Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1933

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1933 were Mary for girls (1,255 babies) and James for boys (1,040). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,742 babies born in Oklahoma in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1933

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

Girls

Wynema: 17 babies, 34.1× the national rate
Oleta: 34 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Lawanda: 18 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Wynona: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Billye: 23 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Cleta: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Dortha: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dovie: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Wanda: 578 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leta: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 17 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Kennith: 25 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Claud: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Troy: 69 babies, 6× the national rate
Donnie: 41 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Doyle: 72 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Loyd: 47 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Frankie: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Alva: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jimmie: 240 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	1,255	↑1	1
2	Betty	1,154	↓1	2
3	Wanda	578	–	48
4	Barbara	548	↑1	3
5	Dorothy	423	↓1	4
6	Norma	415	–	23
7	Patricia	370	↑1	6
8	Helen	347	↓1	8
9	Joyce	332	↑1	12
10	Patsy	313	↑1	65
11	Doris	300	↑1	10
12	Virginia	279	↓3	15
13	Wilma	250	↑3	66
14	Billie	247	↑3	92
15	Peggy	237	↓1	36
16	Shirley	228	↑9	9
17	Ruth	206	↑1	13
18	Margaret	203	↓5	7
19	Lois	187	–	19
20	Ruby	181	↓5	43
21	Anna	178	↑1	29
22	Frances	176	↑5	18
23	Nancy	174	↑10	11
24	Joan	170	↓3	5
25	Martha	155	↓1	27
26	Donna	154	–	24
27	Bonnie	152	↑4	68
28	Mildred	151	↓5	32
29	Juanita	147	↓9	63
30	Jo	146	↓1	90
31	Evelyn	140	↓1	30
32	Carol	134	new	20
33	Jean	131	↑1	14
34	Bobbie	129	↑1	>100
35	Carolyn	128	new	40
36	Alice	125	↓4	22
37	Clara	120	↑4	67
38	Beverly	115	new	26
39	Phyllis	115	↓3	28
40	Edna	113	↓3	55
41	Sue	111	new	>100
42	Joy	109	new	>100
43	Thelma	109	↓15	57
44	Dolores	101	↑5	21
45	Marilyn	100	↓3	16
46	Geraldine	99	↓2	42
47	Emma	90	↑3	75
48	Margie	90	↓9	95
49	Opal	90	new	>100
50	Velma	89	↓10	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	James	1,040	–	2
2	Charles	812	↑2	6
3	Billy	779	↓1	20
4	Robert	771	↓1	1
5	Donald	674	↑1	7
6	John	638	↓1	3
7	William	576	–	4
8	Bobby	484	–	26
9	Kenneth	446	–	15
10	Richard	366	–	5
11	Jack	363	–	17
12	George	322	–	8
13	Jerry	318	↑3	31
14	Harold	313	↑1	18
15	Joe	299	↓2	27
16	Bill	287	↓2	59
17	David	250	↑6	13
18	Jimmy	241	↑3	64
19	Jimmie	240	↑3	72
20	Carl	221	↑6	28
21	Paul	217	↓3	14
22	Roy	216	↓3	39
23	Thomas	212	↓6	10
24	Raymond	206	↑1	19
25	Don	200	↓5	54
26	Edward	174	↑1	11
27	Bob	168	↓3	82
28	Gerald	156	↑9	22
29	Earl	151	↑4	41
30	Frank	148	↓1	16
31	Floyd	147	↓3	69
32	Tommy	147	↓2	>100
33	Gene	142	↑1	66
34	Ronald	142	↓2	12
35	Eugene	141	↑1	23
36	Ray	131	↑6	62
37	Walter	128	↓6	21
38	Clarence	127	↓3	43
39	Jackie	127	↓1	>100
40	Marvin	127	↑5	44
41	Franklin	124	new	33
42	Henry	122	↓3	24
43	Johnny	118	↑3	90
44	Melvin	117	–	51
45	Lloyd	108	↑5	73
46	Wayne	106	↓3	52
47	Dale	104	new	65
48	Fred	102	new	34
49	Jim	101	new	98
50	Howard	98	↓2	36

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