Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1936

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1936 were Mary for girls (1,098 babies) and James for boys (1,055). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,180 babies born in Oklahoma in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1936

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: 20 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Lawanda: 20 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Oleta: 21 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Cleta: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Darla: 42 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Leota: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Leta: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dortha: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ima: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Wanda: 430 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Haskell: 20 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Charley: 32 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Doyle: 78 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Burl: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Wilburn: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Coy: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Troy: 49 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Loyd: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Frankie: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jimmie: 228 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	1,098	↑1	1
2	Shirley	945	↓1	2
3	Betty	853	–	4
4	Barbara	601	–	3
5	Wanda	430	–	56
6	Patricia	347	–	5
7	Dorothy	308	↑1	6
8	Patsy	300	↑2	52
9	Norma	293	↓2	29
10	Joyce	287	↓1	12
11	Virginia	241	–	14
12	Helen	239	–	11
13	Donna	226	↑8	22
14	Carolyn	218	↑1	23
15	Margaret	204	↓1	9
16	Frances	202	↑12	19
17	Nancy	201	↑5	8
18	Peggy	194	↓2	35
19	Doris	191	↓6	15
20	Carol	187	↑6	10
21	Wilma	179	↓1	78
22	Ruth	165	↑1	16
23	Martha	158	↓4	24
24	Billie	152	↓7	>100
25	Beverly	150	↑11	17
26	Ruby	147	↓2	51
27	Lois	146	↓9	26
28	Jo	142	↓3	72
29	Phyllis	139	↓2	25
30	Marilyn	138	↓1	13
31	Anna	134	↑2	36
32	Evelyn	127	↑2	34
33	Sue	119	↑4	>100
34	Alice	115	↑1	27
35	Bonnie	104	↓5	65
36	Mildred	104	↓4	40
37	Loretta	103	↑2	70
38	Delores	101	↑5	58
39	Jean	101	↑9	20
40	Joan	100	↓9	7
41	Juanita	98	↓3	75
42	Elizabeth	92	↑2	18
43	Janice	91	new	31
44	Ann	90	new	28
45	Emma	90	↑5	85
46	Joann	90	↓5	55
47	Thelma	89	↓5	74
48	Gloria	88	new	32
49	Edna	85	new	71
50	Joy	84	↓10	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	James	1,055	–	2
2	Charles	764	–	6
3	Robert	742	↑3	1
4	John	690	↓1	3
5	Donald	689	↓1	7
6	Billy	660	↓1	22
7	William	517	↑1	4
8	Jerry	496	↑1	18
9	Bobby	489	↓2	24
10	Kenneth	401	–	14
11	Joe	366	↑1	23
12	Richard	341	↓1	5
13	Jimmy	310	–	46
14	George	283	–	9
15	Jack	283	–	20
16	David	263	↑5	10
17	Ronald	245	↑3	12
18	Harold	241	↓1	21
19	Thomas	230	↑4	8
20	Jimmie	228	↓1	71
21	Carl	226	↑3	27
22	Don	222	↓4	51
23	Paul	220	↓1	15
24	Bill	219	↓8	61
25	Roy	195	–	42
26	Bob	174	↑4	77
27	Gerald	166	↑10	19
28	Larry	154	↑5	25
29	Johnny	150	↑7	72
30	Edward	148	↓1	13
31	Raymond	146	↓5	17
32	Tommy	145	↓4	91
33	Jackie	137	↓6	>100
34	Frank	136	↑5	16
35	Floyd	132	↓1	86
36	Melvin	127	↑13	53
37	Wayne	127	↓6	45
38	Gene	120	↑4	66
39	Jim	118	↓7	85
40	Earl	117	↓5	47
41	Ralph	113	↑5	31
42	Ray	111	↓2	65
43	Gary	110	new	38
44	Walter	108	–	26
45	Dale	103	↑5	59
46	Marvin	103	↓1	49
47	Clarence	100	↑1	52
48	Glen	94	new	>100
49	Henry	94	↓6	28
50	Howard	92	new	40

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