Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1941

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1941 were Mary for girls (1,058 babies) and James for boys (1,152). Social Security records list 41,990 babies born in Oklahoma in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1941

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: 16 babies, 17× the national rate
Lawanda: 18 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Retha: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Reta: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Neva: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Ladonna: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nedra: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Lou: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Freda: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Nelda: 44 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Carrol: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Loyd: 36 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Charley: 21 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Hershel: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dewayne: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Doyle: 51 babies, 5× the national rate
Donnie: 64 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Royce: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jimmie: 189 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eldon: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	1,058	–	1
2	Barbara	669	–	2
3	Patricia	594	↑1	3
4	Betty	530	↓1	7
5	Linda	526	↑1	5
6	Carolyn	477	↑1	11
7	Shirley	441	↓2	10
8	Judy	336	↑6	16
9	Wanda	312	↑1	53
10	Joyce	307	↓2	13
11	Sharon	296	↑9	15
12	Carol	295	↓3	4
13	Patsy	272	↑2	52
14	Nancy	255	↓3	8
15	Donna	252	↓3	20
16	Judith	250	↓3	6
17	Sandra	236	↑2	9
18	Karen	228	↑11	19
19	Virginia	215	↑3	23
20	Dorothy	203	↓2	14
21	Phyllis	203	↑3	35
22	Helen	198	↓1	24
23	Norma	195	–	47
24	Janice	191	↓7	22
25	Margaret	185	↓9	12
26	Peggy	183	–	39
27	Glenda	182	↑7	96
28	Beverly	171	↓1	29
29	Martha	164	↓4	25
30	Frances	161	↓2	31
31	Marilyn	148	↑2	30
32	Alice	145	↓1	34
33	Doris	142	↓1	38
34	Jo	133	↑1	66
35	Ruth	130	↓5	28
36	Wilma	130	–	>100
37	Elizabeth	121	↑1	21
38	Lois	116	↑3	43
39	Sue	116	↑1	75
40	Anna	112	↑2	56
41	Bonnie	111	↓2	33
42	Gloria	111	↑4	26
43	Ruby	111	↓6	69
44	Kay	100	↑6	70
45	Charlotte	99	–	55
46	Evelyn	95	↑3	50
47	Anita	92	new	91
48	Billie	89	↓1	>100
49	Connie	85	new	79
50	Delores	85	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	1,152	–	1
2	Jerry	820	–	14
3	John	721	↑1	3
4	Robert	707	↓1	2
5	Charles	691	–	6
6	Donald	530	–	10
7	William	513	–	4
8	Larry	476	↑2	11
9	David	453	–	7
10	Billy	452	↓2	27
11	Richard	413	–	5
12	Kenneth	374	–	15
13	Ronald	365	↑2	9
14	Jimmy	351	–	45
15	Gary	348	↑1	19
16	Bobby	334	↓3	35
17	George	305	–	13
18	Thomas	278	↑1	8
19	Joe	267	↓1	30
20	Paul	234	↑2	18
21	Harold	225	↓1	24
22	Johnny	221	↑1	55
23	Carl	196	↓2	29
24	Tommy	193	–	71
25	Jimmie	189	↑3	89
26	Gerald	185	↑3	20
27	Jack	184	↓2	32
28	Roy	179	↓1	39
29	Don	173	↓3	66
30	Michael	169	↑5	16
31	Bill	168	↓1	68
32	Ronnie	160	new	79
33	Raymond	152	↓2	22
34	Edward	148	↑2	17
35	Jim	128	↓2	80
36	Frank	120	↑6	21
37	Earl	119	↓5	58
38	Jackie	117	↑1	>100
39	Ralph	117	↑5	38
40	Bob	116	↓6	>100
41	Melvin	116	↑8	56
42	Fred	106	↓4	43
43	Walter	105	new	26
44	Clarence	101	new	62
45	Wayne	101	↓8	37
46	Dale	100	↓6	59
47	Terry	99	new	64
48	Henry	97	↓5	28
49	Roger	94	new	25
50	Howard	93	new	47

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