Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1942

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1942 were Mary for girls (1,067 babies) and James for boys (1,132). Social Security records list 41,869 babies born in Oklahoma in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1942

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: 15 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Vonda: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Nita: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Letha: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tommie: 31 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Freda: 40 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dana: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Melva: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darla: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Doyle: 65 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Coy: 21 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Charley: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Loyd: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dwayne: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kennith: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Teddy: 40 babies, 5× the national rate
Troy: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Elvin: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tommy: 235 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	1,067	–	1
2	Linda	733	↑3	4
3	Barbara	682	↓1	2
4	Carolyn	581	↑2	10
5	Betty	552	↓1	9
6	Patricia	478	↓3	3
7	Shirley	420	–	12
8	Judy	394	–	15
9	Sharon	391	↑2	11
10	Carol	348	↑2	5
11	Donna	312	↑4	20
12	Sandra	292	↑5	6
13	Joyce	288	↓3	13
14	Nancy	271	–	8
15	Wanda	261	↓6	54
16	Judith	248	–	7
17	Karen	239	↑1	16
18	Patsy	238	↓5	57
19	Virginia	222	–	23
20	Margaret	198	↑5	14
21	Janice	195	↑3	25
22	Phyllis	194	↓1	37
23	Dorothy	191	↓3	17
24	Glenda	184	↑3	89
25	Norma	180	↓2	52
26	Helen	175	↓4	26
27	Peggy	171	↓1	42
28	Beverly	170	–	32
29	Martha	169	–	29
30	Marilyn	157	↑1	27
31	Doris	156	↑2	41
32	Frances	147	↓2	30
33	Gloria	138	↑9	31
34	Janet	134	new	19
35	Ruby	133	↑8	77
36	Ruth	131	↓1	33
37	Jo	127	↓3	65
38	Sue	120	↑1	73
39	Billie	116	↑9	>100
40	Bonnie	115	↑1	34
41	Lois	109	↓3	44
42	Wilma	108	↓6	>100
43	Alice	107	↓11	39
44	Joan	107	new	18
45	Anna	106	↓5	59
46	Charlotte	106	↓1	51
47	Evelyn	97	↓1	53
48	Kay	96	↓4	75
49	Elizabeth	90	↓12	22
50	Brenda	86	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	1,132	–	1
2	Jerry	790	–	16
3	John	760	–	3
4	Robert	741	–	2
5	Charles	705	–	7
6	Larry	580	↑2	12
7	William	556	–	4
8	David	482	↑1	6
9	Richard	428	↑2	5
10	Billy	418	–	35
11	Donald	395	↓5	10
12	Ronald	393	↑1	9
13	Kenneth	369	↓1	15
14	Jimmy	355	–	47
15	Gary	344	–	18
16	Bobby	293	–	43
17	Thomas	284	↑1	8
18	George	269	↓1	14
19	Tommy	235	↑5	73
20	Johnny	221	↑2	55
21	Joe	219	↓2	33
22	Paul	215	↓2	19
23	Michael	196	↑7	13
24	Roy	194	↑4	42
25	Bill	180	↑6	65
26	Harold	177	↓5	27
27	Don	176	↑2	72
28	Jack	167	↓1	34
29	Ronnie	165	↑3	78
30	Douglas	160	new	23
31	Jimmie	160	↓6	94
32	Raymond	160	↑1	24
33	Carl	155	↓10	36
34	Jim	145	↑1	74
35	Edward	141	↓1	17
36	Gerald	136	↓10	22
37	Jackie	112	↑1	>100
38	Phillip	112	new	77
39	Dennis	111	new	20
40	Wayne	110	↑5	41
41	Bob	105	↓1	>100
42	Eddie	103	new	86
43	Frank	102	↓7	21
44	Earl	100	↓7	62
45	Dale	97	↑1	63
46	Danny	96	new	>100
47	Terry	96	–	52
48	Floyd	95	new	>100
49	Fred	93	↓7	46
50	Henry	93	↓2	31

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