State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,920 Oklahoma births in 1943 across 840 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#82Velmaoutside the national top 200
#98Saundraoutside the national top 200
#98Delbertoutside the national top 200
#36Billie#138 nationally
#100Troyoutside the national top 200
#84Donnie#180 nationally
#67Deanna#160 nationally
#95Sammy#183 nationally
#38Jackie#124 nationally
#59Pat#145 nationally
#92Benny#176 nationally
#65Lonnie#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,047US #1
#2Linda947US #4
#3Barbara694US #2
#4Carolyn568US #11
#5Patricia562US #3
#6Sharon562US #8
#7Betty509US #10
#8Shirley478US #12
#9Judy438US #13
#10Carol414US #5
#11Donna324US #17
#12Sandra298US #6
#13Karen297US #15
#14Judith291US #7
#15Joyce287US #16
#16Nancy286US #9
#17Wanda251US #56
#18Janice204US #26
#19Patsy199US #61
#20Virginia191US #25
#21Dorothy188US #19
#22Phyllis185US #39
#23Margaret178US #14
#24Beverly176US #32
#25Glenda171US #83
#26Martha169US #29
#27Peggy166US #41
#28Helen164US #28
#29Frances157US #31
#30Norma157US #58
#31Doris156US #40
#32Marilyn151US #27
#33Ruth140US #33
#34Janet138US #20
#35Sue136US #72
#36Billie122US #138
#37Connie118US #59
#38Elizabeth116US #23
#39Loretta115US #89
#40Charlotte114US #47
#41Jo113US #63
#42Paula109US #93
#43Susan109US #18
#44Alice108US #38
#45Bonnie106US #34
#46Gloria106US #30
#47Lois105US #43
#48Wilma103US #120
#49Anna102US #64
#50Brenda102US #35
#51Ruby102US #82
#52Rita99US #52
#53Joan95US #21
#54Ann94US #37
#55Lynda85US #115
#56Sherry84US #123
#57Evelyn81US #53
#58Jean79US #36
#59Pat79US #145
#60Kathryn77US #75
#61Mildred77US #76
#62Charlene75US #121
#63Kay70US #81
#64Pamela70US #54
#65Rose67US #50
#66Delores66US #99
#67Deanna65US #160
#68Georgia65US #119
#69Anita64US #98
#70Darlene64US #73
#71Roberta64US #66
#72Bobbie63US #147
#73Edna63US #106
#74Kathleen60US #22
#75Carole59US #42
#76Thelma59US #127
#77Juanita56US #91
#78Jane55US #44
#79Laura53US #117
#80Diane52US #24
#81Diana51US #62
#82Velma51
#83Julia50US #95
#84Katherine50US #78
#85Sally50US #57
#86Sarah50US #71
#87Joann49US #60
#88Ellen48US #67
#89Joy48US #157
#90Louise47US #70
#91Emma46US #114
#92Clara45US #133
#93Rebecca45US #87
#94Vivian45US #122
#95Edith44US #118
#96Ella44US #155
#97Geraldine44US #51
#98Saundra43
#99Sylvia43US #77
#100Jackie42US #172

Boys

#1James1,185US #1
#2Robert807US #2
#3John791US #3
#4Jerry719US #17
#5Charles685US #7
#6Larry647US #12
#7William603US #4
#8David486US #6
#9Richard481US #5
#10Ronald444US #9
#11Donald435US #11
#12Jimmy425US #42
#13Billy397US #37
#14Kenneth393US #15
#15Gary391US #16
#16Thomas277US #8
#17Bobby272US #46
#18Joe263US #35
#19George255US #14
#20Paul242US #19
#21Johnny241US #52
#22Roy233US #38
#23Tommy230US #77
#24Michael222US #10
#25Ronnie204US #71
#26Carl195US #33
#27Harold194US #27
#28Don185US #72
#29Bill175US #65
#30Raymond173US #22
#31Edward172US #18
#32Jack172US #34
#33Jim152US #75
#34Gerald150US #23
#35Jimmie148US #95
#36Roger134US #24
#37Douglas116US #28
#38Jackie116US #124
#39Ralph115US #40
#40Walter115US #26
#41Danny114US #88
#42Frank111US #21
#43Terry111US #49
#44Melvin110US #63
#45Eddie109US #80
#46Joseph109US #13
#47Mike109US #90
#48Dale108US #59
#49Dennis108US #20
#50Wayne105US #41
#51Earl101US #60
#52Bob96US #110
#53Ray96US #84
#54Phillip92US #81
#55Cecil87US #132
#56Lloyd87US #104
#57Albert84US #43
#58Floyd84US #112
#59Howard82US #48
#60Vernon81US #117
#61Arthur79US #30
#62Clarence79US #68
#63Marvin78US #66
#64Darrell76US #140
#65Lonnie75US #144
#66Fred74US #45
#67Leon74US #103
#68Johnnie73US #135
#69Henry70US #31
#70Leonard68US #55
#71Willie68US #36
#72Allen67US #76
#73Stanley67US #54
#74Clyde66US #114
#75Harry66US #50
#76Lawrence65US #32
#77Curtis64US #100
#78Eugene63US #47
#79Alfred62US #78
#80Clifford61US #94
#81Glen61US #146
#82Jesse61US #105
#83Alvin60US #113
#84Donnie60US #180
#85Stephen59US #29
#86Tom58US #87
#87Ernest55US #61
#88Glenn55US #85
#89Daniel53US #25
#90Freddie53US #143
#91Anthony52US #44
#92Benny52US #176
#93Gene52US #89
#94Norman51US #56
#95Sammy50US #183
#96Leroy49US #74
#97Samuel49US #62
#98Delbert48
#99Leslie48US #121
#100Troy48

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑29Paula#42
↑27Susan#43
↑25Arthur#61
↑24Rose#65
↑21Vernon#60
↑20Deanna#67
↑20Lloyd#56
↑19Mike#47

Falling

↓39Leroy#96
↓34Gene#93
↓25Freddie#90
↓24Carole#75
↓21Glenn#88
↓19Henry#69
↓17Juanita#77
↓17Clara#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.