Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1929

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1929 were Betty for girls (1,484 babies) and James for boys (1,139). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,627 babies born in Oklahoma in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1929

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: 17 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Oleta: 30 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Billye: 38 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Cleta: 17 babies, 10× the national rate
Ima: 41 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Wanda: 641 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Florene: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Dorotha: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Leta: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Billie: 371 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 19 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Olen: 27 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Troy: 73 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Charley: 42 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Burl: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Doyle: 69 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Billy: 920 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Loyd: 54 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bobby: 415 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jackie: 83 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Betty	1,484	–	2
2	Mary	1,350	–	1
3	Wanda	641	↑1	61
4	Dorothy	617	↓1	3
5	Helen	410	–	4
6	Billie	371	↑1	79
7	Norma	338	↓1	25
8	Virginia	329	↑1	11
9	Doris	322	↓1	6
10	Ruth	262	–	8
11	Patricia	259	↑7	10
12	Ruby	256	↑1	36
13	Mildred	248	↓1	18
14	Margaret	244	–	5
15	Wilma	240	↑1	66
16	Barbara	236	↓1	7
17	Joyce	226	↑8	23
18	Lois	223	↓1	17
19	Juanita	221	↓8	60
20	Evelyn	189	↑3	19
21	Peggy	189	–	70
22	Patsy	188	↑7	>100
23	Frances	185	↓4	16
24	Anna	177	↓4	20
25	Bonnie	177	↓1	86
26	Thelma	167	↓4	41
27	Alice	153	–	21
28	Martha	148	↑4	27
29	Jo	144	↑20	>100
30	Maxine	136	↑6	85
31	Bobbie	128	↑13	>100
32	Hazel	126	↓4	64
33	Joan	126	↑13	13
34	Imogene	125	↓3	>100
35	Shirley	124	↑8	9
36	Geraldine	119	↑4	43
37	Edna	118	↓11	51
38	Marjorie	117	↓3	30
39	Clara	112	↑6	65
40	Dolores	112	new	14
41	Margie	112	↓3	>100
42	Pauline	110	↓12	50
43	Jean	104	↓10	12
44	Donna	103	new	47
45	Elizabeth	103	↑5	15
46	Gladys	101	↑1	44
47	Velma	101	↓8	>100
48	Phyllis	100	new	24
49	Alma	99	new	>100
50	Louise	99	↓13	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	James	1,139	–	2
2	Billy	920	↑1	23
3	Robert	906	↓1	1
4	William	773	–	4
5	Charles	705	↑1	5
6	John	685	↓1	3
7	Donald	510	↑1	7
8	Jack	451	↓1	14
9	Kenneth	450	↑1	18
10	Bobby	415	↓1	50
11	George	379	–	8
12	Richard	310	–	6
13	Harold	293	–	16
14	Joe	285	–	30
15	Roy	252	↑3	35
16	Paul	232	↓1	13
17	Carl	229	↑4	28
18	Raymond	226	↓1	15
19	Thomas	225	–	11
20	David	210	↑7	17
21	Bill	205	↓5	63
22	Edward	186	↓2	10
23	Eugene	185	↓1	20
24	Jimmie	166	↑8	98
25	Bob	165	↑10	89
26	Herbert	163	↓1	25
27	Walter	163	↓3	19
28	Frank	156	↑1	12
29	Floyd	152	↑5	58
30	Clarence	151	↓2	37
31	Earl	145	↓8	36
32	Ralph	144	↓2	26
33	Albert	141	↑13	24
34	Jimmy	130	new	>100
35	Gene	129	↓9	68
36	Henry	124	↑11	21
37	Wayne	122	↑7	69
38	Jerry	120	new	61
39	Leroy	120	↓8	51
40	Melvin	120	↓3	49
41	Marvin	119	↑1	46
42	Don	115	new	78
43	Vernon	111	↓2	71
44	Billie	110	↓4	>100
45	Fred	110	–	34
46	Lloyd	110	↓7	62
47	Gerald	109	↓4	33
48	Howard	109	↓12	31
49	Joseph	103	↓11	9
50	Ray	102	↓17	57

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