Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1922

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1922 were Mary for girls (1,358 babies) and James for boys (1,143). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,151 babies born in Oklahoma in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1922

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: 23 babies, 29.8× the national rate
Oleta: 48 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Oneta: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Billye: 17 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Jaunita: 42 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Florene: 27 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dortha: 38 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Leota: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Billie: 149 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lorene: 166 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Doyle: 61 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jess: 34 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Buddy: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Walton: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Alva: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Olen: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Charley: 49 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Loyd: 62 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Burl: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Billy: 208 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	1,358	–	1
2	Dorothy	726	–	2
3	Betty	593	↑3	6
4	Helen	583	↓1	3
5	Mildred	488	↓1	8
6	Virginia	449	↑3	7
7	Ruth	421	↓2	5
8	Ruby	401	↓1	26
9	Juanita	346	↓1	57
10	Margaret	338	–	4
11	Doris	300	↑5	11
12	Frances	298	–	10
13	Lois	280	↑5	35
14	Pauline	278	↓3	36
15	Opal	256	↓2	>100
16	Anna	248	↑1	12
17	Hazel	238	↓3	37
18	Edna	235	↑2	29
19	Evelyn	235	↑2	13
20	Thelma	234	↓5	31
21	Wanda	231	↑10	92
22	Gladys	215	–	25
23	Marjorie	201	↑2	16
24	Martha	201	↑5	21
25	Louise	195	↑9	22
26	Marie	195	↓7	14
27	Lucille	185	↓3	33
28	Edith	180	↓2	34
29	Ethel	180	↑13	32
30	Alice	177	↓7	15
31	Maxine	174	↓4	82
32	Lorene	166	↑3	>100
33	Wilma	160	↓1	77
34	Vera	159	↑7	79
35	Lillian	155	↑4	19
36	Geraldine	154	↑2	58
37	Velma	153	↓9	>100
38	Elizabeth	151	↓1	9
39	Billie	149	new	>100
40	Geneva	142	↓7	>100
41	Irene	139	↓11	17
42	Jessie	137	↑3	87
43	Norma	132	↓3	46
44	Margie	131	↑3	100
45	Bonnie	130	new	>100
46	Bertha	125	↑4	63
47	Eva	125	↓3	64
48	Clara	124	↓12	47
49	Lillie	122	new	85
50	Viola	121	↓1	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	James	1,143	–	4
2	William	949	–	3
3	John	872	–	1
4	Robert	832	–	2
5	Jack	683	–	18
6	Charles	559	–	5
7	George	465	–	6
8	Kenneth	298	↑1	21
9	Roy	298	↑1	32
10	Paul	297	↑2	14
11	Harold	291	–	13
12	Thomas	288	↑1	11
13	Raymond	266	↓5	16
14	Joe	264	↑2	35
15	Richard	260	↓1	9
16	Carl	227	↑1	30
17	Billy	208	↑14	90
18	Eugene	208	↑2	25
19	Frank	203	↑3	10
20	Earl	197	↑1	31
21	Walter	194	↑2	15
22	Edward	193	↓4	8
23	Clarence	187	↑3	29
24	Ralph	185	↓5	23
25	Donald	182	↑15	12
26	Albert	170	↑4	20
27	Floyd	168	↓2	61
28	Henry	167	↓4	17
29	Lloyd	165	↑6	59
30	Joseph	152	↓3	7
31	Bill	151	↑13	>100
32	Cecil	151	↓3	85
33	Fred	150	↓5	33
34	David	145	↑5	24
35	Howard	140	↑1	26
36	Ray	139	↓3	65
37	Vernon	137	↑1	68
38	Melvin	136	↑7	50
39	Warren	132	↓24	45
40	Marvin	131	↓3	56
41	Leonard	127	↓9	38
42	Louis	125	new	27
43	Harry	124	new	22
44	Lee	123	↑2	83
45	Elmer	122	↓3	54
46	Clyde	119	↑2	67
47	Willie	119	new	28
48	Arthur	117	↓14	19
49	Leon	115	↓2	77
50	Leroy	110	–	55

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