Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1938

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1938 were Mary for girls (1,117 babies) and James for boys (1,052). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,411 babies born in Oklahoma in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1938

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: 19 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Wynona: 16 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Lavada: 18 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Cleta: 17 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Leota: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Darla: 34 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Retha: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Leta: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Neva: 29 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate

Boys

Jess: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loyd: 41 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wilburn: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Charley: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Doyle: 55 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Troy: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Donnie: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Coy: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Teddy: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eldon: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	1,117	–	1
2	Barbara	782	↑1	2
3	Betty	714	↓1	4
4	Shirley	663	–	5
5	Patricia	410	↑1	3
6	Wanda	373	↓1	49
7	Carolyn	326	↑3	15
8	Dorothy	273	↑5	8
9	Joyce	273	↓1	11
10	Patsy	272	↓3	55
11	Norma	271	↓2	34
12	Donna	265	↑2	20
13	Carol	263	↓1	6
14	Nancy	251	↑4	7
15	Helen	239	↓4	13
16	Peggy	229	↓1	35
17	Margaret	226	–	9
18	Virginia	206	↓2	22
19	Doris	201	–	25
20	Beverly	176	↑2	18
21	Janice	175	↑5	24
22	Martha	175	↓2	26
23	Phyllis	175	↑1	28
24	Frances	170	↑1	23
25	Ruth	165	↓2	21
26	Linda	158	↑15	31
27	Wilma	156	–	85
28	Ruby	150	↑5	61
29	Marilyn	141	↓1	19
30	Sandra	139	↑10	14
31	Anna	130	↓1	40
32	Sharon	130	new	30
33	Jo	127	↓12	78
34	Lois	126	↓3	33
35	Billie	125	↓6	>100
36	Alice	124	–	29
37	Glenda	113	↓3	>100
38	Evelyn	111	↑5	38
39	Bonnie	109	↓7	65
40	Loretta	109	↓3	62
41	Sue	109	↓6	>100
42	Judith	106	new	12
43	Kay	101	new	81
44	Judy	100	new	41
45	Elizabeth	98	↓6	17
46	Joan	95	↑1	10
47	Mildred	94	↑3	52
48	Juanita	93	↓10	80
49	Joy	87	new	>100
50	Margie	86	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	James	1,052	–	2
2	Robert	775	–	1
3	Charles	751	–	6
4	Donald	694	–	7
5	John	658	–	3
6	Jerry	621	↑2	17
7	William	518	–	4
8	Billy	515	↓2	24
9	Kenneth	392	↑1	14
10	Bobby	391	↓1	27
11	David	389	↑1	8
12	Richard	350	↑1	5
13	Jimmy	327	↓2	45
14	George	291	↑1	11
15	Ronald	280	↑1	10
16	Joe	274	↓2	28
17	Larry	257	↑5	16
18	Don	255	–	52
19	Jack	230	↓2	25
20	Thomas	228	↑3	9
21	Paul	220	–	15
22	Harold	213	↓3	23
23	Bill	198	↑1	67
24	Tommy	189	↑6	77
25	Carl	183	↓5	29
26	Raymond	183	↑2	20
27	Jimmie	182	↓2	76
28	Gary	173	↑1	22
29	Roy	171	↓3	41
30	Johnny	162	↑2	63
31	Gerald	144	↑3	19
32	Bob	137	↑1	94
33	Jackie	135	↑2	>100
34	Jim	119	↑5	81
35	Dale	118	↑5	56
36	Earl	117	↑1	50
37	Wayne	116	↓6	40
38	Edward	115	↓11	13
39	Melvin	114	↑4	54
40	Frank	112	↓4	18
41	Floyd	104	↓3	96
42	Leon	104	↑5	85
43	Marvin	103	↑7	53
44	Walter	102	↑1	26
45	Ralph	99	↓4	35
46	Howard	97	new	42
47	Fred	96	new	38
48	Eugene	94	new	33
49	Gene	94	–	65
50	Ray	94	new	72

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