Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1924

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1924 were Mary for girls (1,462 babies) and James for boys (1,229). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,453 babies born in Oklahoma in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1924

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: 49 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Billye: 25 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Wynona: 16 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Lavada: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Dortha: 43 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Billie: 222 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dovie: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ima: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Jo: 63 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Leota: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Olen: 32 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Haskell: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Jackie: 30 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Troy: 80 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jess: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Buster: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Loyd: 79 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Cleo: 38 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wilburn: 36 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Doyle: 52 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	1,462	–	1
2	Betty	987	–	4
3	Dorothy	751	–	2
4	Helen	549	–	3
5	Virginia	444	↑3	7
6	Ruby	440	–	26
7	Mildred	428	↓2	8
8	Wanda	385	↑3	74
9	Juanita	373	–	48
10	Ruth	371	↓3	6
11	Margaret	336	↓1	5
12	Lois	281	↑3	22
13	Frances	271	–	10
14	Doris	255	↓2	9
15	Evelyn	250	↑4	12
16	Pauline	242	↓2	38
17	Thelma	235	↑5	33
18	Norma	228	↑5	40
19	Wilma	224	↑6	67
20	Billie	222	↑10	>100
21	Hazel	221	↓4	42
22	Anna	220	↓6	13
23	Edna	201	↓3	31
24	Opal	200	↓6	>100
25	Marjorie	189	↑4	17
26	Martha	186	↑7	21
27	Maxine	186	↑1	77
28	Alice	185	↓4	15
29	Gladys	184	↓8	30
30	Marie	175	↓3	14
31	Edith	172	↑1	36
32	Bonnie	166	↓1	>100
33	Elizabeth	153	↑3	11
34	Lucille	151	–	37
35	Lillian	148	↑8	23
36	Louise	147	↓10	24
37	Geneva	143	↑4	>100
38	Geraldine	142	↓3	58
39	Irene	138	↓2	18
40	Emma	136	new	57
41	Lorene	136	↓1	>100
42	Vera	134	–	85
43	Patricia	132	new	35
44	Georgia	130	↑4	>100
45	Velma	130	↓7	>100
46	Clara	129	↓1	56
47	Jean	128	new	16
48	Margie	128	↓9	>100
49	Ethel	121	↓2	39
50	Imogene	120	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	1,229	–	4
2	Robert	934	↑2	1
3	William	934	–	3
4	John	920	↓2	2
5	Charles	650	↑1	5
6	Jack	632	↓1	17
7	George	437	–	6
8	Kenneth	377	–	19
9	Billy	336	↑2	63
10	Harold	328	–	13
11	Raymond	308	↑2	15
12	Joe	273	↑2	35
13	Paul	273	↓4	14
14	Thomas	267	↓2	11
15	Donald	237	↑6	10
16	Calvin	230	new	44
17	Roy	229	–	31
18	Richard	222	↓2	8
19	Eugene	219	↑7	25
20	Carl	204	↓5	27
21	Edward	203	↓3	9
22	Frank	199	↓3	12
23	Bill	192	↑2	92
24	Walter	182	↓4	16
25	Henry	171	↓2	18
26	Ralph	169	↓2	23
27	Clarence	167	–	29
28	Earl	164	↓6	33
29	Floyd	159	–	66
30	Howard	157	↑2	26
31	Albert	153	↑2	21
32	Cecil	151	↑2	85
33	Arthur	149	↑4	20
34	Joseph	148	↓6	7
35	David	143	–	24
36	Leroy	140	↑3	53
37	Marvin	138	↑10	50
38	Elmer	137	new	57
39	Fred	137	↓9	32
40	Lloyd	134	↓9	61
41	Leonard	130	↓3	38
42	Ray	126	↓6	60
43	Vernon	126	↑7	68
44	Harry	125	↓3	22
45	Melvin	125	↓1	48
46	Lawrence	123	↓3	36
47	Willie	117	↑1	30
48	Lee	115	new	83
49	Ernest	110	↓9	37
50	Louis	109	↓4	28

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