Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1921

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1921 were Mary for girls (1,338 babies) and James for boys (1,231). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,285 babies born in Oklahoma in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1921

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: 18 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Oleta: 63 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Dortha: 53 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ima: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Nova: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jaunita: 36 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dorotha: 30 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lorene: 164 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maudie: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Vada: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 21 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Orvil: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Buck: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Olen: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Buddy: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Buster: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Troy: 62 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Orval: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lenard: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Charley: 48 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	1,338	–	1
2	Dorothy	781	–	2
3	Helen	635	–	3
4	Mildred	530	–	7
5	Ruth	475	↑1	5
6	Betty	456	↑2	8
7	Ruby	453	↓2	26
8	Juanita	429	↓1	57
9	Virginia	379	↑1	6
10	Margaret	378	↓1	4
11	Pauline	314	↑4	37
12	Frances	313	↑2	9
13	Opal	302	–	>100
14	Hazel	295	↓3	34
15	Thelma	291	↓3	30
16	Doris	276	↑8	13
17	Anna	255	↑10	11
18	Lois	251	↓1	38
19	Marie	241	↓3	14
20	Edna	232	↑1	27
21	Evelyn	230	↓3	12
22	Gladys	222	↓3	24
23	Alice	217	↑2	15
24	Lucille	211	↓4	31
25	Marjorie	201	↑13	16
26	Edith	196	↓4	33
27	Maxine	194	↑1	77
28	Velma	193	↑11	>100
29	Martha	186	↑1	21
30	Irene	184	↓7	18
31	Wanda	181	↑9	>100
32	Wilma	179	↓6	72
33	Geneva	172	↓1	>100
34	Louise	171	↓5	22
35	Lorene	164	↓1	>100
36	Clara	162	↑5	45
37	Elizabeth	152	↑5	10
38	Geraldine	152	↑10	62
39	Lillian	151	↓4	19
40	Norma	149	new	51
41	Vera	148	↓8	76
42	Ethel	143	↓11	32
43	Vivian	143	–	68
44	Eva	129	↓8	63
45	Jessie	128	↓8	91
46	Florence	124	new	17
47	Margie	124	new	>100
48	Bernice	122	↓2	39
49	Viola	122	↓2	66
50	Bertha	120	↓6	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	James	1,231	–	4
2	William	993	–	3
3	John	973	–	1
4	Robert	827	–	2
5	Jack	576	↑1	18
6	Charles	570	↓1	5
7	George	452	–	6
8	Raymond	318	↑1	16
9	Kenneth	297	↑6	22
10	Roy	293	–	32
11	Harold	291	↓3	12
12	Paul	287	↑1	14
13	Thomas	278	↓1	11
14	Richard	257	↑2	10
15	Warren	253	↑6	24
16	Joe	247	↓5	36
17	Carl	244	↓3	30
18	Edward	231	↑1	8
19	Ralph	221	↑5	23
20	Eugene	220	↑2	26
21	Earl	213	↓1	31
22	Frank	210	↓4	9
23	Walter	207	↓6	15
24	Henry	192	↑6	17
25	Floyd	182	↑2	63
26	Clarence	176	↓1	28
27	Joseph	175	↓1	7
28	Fred	173	↑8	33
29	Cecil	172	–	79
30	Albert	164	↓7	20
31	Billy	163	↑17	>100
32	Leonard	159	↓1	39
33	Ray	156	–	67
34	Arthur	154	↑1	19
35	Lloyd	154	↓3	58
36	Howard	153	↓2	27
37	Marvin	149	↑6	59
38	Vernon	147	new	68
39	David	143	–	25
40	Donald	143	↑1	13
41	Ernest	133	↓3	38
42	Elmer	131	↓14	48
43	Jesse	129	↑4	77
44	Bill	128	↑2	>100
45	Melvin	124	↑5	53
46	Lee	122	↑3	86
47	Leon	122	new	74
48	Clyde	119	↓8	69
49	Lawrence	118	↓5	37
50	Leroy	118	↓8	55

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