State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,777 Oklahoma births in 1949 across 847 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#76Rickey#191 nationally
#88Billieoutside the national top 200
#93Jackieoutside the national top 200
#94Carla#187 nationally
#50Jackie#140 nationally
#75Rhonda#157 nationally
#85Wilma#167 nationally
#95Dianna#176 nationally
#86Janie#165 nationally
#78Donnie#156 nationally
#58Lonnie#134 nationally
#73Ricky#148 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,576US #1
#2Mary808US #2
#3Patricia540US #3
#4Sharon513US #10
#5Donna475US #12
#6Barbara446US #4
#7Sandra417US #6
#8Carolyn408US #17
#9Judy373US #20
#10Nancy358US #7
#11Shirley357US #18
#12Carol347US #8
#13Karen339US #11
#14Brenda320US #13
#15Susan309US #5
#16Deborah282US #15
#17Janice253US #24
#18Betty248US #22
#19Pamela245US #21
#20Connie215US #43
#21Joyce211US #26
#22Beverly204US #31
#23Judith197US #16
#24Margaret188US #14
#25Cynthia186US #27
#26Janet179US #23
#27Wanda178US #56
#28Phyllis174US #50
#29Kathy167US #42
#30Peggy163US #38
#31Marilyn162US #33
#32Glenda155US #87
#33Diana154US #48
#34Rebecca149US #40
#35Sherry149US #68
#36Paula146US #55
#37Vicki142US #70
#38Martha141US #34
#39Virginia132US #39
#40Rita131US #54
#41Cheryl120US #28
#42Elizabeth115US #25
#43Kathryn113US #52
#44Lynda113US #93
#45Patsy109US #106
#46Gloria107US #29
#47Kathleen107US #9
#48Teresa106US #82
#49Jo99US #60
#50Charlotte98US #71
#51Dorothy94US #32
#52Helen94US #46
#53Ruth94US #47
#54Cathy92US #81
#55Sue92US #88
#56Frances90US #49
#57Anita88US #99
#58Marsha86US #79
#59Diane84US #19
#60Bonnie83US #35
#61Alice80US #53
#62Ann79US #44
#63Catherine77US #37
#64Loretta77US #117
#65Anna76US #91
#66Vickie73US #124
#67Jane70US #41
#68Jean69US #45
#69Joan67US #36
#70Norma66US #105
#71Doris64US #69
#72Laura64US #65
#73Sarah63US #84
#74Debra61US #134
#75Rhonda61US #157
#76Evelyn59US #80
#77Gail58US #51
#78Janis58US #131
#79Sally58US #77
#80Katherine55US #59
#81Roberta55US #97
#82Lois54US #73
#83Ruby54US #123
#84Sheila54US #76
#85Wilma52US #167
#86Janie51US #165
#87Marcia51US #78
#88Billie50
#89Kay48US #119
#90Suzanne48US #62
#91Claudia47US #127
#92Julia46US #112
#93Jackie45
#94Carla44US #187
#95Dianna42US #176
#96Ellen42US #64
#97Gwendolyn41US #114
#98Joy41US #171
#99Rose41US #66
#100Sylvia41US #94

Boys

#1James1,074US #1
#2Larry895US #10
#3John835US #3
#4Robert831US #2
#5David795US #6
#6Michael727US #5
#7William654US #4
#8Gary622US #12
#9Charles598US #9
#10Richard542US #7
#11Jerry504US #23
#12Ronald421US #11
#13Donald411US #13
#14Thomas347US #8
#15Jimmy345US #53
#16Kenneth332US #15
#17Billy299US #57
#18Stephen289US #19
#19Terry264US #28
#20Dennis253US #16
#21Danny247US #40
#22Johnny243US #49
#23George224US #18
#24Steven224US #20
#25Tommy215US #84
#26Joe214US #52
#27Roger209US #25
#28Paul204US #17
#29Ronnie198US #65
#30Bobby181US #67
#31Jack170US #47
#32Roy164US #51
#33Phillip157US #66
#34Harold148US #42
#35Edward147US #21
#36Mark131US #24
#37Raymond119US #30
#38Carl118US #43
#39Joseph115US #14
#40Jim110US #108
#41Bill108US #106
#42Douglas106US #29
#43Daniel103US #22
#44Darrell103US #117
#45Randy103US #92
#46Wayne103US #35
#47Stanley100US #60
#48Steve100US #68
#49Dale98US #54
#50Jackie98US #140
#51Bruce95US #26
#52Gerald95US #33
#53Mike95US #88
#54Don94US #98
#55Eddie89US #80
#56Jimmie87US #130
#57Allen85US #71
#58Lonnie82US #134
#59Frank80US #27
#60Randall80US #79
#61Melvin77US #82
#62Lawrence76US #32
#63Gregory75US #31
#64Walter75US #37
#65Ralph74US #50
#66Henry73US #46
#67Russell72US #69
#68Fred71US #72
#69Marvin71US #89
#70Timothy71US #34
#71Micheal70US #122
#72Patrick70US #39
#73Ricky69US #148
#74Rodney67US #87
#75Floyd66US #133
#76Rickey66US #191
#77Samuel66US #62
#78Donnie65US #156
#79Alan62US #45
#80Lloyd62US #124
#81Clifford60US #103
#82Curtis59US #97
#83Glen59US #127
#84Glenn58US #61
#85Howard58US #63
#86Earl57US #91
#87Johnnie57US #150
#88Anthony56US #36
#89Calvin56US #112
#90Tom56US #114
#91Arthur55US #44
#92Gene53US #119
#93Philip53US #55
#94Clyde51US #131
#95Ray51US #109
#96Willie51US #41
#97Leonard50US #74
#98Albert49US #56
#99Ernest49US #76
#100Harry49US #59

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑31Randall#60
↑26Kathy#29
↑26Bruce#51
↑22Joan#69
↑22Samuel#77
↑20Cathy#54
↑20Ricky#73
↑19Darrell#44

Falling

↓32Ernest#99
↓28Leonard#97
↓24Ray#95
↓22Billie#88
↓20Tom#90
↓16Frances#56
↓16Evelyn#76
↓16Mike#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.