Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1910

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1910 were Mary for girls (326 babies) and John for boys (171). Social Security records list 10,509 babies born in Oklahoma in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Jewell: 45 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Zella: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Opal: 108 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maudie: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Faye: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Juanita: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jewel: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Iva: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lorene: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Jess: 20 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Charley: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Orville: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Homer: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bill: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jimmie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Virgil: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Archie: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lee: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Clyde: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	326	1
2	Ruth	165	5
3	Ruby	159	27
4	Helen	131	2
5	Hazel	114	24
6	Dorothy	112	4
7	Opal	108	87
8	Mildred	103	8
9	Gladys	101	15
10	Thelma	101	25
11	Edna	95	18
12	Myrtle	87	43
13	Ethel	84	13
14	Margaret	84	3
15	Marie	84	9
16	Grace	81	23
17	Irene	77	21
18	Anna	76	6
19	Bessie	76	37
20	Frances	72	11
21	Bertha	71	33
22	Pauline	71	42
23	Edith	70	35
24	Pearl	69	39
25	Lillian	68	14
26	Alice	67	10
27	Lillie	66	54
28	Minnie	65	50
29	Elizabeth	61	7
30	Juanita	61	>100
31	Clara	59	32
32	Beatrice	56	36
33	Nellie	56	51
34	Viola	55	48
35	Jessie	54	63
36	Evelyn	53	17
37	Leona	53	79
38	Alma	51	61
39	Beulah	51	82
40	Georgia	51	91
41	Ella	50	62
42	Eva	50	45
43	Willie	50	56
44	Elsie	49	44
45	Emma	49	34
46	Laura	49	53
47	Martha	49	28
48	Louise	48	20
49	Lucille	47	31
50	Jewell	45	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	171	1
2	William	166	3
3	James	156	2
4	Robert	102	4
5	Charles	87	7
6	George	84	5
7	Frank	74	8
8	Roy	60	29
9	Henry	56	10
10	Carl	54	26
11	Earl	53	33
12	Jack	48	23
13	Thomas	48	12
14	Willie	46	11
15	Clarence	44	20
16	Joe	44	25
17	Edward	43	9
18	Walter	43	13
19	Paul	42	15
20	Fred	41	22
21	Lee	41	49
22	Raymond	37	19
23	Joseph	36	6
24	Floyd	35	55
25	Harold	35	18
26	Clyde	34	57
27	Arthur	33	17
28	Leonard	33	46
29	Richard	33	21
30	Howard	32	27
31	Eugene	30	39
32	Elmer	29	48
33	Ralph	29	28
34	Harry	28	16
35	Jesse	28	60
36	Cecil	26	77
37	Albert	25	14
38	Louis	23	24
39	Homer	22	98
40	Clifford	21	66
41	David	21	30
42	Jess	20	>100
43	Samuel	20	32
44	Charlie	19	34
45	Herman	19	52
46	Leroy	19	50
47	Tom	19	82
48	Lloyd	18	67
49	Claude	17	78
50	Ernest	17	31

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