Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1939

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1939 were Mary for girls (1,080 babies) and James for boys (1,128). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,872 babies born in Oklahoma in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1939

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: 20 babies, 14× the national rate
Cleta: 18 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Treva: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Retha: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Delois: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darla: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Reta: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Melva: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Letha: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Jacky: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Cleo: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Jess: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Wilburn: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Doyle: 54 babies, 5× the national rate
Coy: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Truman: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Troy: 52 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dwayne: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Frankie: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	1,080	–	1
2	Barbara	702	–	2
3	Betty	687	–	4
4	Shirley	535	–	5
5	Patricia	473	–	3
6	Carolyn	348	↑1	14
7	Wanda	342	↓1	50
8	Joyce	299	↑1	12
9	Carol	295	↑4	6
10	Patsy	288	–	56
11	Linda	269	↑15	15
12	Nancy	261	↑2	7
13	Donna	252	↓1	20
14	Margaret	233	↑3	10
15	Dorothy	226	↓7	9
16	Virginia	225	↑2	21
17	Helen	214	↓2	16
18	Janice	203	↑3	24
19	Judy	199	↑25	28
20	Norma	199	↓9	38
21	Peggy	198	↓5	34
22	Phyllis	185	↑1	30
23	Judith	184	↑19	8
24	Doris	180	↓5	29
25	Sandra	177	↑5	13
26	Martha	172	↓4	27
27	Frances	166	↓3	26
28	Ruth	153	↓3	22
29	Wilma	150	↓2	87
30	Sharon	149	↑2	23
31	Marilyn	144	↓2	19
32	Jo	143	↑1	70
33	Beverly	140	↓13	25
34	Glenda	130	↑3	>100
35	Alice	127	↑1	31
36	Ruby	127	↓8	67
37	Anna	126	↓6	43
38	Lois	126	↓4	35
39	Bonnie	113	–	61
40	Sue	113	↑1	92
41	Elizabeth	109	↑4	18
42	Evelyn	107	↓4	40
43	Joan	106	↑3	11
44	Kay	104	↓1	76
45	Karen	102	new	39
46	Loretta	100	↓6	65
47	Juanita	96	↑1	77
48	Billie	95	↓13	>100
49	Charlotte	88	new	66
50	Jean	86	new	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	James	1,128	–	2
2	Charles	758	↑1	6
3	Jerry	716	↑3	16
4	Robert	697	↓2	1
5	John	691	–	3
6	Donald	657	↓2	8
7	William	515	–	4
8	Billy	439	–	24
9	Kenneth	412	–	13
10	Bobby	384	–	29
11	Richard	375	↑1	5
12	David	367	↓1	7
13	Jimmy	353	–	43
14	Larry	341	↑3	14
15	Ronald	292	–	10
16	Joe	284	–	27
17	George	274	↓3	11
18	Harold	235	↑4	23
19	Thomas	215	↑1	9
20	Don	210	↓2	56
21	Gary	209	↑7	21
22	Paul	195	↓1	17
23	Tommy	195	↑1	77
24	Roy	185	↑5	42
25	Jack	181	↓6	26
26	Carl	179	↓1	30
27	Gerald	163	↑4	19
28	Johnny	162	↑2	62
29	Jimmie	159	↓2	80
30	Bill	149	↓7	67
31	Raymond	146	↓5	22
32	Edward	137	↑6	15
33	Jim	134	↑1	75
34	Bob	133	↓2	89
35	Walter	124	↑9	25
36	Earl	123	–	50
37	Melvin	118	↑2	51
38	Leon	116	↑4	86
39	Jackie	113	↓6	>100
40	Wayne	107	↓3	39
41	Ralph	106	↑4	35
42	Dale	104	↓7	59
43	Floyd	104	↓2	94
44	Frank	104	↓4	20
45	Ray	103	↑5	74
46	Albert	99	new	41
47	Gene	98	↑2	69
48	Fred	95	↓1	40
49	Ronnie	95	new	>100
50	Eddie	94	new	81

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