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Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,986 Oklahoma births in 1941 across 857 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#87Ramonaoutside the national top 200
#88Delorisoutside the national top 200
#77Donnie#187 nationally
#79Velma#188 nationally
#92Doyleoutside the national top 200
#93Neldaoutside the national top 200
#94Melbaoutside the national top 200
#97Lououtside the national top 200
#48Billie#149 nationally
#81Benny#181 nationally
#75Sherry#172 nationally
#91Geneva#180 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,058US #1
#2Barbara669US #2
#3Patricia594US #3
#4Betty530US #7
#5Linda526US #5
#6Carolyn477US #11
#7Shirley441US #10
#8Judy336US #16
#9Wanda312US #53
#10Joyce307US #13
#11Sharon296US #15
#12Carol295US #4
#13Patsy272US #52
#14Nancy255US #8
#15Donna252US #20
#16Judith250US #6
#17Sandra235US #9
#18Karen228US #19
#19Virginia215US #23
#20Dorothy203US #14
#21Phyllis203US #35
#22Helen198US #24
#23Norma195US #47
#24Janice191US #22
#25Margaret185US #12
#26Peggy183US #39
#27Glenda182US #96
#28Beverly171US #29
#29Martha164US #25
#30Frances161US #31
#31Marilyn148US #30
#32Alice145US #34
#33Doris142US #38
#34Jo133US #66
#35Ruth130US #28
#36Wilma130US #106
#37Elizabeth122US #21
#38Lois116US #43
#39Sue115US #75
#40Anna112US #56
#41Bonnie111US #33
#42Gloria111US #26
#43Ruby111US #69
#44Kay100US #70
#45Charlotte99US #55
#46Evelyn95US #50
#47Anita92US #91
#48Billie89US #149
#49Connie85US #79
#50Delores85US #80
#51Brenda84US #41
#52Loretta83US #81
#53Janet82US #18
#54Charlene81US #125
#55Ann80US #37
#56Jean80US #32
#57Joan77US #17
#58Mildred77US #64
#59Pat75US #134
#60Edna74US #89
#61Rose74US #49
#62Thelma74US #108
#63Clara70US #111
#64Juanita70US #84
#65Darlene69US #76
#66Jane68US #46
#67Georgia66US #127
#68Geraldine66US #45
#69Kathryn66US #87
#70Roberta65US #72
#71Rita63US #63
#72Joy61US #150
#73Margie60US #122
#74Bobbie58US #145
#75Sherry58US #172
#76Hazel57US #131
#77Sarah56US #60
#78Eva55US #135
#79Velma54US #188
#80Carole52US #48
#81Deanna52US #137
#82Julia52US #88
#83Ellen51US #67
#84Rebecca49US #86
#85Edith48US #103
#86Joann47US #58
#87Ramona47
#88Deloris46
#89Emma46US #99
#90Susan46US #27
#91Geneva45US #180
#92Lynda44US #153
#93Nelda44
#94Melba43
#95Paula43US #151
#96Gladys42US #118
#97Lou42
#98Patty42US #176
#99Sylvia42US #65
#100Vivian42US #113

Boys

#1James1,152US #1
#2Jerry820US #14
#3John721US #3
#4Robert707US #2
#5Charles691US #6
#6Donald529US #10
#7William513US #4
#8Larry476US #11
#9David453US #7
#10Billy452US #27
#11Richard413US #5
#12Kenneth374US #15
#13Ronald365US #9
#14Jimmy351US #45
#15Gary348US #19
#16Bobby334US #35
#17George305US #13
#18Thomas278US #8
#19Joe267US #30
#20Paul234US #18
#21Harold225US #24
#22Johnny221US #55
#23Carl196US #29
#24Tommy193US #71
#25Jimmie189US #89
#26Gerald185US #20
#27Jack184US #32
#28Roy179US #39
#29Don173US #66
#30Michael169US #16
#31Bill168US #68
#32Ronnie160US #79
#33Raymond152US #22
#34Edward148US #17
#35Jim128US #80
#36Frank120US #21
#37Earl119US #58
#38Jackie117US #110
#39Ralph117US #38
#40Bob116US #103
#41Melvin116US #56
#42Fred106US #43
#43Walter105US #26
#44Clarence101US #62
#45Wayne101US #37
#46Dale100US #59
#47Terry99US #64
#48Henry97US #28
#49Howard93US #47
#50Roger93US #25
#51Floyd91US #102
#52Marvin91US #63
#53Eddie88US #78
#54Glen87US #139
#55Glenn87US #86
#56Johnnie85US #131
#57Joseph85US #12
#58Phillip85US #77
#59Leon84US #93
#60Gene80US #72
#61Eugene78US #42
#62Dennis76US #23
#63Vernon76US #108
#64Darrell75US #130
#65Albert74US #40
#66Leroy74US #67
#67Cecil73US #132
#68Clyde71US #113
#69Ray71US #83
#70Harry69US #48
#71Jesse69US #99
#72Ernest67US #61
#73Freddie67US #138
#74Leonard67US #54
#75Lloyd67US #96
#76Alvin65US #107
#77Donnie64US #187
#78Lawrence64US #34
#79Mike64US #111
#80Danny63US #120
#81Benny59US #181
#82Curtis59US #100
#83Stanley58US #57
#84Willie58US #36
#85Allen57US #73
#86Arthur56US #33
#87Tom55US #88
#88Daniel54US #31
#89Lonnie54US #148
#90Clifford52US #94
#91Alfred51US #74
#92Doyle51
#93Herbert51US #76
#94Lee51US #81
#95Virgil51US #170
#96Wendell49US #157
#97Douglas47US #53
#98Norman47US #49
#99Bruce46US #51
#100Philip46US #52

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑32Charlene#54
↑24Glen#54
↑24Glenn#55
↑21Donnie#77
↑19Connie#49
↑19Carole#80
↑19Ronnie#32
↑18Freddie#73

Falling

↓42Wendell#96
↓29Arthur#86
↓23Sylvia#99
↓20Clifford#90
↓20Doyle#92
↓19Ray#69
↓17Ellen#83
↓16Eugene#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.