Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1946

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1946 were Linda for girls (1,266 babies) and James for boys (1,206). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 44,988 babies born in Oklahoma in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1946

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, 8× the national rate
Reta: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Nita: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Francis: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Earlene: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nelda: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Freda: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sherri: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Glenda: 195 babies, 4× the national rate
Robbie: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Charley: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Dickie: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Loyd: 30 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rickey: 39 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Troy: 50 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Freddy: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Frankie: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jimmy: 395 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dwayne: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donnie: 69 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	1,266	–	2
2	Mary	877	–	1
3	Sharon	636	↑1	9
4	Barbara	620	↓1	4
5	Patricia	581	↑1	3
6	Carolyn	522	↓1	12
7	Judy	499	–	11
8	Carol	454	–	5
9	Donna	403	↑3	13
10	Shirley	403	↑1	18
11	Sandra	400	↓1	6
12	Betty	355	↓3	14
13	Nancy	332	–	7
14	Karen	306	↑1	15
15	Janice	264	↑3	22
16	Joyce	260	↓2	20
17	Judith	244	–	10
18	Susan	231	↑9	8
19	Marilyn	210	↑1	29
20	Margaret	205	↓4	17
21	Beverly	203	–	30
22	Glenda	195	–	99
23	Phyllis	193	↑8	41
24	Wanda	181	↓5	59
25	Brenda	177	↑15	24
26	Sherry	176	new	73
27	Janet	174	↑1	21
28	Connie	165	↑4	45
29	Helen	163	↑1	36
30	Patsy	159	↓6	85
31	Virginia	159	↓2	31
32	Peggy	154	↓7	43
33	Martha	153	↓7	32
34	Cheryl	150	↓11	27
35	Gloria	140	–	26
36	Pamela	137	↑6	34
37	Sue	135	↓1	61
38	Jo	134	↑1	53
39	Diana	131	↑5	42
40	Frances	131	↓7	39
41	Dorothy	122	↓7	23
42	Paula	115	↑1	69
43	Charlotte	110	↓2	64
44	Jane	109	new	35
45	Alice	103	↑3	44
46	Norma	102	new	77
47	Elizabeth	100	–	25
48	Doris	99	↓11	51
49	Lynda	99	↓3	>100
50	Kay	94	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	1,206	–	1
2	Larry	892	↑2	11
3	Robert	850	–	2
4	John	829	↓2	3
5	Charles	691	–	9
6	Jerry	632	↑1	20
7	Richard	615	↑3	5
8	David	603	↑1	6
9	Gary	590	↓1	12
10	William	584	↓4	4
11	Ronald	481	–	10
12	Michael	454	↑3	7
13	Donald	439	↓1	13
14	Kenneth	399	–	15
15	Jimmy	395	↓2	42
16	Billy	338	–	45
17	Thomas	314	↑3	8
18	Ronnie	273	↑5	54
19	Johnny	259	–	47
20	Terry	246	↑7	26
21	George	241	–	16
22	Joe	235	↓4	37
23	Bobby	220	↓6	53
24	Danny	218	↑9	46
25	Paul	216	↓1	18
26	Tommy	214	↓4	77
27	Dennis	196	↑4	17
28	Roy	192	↓2	43
29	Jack	168	↑1	35
30	Harold	164	↓5	33
31	Don	158	↑9	79
32	Carl	155	↑4	39
33	Roger	154	↓1	23
34	Mike	142	–	64
35	Bill	138	↓7	72
36	Jim	138	↑2	73
37	Edward	136	–	19
38	Raymond	136	↓9	25
39	Gerald	119	↑9	27
40	Jimmie	119	↓5	>100
41	Joseph	113	↑5	14
42	Eddie	112	↑7	85
43	Phillip	105	↓2	83
44	Stephen	103	↓1	24
45	Wayne	102	–	29
46	Frank	98	↓7	22
47	Fred	96	↓3	51
48	Howard	96	new	55
49	Steve	94	new	69
50	Floyd	92	new	>100

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