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Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,840 Oklahoma births in 1944 across 831 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#94Velmaoutside the national top 200
#68Jackie#171 nationally
#47Billie#142 nationally
#90Sammy#173 nationally
#81Joy#163 nationally
#85Deanna#167 nationally
#47Jackie#128 nationally
#67Bobbie#144 nationally
#72Glen#147 nationally
#73Lonnie#148 nationally
#84Pat#154 nationally
#58Wilma#125 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,004US #3
#2Mary997US #1
#3Barbara579US #2
#4Sharon540US #8
#5Carolyn528US #11
#6Patricia494US #4
#7Betty490US #10
#8Judy434US #12
#9Carol413US #5
#10Shirley374US #15
#11Sandra358US #6
#12Donna316US #17
#13Nancy307US #7
#14Judith280US #9
#15Karen269US #16
#16Joyce256US #18
#17Wanda226US #58
#18Janice225US #28
#19Margaret222US #14
#20Marilyn190US #27
#21Glenda178US #79
#22Dorothy176US #19
#23Virginia174US #26
#24Phyllis173US #40
#25Peggy171US #45
#26Patsy156US #72
#27Doris151US #42
#28Janet150US #21
#29Martha149US #29
#30Connie143US #51
#31Beverly142US #35
#32Jo136US #61
#33Brenda135US #30
#34Frances132US #33
#35Ruth124US #32
#36Norma122US #66
#37Sue121US #62
#38Helen119US #31
#39Susan116US #13
#40Cheryl114US #36
#41Alice111US #38
#42Elizabeth110US #23
#43Gloria109US #25
#44Charlotte98US #50
#45Lois97US #47
#46Paula97US #82
#47Billie96US #142
#48Sherry93US #100
#49Joan91US #22
#50Ruby90US #87
#51Kay88US #88
#52Bonnie87US #34
#53Jean86US #37
#54Pamela85US #44
#55Kathryn83US #68
#56Lynda82US #113
#57Anna81US #74
#58Wilma80US #125
#59Evelyn79US #57
#60Carole78US #43
#61Jane78US #41
#62Loretta78US #98
#63Rita77US #54
#64Ann71US #39
#65Anita70US #95
#66Juanita70US #94
#67Bobbie64US #144
#68Jackie64US #171
#69Rose61US #52
#70Diana58US #60
#71Kathleen58US #20
#72Sally58US #59
#73Georgia55US #114
#74Roberta55US #70
#75Darlene53US #76
#76Delores52US #97
#77Ellen52US #63
#78Sarah51US #67
#79Edna50US #112
#80Vivian50US #129
#81Joy49US #163
#82Marie49US #48
#83Mildred49US #81
#84Pat49US #154
#85Deanna48US #167
#86Sylvia47US #83
#87Charlene45US #109
#88Claudia45US #120
#89Margie45US #130
#90Marjorie45US #85
#91Thelma45US #131
#92Clara44US #134
#93Diane43US #24
#94Velma41
#95Rebecca40US #84
#96Cynthia39US #105
#97Kathy39US #110
#98Marsha39US #111
#99Suzanne39US #78
#100Emma38US #118

Boys

#1James1,149US #1
#2John762US #3
#3Robert756US #2
#4Jerry693US #19
#5Charles684US #7
#6William628US #4
#7Larry609US #12
#8David502US #6
#9Richard496US #5
#10Gary461US #15
#11Donald438US #11
#12Ronald386US #10
#13Jimmy377US #41
#14Billy351US #38
#15Kenneth350US #16
#16Michael280US #9
#17Johnny269US #45
#18George264US #14
#19Thomas256US #8
#20Bobby234US #50
#21Joe234US #33
#22Tommy233US #70
#23Roy200US #39
#24Paul199US #17
#25Jack196US #30
#26Ronnie195US #69
#27Bill175US #66
#28Jim159US #68
#29Carl155US #36
#30Harold152US #27
#31Terry148US #43
#32Raymond147US #22
#33Don144US #72
#34Roger138US #23
#35Danny136US #76
#36Gerald136US #24
#37Edward134US #18
#38Dennis127US #20
#39Jimmie115US #98
#40Joseph114US #13
#41Walter108US #26
#42Fred107US #47
#43Eddie102US #79
#44Mike102US #80
#45Bob101US #109
#46Frank99US #21
#47Jackie97US #128
#48Phillip96US #83
#49Earl91US #65
#50Ray90US #86
#51Howard87US #53
#52Ralph86US #42
#53Wayne86US #37
#54Melvin82US #67
#55Stephen80US #28
#56Arthur79US #29
#57Lloyd79US #102
#58Henry77US #35
#59Stanley76US #57
#60Albert73US #44
#61Curtis73US #97
#62Leroy73US #78
#63Clarence72US #74
#64Douglas72US #34
#65Marvin72US #75
#66Clifford71US #99
#67Harry71US #49
#68Leonard71US #56
#69Steve71US #89
#70Lawrence70US #32
#71Floyd69US #110
#72Glen69US #147
#73Lonnie64US #148
#74Dale63US #61
#75Leon61US #108
#76Jesse60US #103
#77Lee60US #85
#78Vernon60US #119
#79Harvey59US #118
#80Russell59US #63
#81Eugene58US #48
#82Gene58US #95
#83Cecil57US #142
#84Darrell57US #133
#85Glenn57US #88
#86Ernest56US #59
#87Willie55US #31
#88Alfred53US #82
#89Patrick53US #64
#90Sammy53US #173
#91Tom53US #87
#92Tony52US #143
#93Samuel51US #62
#94Clyde50US #111
#95Norman50US #58
#96Johnnie49US #131
#97Steven49US #52
#98Allen48US #77
#99Daniel48US #25
#100Leslie48US #114

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑34Leroy#62
↑32Jackie#68
↑30Stephen#55
↑24Fred#42
↑17Brenda#33
↑17Jane#61
↑16Curtis#61
↑15Carole#60

Falling

↓28Cecil#83
↓28Johnnie#96
↓27Douglas#64
↓26Dale#74
↓26Allen#98
↓25Pat#84
↓25Charlene#87
↓23Loretta#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.