Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1913

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1913 were Mary for girls (525 babies) and William for boys (438). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,364 babies born in Oklahoma in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1913

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: 22 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ona: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Jewel: 48 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dovie: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Opal: 166 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maudie: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jewell: 46 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Oma: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dollie: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lorene: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Jess: 24 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Claud: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Charley: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bill: 50 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Troy: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Loyd: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Alva: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Louie: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ted: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	525	–	1
2	Ruby	280	–	23
3	Helen	252	↑1	2
4	Ruth	231	↓1	5
5	Dorothy	201	↑1	3
6	Mildred	187	↓1	6
7	Thelma	183	↑1	26
8	Hazel	177	↑1	27
9	Opal	166	↓2	86
10	Gladys	162	–	19
11	Margaret	162	↑3	4
12	Edna	147	↓1	18
13	Edith	146	↑2	29
14	Irene	131	↑9	21
15	Ethel	126	↓3	20
16	Pauline	120	↑8	35
17	Lois	119	↑16	59
18	Marie	119	↓5	10
19	Velma	117	↑11	89
20	Frances	111	–	9
21	Alice	108	↓5	11
22	Bessie	108	↓3	47
23	Myrtle	104	↑8	53
24	Juanita	96	↑2	95
25	Anna	95	–	7
26	Elizabeth	91	↓9	8
27	Lucille	91	↓9	31
28	Virginia	91	↓1	15
29	Grace	86	↓7	25
30	Minnie	86	↓1	63
31	Bertha	84	↓10	39
32	Jessie	84	↑6	61
33	Pearl	84	↓1	55
34	Vera	84	–	68
35	Florence	83	↑5	13
36	Louise	83	↑8	17
37	Alma	81	↑4	64
38	Martha	80	new	28
39	Clara	77	↓2	36
40	Eva	77	↑6	50
41	Viola	76	↓5	52
42	Lillian	74	↓14	16
43	Evelyn	72	↓8	12
44	Lillie	68	↑6	71
45	Esther	63	↓2	32
46	Georgia	63	new	100
47	Ida	63	new	49
48	Elsie	60	↓3	40
49	Mabel	60	↓2	56
50	Willie	60	↓11	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	William	438	–	2
2	John	430	–	1
3	James	405	–	3
4	Robert	287	–	4
5	George	204	–	6
6	Charles	175	–	7
7	Roy	142	↑2	32
8	Jack	140	–	28
9	Paul	135	↓2	14
10	Raymond	118	↑22	18
11	Earl	111	↑4	31
12	Walter	105	↑6	11
13	Henry	102	↑6	12
14	Frank	101	↑3	9
15	Woodrow	101	↓4	44
16	Harold	99	↓3	13
17	Ralph	99	↑13	22
18	Carl	98	↓6	23
19	Joe	98	↓9	37
20	Thomas	97	↓6	10
21	Clarence	94	↓5	21
22	Edward	90	↑4	8
23	Floyd	89	–	58
24	Albert	88	↓3	16
25	Elmer	81	↑10	45
26	Fred	81	↓4	27
27	Ray	77	↑4	73
28	Cecil	72	↓3	74
29	Joseph	71	↓9	5
30	Arthur	65	↓6	17
31	Clyde	64	↑7	64
32	Kenneth	63	↑8	33
33	Ernest	61	↓5	34
34	Richard	61	↑3	19
35	Eugene	57	↓6	43
36	Glenn	55	new	85
37	Leonard	55	↓3	46
38	Willie	55	↓11	24
39	Clifford	54	↑6	68
40	Lloyd	53	↑8	67
41	David	52	↓5	29
42	Harry	51	↓1	15
43	Howard	51	↓1	26
44	Bill	50	new	>100
45	Melvin	48	new	61
46	Virgil	48	↓2	>100
47	Herman	47	↓1	53
48	Lawrence	46	↓1	35
49	Chester	45	new	56
50	Vernon	45	new	83

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