Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1918

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1918 were Mary for girls (1,035 babies) and James for boys (967). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,982 babies born in Oklahoma in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1918

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: 17 babies, 28.1× the national rate
Lavada: 18 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Jaunita: 34 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Oleta: 32 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Dovie: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dortha: 27 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Florene: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jackie: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Alpha: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lorene: 164 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Olen: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Buster: 30 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loyd: 68 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Troy: 52 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jess: 43 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cleo: 40 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Doyle: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Odis: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Claud: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Hershel: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	1,035	–	1
2	Dorothy	561	–	3
3	Helen	529	–	2
4	Mildred	450	↑2	6
5	Ruby	437	↓1	27
6	Ruth	400	↓1	5
7	Opal	357	–	94
8	Hazel	346	↑1	33
9	Margaret	317	↓1	4
10	Frances	305	↑2	8
11	Thelma	299	↑2	32
12	Juanita	290	↓1	85
13	Gladys	279	↑3	22
14	Pauline	279	↓4	35
15	Virginia	272	↑3	7
16	Marie	268	↑4	12
17	Lois	250	↑2	42
18	Edna	246	↓4	23
19	Anna	233	↑4	10
20	Alice	231	↑2	13
21	Lucille	230	↓4	29
22	Edith	224	↓7	30
23	Evelyn	217	↓2	11
24	Irene	196	↑1	16
25	Velma	168	↓1	>100
26	Lorene	164	↑8	>100
27	Lillian	162	↑5	15
28	Elizabeth	161	↓2	9
29	Ethel	161	↓2	28
30	Martha	160	↓2	25
31	Betty	157	new	21
32	Vera	153	↓2	68
33	Wilma	145	↑5	82
34	Grace	144	↑15	31
35	Clara	143	new	43
36	Louise	143	↓5	18
37	Doris	139	↓4	19
38	Myrtle	137	↓3	62
39	Bessie	134	↓2	61
40	Jessie	131	↓11	75
41	Elsie	130	↑3	49
42	Geneva	130	↓3	>100
43	Lillie	129	new	89
44	Maxine	129	↓8	87
45	Eva	126	↓5	55
46	Viola	125	↓5	59
47	Alma	124	↓2	73
48	Pearl	124	↓1	56
49	Bertha	121	↓7	51
50	Nellie	120	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	James	967	–	3
2	John	885	–	1
3	William	811	–	2
4	Robert	604	–	4
5	Charles	518	–	5
6	George	395	–	6
7	Jack	383	–	21
8	Roy	299	–	32
9	Raymond	266	↑1	15
10	Harold	259	↑1	13
11	Joe	243	↑1	34
12	Paul	237	↓3	14
13	Thomas	234	–	10
14	Carl	226	–	25
15	Frank	199	↑1	9
16	Walter	198	↑2	11
17	Clarence	196	↑4	23
18	Edward	195	↑2	8
19	Henry	187	–	16
20	Albert	184	↑2	19
21	Ralph	182	↓6	22
22	Richard	182	↑1	12
23	Floyd	175	↑3	61
24	Earl	174	↓7	31
25	Joseph	171	↓1	7
26	Lloyd	164	↑3	51
27	Cecil	161	↓2	82
28	Kenneth	159	↓1	27
29	Fred	153	↓1	33
30	Arthur	150	–	17
31	Melvin	140	↑6	56
32	Woodrow	138	↑18	58
33	Harry	132	↑10	20
34	Elmer	131	↓3	44
35	Ernest	131	↓1	37
36	Leonard	130	↓4	41
37	Ray	130	↑1	69
38	Eugene	128	↑1	35
39	Howard	124	↓4	26
40	Clyde	123	↓4	67
41	Marvin	113	↑5	68
42	Louis	112	new	24
43	Clifford	111	↓1	60
44	David	106	–	28
45	Donald	105	↑2	18
46	Vernon	105	↓5	66
47	Jesse	104	↓2	78
48	Leo	104	↓8	48
49	Virgil	102	new	99
50	Lawrence	101	new	38

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