Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1925

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1925 were Mary for girls (1,451 babies) and James for boys (1,273). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,802 babies born in Oklahoma in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1925

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, 22.9× the national rate
Oleta: 39 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Billye: 37 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Wynona: 17 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Lavada: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Neoma: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Bobby: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dortha: 44 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jaunita: 38 babies, 7× the national rate
Ima: 32 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 20 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Olen: 27 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Troy: 74 babies, 7× the national rate
Jackie: 39 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Hershel: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Billy: 542 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bobby: 138 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cleo: 38 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shelby: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	1,451	–	1
2	Betty	1,229	–	3
3	Dorothy	821	–	2
4	Helen	585	–	4
5	Wanda	455	↑3	72
6	Mildred	407	↑1	9
7	Ruth	377	↑3	6
8	Virginia	367	↓3	7
9	Juanita	353	–	49
10	Ruby	346	↓4	30
11	Margaret	306	–	5
12	Wilma	271	↑7	62
13	Doris	268	↑1	8
14	Lois	267	↓2	18
15	Norma	261	↑3	34
16	Billie	257	↑4	>100
17	Frances	256	↓4	11
18	Evelyn	251	↓3	12
19	Pauline	237	↓3	38
20	Anna	217	↑2	13
21	Thelma	210	↓4	35
22	Hazel	192	↓1	45
23	Edna	181	–	37
24	Gladys	181	↑5	33
25	Opal	181	↓1	>100
26	Alice	174	↑2	15
27	Bonnie	172	↑5	>100
28	Martha	169	↓2	23
29	Louise	167	↑7	27
30	Marjorie	163	↓5	21
31	Lucille	160	↑3	41
32	Maxine	158	↓5	79
33	Marie	157	↓3	16
34	Margie	154	↑14	99
35	Elizabeth	148	↓2	10
36	Geraldine	148	↑2	54
37	Geneva	146	–	>100
38	Lorene	146	↑3	>100
39	Joyce	141	new	59
40	Jean	140	↑7	14
41	Edith	139	↓10	42
42	Patricia	137	↑1	28
43	Peggy	136	new	>100
44	Emma	132	↓4	57
45	Georgia	130	↓1	>100
46	Lillian	126	↓11	25
47	Velma	125	↓2	>100
48	Alma	124	new	94
49	Imogene	124	↑1	>100
50	Irene	124	↓11	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	James	1,273	–	4
2	William	974	↑1	3
3	Robert	931	↓1	1
4	John	771	–	2
5	Charles	618	–	5
6	Jack	571	–	17
7	Billy	542	↑2	49
8	George	450	↓1	6
9	Kenneth	366	↓1	19
10	Harold	305	–	14
11	Paul	302	↑2	13
12	Richard	287	↑6	8
13	Thomas	278	↑1	11
14	Joe	276	↓2	34
15	Donald	272	–	10
16	Raymond	263	↓5	15
17	Roy	243	–	32
18	Edward	229	↑3	9
19	Eugene	226	–	24
20	Carl	223	–	28
21	Bill	207	↑2	84
22	Walter	206	↑2	16
23	Frank	202	↓1	12
24	Calvin	195	↓8	47
25	Clarence	181	↑2	30
26	Henry	176	↓1	18
27	Floyd	175	↑2	58
28	Melvin	171	↑17	50
29	Joseph	161	↑5	7
30	Ralph	161	↓4	25
31	Earl	159	↓3	31
32	David	158	↑3	22
33	Arthur	151	–	20
34	Albert	146	↓3	21
35	Bobby	138	new	>100
36	Clifford	135	new	59
37	Howard	135	↓7	26
38	Elmer	133	–	61
39	Leroy	130	↓3	52
40	Ray	130	↑2	64
41	Lloyd	129	↓1	62
42	Lee	127	↑6	82
43	Vernon	125	–	67
44	Cecil	124	↓12	87
45	Marvin	124	↓8	51
46	Willie	122	↑1	27
47	Fred	119	↓8	33
48	Leon	115	new	76
49	Lawrence	113	↓3	36
50	Leonard	113	↓9	38

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