State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,989 Oklahoma births in 1946 across 852 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#84Janoutside the national top 200
#99Troyoutside the national top 200
#63Billie#164 nationally
#69Donnie#165 nationally
#87Jackie#174 nationally
#55Jackie#139 nationally
#77Cecil#159 nationally
#89Joy#170 nationally
#79Janie#158 nationally
#22Glenda#99 nationally
#97Bobbie#171 nationally
#50Floyd#121 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,266US #2
#2Mary877US #1
#3Sharon636US #9
#4Barbara620US #4
#5Patricia581US #3
#6Carolyn522US #12
#7Judy499US #11
#8Carol454US #5
#9Donna403US #13
#10Shirley403US #18
#11Sandra400US #6
#12Betty355US #14
#13Nancy332US #7
#14Karen306US #15
#15Janice264US #22
#16Joyce260US #20
#17Judith244US #10
#18Susan231US #8
#19Marilyn210US #29
#20Margaret205US #17
#21Beverly203US #30
#22Glenda195US #99
#23Phyllis193US #41
#24Wanda181US #59
#25Brenda177US #24
#26Sherry176US #73
#27Janet174US #21
#28Connie165US #45
#29Helen163US #36
#30Patsy159US #85
#31Virginia159US #31
#32Peggy154US #43
#33Martha153US #32
#34Cheryl150US #27
#35Gloria140US #26
#36Pamela137US #34
#37Sue135US #61
#38Jo134US #53
#39Diana131US #42
#40Frances131US #39
#41Dorothy122US #23
#42Paula115US #69
#43Charlotte110US #64
#44Jane109US #35
#45Alice103US #44
#46Norma102US #77
#47Elizabeth100US #25
#48Doris99US #51
#49Lynda99US #109
#50Kay94US #101
#51Lois94US #55
#52Ruth92US #38
#53Evelyn89US #65
#54Kathleen89US #16
#55Anita88US #84
#56Rita88US #56
#57Ann85US #40
#58Bonnie85US #33
#59Anna84US #87
#60Marsha79US #98
#61Rebecca79US #68
#62Ruby79US #105
#63Billie77US #164
#64Kathryn75US #63
#65Loretta74US #111
#66Darlene72US #71
#67Vicki72US #108
#68Kathy71US #79
#69Jean70US #37
#70Joan69US #28
#71Cynthia68US #46
#72Laura68US #75
#73Wilma67US #144
#74Sally61US #67
#75Juanita59US #110
#76Diane58US #19
#77Edna56US #126
#78Georgia55US #123
#79Janie54US #158
#80Ellen51US #58
#81Sheila51US #70
#82Carole50US #72
#83Delores50US #115
#84Jan50
#85Sarah50US #92
#86Suzanne50US #52
#87Jackie49US #174
#88Roberta49US #86
#89Joy48US #170
#90Rose48US #60
#91Katherine47US #78
#92Jeanne46US #83
#93Pat46US #147
#94Charlene45US #107
#95Elaine45US #47
#96Janis44US #134
#97Bobbie43US #171
#98Gwendolyn43US #132
#99Margie41US #138
#100Mildred41US #103

Boys

#1James1,206US #1
#2Larry892US #11
#3Robert850US #2
#4John829US #3
#5Charles691US #9
#6Jerry632US #20
#7Richard615US #5
#8David603US #6
#9Gary590US #12
#10William584US #4
#11Ronald481US #10
#12Michael454US #7
#13Donald439US #13
#14Kenneth399US #15
#15Jimmy395US #42
#16Billy338US #45
#17Thomas314US #8
#18Ronnie273US #54
#19Johnny259US #47
#20Terry246US #26
#21George241US #16
#22Joe235US #37
#23Bobby220US #53
#24Danny218US #46
#25Paul216US #18
#26Tommy214US #77
#27Dennis196US #17
#28Roy192US #43
#29Jack168US #35
#30Harold164US #33
#31Don158US #79
#32Carl155US #39
#33Roger154US #23
#34Mike142US #64
#35Bill138US #72
#36Jim138US #73
#37Edward136US #19
#38Raymond136US #25
#39Gerald119US #27
#40Jimmie119US #104
#41Joseph113US #14
#42Eddie112US #85
#43Phillip105US #83
#44Stephen103US #24
#45Wayne102US #29
#46Frank98US #22
#47Fred96US #51
#48Howard96US #55
#49Steve94US #69
#50Floyd92US #121
#51Earl91US #82
#52Walter89US #30
#53Marvin86US #88
#54Ralph86US #48
#55Jackie85US #139
#56Stanley84US #65
#57Steven84US #28
#58Leonard81US #67
#59Douglas79US #34
#60Dale78US #62
#61Melvin77US #86
#62Darrell75US #131
#63Henry75US #41
#64Daniel74US #21
#65Leroy73US #90
#66Lonnie73US #136
#67Albert72US #52
#68Bob72US #107
#69Donnie69US #165
#70Ray69US #95
#71Bruce68US #32
#72Tom68US #87
#73Arthur67US #36
#74Glenn66US #81
#75Glen65US #143
#76Clifford64US #100
#77Cecil63US #159
#78Lawrence63US #31
#79Rodney62US #93
#80Gene60US #98
#81Lee59US #91
#82Allen58US #74
#83Lloyd58US #106
#84Philip58US #61
#85Eugene57US #57
#86Curtis56US #99
#87Johnnie55US #141
#88Mark55US #58
#89Vernon55US #130
#90Willie55US #40
#91Clarence54US #89
#92Clyde54US #122
#93Patrick54US #59
#94Jesse53US #109
#95Harry52US #50
#96Louis52US #63
#97Keith51US #96
#98Tony51US #129
#99Troy50
#100Russell48US #66

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑36Marsha#60
↑33Steven#57
↑30Howard#48
↑25Sherry#26
↑25Donnie#69
↑22Bruce#71
↑20Floyd#50
↑18Laura#72

Falling

↓27Charlene#94
↓25Vernon#89
↓22Arthur#73
↓21Allen#82
↓19Clarence#91
↓17Wilma#73
↓16Margie#99
↓16Harry#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.