Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1917

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1917 were Mary for girls (931 babies) and James for boys (789). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,436 babies born in Oklahoma in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1917

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

Girls

Oneta: 18 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Oleta: 50 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Jaunita: 26 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Florene: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jewell: 92 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Opal: 309 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lorene: 127 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dortha: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ima: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jewel: 68 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 18 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Jess: 51 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Hershel: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Claud: 34 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Burl: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Olen: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loyd: 54 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Charley: 48 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Doyle: 33 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Orval: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	931	–	1
2	Dorothy	478	–	3
3	Helen	467	↑2	2
4	Ruby	425	–	27
5	Ruth	409	↓2	5
6	Mildred	407	–	6
7	Opal	309	–	95
8	Margaret	291	↑2	4
9	Hazel	290	↓1	31
10	Pauline	269	↑3	33
11	Juanita	261	–	87
12	Frances	253	↑8	9
13	Thelma	239	↓4	32
14	Edna	231	↓2	20
15	Edith	222	↑6	28
16	Gladys	218	↓1	23
17	Lucille	211	↓3	29
18	Virginia	205	↓2	10
19	Lois	191	↓2	43
20	Marie	179	↓1	12
21	Evelyn	165	↑4	11
22	Alice	162	–	13
23	Anna	160	↑1	7
24	Velma	158	↑9	99
25	Irene	154	↓7	17
26	Elizabeth	141	–	8
27	Ethel	138	↓4	24
28	Martha	137	↑2	22
29	Jessie	136	↑11	70
30	Vera	133	↑6	66
31	Louise	132	↓4	19
32	Lillian	130	–	15
33	Doris	127	↑5	25
34	Lorene	127	↓5	>100
35	Myrtle	127	↑8	58
36	Maxine	117	↑10	93
37	Bessie	116	↓3	61
38	Wilma	115	↑11	82
39	Geneva	114	↑11	>100
40	Eva	113	↓5	54
41	Viola	113	↓10	59
42	Bertha	112	–	51
43	Beatrice	111	↑5	39
44	Elsie	107	new	50
45	Alma	106	new	71
46	Bernice	105	new	42
47	Pearl	105	↓10	57
48	Emma	100	↓1	46
49	Grace	98	↓21	30
50	Marjorie	94	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	James	789	–	3
2	John	733	↑1	1
3	William	723	↓1	2
4	Robert	520	–	4
5	Charles	395	–	7
6	George	388	–	6
7	Jack	305	–	22
8	Roy	217	–	33
9	Paul	211	↑4	13
10	Raymond	211	↑2	16
11	Harold	204	↓2	12
12	Joe	198	↑7	35
13	Thomas	194	↓3	10
14	Carl	191	↓3	24
15	Ralph	189	–	21
16	Frank	187	↑2	9
17	Earl	178	↓3	32
18	Walter	175	↓2	11
19	Henry	173	↓2	15
20	Edward	161	↑4	8
21	Clarence	155	–	25
22	Albert	153	↑3	18
23	Richard	150	↑4	14
24	Joseph	146	↑4	5
25	Cecil	143	↓5	83
26	Floyd	143	↓4	62
27	Kenneth	134	↑15	27
28	Fred	132	↓5	29
29	Lloyd	129	↑8	53
30	Arthur	128	↑1	17
31	Elmer	126	↑2	45
32	Leonard	117	↓3	41
33	Willie	116	↓1	31
34	Ernest	114	↑7	37
35	Howard	113	↑1	26
36	Clyde	112	↓6	64
37	Melvin	111	new	57
38	Ray	108	↓12	74
39	Eugene	104	↓5	39
40	Leo	102	↑10	47
41	Vernon	100	↓1	71
42	Clifford	99	↑2	59
43	Harry	99	↓5	19
44	David	94	↑5	28
45	Jesse	93	↓2	79
46	Marvin	91	↓7	68
47	Donald	87	new	20
48	Homer	86	new	>100
49	Leroy	86	↓2	60
50	Woodrow	85	↓15	73

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