Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1943

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1943 were Mary for girls (1,047 babies) and James for boys (1,185). Social Security records list 43,920 babies born in Oklahoma in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1943

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ladonna: 30 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Nita: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Iva: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darla: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Melva: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jimmie: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Imogene: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Billie: 122 babies, 4× the national rate
Saundra: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tommie: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Donny: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Loyd: 34 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Doyle: 44 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Coy: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Buddy: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Troy: 48 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Thurman: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Johnie: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 425 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Frankie: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	1,047	–	1
2	Linda	947	–	4
3	Barbara	694	–	2
4	Carolyn	568	–	11
5	Patricia	562	↑1	3
6	Sharon	562	↑3	8
7	Betty	509	↓2	10
8	Shirley	478	↓1	12
9	Judy	438	↓1	13
10	Carol	414	–	5
11	Donna	324	–	17
12	Sandra	298	–	6
13	Karen	297	↑4	15
14	Judith	291	↑2	7
15	Joyce	287	↓2	16
16	Nancy	286	↓2	9
17	Wanda	251	↓2	56
18	Janice	204	↑3	26
19	Patsy	199	↓1	61
20	Virginia	191	↓1	25
21	Dorothy	188	↑2	19
22	Phyllis	185	–	39
23	Margaret	178	↓3	14
24	Beverly	176	↑4	32
25	Glenda	171	↓1	83
26	Martha	169	↑3	29
27	Peggy	166	–	41
28	Helen	164	↓2	28
29	Frances	157	↑3	31
30	Norma	157	↓5	58
31	Doris	156	–	40
32	Marilyn	151	↓2	27
33	Ruth	140	↑3	33
34	Janet	138	–	20
35	Sue	136	↑3	72
36	Billie	122	↑3	>100
37	Connie	118	new	59
38	Elizabeth	116	↑11	23
39	Loretta	115	new	89
40	Charlotte	114	↑6	47
41	Jo	113	↓4	63
42	Paula	109	new	93
43	Susan	109	new	18
44	Alice	108	↓1	38
45	Bonnie	106	↓5	34
46	Gloria	106	↓13	30
47	Lois	105	↓6	43
48	Wilma	103	↓6	>100
49	Anna	102	↓4	64
50	Brenda	102	–	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	1,185	–	1
2	Robert	807	↑2	2
3	John	791	–	3
4	Jerry	719	↓2	17
5	Charles	685	–	7
6	Larry	647	–	12
7	William	603	–	4
8	David	486	–	6
9	Richard	481	–	5
10	Ronald	444	↑2	9
11	Donald	435	–	11
12	Jimmy	425	↑2	42
13	Billy	397	↓3	37
14	Kenneth	393	↓1	15
15	Gary	391	–	16
16	Thomas	277	↑1	8
17	Bobby	272	↓1	46
18	Joe	263	↑3	35
19	George	255	↓1	14
20	Paul	242	↑2	19
21	Johnny	241	↓1	52
22	Roy	233	↑2	38
23	Tommy	230	↓4	77
24	Michael	222	↓1	10
25	Ronnie	204	↑4	71
26	Carl	195	↑7	33
27	Harold	194	↓1	27
28	Don	185	↓1	72
29	Bill	175	↓4	65
30	Raymond	173	↑2	22
31	Edward	172	↑4	18
32	Jack	172	↓4	34
33	Jim	152	↑1	75
34	Gerald	150	↑2	23
35	Jimmie	148	↓4	95
36	Roger	134	new	24
37	Douglas	116	↓7	28
38	Jackie	116	↓1	>100
39	Ralph	115	new	40
40	Walter	115	new	26
41	Danny	114	↑5	88
42	Frank	111	↑1	21
43	Terry	111	↑4	49
44	Melvin	110	new	63
45	Eddie	109	↓3	80
46	Joseph	109	new	13
47	Mike	109	new	90
48	Dale	108	↓3	59
49	Dennis	108	↓10	20
50	Wayne	105	↓10	41

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