Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1944

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1944 were Linda for girls (1,004 babies) and James for boys (1,149). Linda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 41,839 babies born in Oklahoma in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1944

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: 29 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Melva: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sherri: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jerry: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darla: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jimmie: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Freda: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billie: 96 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Glenda: 178 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Frankie: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Charley: 25 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Coy: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Doyle: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Elvin: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Dewayne: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rickey: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Troy: 44 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Royce: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tommy: 233 babies, 4× the national rate
Eldon: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Linda	1,004	↑1	3
2	Mary	997	↓1	1
3	Barbara	579	–	2
4	Sharon	540	↑2	8
5	Carolyn	528	↓1	11
6	Patricia	494	↓1	4
7	Betty	490	–	10
8	Judy	434	↑1	12
9	Carol	413	↑1	5
10	Shirley	374	↓2	15
11	Sandra	358	↑1	6
12	Donna	316	↓1	17
13	Nancy	307	↑3	7
14	Judith	280	–	9
15	Karen	269	↓2	16
16	Joyce	256	↓1	18
17	Wanda	226	–	58
18	Janice	225	–	28
19	Margaret	222	↑4	14
20	Marilyn	190	↑12	27
21	Glenda	178	↑4	79
22	Dorothy	176	↓1	19
23	Virginia	174	↓3	26
24	Phyllis	173	↓2	40
25	Peggy	171	↑2	45
26	Patsy	156	↓7	72
27	Doris	151	↑4	42
28	Janet	150	↑6	21
29	Martha	149	↓3	29
30	Connie	143	↑7	51
31	Beverly	142	↓7	35
32	Jo	136	↑9	61
33	Brenda	135	↑17	30
34	Frances	132	↓5	33
35	Ruth	124	↓2	32
36	Norma	122	↓6	66
37	Sue	121	↓2	62
38	Helen	119	↓10	31
39	Susan	116	↑4	13
40	Cheryl	114	new	36
41	Alice	111	↑3	38
42	Elizabeth	110	↓4	23
43	Gloria	109	↑3	25
44	Charlotte	98	↓4	50
45	Lois	97	↑2	47
46	Paula	97	↓4	82
47	Billie	96	↓11	>100
48	Sherry	93	new	100
49	Joan	91	new	22
50	Ruby	90	new	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	1,149	–	1
2	John	762	↑1	3
3	Robert	756	↓1	2
4	Jerry	693	–	19
5	Charles	684	–	7
6	William	628	↑1	4
7	Larry	609	↓1	12
8	David	502	–	6
9	Richard	496	–	5
10	Gary	461	↑5	15
11	Donald	438	–	11
12	Ronald	386	↓2	10
13	Jimmy	377	↓1	41
14	Billy	351	↓1	38
15	Kenneth	350	↓1	16
16	Michael	280	↑8	9
17	Johnny	269	↑4	45
18	George	264	↑1	14
19	Thomas	256	↓3	8
20	Bobby	234	↓3	50
21	Joe	234	↓3	33
22	Tommy	233	↑1	70
23	Roy	200	↓1	39
24	Paul	199	↓4	17
25	Jack	196	↑7	30
26	Ronnie	195	↓1	69
27	Bill	175	↑2	66
28	Jim	159	↑5	68
29	Carl	155	↓3	36
30	Harold	152	↓3	27
31	Terry	148	↑12	43
32	Raymond	146	↓2	22
33	Don	144	↓5	72
34	Roger	138	↑2	23
35	Danny	136	↑6	76
36	Gerald	136	↓2	24
37	Edward	134	↓6	18
38	Dennis	127	↑11	20
39	Jimmie	115	↓4	98
40	Joseph	114	↑6	13
41	Walter	108	↓1	26
42	Fred	107	new	47
43	Eddie	102	↑2	79
44	Mike	102	↑3	80
45	Bob	101	new	>100
46	Frank	99	↓4	21
47	Jackie	97	↓9	>100
48	Phillip	96	new	83
49	Earl	91	new	65
50	Ray	90	new	86

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