Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1928

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1928 were Betty for girls (1,453 babies) and James for boys (1,200). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,464 babies born in Oklahoma in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1928

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: 45 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Wynona: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Dortha: 32 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Billye: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ima: 34 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Billy: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wanda: 590 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dorotha: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Oma: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leta: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 17 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Jackie: 79 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bobby: 382 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Doyle: 70 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Charley: 39 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Billy: 861 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Troy: 66 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Claud: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Travis: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bobbie: 60 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	1,453	↑1	2
2	Mary	1,341	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	620	–	3
4	Wanda	590	–	63
5	Helen	426	–	4
6	Norma	395	↑1	23
7	Billie	346	↑4	96
8	Doris	338	↑7	7
9	Virginia	323	↓3	9
10	Ruth	318	–	6
11	Juanita	298	↑2	58
12	Mildred	276	↓4	15
13	Ruby	275	↓4	34
14	Margaret	267	↓2	5
15	Barbara	256	↑5	8
16	Wilma	245	–	69
17	Lois	244	↓3	18
18	Patricia	239	↑3	11
19	Frances	204	↓2	13
20	Anna	199	↓2	16
21	Peggy	181	↑3	76
22	Thelma	179	–	40
23	Evelyn	176	↓4	17
24	Bonnie	175	↓1	89
25	Joyce	155	↑1	30
26	Edna	154	↑6	45
27	Alice	152	↑1	19
28	Hazel	152	↑3	59
29	Patsy	150	new	>100
30	Pauline	147	↓3	48
31	Imogene	145	↓2	>100
32	Martha	142	↓7	22
33	Jean	137	↑11	12
34	Opal	132	↑6	>100
35	Marjorie	129	↓2	29
36	Maxine	129	↑3	84
37	Louise	126	↑1	31
38	Margie	122	↓8	>100
39	Velma	116	↓5	>100
40	Geraldine	113	↓3	50
41	Emma	112	↓6	67
42	Eva	112	↑5	79
43	Shirley	112	new	10
44	Bobbie	111	new	>100
45	Clara	108	new	65
46	Joan	107	new	27
47	Gladys	104	↓4	41
48	Vera	104	↓2	92
49	Jo	102	new	>100
50	Elizabeth	100	↓2	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	1,200	–	3
2	Robert	923	–	1
3	Billy	861	↑2	27
4	William	828	↓1	4
5	John	766	↓1	2
6	Charles	756	–	5
7	Jack	494	–	15
8	Donald	456	↑1	7
9	Bobby	382	↑3	65
10	Kenneth	382	–	17
11	George	363	↓3	8
12	Richard	342	↑1	6
13	Harold	310	↓2	14
14	Joe	279	–	30
15	Paul	249	–	13
16	Bill	238	↑3	64
17	Raymond	237	–	16
18	Roy	234	↓2	34
19	Thomas	226	↓1	11
20	Edward	204	↑4	10
21	Carl	202	–	28
22	Eugene	187	↓2	20
23	Earl	174	↓1	37
24	Walter	170	↑3	18
25	Herbert	169	new	25
26	Gene	167	↑2	62
27	David	166	↑4	19
28	Clarence	162	↓5	35
29	Frank	160	↓4	12
30	Ralph	160	↓4	24
31	Leroy	157	↑1	51
32	Jimmie	155	↑7	100
33	Ray	144	↑11	57
34	Floyd	138	↓5	54
35	Bob	136	↓2	95
36	Howard	135	↑7	31
37	Melvin	132	–	48
38	Joseph	128	–	9
39	Lloyd	127	new	59
40	Billie	124	↑9	>100
41	Vernon	123	↑1	70
42	Marvin	122	↓6	46
43	Gerald	121	↑5	41
44	Wayne	118	↑2	69
45	Fred	117	–	36
46	Albert	115	↓12	23
47	Henry	115	↓17	21
48	Alfred	114	new	33
49	Clifford	114	new	68
50	Willie	111	new	29

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