Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1926

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1926 were Mary for girls (1,411 babies) and James for boys (1,231). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,669 babies born in Oklahoma in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1926

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Wynona: 18 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Oleta: 40 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Lavada: 23 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Ima: 47 babies, 10× the national rate
Billye: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Billy: 28 babies, 9× the national rate
Cleta: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Bobby: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Billie: 298 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dorotha: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 21 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Buck: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Buddy: 34 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Bobby: 221 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Burl: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Loyd: 80 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jess: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Olen: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jackie: 44 babies, 6× the national rate
Billy: 623 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	1,411	–	1
2	Betty	1,264	–	3
3	Dorothy	757	–	2
4	Helen	521	–	4
5	Wanda	493	–	66
6	Mildred	366	–	9
7	Virginia	355	↑1	8
8	Ruby	342	↑2	30
9	Ruth	342	↓2	6
10	Margaret	329	↑1	5
11	Juanita	321	↓2	52
12	Norma	300	↑3	29
13	Lois	299	↑1	19
14	Billie	298	↑2	>100
15	Doris	290	↓2	7
16	Frances	222	↑1	10
17	Thelma	218	↑4	36
18	Anna	215	↑2	15
19	Pauline	214	–	39
20	Wilma	203	↓8	67
21	Edna	198	↑2	38
22	Evelyn	198	↓4	13
23	Hazel	198	↓1	48
24	Martha	187	↑4	24
25	Opal	182	–	>100
26	Bonnie	176	↑1	>100
27	Alice	169	↓1	17
28	Maxine	165	↑4	85
29	Marjorie	158	↑1	22
30	Imogene	156	↑19	>100
31	Velma	155	↑16	>100
32	Margie	152	↑2	>100
33	Marie	150	–	18
34	Geraldine	145	↑2	54
35	Patricia	144	↑7	23
36	Geneva	139	↑1	>100
37	Joyce	139	↑2	44
38	Barbara	138	new	16
39	Peggy	138	↑4	>100
40	Edith	137	↑1	42
41	Louise	137	↓12	27
42	Gladys	131	↓18	35
43	Vera	131	new	84
44	Elizabeth	123	↓9	11
45	Emma	123	↓1	59
46	Lucille	123	↓15	43
47	Irene	118	↑3	21
48	Jean	116	↓8	12
49	Lorene	116	↓11	>100
50	Vivian	114	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	James	1,231	–	3
2	William	910	–	4
3	Robert	902	–	1
4	John	849	–	2
5	Charles	628	–	5
6	Billy	623	↑1	40
7	Jack	539	↓1	16
8	Kenneth	408	↑1	18
9	George	406	↓1	6
10	Donald	316	↑5	9
11	Richard	311	↑1	7
12	Harold	308	↓2	14
13	Raymond	282	↑3	15
14	Joe	276	–	33
15	Roy	266	↑2	34
16	Paul	263	↓5	13
17	Thomas	253	↓4	11
18	Eugene	224	↑1	23
19	Bobby	221	↑16	>100
20	Bill	216	↑1	74
21	Carl	191	↓1	26
22	Walter	191	–	17
23	Edward	187	↓5	10
24	Frank	182	↓1	12
25	Earl	173	↑6	32
26	Clarence	165	↓1	29
27	David	159	↑5	22
28	Floyd	158	↓1	53
29	Henry	157	↓3	19
30	Howard	150	↑7	27
31	Albert	149	↑3	21
32	Ralph	146	↓2	24
33	Melvin	144	↓5	47
34	Leroy	140	↑5	51
35	Joseph	136	↓6	8
36	Calvin	132	↓12	65
37	Leon	131	↑11	73
38	Jimmie	127	new	>100
39	Vernon	127	↑4	66
40	Ray	126	–	57
41	Gerald	125	new	41
42	Cecil	124	↑2	86
43	Arthur	122	↓10	20
44	Lloyd	122	↓3	60
45	Fred	120	↑2	31
46	Wayne	120	new	68
47	Clifford	119	↓11	62
48	Gene	119	new	91
49	Willie	118	↓3	28
50	Elmer	114	↓12	61

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