Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1915

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1915 were Mary for girls (763 babies) and William for boys (667). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,968 babies born in Oklahoma in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1915

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

Girls

Lahoma: 28 babies, 32.8× the national rate
Jaunita: 24 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Oleta: 34 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Florene: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dovie: 24 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Opal: 288 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jewel: 69 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lorene: 96 babies, 6× the national rate
Oma: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rubye: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Dee: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Cleo: 42 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Troy: 46 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Charley: 43 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Buster: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loyd: 44 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Olen: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jess: 56 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Orval: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Garland: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	763	–	1
2	Ruby	401	–	24
3	Ruth	367	–	5
4	Helen	338	–	2
5	Mildred	317	↑1	6
6	Dorothy	293	↓1	3
7	Hazel	289	↑1	26
8	Opal	288	↑1	90
9	Thelma	223	↓2	30
10	Gladys	216	↑1	21
11	Margaret	212	↓1	4
12	Edna	207	↑4	20
13	Pauline	190	↓1	32
14	Marie	187	–	11
15	Juanita	184	↑2	92
16	Lois	180	↑4	47
17	Frances	177	↓2	9
18	Lucille	168	↓5	29
19	Alice	163	–	13
20	Edith	163	↓2	31
21	Irene	155	↑1	17
22	Velma	151	↓1	94
23	Virginia	145	↑3	12
24	Anna	143	–	7
25	Ethel	137	↓2	23
26	Clara	128	↑11	38
27	Grace	124	↑3	27
28	Martha	124	↑15	25
29	Jessie	119	↑6	66
30	Myrtle	119	↑8	58
31	Vera	119	↑1	65
32	Bessie	118	↓5	57
33	Evelyn	117	↓8	10
34	Elsie	114	↑7	41
35	Louise	114	↑1	18
36	Elizabeth	112	↓8	8
37	Lillian	109	↓4	15
38	Leona	108	new	74
39	Doris	106	new	34
40	Esther	103	↑7	33
41	Viola	103	↓12	59
42	Eva	97	↓2	55
43	Lorene	96	↓9	>100
44	Pearl	96	↓13	56
45	Florence	92	↓6	14
46	Lillie	90	↑2	84
47	Geneva	85	new	>100
48	Nellie	83	new	63
49	Bertha	82	↓7	46
50	Alma	79	↓5	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	William	667	↑1	2
2	John	661	↑1	1
3	James	644	↓2	3
4	Robert	452	–	4
5	George	356	–	6
6	Charles	354	–	7
7	Jack	242	–	27
8	Thomas	227	↑4	10
9	Roy	218	↓1	32
10	Raymond	213	–	16
11	Carl	201	–	22
12	Paul	189	↑1	13
13	Frank	186	↓4	9
14	Harold	183	↑1	12
15	Walter	177	↑2	11
16	Earl	169	↑2	33
17	Ralph	162	↑10	21
18	Joe	153	↓4	38
19	Clarence	151	↑4	24
20	Fred	146	↑1	26
21	Richard	144	↑12	15
22	Henry	139	↓6	14
23	Floyd	137	↓4	59
24	Edward	134	↓4	8
25	Elmer	132	↓3	45
26	Cecil	131	↓2	76
27	Albert	129	↑1	17
28	Joseph	124	↓3	5
29	Ray	122	↑2	67
30	Arthur	120	↓1	18
31	Howard	117	↓1	25
32	Kenneth	111	↑7	28
33	Willard	100	new	58
34	Ernest	98	↑9	35
35	Eugene	97	↓1	41
36	Lloyd	96	↓1	62
37	Clyde	94	↑5	63
38	Chester	92	↑2	54
39	Harry	90	new	19
40	Willie	90	↓8	30
41	Melvin	89	new	60
42	Leonard	88	↓5	44
43	Vernon	86	↑3	80
44	David	85	new	31
45	Lee	85	↓9	84
46	Lester	81	new	57
47	Woodrow	80	↓21	83
48	Herman	78	–	56
49	Lawrence	78	–	37
50	Clifford	76	↓12	61

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