Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1920

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1920 were Mary for girls (1,313 babies) and James for boys (1,149). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,230 babies born in Oklahoma in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1920

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: 15 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Oleta: 52 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Cleta: 17 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jaunita: 44 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Dovie: 32 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Neoma: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Nova: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Florene: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dorotha: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dortha: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Olen: 30 babies, 9× the national rate
Burl: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Orval: 39 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Troy: 64 babies, 6× the national rate
Doyle: 48 babies, 6× the national rate
Loyd: 67 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Cleo: 40 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Billy: 121 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Claud: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	1,313	–	1
2	Dorothy	700	–	2
3	Helen	577	–	3
4	Mildred	524	–	6
5	Ruby	477	–	26
6	Ruth	469	–	5
7	Juanita	402	–	61
8	Betty	370	↑16	11
9	Margaret	369	–	4
10	Virginia	350	↑2	7
11	Hazel	321	↓3	34
12	Thelma	317	↓1	31
13	Opal	286	↓3	>100
14	Frances	283	↑3	9
15	Pauline	282	↓1	36
16	Marie	280	↑2	13
17	Lois	274	↑2	38
18	Evelyn	249	↓2	12
19	Gladys	236	↓6	22
20	Lucille	236	↑1	29
21	Edna	233	↓6	27
22	Edith	219	↓2	32
23	Irene	212	↑2	17
24	Doris	211	↑3	14
25	Alice	199	↓2	15
26	Wilma	196	↑6	78
27	Anna	194	↓5	10
28	Maxine	180	↑3	81
29	Louise	176	↑1	19
30	Martha	169	↓1	23
31	Ethel	168	↑4	30
32	Geneva	167	↑5	>100
33	Vera	166	↓5	75
34	Lorene	157	↓8	>100
35	Lillian	153	↑3	18
36	Eva	152	↑8	58
37	Jessie	152	↓4	84
38	Marjorie	148	new	24
39	Velma	148	↓3	>100
40	Wanda	148	new	>100
41	Clara	142	new	44
42	Elizabeth	142	↓8	8
43	Vivian	142	new	64
44	Bertha	141	new	57
45	Myrtle	137	new	68
46	Bernice	135	↓1	40
47	Viola	128	↓8	59
48	Geraldine	126	↑2	60
49	Pearl	125	↓1	62
50	Lillie	122	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	James	1,149	–	4
2	William	930	↑1	2
3	John	900	↓1	1
4	Robert	728	–	3
5	Charles	566	–	5
6	Jack	462	–	20
7	George	441	–	6
8	Harold	310	↑4	12
9	Raymond	302	–	15
10	Roy	302	↓2	32
11	Joe	263	↑5	35
12	Thomas	260	↓2	11
13	Paul	246	–	14
14	Carl	239	↑4	27
15	Kenneth	239	↑2	23
16	Richard	225	↑5	10
17	Walter	224	↓6	13
18	Frank	217	↓4	9
19	Edward	209	↑1	8
20	Earl	197	↓5	31
21	Warren	189	new	39
22	Eugene	188	↑8	30
23	Albert	184	↑5	19
24	Ralph	180	↓1	22
25	Clarence	178	↓6	26
26	Joseph	172	↓1	7
27	Floyd	171	↓1	61
28	Elmer	169	↑9	45
29	Cecil	165	↓2	77
30	Henry	165	↓6	17
31	Leonard	156	↑11	38
32	Lloyd	145	↑16	58
33	Ray	143	↓2	67
34	Howard	142	↓2	24
35	Arthur	137	↓6	18
36	Fred	137	↓14	33
37	Harry	137	↓4	21
38	Ernest	132	↑6	37
39	David	130	↓4	25
40	Clyde	129	↑7	68
41	Donald	126	↓7	16
42	Leroy	126	↑1	56
43	Marvin	126	↑6	62
44	Lawrence	125	new	36
45	Leo	125	new	48
46	Bill	123	↑4	>100
47	Jesse	122	↓8	79
48	Billy	121	new	>100
49	Lee	117	↓9	82
50	Melvin	116	↓14	54

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