State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,747 Oklahoma births in 1945 across 812 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#98Saundraoutside the national top 200
#99Velmaoutside the national top 200
#42Jackie#142 nationally
#75Deanna#175 nationally
#53Billie#152 nationally
#63Cecil#152 nationally
#71Janie#159 nationally
#86Jackie#172 nationally
#59Lonnie#143 nationally
#66Glen#148 nationally
#97Sammy#174 nationally
#94Donnie#168 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,007US #2
#2Mary851US #1
#3Barbara544US #3
#4Sharon502US #8
#5Carolyn481US #12
#6Patricia470US #4
#7Judy413US #13
#8Carol409US #5
#9Betty384US #11
#10Sandra350US #6
#11Shirley350US #14
#12Donna319US #17
#13Nancy241US #7
#14Joyce240US #18
#15Karen229US #16
#16Margaret222US #15
#17Judith205US #9
#18Janice198US #24
#19Wanda186US #58
#20Marilyn159US #27
#21Beverly156US #37
#22Glenda152US #92
#23Cheryl146US #32
#24Patsy144US #84
#25Peggy143US #45
#26Martha142US #30
#27Susan141US #10
#28Janet140US #20
#29Virginia140US #28
#30Helen139US #31
#31Phyllis132US #40
#32Connie129US #47
#33Frances126US #34
#34Dorothy121US #21
#35Gloria117US #23
#36Sue115US #66
#37Doris113US #46
#38Ruth110US #33
#39Jo108US #60
#40Brenda106US #29
#41Charlotte105US #55
#42Pamela105US #42
#43Paula105US #67
#44Diana101US #43
#45Bonnie99US #35
#46Lynda98US #111
#47Elizabeth93US #26
#48Alice91US #41
#49Lois87US #48
#50Ruby86US #95
#51Sherry86US #104
#52Norma85US #74
#53Billie84US #152
#54Evelyn83US #57
#55Kay82US #91
#56Wilma82US #128
#57Jane79US #36
#58Anita76US #100
#59Kathryn74US #65
#60Ann73US #39
#61Anna69US #73
#62Rita69US #59
#63Vicki65US #117
#64Jean63US #38
#65Loretta63US #107
#66Joan61US #25
#67Charlene54US #114
#68Sally54US #64
#69Kathleen51US #19
#70Georgia50US #116
#71Janie50US #159
#72Carole49US #51
#73Darlene49US #71
#74Diane49US #22
#75Deanna48US #175
#76Juanita48US #108
#77Ellen47US #61
#78Rebecca46US #85
#79Thelma45US #131
#80Vivian45US #118
#81Elaine44US #44
#82Julia44US #115
#83Margie43US #138
#84Cynthia42US #90
#85Delores42US #112
#86Jackie41US #172
#87Rose41US #54
#88Edna40US #119
#89Katherine40US #82
#90Laura39US #77
#91Eva38US #146
#92Pat38US #154
#93Roberta38US #75
#94Clara37US #136
#95Gwendolyn37US #151
#96Marsha37US #113
#97Mildred36US #93
#98Saundra36
#99Velma36
#100Gail35US #52

Boys

#1James1,015US #1
#2John736US #3
#3Robert728US #2
#4Larry684US #11
#5Charles594US #7
#6William579US #4
#7Jerry543US #20
#8Gary512US #13
#9David500US #6
#10Richard458US #5
#11Ronald380US #10
#12Donald375US #12
#13Jimmy368US #41
#14Kenneth360US #16
#15Michael333US #9
#16Billy323US #42
#17Bobby246US #53
#18Joe245US #36
#19Johnny241US #45
#20Thomas239US #8
#21George228US #15
#22Tommy211US #75
#23Ronnie189US #67
#24Paul187US #17
#25Harold182US #28
#26Roy161US #40
#27Terry152US #33
#28Bill147US #66
#29Raymond145US #23
#30Jack139US #32
#31Dennis134US #19
#32Roger134US #22
#33Danny133US #56
#34Mike133US #69
#35Jimmie132US #102
#36Carl130US #39
#37Edward129US #18
#38Jim128US #68
#39Frank127US #21
#40Don118US #73
#41Phillip107US #85
#42Jackie101US #142
#43Stephen91US #26
#44Fred89US #51
#45Wayne89US #35
#46Joseph88US #14
#47Earl87US #71
#48Gerald84US #25
#49Eddie82US #81
#50Henry80US #37
#51Arthur78US #34
#52Walter78US #27
#53Dale77US #61
#54Ralph72US #44
#55Ray72US #92
#56Douglas71US #29
#57Marvin70US #80
#58Bob69US #107
#59Lonnie69US #143
#60Steve68US #79
#61Allen66US #74
#62Albert65US #49
#63Cecil65US #152
#64Vernon65US #118
#65Melvin64US #78
#66Glen63US #148
#67Lawrence63US #30
#68Leroy63US #83
#69Lloyd62US #103
#70Floyd61US #114
#71Leonard61US #57
#72Clarence60US #82
#73Stanley60US #59
#74Tom59US #89
#75Curtis58US #97
#76Daniel57US #24
#77Darrell57US #141
#78Howard57US #54
#79Harry56US #47
#80Dwight55US #126
#81Gene54US #100
#82Leon54US #111
#83Willie53US #31
#84Eugene52US #50
#85Freddie52US #145
#86Lee52US #87
#87Glenn51US #93
#88Johnnie49US #133
#89Samuel49US #62
#90Steven49US #43
#91Alfred48US #88
#92Clifford48US #99
#93Bruce47US #48
#94Donnie47US #168
#95Tony47US #129
#96Ernest44US #60
#97Sammy44US #174
#98Mark43US #72
#99Jesse42US #104
#100Calvin41US #124

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑37Allen#61
↑26Diana#44
↑23Daniel#76
↑21Dale#53
↑20Charlene#67
↑20Cecil#63
↑19Diane#74
↑17Cheryl#23

Falling

↓27Howard#78
↓26Clifford#92
↓23Jesse#99
↓19Roberta#93
↓18Jackie#86
↓18Rose#87
↓17Joan#66
↓16Norma#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.