Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1935

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1935 were Shirley for girls (1,159 babies) and James for boys (1,088). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,748 babies born in Oklahoma in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1935

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

Girls

Darla: 39 babies, 19× the national rate
Oleta: 30 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Cleta: 35 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Billye: 20 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Lawanda: 17 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Wynona: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dortha: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Leota: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Leta: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wanda: 465 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Olen: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Burl: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Charley: 32 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Coy: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Doyle: 75 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Donnie: 45 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hershel: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Troy: 52 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carrol: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 162 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	1,159	↑4	2
2	Mary	1,155	↓1	1
3	Betty	939	↓1	4
4	Barbara	652	↓1	3
5	Wanda	465	↓1	49
6	Patricia	389	↑2	5
7	Norma	344	↓1	29
8	Dorothy	333	↓1	6
9	Joyce	317	–	12
10	Patsy	300	–	56
11	Virginia	289	↑1	16
12	Helen	281	↓1	10
13	Doris	274	–	13
14	Margaret	217	–	8
15	Carolyn	208	↑15	28
16	Peggy	207	↓1	36
17	Billie	205	–	>100
18	Lois	205	↑8	21
19	Martha	201	↑5	24
20	Wilma	195	↓4	70
21	Donna	192	–	23
22	Nancy	187	↑7	9
23	Ruth	183	↓1	15
24	Ruby	181	↓6	41
25	Jo	175	↓6	73
26	Carol	163	↓1	11
27	Phyllis	159	↑4	27
28	Frances	157	↓8	19
29	Marilyn	157	↑14	14
30	Bonnie	155	↓7	62
31	Joan	153	↓3	7
32	Mildred	150	↓5	35
33	Anna	135	↓1	34
34	Evelyn	135	↓1	31
35	Alice	133	↓1	25
36	Beverly	128	–	20
37	Sue	123	↑13	>100
38	Juanita	110	↓1	72
39	Loretta	109	↑3	69
40	Joy	105	new	>100
41	Joann	103	↓3	53
42	Thelma	102	↓1	76
43	Delores	100	↓3	57
44	Elizabeth	100	↓5	17
45	Margie	100	↑1	100
46	Velma	97	new	>100
47	Glenda	95	new	>100
48	Jean	94	↓3	18
49	Clara	89	↓5	81
50	Emma	89	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	James	1,088	–	2
2	Charles	802	–	6
3	John	737	↑3	3
4	Donald	735	↑1	7
5	Billy	702	↓1	19
6	Robert	698	↓3	1
7	Bobby	516	↑1	24
8	William	512	↓1	4
9	Jerry	476	–	22
10	Kenneth	422	–	15
11	Richard	341	–	5
12	Joe	336	↑2	25
13	Jimmy	320	–	47
14	George	306	↑2	8
15	Jack	300	↓3	18
16	Bill	248	↑1	60
17	Harold	241	↓2	20
18	Don	238	↑3	51
19	Jimmie	234	↑1	69
20	Ronald	226	↑7	12
21	David	221	↓3	11
22	Paul	221	–	14
23	Thomas	211	↓4	9
24	Carl	208	↓1	28
25	Roy	187	↑1	40
26	Raymond	181	↓1	17
27	Jackie	162	↑3	>100
28	Tommy	159	↑1	95
29	Edward	153	↓1	13
30	Bob	149	↓6	81
31	Wayne	147	↑7	49
32	Jim	142	↑2	90
33	Larry	142	new	33
34	Floyd	140	↑1	76
35	Earl	138	↓4	46
36	Johnny	137	↓3	74
37	Gerald	134	↓5	21
38	Eugene	127	↓1	26
39	Frank	127	↓3	16
40	Ray	123	↑8	64
41	Fred	114	new	34
42	Gene	107	↓1	66
43	Henry	105	↑7	27
44	Walter	105	↓4	23
45	Marvin	103	↓1	45
46	Ralph	101	↓7	32
47	Albert	100	new	31
48	Clarence	100	↓2	48
49	Melvin	100	↓6	57
50	Dale	99	↓3	61

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