Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1919

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1919 were Mary for girls (1,051 babies) and James for boys (881). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,984 babies born in Oklahoma in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1919

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: 48 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jaunita: 39 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lavada: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Dortha: 32 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ima: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dovie: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jerry: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Leota: 40 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Leta: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Syble: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Orvel: 15 babies, 14× the national rate
Olen: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Alva: 33 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jeff: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Charley: 50 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Buster: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jess: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Claud: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Doyle: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Loyd: 50 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	1,051	–	1
2	Dorothy	532	–	3
3	Helen	507	–	2
4	Mildred	456	–	6
5	Ruby	436	–	24
6	Ruth	411	–	5
7	Juanita	340	↑5	73
8	Hazel	324	–	32
9	Margaret	320	–	4
10	Opal	288	↓3	98
11	Thelma	288	–	31
12	Virginia	276	↑3	7
13	Gladys	268	–	21
14	Pauline	261	–	36
15	Edna	245	↑3	22
16	Evelyn	245	↑7	11
17	Frances	244	↓7	9
18	Marie	244	↓2	12
19	Lois	239	↓2	40
20	Edith	212	↑2	29
21	Lucille	204	–	27
22	Anna	203	↓3	10
23	Alice	177	↓3	13
24	Betty	173	↑7	15
25	Irene	171	↓1	16
26	Lorene	156	–	>100
27	Doris	146	↑10	18
28	Vera	142	↑4	65
29	Martha	141	↑1	25
30	Louise	140	↑6	20
31	Maxine	140	↑13	85
32	Wilma	139	↑1	86
33	Jessie	137	↑7	75
34	Elizabeth	135	↓6	8
35	Ethel	135	↓6	28
36	Velma	130	↓11	>100
37	Geneva	129	↑5	>100
38	Lillian	124	↓11	17
39	Viola	122	↑7	58
40	Grace	120	↓6	34
41	Beatrice	118	new	41
42	Alma	117	↑5	76
43	Bonnie	117	new	>100
44	Eva	117	↑1	55
45	Bernice	116	new	42
46	Bessie	115	↓7	59
47	Elsie	115	↓6	47
48	Pearl	114	–	56
49	Emma	112	new	45
50	Geraldine	111	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	James	881	–	3
2	John	844	–	1
3	William	831	–	2
4	Robert	628	–	4
5	Charles	479	–	5
6	Jack	423	↑1	21
7	George	397	↓1	6
8	Roy	285	–	32
9	Raymond	262	–	14
10	Thomas	232	↑3	10
11	Walter	225	↑5	11
12	Harold	219	↓2	13
13	Paul	211	↓1	15
14	Frank	204	↑1	9
15	Earl	198	↑9	31
16	Joe	193	↓5	35
17	Kenneth	190	↑11	26
18	Carl	188	↓4	29
19	Clarence	179	↓2	25
20	Edward	177	↓2	8
21	Richard	166	↑1	12
22	Fred	164	↑7	30
23	Ralph	162	↓2	22
24	Henry	161	↓5	16
25	Joseph	161	–	7
26	Floyd	160	↓3	59
27	Cecil	157	–	78
28	Albert	151	↓8	18
29	Arthur	143	↑1	19
30	Eugene	142	↑8	33
31	Ray	137	↑6	69
32	Howard	131	↑7	24
33	Harry	128	–	20
34	Donald	125	↑11	17
35	David	123	↑9	27
36	Melvin	120	↓5	56
37	Elmer	116	↓3	44
38	Vernon	116	↑8	65
39	Jesse	114	↑8	77
40	Lee	113	new	82
41	Willie	112	new	23
42	Leonard	110	↓6	39
43	Leroy	108	new	55
44	Ernest	107	↓9	36
45	Clifford	106	↓2	60
46	Wayne	106	new	90
47	Clyde	104	↓7	67
48	Lloyd	101	↓22	58
49	Marvin	101	↓8	63
50	Bill	96	new	>100

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