Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1930

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1930 were Betty for girls (1,463 babies) and James for boys (1,151). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,035 babies born in Oklahoma in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1930

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: 27 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Oleta: 26 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Laquita: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Lawanda: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Billye: 30 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Dortha: 34 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ima: 36 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Dorotha: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Wanda: 652 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dovie: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Kennith: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Frankie: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Doyle: 76 babies, 6× the national rate
Charley: 36 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Alva: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jackie: 113 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Loyd: 58 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Coy: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Burl: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	1,463	–	2
2	Mary	1,319	–	1
3	Wanda	652	–	56
4	Dorothy	597	–	3
5	Norma	440	↑2	25
6	Helen	421	↓1	4
7	Billie	369	↓1	79
8	Doris	331	↑1	9
9	Virginia	327	↓1	12
10	Barbara	309	↑6	6
11	Patricia	306	–	7
12	Ruth	285	↓2	10
13	Margaret	268	↑1	5
14	Wilma	264	↑1	68
15	Ruby	255	↓3	36
16	Lois	253	↑2	17
17	Joyce	246	–	18
18	Patsy	239	↑4	97
19	Mildred	231	↓6	21
20	Peggy	216	↑1	67
21	Thelma	198	↑5	45
22	Frances	189	↑1	16
23	Juanita	178	↓4	57
24	Evelyn	169	↓4	19
25	Joan	165	↑8	8
26	Anna	162	↓2	23
27	Bonnie	161	↓2	78
28	Bobbie	153	↑3	>100
29	Jo	153	–	>100
30	Martha	153	↓2	27
31	Alice	142	↓4	20
32	Shirley	132	↑3	11
33	Pauline	130	↑9	52
34	Velma	130	↑13	>100
35	Jean	128	↑8	14
36	Nancy	126	new	24
37	Maxine	125	↓7	93
38	Donna	122	↑6	37
39	Hazel	122	↓7	71
40	Edna	121	↓3	51
41	Geraldine	121	↓5	43
42	Clara	119	↓3	64
43	Dolores	119	↓3	13
44	Louise	114	↑6	31
45	Opal	112	new	>100
46	Elizabeth	111	↓1	15
47	Gladys	111	↓1	48
48	Marjorie	111	↓10	32
49	Georgia	109	new	>100
50	Geneva	108	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	James	1,151	–	2
2	Billy	973	–	20
3	Robert	902	–	1
4	Charles	787	↑1	6
5	William	763	↓1	4
6	John	755	–	3
7	Donald	641	–	7
8	Bobby	521	↑2	41
9	Kenneth	471	–	17
10	Jack	470	↓2	14
11	George	386	–	8
12	Richard	368	–	5
13	Joe	320	↑1	27
14	Harold	296	↓1	18
15	Paul	272	↑1	12
16	Thomas	258	↑3	11
17	Bill	245	↑4	59
18	Carl	239	↓1	26
19	Roy	234	↓4	33
20	Raymond	226	↓2	16
21	Edward	214	↑1	10
22	David	209	↓2	15
23	Jimmie	206	↑1	86
24	Bob	194	↑1	88
25	Earl	173	↑6	38
26	Eugene	170	↓3	21
27	Jerry	168	↑11	51
28	Walter	157	↓1	19
29	Jimmy	153	↑5	>100
30	Don	151	↑12	68
31	Melvin	149	↑9	50
32	Clarence	148	↓2	39
33	Frank	148	↓5	13
34	Floyd	145	↓5	61
35	Ralph	144	↓3	25
36	Gene	143	↓1	70
37	Albert	134	↓4	24
38	Ray	132	↑12	57
39	Henry	128	↓3	22
40	Tommy	126	new	>100
41	Wayne	125	↓4	65
42	Billie	124	↑2	>100
43	Howard	123	↑5	31
44	Leroy	119	↓5	53
45	Jackie	113	new	>100
46	Clyde	111	new	76
47	Herbert	110	↓21	35
48	Fred	108	↓3	32
49	Arthur	107	new	23
50	Gerald	107	↓3	30

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