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Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,966 Oklahoma births in 1947 across 868 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#77Jan#196 nationally
#70Billie#175 nationally
#85Dianna#185 nationally
#46Jackie#141 nationally
#78Ricky#173 nationally
#74Donnie#168 nationally
#80Jackie#174 nationally
#72Wilma#152 nationally
#81Janie#161 nationally
#51Darrell#125 nationally
#64Glen#138 nationally
#24Glenda#96 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,064US #1
#2Mary914US #2
#3Sharon610US #9
#4Barbara567US #4
#5Patricia558US #3
#6Carolyn531US #15
#7Judy491US #14
#8Donna457US #10
#9Sandra442US #5
#10Carol391US #6
#11Karen345US #13
#12Betty344US #17
#13Nancy344US #7
#14Shirley322US #19
#15Joyce295US #20
#16Janice277US #22
#17Marilyn254US #29
#18Susan249US #8
#19Connie235US #43
#20Judith222US #12
#21Brenda221US #21
#22Margaret221US #16
#23Janet220US #23
#24Glenda205US #96
#25Phyllis204US #37
#26Wanda189US #66
#27Sherry188US #67
#28Pamela185US #28
#29Cheryl183US #24
#30Beverly165US #31
#31Peggy156US #42
#32Paula154US #54
#33Virginia148US #34
#34Martha144US #32
#35Elizabeth139US #25
#36Jo138US #51
#37Cynthia127US #33
#38Patsy127US #87
#39Diana125US #48
#40Gloria125US #27
#41Jane125US #36
#42Kathryn122US #55
#43Lynda122US #77
#44Helen121US #38
#45Doris115US #58
#46Frances108US #39
#47Vicki108US #101
#48Dorothy107US #26
#49Sue107US #69
#50Charlotte103US #68
#51Rita101US #60
#52Anita99US #94
#53Alice98US #47
#54Kathleen98US #11
#55Rebecca92US #52
#56Norma88US #82
#57Ruth86US #44
#58Kathy85US #64
#59Ann83US #41
#60Deborah83US #62
#61Lois75US #63
#62Diane73US #18
#63Kay72US #104
#64Anna70US #92
#65Jean69US #40
#66Bonnie67US #35
#67Evelyn66US #72
#68Sheila66US #73
#69Ruby65US #112
#70Billie64US #175
#71Laura63US #74
#72Wilma63US #152
#73Darlene62US #71
#74Janis62US #108
#75Joan61US #30
#76Marsha61US #88
#77Jan58US #196
#78Loretta58US #113
#79Georgia57US #129
#80Jackie56US #174
#81Janie54US #161
#82Katherine54US #76
#83Roberta54US #90
#84Teresa54US #121
#85Dianna51US #185
#86Sally51US #70
#87Suzanne50US #53
#88Charlene49US #105
#89Sarah49US #93
#90Gwendolyn48US #130
#91Margie48US #139
#92Jacqueline47US #59
#93Rose47US #65
#94Carole46US #102
#95Marcia46US #81
#96Delores45US #115
#97Gail45US #49
#98Toni45US #155
#99Vickie45US #169
#100Juanita44US #110

Boys

#1James1,155US #1
#2Larry1,017US #10
#3John883US #3
#4Robert875US #2
#5David684US #6
#6Gary676US #12
#7William656US #4
#8Jerry644US #20
#9Charles599US #9
#10Richard584US #5
#11Michael573US #7
#12Ronald460US #11
#13Jimmy437US #44
#14Donald431US #13
#15Kenneth390US #15
#16Billy355US #51
#17Thomas321US #8
#18Terry291US #26
#19Joe276US #43
#20Johnny275US #49
#21Danny266US #39
#22George244US #16
#23Ronnie242US #61
#24Bobby241US #60
#25Tommy239US #79
#26Dennis227US #17
#27Paul217US #18
#28Mike204US #65
#29Roy202US #48
#30Jack195US #37
#31Bill179US #76
#32Carl176US #40
#33Stephen164US #21
#34Harold158US #35
#35Jim157US #77
#36Roger156US #25
#37Edward146US #19
#38Raymond140US #27
#39Don135US #86
#40Gerald131US #28
#41Jimmie131US #113
#42Steven124US #24
#43Eddie123US #80
#44Steve119US #58
#45Phillip118US #74
#46Jackie117US #141
#47Dale114US #63
#48Frank112US #23
#49Wayne112US #30
#50Joseph103US #14
#51Darrell98US #125
#52Walter95US #34
#53Bob90US #115
#54Earl90US #83
#55Ralph89US #50
#56Douglas85US #31
#57Henry85US #46
#58Daniel84US #22
#59Floyd83US #130
#60Arthur82US #38
#61Clarence82US #88
#62Bruce80US #29
#63Melvin77US #85
#64Glen75US #138
#65Ray75US #97
#66Stanley75US #67
#67Albert74US #55
#68Lloyd74US #112
#69Lonnie74US #137
#70Fred73US #56
#71Tom73US #87
#72Alan72US #45
#73Allen70US #73
#74Donnie70US #168
#75Glenn70US #70
#76Mark69US #47
#77Howard68US #62
#78Ricky68US #173
#79Leonard67US #71
#80Keith66US #91
#81Rodney66US #94
#82Lawrence65US #32
#83Marvin65US #89
#84Patrick65US #53
#85Randy65US #116
#86Philip61US #57
#87Russell59US #69
#88Curtis58US #99
#89Leon58US #117
#90Lynn58US #151
#91Gene57US #103
#92Calvin55US #120
#93Harry54US #54
#94Johnnie54US #148
#95Timothy54US #52
#96Ernest53US #75
#97Cecil52US #165
#98Clifford52US #101
#99Lewis51US #118
#100Louis51US #64

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑34Cynthia#37
↑30Clarence#61
↑22Kathryn#42
↑22Janis#74
↑20Vicki#47
↑17Keith#80
↑15Steven#42
↑15Bob#53

Falling

↓30Marvin#83
↓29Howard#77
↓25Juanita#100
↓23Fred#70
↓22Clifford#98
↓21Leonard#79
↓20Cecil#97
↓16Marsha#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.