Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1934

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1934 were Mary for girls (1,222 babies) and James for boys (1,068). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,271 babies born in Oklahoma in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1934

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: 39 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Billye: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Lawanda: 19 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Cleta: 26 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Dortha: 27 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Dorotha: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dovie: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Wanda: 600 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Leta: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Velda: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Marland: 30 babies, 24.4× the national rate
Charley: 39 babies, 7× the national rate
Kennith: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Monte: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Coy: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Buster: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Orval: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Doyle: 74 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Buddy: 54 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Loyd: 38 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	1,222	–	1
2	Betty	1,065	–	2
3	Barbara	634	↑1	3
4	Wanda	600	↓1	47
5	Shirley	488	↑11	4
6	Norma	422	–	24
7	Dorothy	396	↓2	5
8	Patricia	395	↓1	6
9	Joyce	336	–	12
10	Patsy	330	–	59
11	Helen	312	↓3	9
12	Virginia	279	–	15
13	Doris	274	↓2	11
14	Margaret	243	↑4	8
15	Peggy	242	–	36
16	Wilma	229	↓3	73
17	Billie	217	↓3	92
18	Ruby	213	↑2	39
19	Jo	212	↑11	75
20	Frances	203	↑2	19
21	Donna	200	↑5	23
22	Ruth	189	↓5	13
23	Bonnie	183	↑4	58
24	Martha	182	↑1	27
25	Carol	178	↑7	14
26	Lois	175	↓7	20
27	Mildred	171	↑1	35
28	Joan	170	↓4	7
29	Nancy	169	↓6	10
30	Carolyn	163	↑5	33
31	Phyllis	157	↑8	28
32	Anna	148	↓11	31
33	Evelyn	148	↓2	29
34	Alice	140	↑2	25
35	Bobbie	140	↓1	>100
36	Beverly	137	↑2	22
37	Juanita	133	↓8	64
38	Joann	124	new	50
39	Elizabeth	118	new	18
40	Delores	117	new	51
41	Thelma	116	↑2	65
42	Loretta	114	new	83
43	Marilyn	114	↑2	17
44	Clara	110	↓7	76
45	Jean	110	↓12	16
46	Margie	109	↑2	>100
47	Edna	107	↓7	55
48	Louise	106	new	40
49	Dolores	99	↓5	26
50	Sue	98	↓9	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	1,068	–	2
2	Charles	882	–	7
3	Robert	766	↑1	1
4	Billy	733	↓1	20
5	Donald	729	–	6
6	John	674	–	3
7	William	603	–	4
8	Bobby	544	–	23
9	Jerry	392	↑4	25
10	Kenneth	372	↓1	15
11	Richard	361	↓1	5
12	Jack	320	↓1	17
13	Jimmy	308	↑5	56
14	Joe	299	↑1	26
15	Harold	287	↓1	18
16	George	281	↓4	8
17	Bill	280	↓1	59
18	David	256	↓1	12
19	Thomas	252	↑4	9
20	Jimmie	249	↓1	68
21	Don	242	↑4	50
22	Paul	238	↓1	14
23	Carl	221	↓3	28
24	Bob	200	↑3	75
25	Raymond	200	↓1	19
26	Roy	198	↓4	35
27	Ronald	184	↑7	11
28	Edward	167	↓2	13
29	Tommy	165	↑3	98
30	Jackie	153	↑9	>100
31	Earl	150	↓2	41
32	Gerald	146	↓4	22
33	Johnny	145	↑10	83
34	Jim	142	↑15	90
35	Floyd	135	↓4	73
36	Frank	135	↓6	16
37	Eugene	131	↓2	24
38	Wayne	131	↑8	48
39	Ralph	129	new	31
40	Walter	129	↓3	21
41	Gene	127	↓8	67
42	Leroy	123	new	54
43	Melvin	118	↑1	55
44	Marvin	117	↓4	44
45	Howard	114	↑5	37
46	Clarence	113	↓8	45
47	Dale	113	–	62
48	Ray	108	↓12	63
49	Leon	103	new	87
50	Henry	101	↓8	27

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