Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1916

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1916 were Mary for girls (815 babies) and James for boys (720). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,892 babies born in Oklahoma in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1916

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: 35 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Florene: 23 babies, 9× the national rate
Jaunita: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lorene: 124 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Velva: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Opal: 278 babies, 6× the national rate
Oma: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Dortha: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nadine: 43 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Joy: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Burl: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Loyd: 50 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Olen: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jess: 48 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cleo: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Troy: 43 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bill: 81 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Orval: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Doyle: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Claud: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	815	–	1
2	Dorothy	390	↑4	3
3	Ruth	390	–	5
4	Ruby	381	↓2	23
5	Helen	372	↓1	2
6	Mildred	370	↓1	6
7	Opal	278	↑1	91
8	Hazel	262	↓1	31
9	Thelma	257	–	29
10	Margaret	246	↑1	4
11	Juanita	237	↑4	90
12	Edna	228	–	19
13	Pauline	228	–	33
14	Lucille	214	↑4	30
15	Gladys	206	↓5	22
16	Virginia	193	↑7	10
17	Lois	186	↓1	43
18	Irene	183	↑3	17
19	Marie	181	↓5	12
20	Frances	180	↓3	9
21	Edith	179	↓1	28
22	Alice	156	↓3	13
23	Ethel	156	↑2	25
24	Anna	153	–	7
25	Evelyn	152	↑8	11
26	Elizabeth	140	↑10	8
27	Louise	135	↑8	18
28	Grace	128	↓1	26
29	Lorene	124	↑14	>100
30	Martha	122	↓2	24
31	Viola	121	↑10	59
32	Lillian	120	↑5	16
33	Velma	119	↓11	99
34	Bessie	113	↓2	56
35	Eva	113	↑7	55
36	Vera	113	↓5	66
37	Pearl	110	↑7	57
38	Doris	109	↑1	32
39	Leona	109	↓1	75
40	Jessie	108	↓11	68
41	Florence	106	↑4	14
42	Bertha	105	↑7	49
43	Myrtle	105	↓13	58
44	Esther	102	↓4	34
45	Clara	99	↓19	39
46	Maxine	99	new	96
47	Emma	98	new	41
48	Beatrice	95	new	38
49	Wilma	95	new	82
50	Geneva	94	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	James	720	↑2	3
2	William	705	↓1	2
3	John	665	↓1	1
4	Robert	482	–	4
5	Charles	372	↑1	6
6	George	371	↓1	7
7	Jack	292	–	26
8	Roy	211	↑1	33
9	Harold	203	↑5	13
10	Thomas	202	↓2	10
11	Carl	197	–	23
12	Raymond	187	↓2	16
13	Paul	184	↓1	12
14	Earl	180	↑2	32
15	Ralph	169	↑2	21
16	Walter	168	↓1	11
17	Henry	167	↑5	14
18	Frank	164	↓5	9
19	Joe	155	↓1	35
20	Cecil	147	↑6	80
21	Clarence	147	↓2	24
22	Floyd	147	↑1	60
23	Fred	146	↓3	29
24	Edward	143	–	8
25	Albert	132	↑2	17
26	Ray	126	↑3	73
27	Richard	125	↓6	15
28	Joseph	120	–	5
29	Leonard	116	↑13	42
30	Clyde	112	↑7	62
31	Arthur	111	↓1	18
32	Willie	109	↑8	30
33	Elmer	108	↓8	45
34	Eugene	107	↑1	39
35	Woodrow	107	↑12	64
36	Howard	106	↓5	25
37	Lloyd	104	↓1	58
38	Harry	103	↑1	19
39	Marvin	93	new	66
40	Vernon	93	↑3	75
41	Ernest	92	↓7	36
42	Kenneth	92	↓10	27
43	Jesse	91	new	77
44	Clifford	89	↑6	61
45	Chester	86	↓7	54
46	Lee	86	↓1	83
47	Leroy	84	new	63
48	Claude	82	new	93
49	David	82	↓5	28
50	Leo	82	new	47

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