Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1912

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1912 were Mary for girls (431 babies) and William for boys (378). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 17,250 babies born in Oklahoma in 1912 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1912

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

Girls

Oleta: 18 babies, 9× the national rate
Dovie: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Maudie: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Opal: 165 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 50 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jewell: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Jewel: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Billie: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Zelma: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Letha: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Jess: 33 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Claud: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Alva: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Orval: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ted: 25 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Troy: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bill: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Charley: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Virgil: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Owen: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1912

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	Mary	431	–	1
2	Ruby	246	–	23
3	Ruth	237	–	5
4	Helen	201	–	2
5	Mildred	186	↑1	6
6	Dorothy	183	↑5	3
7	Opal	165	–	85
8	Thelma	164	↑2	26
9	Hazel	155	↓4	25
10	Gladys	144	↓2	19
11	Edna	138	↓2	16
12	Ethel	134	↑3	18
13	Marie	118	↓1	10
14	Margaret	116	↑6	4
15	Edith	110	↓1	31
16	Alice	101	↑7	11
17	Elizabeth	99	↑18	8
18	Lucille	99	↑22	32
19	Bessie	98	–	43
20	Frances	97	↑4	9
21	Bertha	93	↑1	36
22	Grace	86	↑24	24
23	Irene	86	↓5	22
24	Pauline	84	↑3	38
25	Anna	82	↓4	7
26	Juanita	80	↓10	>100
27	Virginia	80	↑14	20
28	Lillian	79	↑5	14
29	Minnie	78	new	60
30	Velma	78	↓17	88
31	Myrtle	77	↓6	50
32	Pearl	77	↓15	54
33	Lois	75	↓3	63
34	Vera	75	↓5	68
35	Evelyn	73	↑10	13
36	Viola	73	↓4	52
37	Clara	71	↓11	34
38	Jessie	70	↑1	65
39	Willie	68	new	61
40	Florence	67	↓2	12
41	Alma	66	↑3	62
42	Lena	65	new	72
43	Esther	64	↓15	33
44	Louise	64	↑4	17
45	Elsie	63	↓14	42
46	Eva	63	↓10	49
47	Mabel	61	↓5	46
48	Beulah	60	↓11	80
49	Emma	60	↑1	35
50	Lillie	57	↓16	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1911	US rank
1	William	378	↑1	2
2	John	328	↑1	1
3	James	300	↓2	3
4	Robert	204	–	4
5	George	194	–	6
6	Charles	193	–	7
7	Paul	107	↑12	14
8	Jack	103	↓1	28
9	Roy	100	↓1	31
10	Joe	97	↑5	36
11	Woodrow	95	new	46
12	Carl	94	↑8	24
13	Harold	94	↑22	13
14	Thomas	92	↓3	10
15	Earl	91	↑9	34
16	Clarence	87	↑7	21
17	Frank	87	↑1	9
18	Walter	87	↓9	11
19	Henry	85	↓9	12
20	Joseph	81	↑7	5
21	Albert	80	↓7	17
22	Fred	75	↓10	26
23	Floyd	72	↓2	59
24	Arthur	66	↑8	15
25	Cecil	66	↓3	76
26	Edward	66	↑8	8
27	Willie	66	↓11	22
28	Ernest	65	↑3	32
29	Eugene	63	↑4	41
30	Ralph	62	↓13	23
31	Ray	61	↓2	77
32	Raymond	60	↓19	18
33	Lee	53	↓7	78
34	Leonard	53	new	45
35	Elmer	52	↓10	47
36	David	48	↑5	29
37	Richard	48	↓9	19
38	Clyde	47	↑7	65
39	Jesse	47	↓2	74
40	Kenneth	46	↑9	33
41	Harry	45	↓11	16
42	Howard	45	↓4	25
43	Louis	45	↑4	20
44	Virgil	45	↓1	>100
45	Clifford	41	↓9	62
46	Herman	40	new	50
47	Lawrence	40	↓1	38
48	Lloyd	38	new	70
49	Samuel	38	new	30
50	Herbert	37	new	39

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