Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1947

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1947 were Linda for girls (2,064 babies) and James for boys (1,155). Social Security records list 47,967 babies born in Oklahoma in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1947

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

Girls

Reta: 21 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Neva: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gayla: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jana: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Freda: 35 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nelda: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nita: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Opal: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Francis: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Loyd: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kennith: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rickey: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Doyle: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Phil: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Buddy: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jackie: 117 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Troy: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eldon: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jimmy: 437 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	2,064	–	1
2	Mary	914	–	2
3	Sharon	610	–	9
4	Barbara	567	–	4
5	Patricia	558	–	3
6	Carolyn	531	–	15
7	Judy	491	–	14
8	Donna	457	↑1	10
9	Sandra	442	↑2	5
10	Carol	391	↓2	6
11	Karen	345	↑3	13
12	Betty	344	–	17
13	Nancy	344	–	7
14	Shirley	322	↓4	19
15	Joyce	295	↑1	20
16	Janice	277	↓1	22
17	Marilyn	254	↑2	29
18	Susan	249	–	8
19	Connie	235	↑9	43
20	Judith	222	↓3	12
21	Brenda	221	↑4	21
22	Margaret	221	↓2	16
23	Janet	220	↑4	23
24	Glenda	205	↓2	96
25	Phyllis	204	↓2	37
26	Wanda	189	↓2	66
27	Sherry	188	↓1	67
28	Pamela	185	↑8	28
29	Cheryl	183	↑5	24
30	Beverly	165	↓9	31
31	Peggy	156	↑1	42
32	Paula	154	↑10	54
33	Virginia	148	↓2	34
34	Martha	144	↓1	32
35	Elizabeth	139	↑12	25
36	Jo	138	↑2	51
37	Cynthia	127	new	33
38	Patsy	127	↓8	87
39	Diana	125	–	48
40	Gloria	125	↓5	27
41	Jane	125	↑3	36
42	Kathryn	122	new	55
43	Lynda	122	↑6	77
44	Helen	121	↓15	38
45	Doris	115	↑3	58
46	Frances	108	↓6	39
47	Vicki	108	new	>100
48	Dorothy	107	↓7	26
49	Sue	107	↓12	69
50	Charlotte	103	↓7	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	1,155	–	1
2	Larry	1,017	–	10
3	John	883	↑1	3
4	Robert	875	↓1	2
5	David	684	↑3	6
6	Gary	676	↑3	12
7	William	656	↑3	4
8	Jerry	644	↓2	20
9	Charles	599	↓4	9
10	Richard	584	↓3	5
11	Michael	573	↑1	7
12	Ronald	460	↓1	11
13	Jimmy	437	↑2	44
14	Donald	431	↓1	13
15	Kenneth	390	↓1	15
16	Billy	355	–	51
17	Thomas	321	–	8
18	Terry	291	↑2	26
19	Joe	276	↑3	43
20	Johnny	275	↓1	49
21	Danny	266	↑3	39
22	George	244	↓1	16
23	Ronnie	242	↓5	61
24	Bobby	241	↓1	60
25	Tommy	239	↑1	79
26	Dennis	227	↑1	17
27	Paul	217	↓2	18
28	Mike	204	↑6	65
29	Roy	202	↓1	48
30	Jack	195	↓1	37
31	Bill	179	↑4	76
32	Carl	176	–	40
33	Stephen	164	↑11	21
34	Harold	158	↓4	35
35	Jim	157	↑1	77
36	Roger	156	↓3	25
37	Edward	146	–	19
38	Raymond	140	–	27
39	Don	135	↓8	86
40	Gerald	131	↓1	28
41	Jimmie	131	↓1	>100
42	Steven	124	new	24
43	Eddie	123	↓1	80
44	Steve	119	↑5	58
45	Phillip	118	↓2	74
46	Jackie	117	new	>100
47	Dale	114	new	63
48	Frank	112	↓2	23
49	Wayne	112	↓4	30
50	Joseph	103	↓9	14

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