Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1945

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1945 were Linda for girls (1,007 babies) and James for boys (1,015). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 38,749 babies born in Oklahoma in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1945

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

Girls

Nita: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Sherri: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Opal: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Darla: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Saundra: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freda: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mona: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billie: 84 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Glenda: 152 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Frankie: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Charley: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Loyd: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Doyle: 36 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jackie: 101 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tommy: 211 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Delbert: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Troy: 38 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jimmy: 368 babies, 4× the national rate
Orville: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Frankie: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	1,007	–	2
2	Mary	851	–	1
3	Barbara	544	–	3
4	Sharon	502	–	8
5	Carolyn	481	–	12
6	Patricia	470	–	4
7	Judy	413	↑1	13
8	Carol	409	↑1	5
9	Betty	384	↓2	11
10	Sandra	350	↑1	6
11	Shirley	350	↓1	14
12	Donna	319	–	17
13	Nancy	241	–	7
14	Joyce	240	↑2	18
15	Karen	229	–	16
16	Margaret	222	↑3	15
17	Judith	205	↓3	9
18	Janice	198	–	24
19	Wanda	186	↓2	58
20	Marilyn	159	–	27
21	Beverly	156	↑10	37
22	Glenda	152	↓1	92
23	Cheryl	146	↑17	32
24	Patsy	144	↑2	84
25	Peggy	143	–	45
26	Martha	142	↑3	30
27	Susan	141	↑12	10
28	Janet	140	–	20
29	Virginia	140	↓6	28
30	Helen	139	↑8	31
31	Phyllis	132	↓7	40
32	Connie	129	↓2	47
33	Frances	126	↑1	34
34	Dorothy	121	↓12	21
35	Gloria	117	↑8	23
36	Sue	115	↑1	66
37	Doris	113	↓10	46
38	Ruth	110	↓3	33
39	Jo	108	↓7	60
40	Brenda	106	↓7	29
41	Charlotte	105	↑3	55
42	Pamela	105	new	42
43	Paula	105	↑3	67
44	Diana	101	new	43
45	Bonnie	99	new	35
46	Lynda	98	new	>100
47	Elizabeth	93	↓5	26
48	Alice	91	↓7	41
49	Lois	87	↓4	48
50	Ruby	86	–	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	1,015	–	1
2	John	736	–	3
3	Robert	728	–	2
4	Larry	684	↑3	11
5	Charles	594	–	7
6	William	579	–	4
7	Jerry	543	↓3	20
8	Gary	512	↑2	13
9	David	500	↓1	6
10	Richard	458	↓1	5
11	Ronald	380	↑1	10
12	Donald	375	↓1	12
13	Jimmy	368	–	41
14	Kenneth	360	↑1	16
15	Michael	333	↑1	9
16	Billy	323	↓2	42
17	Bobby	247	↑3	53
18	Joe	245	↑3	36
19	Johnny	241	↓2	45
20	Thomas	239	↓1	8
21	George	228	↓3	15
22	Tommy	211	–	75
23	Ronnie	189	↑3	67
24	Paul	187	–	17
25	Harold	182	↑5	28
26	Roy	161	↓3	40
27	Terry	152	↑4	33
28	Bill	147	↓1	66
29	Raymond	146	↑3	23
30	Jack	139	↓5	32
31	Dennis	134	↑7	19
32	Roger	134	↑2	22
33	Danny	133	↑2	56
34	Mike	133	↑10	69
35	Jimmie	132	↑4	>100
36	Carl	130	↓7	39
37	Edward	129	–	18
38	Jim	128	↓10	68
39	Frank	127	↑7	21
40	Don	118	↓7	73
41	Phillip	107	↑7	85
42	Jackie	101	↑5	>100
43	Stephen	91	new	26
44	Fred	89	↓2	51
45	Wayne	89	new	35
46	Joseph	88	↓6	14
47	Earl	87	↑2	71
48	Gerald	84	↓12	25
49	Eddie	82	↓6	81
50	Henry	80	new	37

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