
#74Stanley65US #59
#75Curtis60US #97
#76Clyde59US #102
#77Darrell59US #131
#78Glen59US #130
#79Glenn59US #83
#80Willie59US #35
#81Delbert58US #180
#82Harry58US #47
#83Alfred55US #69
#84Ernest55US #58
#85Mike55US #122
#86Lawrence54US #36
#87Lloyd54US #100
#88Lonnie51US #153
#89Alvin49US #106
#90Elmer49US #144
#91Freddie49US #138
#92Louis49US #50
#93Allen48US #71
#94Franklin48US #87
#95Lee48US #80
#96Norman47US #48
#97Daniel46US #34
#98Donnie44US #197
#99Samuel44US #65
#100Virgil44US #166

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑33Janet#43
↑32Jesse#60
↑27Michael#35
↑25Tom#73
↑21Terry#53
↑20Gloria#46
↑19Eugene#45
↑18Edith#77

Falling

↓36Lee#95
↓29Ramona#92
↓28Carole#99
↓26Joy#88
↓26Eva#91
↓21Marjorie#98
↓19Albert#65
↓18Sally#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.