State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,679 Oklahoma births in 1951 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.

#85Danaoutside the national top 200
#89Billieoutside the national top 200
#86Jackie#197 nationally
#81Dianna#187 nationally
#56Bill#157 nationally
#69Rickey#166 nationally
#58Jimmie#145 nationally
#94Cecil#181 nationally
#78Jim#164 nationally
#91Janie#176 nationally
#50Jackie#133 nationally
#100Wilma#178 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,162US #1
#2Mary746US #2
#3Deborah664US #4
#4Patricia613US #3
#5Donna447US #12
#6Sharon426US #13
#7Barbara408US #5
#8Sandra387US #9
#9Karen370US #8
#10Brenda367US #14
#11Susan364US #6
#12Pamela359US #16
#13Nancy343US #7
#14Carol319US #11
#15Carolyn318US #22
#16Judy299US #26
#17Janice276US #21
#18Debra268US #18
#19Shirley256US #27
#20Janet247US #19
#21Betty230US #29
#22Connie218US #44
#23Kathy207US #35
#24Joyce204US #28
#25Cynthia201US #20
#26Beverly181US #33
#27Peggy178US #40
#28Margaret176US #17
#29Paula174US #51
#30Marilyn173US #41
#31Glenda170US #89
#32Vicki168US #58
#33Sherry167US #70
#34Teresa159US #63
#35Wanda149US #52
#36Cheryl146US #30
#37Rebecca146US #32
#38Kathryn143US #45
#39Elizabeth140US #23
#40Diana138US #50
#41Phyllis135US #57
#42Kathleen128US #10
#43Judith126US #25
#44Cathy122US #71
#45Virginia117US #47
#46Martha116US #38
#47Jo109US #67
#48Vickie109US #87
#49Rita106US #61
#50Patsy104US #121
#51Charlotte102US #84
#52Gloria100US #31
#53Rhonda98US #111
#54Marsha91US #76
#55Diane90US #15
#56Anita89US #96
#57Frances88US #59
#58Gail88US #36
#59Katherine86US #55
#60Catherine83US #34
#61Ruth83US #53
#62Sheila79US #69
#63Alice78US #62
#64Bonnie76US #37
#65Ann75US #46
#66Doris73US #80
#67Sue69US #106
#68Christine66US #24
#69Helen66US #54
#70Dorothy64US #42
#71Janis64US #131
#72Jane63US #43
#73Lynda63US #116
#74Carla62US #147
#75Joan61US #39
#76Gayle60US #124
#77Jean60US #49
#78Terry60US #115
#79Marcia59US #74
#80Kay58US #120
#81Dianna56US #187
#82Laura56US #60
#83Norma55US #107
#84Suzanne54US #83
#85Dana53
#86Jackie53US #197
#87Loretta53US #135
#88Sally53US #77
#89Billie52
#90Darlene52US #79
#91Janie52US #176
#92Anna51US #94
#93Roberta51US #92
#94Evelyn49US #88
#95Gwendolyn49US #112
#96Jan49US #145
#97Lois49US #85
#98Jacqueline48US #56
#99Jeanne48US #98
#100Wilma48US #178

Boys

#1James1,087US #1
#2Michael921US #4
#3Robert899US #2
#4David877US #5
#5John808US #3
#6Larry770US #11
#7Gary722US #10
#8William644US #6
#9Charles573US #9
#10Richard569US #7
#11Jerry443US #24
#12Ronald442US #12
#13Kenneth390US #16
#14Thomas375US #8
#15Donald368US #15
#16Steven349US #13
#17Stephen337US #19
#18Terry317US #30
#19Jimmy290US #62
#20Billy282US #64
#21Danny251US #41
#22Dennis244US #17
#23George226US #22
#24Paul222US #18
#25Mark216US #20
#26Bobby212US #77
#27Johnny212US #50
#28Joe201US #57
#29Tommy192US #94
#30Roger182US #29
#31Roy163US #52
#32Jack162US #48
#33Daniel159US #21
#34Carl153US #43
#35Ronnie151US #82
#36Edward148US #23
#37Harold139US #46
#38Randy139US #56
#39Joseph134US #14
#40Phillip127US #79
#41Douglas125US #27
#42Raymond125US #32
#43Bruce118US #26
#44Stanley115US #54
#45Randall112US #66
#46Gerald111US #36
#47Timothy111US #28
#48Dale108US #49
#49Gregory105US #25
#50Jackie101US #133
#51Ricky98US #102
#52Frank92US #31
#53Alan90US #40
#54Patrick90US #39
#55Walter89US #42
#56Bill83US #157
#57Keith83US #59
#58Jimmie81US #145
#59Steve81US #86
#60Allen80US #72
#61Eddie76US #89
#62Russell76US #73
#63Samuel75US #67
#64Darrell74US #109
#65Wayne73US #37
#66Micheal72US #97
#67Don71US #117
#68Ralph71US #51
#69Rickey71US #166
#70Arthur69US #44
#71Fred69US #87
#72Anthony68US #34
#73Henry68US #47
#74Ray68US #114
#75Clifford67US #101
#76Marvin67US #96
#77Philip67US #55
#78Jim65US #164
#79Earl63US #95
#80Melvin62US #88
#81Mike62US #128
#82Lawrence61US #33
#83Lonnie60US #139
#84Christopher59US #61
#85Curtis59US #91
#86Floyd59US #140
#87Clarence58US #98
#88Glenn58US #58
#89Howard57US #74
#90Rodney57US #84
#91Leonard55US #80
#92Dwight54US #134
#93Leslie54US #124
#94Cecil52US #181
#95Glen51US #127
#96Harry50US #70
#97Jeffrey50US #35
#98Albert49US #60
#99Alvin49US #121
#100Lee48US #92

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑33Russell#62
↑29Keith#57
↑29Rickey#69
↑24Christine#68
↑23Debra#18
↑23Joan#75
↑23Fred#71
↑21Sheila#62

Falling

↓22Lawrence#82
↓21Don#67
↓19Melvin#80
↓18Jane#72
↓18Anna#92
↓16Lois#97
↓16Jacqueline#98
↓15Bill#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.