Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1914

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1914 were Mary for girls (572 babies) and James for boys (536). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,094 babies born in Oklahoma in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1914

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

Girls

Lorene: 97 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Oleta: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Alpha: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jewel: 57 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Opal: 206 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dovie: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Oma: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Maudie: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nola: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Zella: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Olen: 18 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Orval: 23 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jess: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Troy: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Charley: 34 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loyd: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Claud: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cleo: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Thurman: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Garland: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	572	–	1
2	Ruby	340	–	24
3	Ruth	267	↑1	5
4	Helen	261	↓1	2
5	Dorothy	248	–	3
6	Mildred	211	–	7
7	Thelma	208	–	26
8	Hazel	207	–	29
9	Opal	206	–	89
10	Margaret	181	↑1	4
11	Gladys	176	↓1	20
12	Pauline	160	↑4	34
13	Lucille	149	↑14	30
14	Marie	145	↑4	10
15	Frances	144	↑5	9
16	Edna	139	↓4	19
17	Juanita	136	↑7	94
18	Edith	132	↓5	31
19	Alice	131	↑2	12
20	Lois	131	↓3	51
21	Velma	128	↓2	92
22	Irene	126	↓8	22
23	Ethel	117	↓8	21
24	Anna	114	↑1	6
25	Evelyn	109	↑18	11
26	Virginia	109	↑2	14
27	Bessie	106	↓5	55
28	Elizabeth	105	↓2	8
29	Viola	104	↑12	57
30	Grace	100	↓1	25
31	Pearl	99	↑2	56
32	Vera	99	↑2	68
33	Lillian	97	↑9	16
34	Lorene	97	new	>100
35	Jessie	93	↓3	64
36	Louise	91	–	17
37	Clara	88	↑2	37
38	Myrtle	88	↓15	60
39	Florence	87	↓4	13
40	Eva	86	–	52
41	Elsie	84	↑7	46
42	Bertha	81	↓11	41
43	Martha	80	↓5	27
44	Beulah	79	new	96
45	Alma	75	↓8	69
46	Willie	75	↑4	66
47	Esther	73	↓2	35
48	Lillie	72	↓4	74
49	Mabel	71	–	58
50	Beatrice	69	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	James	536	↑2	3
2	William	506	↓1	2
3	John	495	↓1	1
4	Robert	332	–	4
5	George	279	–	6
6	Charles	248	–	7
7	Jack	186	↑1	27
8	Roy	148	↓1	32
9	Frank	146	↑5	9
10	Raymond	144	–	16
11	Carl	143	↑7	24
12	Thomas	138	↑8	11
13	Paul	135	↓4	13
14	Joe	132	↑5	34
15	Harold	131	↑1	14
16	Henry	116	↓3	12
17	Walter	116	↓5	10
18	Earl	109	↓7	33
19	Floyd	103	↑4	58
20	Edward	102	↑2	8
21	Fred	102	↑5	28
22	Elmer	98	↑3	46
23	Clarence	97	↓2	22
24	Cecil	91	↑4	79
25	Joseph	87	↑4	5
26	Woodrow	87	↓11	71
27	Ralph	85	↓10	21
28	Albert	84	↓4	15
29	Arthur	84	↑1	18
30	Howard	82	↑13	26
31	Ray	77	↓4	74
32	Willie	76	↑6	25
33	Richard	75	↑1	17
34	Eugene	73	↑1	43
35	Lloyd	73	↑5	66
36	Lee	67	new	84
37	Leonard	67	–	45
38	Clifford	65	↑1	62
39	Kenneth	64	↓7	30
40	Chester	63	↑9	56
41	Virgil	62	↑5	>100
42	Clyde	61	↓11	63
43	Ernest	61	↓10	38
44	Louis	60	new	20
45	Jesse	59	new	82
46	Vernon	59	↑4	83
47	Everett	58	new	90
48	Herman	58	↓1	51
49	Lawrence	57	↓1	35
50	Claude	56	new	93

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