Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1911

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1911 were Mary for girls (348 babies) and James for boys (198). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,414 babies born in Oklahoma in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1911

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

Girls

Dovie: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Billie: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jewell: 42 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jewel: 40 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Faye: 44 babies, 6× the national rate
Opal: 122 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Juanita: 83 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Velma: 91 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Frankie: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Loyd: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Bill: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Cecil: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Virgil: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Otis: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Floyd: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lee: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ray: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vernon: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Homer: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	348	–	1
2	Ruby	206	↑1	22
3	Ruth	169	↓1	5
4	Helen	138	–	2
5	Hazel	133	–	25
6	Mildred	129	↑2	8
7	Opal	122	–	81
8	Gladys	119	↑1	18
9	Edna	112	↑2	17
10	Thelma	112	–	27
11	Dorothy	109	↓5	4
12	Marie	91	↑3	9
13	Velma	91	new	90
14	Edith	85	↑9	31
15	Ethel	85	↓2	15
16	Juanita	83	↑14	>100
17	Pearl	83	↑7	48
18	Irene	81	↓1	21
19	Bessie	80	–	40
20	Margaret	80	↓6	3
21	Anna	78	↓3	6
22	Bertha	76	↓1	36
23	Alice	75	↑3	11
24	Frances	74	↓4	10
25	Myrtle	71	↓13	50
26	Clara	69	↑5	33
27	Pauline	67	↓5	38
28	Esther	66	new	34
29	Vera	65	new	67
30	Lois	64	new	68
31	Elsie	62	↑13	41
32	Viola	62	↑2	47
33	Lillian	60	↓8	13
34	Lillie	59	↓7	60
35	Elizabeth	57	↓6	7
36	Eva	57	↑6	46
37	Beulah	56	↑2	79
38	Florence	56	new	12
39	Jessie	56	↓4	66
40	Lucille	56	↑9	32
41	Virginia	56	new	26
42	Mabel	55	new	43
43	Martha	54	↑4	28
44	Alma	52	↓6	62
45	Evelyn	50	↓9	16
46	Grace	50	↓30	23
47	Lola	50	new	>100
48	Louise	50	–	19
49	Beatrice	49	↓17	37
50	Emma	48	↓5	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	James	198	↑2	3
2	William	187	–	2
3	John	179	↓2	1
4	Robert	112	–	5
5	George	92	↑1	4
6	Charles	79	↓1	7
7	Jack	63	↑5	25
8	Roy	61	–	31
9	Walter	55	↑9	12
10	Henry	53	↓1	11
11	Thomas	52	↑2	10
12	Fred	51	↑8	22
13	Raymond	50	↑9	19
14	Albert	45	↑23	15
15	Joe	45	↑1	29
16	Willie	43	↓2	14
17	Ralph	41	↑16	24
18	Frank	40	↓11	8
19	Paul	40	–	17
20	Carl	39	↓10	26
21	Floyd	39	↑3	57
22	Cecil	38	↑14	76
23	Clarence	37	↓8	23
24	Earl	34	↓13	34
25	Elmer	34	↑7	48
26	Lee	34	↓5	67
27	Joseph	33	↓4	6
28	Richard	33	↑1	20
29	Ray	32	new	71
30	Harry	31	↑4	13
31	Ernest	28	↑19	32
32	Arthur	27	↓5	18
33	Eugene	27	↓2	43
34	Edward	26	↓17	9
35	Harold	26	↓10	16
36	Clifford	25	↑4	62
37	Jesse	25	↓2	72
38	Howard	23	↓8	28
39	Melvin	23	new	73
40	Bill	22	new	>100
41	David	22	–	27
42	Vernon	22	new	96
43	Virgil	22	new	>100
44	Chester	21	new	58
45	Clyde	21	↓19	61
46	Lawrence	21	new	37
47	Louis	21	↓9	21
48	Homer	20	↓9	95
49	Kenneth	20	new	40
50	Lewis	20	new	66

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