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Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,869 Oklahoma births in 1942 across 850 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#78Doyleoutside the national top 200
#84Geneva#198 nationally
#85Velma#196 nationally
#91Saundraoutside the national top 200
#39Billie#143 nationally
#99Fredaoutside the national top 200
#99Delbert#197 nationally
#100Johnnie#192 nationally
#57Sherry#145 nationally
#86Vera#174 nationally
#37Jackie#119 nationally
#64Pat#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,067US #1
#2Linda733US #4
#3Barbara682US #2
#4Carolyn581US #10
#5Betty552US #9
#6Patricia478US #3
#7Shirley420US #12
#8Judy394US #15
#9Sharon391US #11
#10Carol348US #5
#11Donna312US #20
#12Sandra292US #6
#13Joyce288US #13
#14Nancy271US #8
#15Wanda261US #54
#16Judith248US #7
#17Karen239US #16
#18Patsy238US #57
#19Virginia222US #23
#20Margaret198US #14
#21Janice195US #25
#22Phyllis194US #37
#23Dorothy191US #17
#24Glenda184US #89
#25Norma180US #52
#26Helen175US #26
#27Peggy171US #42
#28Beverly170US #32
#29Martha169US #29
#30Marilyn157US #27
#31Doris156US #41
#32Frances147US #30
#33Gloria138US #31
#34Janet134US #19
#35Ruby133US #77
#36Ruth131US #33
#37Jo127US #65
#38Sue120US #73
#39Billie116US #143
#40Bonnie115US #34
#41Lois109US #44
#42Wilma108US #114
#43Alice107US #39
#44Joan107US #18
#45Anna106US #59
#46Charlotte106US #51
#47Evelyn97US #53
#48Kay96US #75
#49Elizabeth90US #22
#50Brenda86US #40
#51Carole86US #35
#52Loretta83US #79
#53Anita81US #93
#54Connie77US #70
#55Delores76US #86
#56Jean75US #36
#57Sherry74US #145
#58Ann73US #38
#59Margie68US #126
#60Juanita67US #90
#61Mildred67US #71
#62Kathryn66US #82
#63Lynda65US #132
#64Pat63US #144
#65Rita63US #55
#66Roberta61US #66
#67Edna59US #99
#68Jane59US #46
#69Sally59US #56
#70Susan59US #21
#71Paula57US #136
#72Georgia56US #123
#73Kathleen56US #24
#74Charlene55US #117
#75Clara54US #122
#76Julia54US #95
#77Louise54US #61
#78Darlene53US #78
#79Emma53US #108
#80Bobbie51US #151
#81Ella51US #152
#82Hazel50US #139
#83Thelma48US #121
#84Geneva46US #198
#85Velma46US #196
#86Vera46US #174
#87Deanna45US #160
#88Sarah45US #67
#89Rose44US #50
#90Rebecca43US #85
#91Saundra43
#92Vivian43US #125
#93Ellen42US #64
#94Eva42US #140
#95Joy42US #154
#96Bertha41US #147
#97Edith41US #113
#98Marjorie41US #74
#99Freda40
#100Johnnie40US #192

Boys

#1James1,132US #1
#2Jerry790US #16
#3John760US #3
#4Robert741US #2
#5Charles705US #7
#6Larry580US #12
#7William556US #4
#8David482US #6
#9Richard428US #5
#10Billy418US #35
#11Donald395US #10
#12Ronald393US #9
#13Kenneth369US #15
#14Jimmy355US #47
#15Gary344US #18
#16Bobby293US #43
#17Thomas284US #8
#18George269US #14
#19Tommy235US #73
#20Johnny221US #55
#21Joe219US #33
#22Paul215US #19
#23Michael196US #13
#24Roy194US #42
#25Bill180US #65
#26Harold177US #27
#27Don176US #72
#28Jack167US #34
#29Ronnie165US #78
#30Douglas160US #23
#31Jimmie160US #94
#32Raymond160US #24
#33Carl155US #36
#34Jim145US #74
#35Edward141US #17
#36Gerald136US #22
#37Jackie112US #119
#38Phillip112US #77
#39Dennis111US #20
#40Wayne110US #41
#41Bob105US #110
#42Eddie103US #86
#43Frank102US #21
#44Earl100US #62
#45Dale97US #63
#46Danny96US #111
#47Terry96US #52
#48Floyd95US #113
#49Fred93US #46
#50Henry93US #31
#51Walter93US #26
#52Howard90US #49
#53Ralph88US #38
#54Roger87US #25
#55Melvin84US #60
#56Albert83US #40
#57Leroy83US #69
#58Clarence82US #67
#59Gene81US #82
#60Leon79US #93
#61Marvin79US #66
#62Joseph78US #11
#63Cecil75US #131
#64Ray75US #84
#65Freddie74US #140
#66Mike72US #106
#67Glenn71US #88
#68Lonnie71US #148
#69Stanley70US #56
#70Lawrence69US #30
#71Curtis68US #98
#72Allen67US #71
#73Darrell67US #135
#74Clifford66US #95
#75Johnnie66US #138
#76Lloyd66US #96
#77Clyde65US #109
#78Doyle65
#79Eugene63US #45
#80Glen63US #144
#81Vernon61US #114
#82Ernest60US #61
#83Leonard58US #57
#84Herbert57US #83
#85Lee57US #87
#86Arthur56US #29
#87Daniel56US #28
#88Louis56US #51
#89Stephen56US #32
#90Willie56US #37
#91Alfred52US #76
#92Harry52US #48
#93Norman52US #53
#94Virgil52US #168
#95Jesse50US #100
#96Tom50US #89
#97Herman47US #122
#98Warren44US #97
#99Delbert43US #197
#100Leslie43US #127

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑67Douglas#30
↑34Danny#46
↑29Carole#51
↑29Lynda#63
↑24Paula#71
↑23Dennis#39
↑21Lonnie#68
↑20Susan#70

Falling

↓28Rose#89
↓26Glen#80
↓24Jesse#95
↓23Joy#95
↓22Harry#92
↓21Thelma#83
↓20Charlene#74
↓19Johnnie#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.