Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1923

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1923 were Mary for girls (1,445 babies) and James for boys (1,207). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,781 babies born in Oklahoma in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1923

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: 19 babies, 30.1× the national rate
Oleta: 50 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Billye: 19 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Billy: 16 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lavada: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ima: 29 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jaunita: 44 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Neoma: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Billie: 175 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Florene: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jackie: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dee: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Hershel: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Olen: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Troy: 68 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Cleo: 40 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Walton: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jess: 34 babies, 6× the national rate
Billy: 298 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	1,445	–	1
2	Betty	813	↑1	5
3	Dorothy	777	↓1	2
4	Helen	555	–	3
5	Mildred	433	–	8
6	Ruby	430	↑2	25
7	Ruth	428	–	6
8	Virginia	394	↓2	7
9	Juanita	385	–	51
10	Margaret	382	–	4
11	Wanda	294	↑10	80
12	Doris	263	↓1	11
13	Frances	256	↓1	10
14	Pauline	253	–	37
15	Lois	250	↓2	27
16	Anna	240	–	13
17	Hazel	238	–	40
18	Opal	233	↓3	>100
19	Evelyn	230	–	12
20	Edna	221	↓2	32
21	Gladys	221	↑1	29
22	Thelma	214	↓2	31
23	Norma	211	↑20	41
24	Alice	209	↑6	15
25	Wilma	203	↑8	74
26	Louise	192	↓1	22
27	Marie	186	↓1	14
28	Maxine	181	↑3	76
29	Marjorie	177	↓6	16
30	Billie	175	↑9	>100
31	Bonnie	173	↑14	>100
32	Edith	173	↓4	36
33	Martha	168	↓9	21
34	Lucille	165	↓7	35
35	Geraldine	157	↑1	58
36	Elizabeth	152	↑2	9
37	Irene	151	↑4	17
38	Velma	149	↓1	>100
39	Margie	146	↑5	>100
40	Lorene	144	↓8	>100
41	Geneva	143	↓1	>100
42	Vera	131	↓8	82
43	Lillian	130	↓8	20
44	Lillie	121	↑5	91
45	Clara	120	↑3	49
46	Elsie	117	new	61
47	Ethel	117	↓18	38
48	Georgia	117	new	>100
49	Imogene	115	new	>100
50	Jessie	115	↓8	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	James	1,207	–	4
2	John	955	↑1	1
3	William	945	↓1	3
4	Robert	800	–	2
5	Jack	654	–	17
6	Charles	605	–	5
7	George	464	–	6
8	Kenneth	331	–	21
9	Paul	306	↑1	14
10	Harold	300	↑1	13
11	Billy	298	↑6	78
12	Thomas	288	–	12
13	Raymond	272	–	15
14	Joe	262	–	35
15	Carl	250	↑1	28
16	Richard	248	↓1	9
17	Roy	235	↓8	32
18	Edward	215	↑4	8
19	Frank	205	–	11
20	Walter	205	↑1	16
21	Donald	197	↑4	10
22	Earl	193	↓2	31
23	Henry	191	↑5	18
24	Ralph	191	–	23
25	Bill	189	↑6	98
26	Eugene	189	↓8	25
27	Clarence	186	↓4	29
28	Joseph	171	↑2	7
29	Floyd	160	↓2	64
30	Fred	156	↑3	33
31	Lloyd	156	↓2	59
32	Howard	151	↑3	26
33	Albert	147	↓7	20
34	Cecil	144	↓2	87
35	David	139	↓1	24
36	Ray	139	–	61
37	Arthur	138	↑11	19
38	Leonard	136	↑3	37
39	Leroy	127	↑11	55
40	Ernest	126	new	38
41	Harry	123	↑2	22
42	Leo	120	new	49
43	Lawrence	119	new	36
44	Melvin	118	↓6	48
45	Clyde	117	↑1	68
46	Louis	117	↓4	27
47	Marvin	117	↓7	51
48	Willie	113	↓1	30
49	Clifford	112	new	65
50	Vernon	112	↓13	67

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