State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,437 Oklahoma births in 1950 across 869 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#75Billieoutside the national top 200
#85Jackieoutside the national top 200
#97Boboutside the national top 200
#94Dianna#188 nationally
#59Donnie#150 nationally
#41Bill#131 nationally
#53Jackie#140 nationally
#79Carla#160 nationally
#95Wilma#171 nationally
#66Jimmie#141 nationally
#98Rickey#173 nationally
#90Janie#164 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,380US #1
#2Mary816US #2
#3Patricia592US #3
#4Deborah506US #7
#5Sharon451US #11
#6Barbara433US #4
#7Donna407US #13
#8Karen381US #12
#9Brenda378US #14
#10Carolyn378US #20
#11Nancy363US #6
#12Sandra354US #8
#13Carol339US #9
#14Susan336US #5
#15Shirley332US #19
#16Judy321US #25
#17Janice293US #22
#18Betty260US #26
#19Pamela248US #17
#20Janet243US #18
#21Connie223US #44
#22Glenda220US #87
#23Joyce205US #27
#24Cynthia196US #23
#25Beverly180US #31
#26Marilyn180US #37
#27Rebecca172US #36
#28Margaret170US #15
#29Vicki168US #61
#30Peggy166US #41
#31Kathy162US #38
#32Judith161US #21
#33Paula155US #54
#34Cheryl146US #29
#35Phyllis144US #53
#36Sherry144US #62
#37Elizabeth142US #24
#38Kathryn139US #46
#39Martha139US #32
#40Diana136US #47
#41Debra131US #59
#42Wanda127US #52
#43Rita118US #56
#44Gloria117US #30
#45Jo114US #64
#46Marsha109US #68
#47Virginia109US #43
#48Teresa107US #81
#49Charlotte105US #80
#50Cathy102US #75
#51Kathleen97US #10
#52Katherine92US #58
#53Patsy91US #117
#54Jane87US #39
#55Ruth87US #49
#56Sue86US #100
#57Catherine85US #34
#58Bonnie84US #33
#59Frances84US #51
#60Lynda84US #107
#61Doris81US #74
#62Anita80US #99
#63Helen80US #50
#64Alice79US #57
#65Dorothy79US #35
#66Rhonda79US #125
#67Vickie79US #108
#68Diane78US #16
#69Laura74US #63
#70Norma69US #104
#71Marcia66US #77
#72Janis65US #136
#73Ann64US #45
#74Anna63US #93
#75Billie63
#76Gail63US #42
#77Loretta62US #120
#78Sally61US #78
#79Carla60US #160
#80Evelyn60US #86
#81Lois60US #83
#82Jacqueline58US #55
#83Sheila58US #70
#84Jean55US #48
#85Jackie54
#86Kay53US #123
#87Rose50US #69
#88Joy48US #159
#89Terry48US #127
#90Janie47US #164
#91Ruby45US #130
#92Christine43US #28
#93Claudia43US #126
#94Dianna42US #188
#95Wilma42US #171
#96Constance41US #85
#97Georgia41US #152
#98Joan41US #40
#99Elaine40US #60
#100Sheryl40US #145

Boys

#1James1,102US #1
#2Robert913US #2
#3Michael844US #4
#4John829US #3
#5David808US #5
#6Larry801US #11
#7Gary664US #10
#8William630US #6
#9Charles558US #9
#10Richard537US #7
#11Ronald458US #12
#12Jerry440US #24
#13Donald382US #14
#14Kenneth377US #15
#15Thomas368US #8
#16Steven326US #16
#17Terry317US #30
#18Billy305US #57
#19Stephen300US #19
#20Jimmy279US #55
#21Dennis257US #17
#22Danny237US #39
#23Paul234US #18
#24Roger234US #27
#25George217US #20
#26Johnny215US #50
#27Joe202US #54
#28Bobby194US #65
#29Tommy186US #94
#30Mark182US #23
#31Ronnie162US #76
#32Jack161US #48
#33Roy157US #51
#34Edward149US #22
#35Phillip131US #64
#36Randy130US #80
#37Joseph128US #13
#38Harold127US #45
#39Daniel124US #21
#40Carl121US #44
#41Bill118US #131
#42Bruce107US #26
#43Gerald106US #34
#44Frank105US #29
#45Steve104US #83
#46Don102US #107
#47Eddie100US #89
#48Stanley100US #60
#49Darrell99US #116
#50Patrick99US #38
#51Douglas98US #28
#52Gregory96US #25
#53Jackie95US #140
#54Raymond94US #31
#55Dale92US #49
#56Timothy86US #32
#57Randall83US #70
#58Ricky81US #128
#59Donnie79US #150
#60Lawrence77US #33
#61Melvin76US #87
#62Walter76US #40
#63Wayne76US #35
#64Marvin75US #93
#65Arthur73US #46
#66Jimmie72US #141
#67Jim71US #139
#68Samuel71US #62
#69Alan70US #41
#70Mike70US #113
#71Philip69US #53
#72Floyd67US #143
#73Micheal67US #104
#74Henry66US #47
#75Lonnie65US #135
#76Curtis64US #97
#77Ralph64US #52
#78Rodney64US #88
#79Allen63US #71
#80Earl63US #92
#81Ray63US #111
#82Lloyd62US #127
#83Glen61US #125
#84Glenn61US #59
#85Howard60US #63
#86Keith60US #78
#87Anthony59US #36
#88Christopher58US #72
#89Calvin57US #105
#90Clarence57US #95
#91Lee57US #91
#92Wesley57US #165
#93Ernest56US #81
#94Fred55US #84
#95Russell55US #67
#96Leonard53US #77
#97Bob52
#98Rickey52US #173
#99Jesse51US #114
#100Louis49US #66

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑33Debra#41
↑28Katherine#52
↑26Arthur#65
↑22Patrick#50
↑22Philip#71
↑19Donnie#59
↑16Marcia#71
↑15Carla#79

Falling

↓29Joan#98
↓28Russell#95
↓27Jim#67
↓26Fred#94
↓22Allen#79
↓22Rickey#98
↓17Raymond#54
↓17Wayne#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.