Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1932

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1932 were Betty for girls (1,246 babies) and James for boys (1,090). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,685 babies born in Oklahoma in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1932

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: 16 babies, 35.3× the national rate
Oleta: 33 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Lawanda: 19 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Wynona: 20 babies, 13× the national rate
Cleta: 25 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Billye: 17 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lavada: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Dorotha: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dortha: 25 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dovie: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 16 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Burl: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Troy: 68 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Olen: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Buster: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Charley: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Doyle: 65 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alva: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Coy: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Truman: 19 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Betty	1,246	–	2
2	Mary	1,226	–	1
3	Wanda	600	–	52
4	Dorothy	484	–	4
5	Barbara	468	↑1	3
6	Norma	403	↓1	22
7	Helen	372	–	8
8	Patricia	331	↑1	6
9	Virginia	307	↑1	14
10	Joyce	306	↑2	12
11	Patsy	285	↑6	77
12	Doris	272	↓4	10
13	Margaret	247	–	7
14	Peggy	247	↑6	40
15	Ruby	235	↑1	38
16	Wilma	229	↓2	65
17	Billie	227	↓6	93
18	Ruth	216	↓3	11
19	Lois	209	–	20
20	Juanita	201	↑3	58
21	Joan	184	↑7	5
22	Anna	181	–	24
23	Mildred	179	↓2	26
24	Martha	178	↑2	27
25	Shirley	178	↑2	9
26	Donna	173	↑4	29
27	Frances	169	↓9	19
28	Thelma	168	↑5	51
29	Jo	163	–	>100
30	Evelyn	154	↓5	23
31	Bonnie	150	↓7	64
32	Alice	139	–	21
33	Nancy	118	↑7	13
34	Jean	117	↑11	15
35	Bobbie	116	↑1	>100
36	Phyllis	116	new	30
37	Edna	110	↓6	50
38	Louise	108	↑6	36
39	Margie	105	↑4	>100
40	Velma	104	↑9	>100
41	Clara	102	↑7	70
42	Marilyn	99	↓7	16
43	Pauline	99	↓5	59
44	Geraldine	98	new	42
45	Loretta	98	new	89
46	Marjorie	98	↓7	37
47	Geneva	96	new	>100
48	Maxine	96	↓14	>100
49	Dolores	95	↓12	18
50	Emma	95	↓8	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	1,090	–	2
2	Billy	843	–	20
3	Robert	832	–	1
4	Charles	761	–	6
5	John	659	–	3
6	Donald	638	↑1	7
7	William	603	↓1	4
8	Bobby	559	–	30
9	Kenneth	411	–	14
10	Richard	391	–	5
11	Jack	357	–	17
12	George	298	–	8
13	Joe	296	↑1	29
14	Bill	292	↑1	58
15	Harold	289	↓2	18
16	Jerry	256	↑1	34
17	Thomas	246	↓1	10
18	Paul	228	↑2	13
19	Roy	221	↓1	38
20	Don	215	↑6	55
21	Jimmy	214	↑1	76
22	Jimmie	208	↓1	75
23	David	205	↑1	12
24	Bob	200	↓1	79
25	Raymond	197	↓6	19
26	Carl	195	↓1	28
27	Edward	156	–	11
28	Floyd	146	↑6	68
29	Frank	145	↑4	15
30	Tommy	145	↑10	>100
31	Walter	143	↓2	21
32	Ronald	141	new	16
33	Earl	138	↓5	41
34	Gene	137	↑12	64
35	Clarence	136	–	40
36	Eugene	130	↓4	22
37	Gerald	130	–	24
38	Jackie	129	↑6	>100
39	Henry	122	↑6	23
40	Leroy	121	↓1	53
41	Ralph	119	–	27
42	Ray	118	↑1	59
43	Wayne	116	↑5	57
44	Melvin	113	↓13	51
45	Marvin	112	↓9	46
46	Johnny	111	↑3	96
47	Albert	101	↓17	26
48	Howard	100	new	36
49	Vernon	99	↓7	78
50	Lloyd	96	↓12	71

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