Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1948

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,796 babies) and James for boys (1,094). Social Security records list 44,986 babies born in Oklahoma in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1948

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, 7.4× the national rate
Jana: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Nita: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Jimmie: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sherri: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dee: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Glenna: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Billie: 76 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lou: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lela: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Dewayne: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Doyle: 37 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Eldon: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Loyd: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Royce: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ronny: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Buddy: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Orville: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tommy: 230 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rickey: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,796	–	1
2	Mary	819	–	2
3	Barbara	606	↑1	3
4	Sharon	558	↓1	9
5	Patricia	550	–	4
6	Donna	470	↑2	11
7	Carolyn	436	↓1	14
8	Judy	424	↓1	16
9	Sandra	417	–	6
10	Carol	364	–	8
11	Karen	351	–	12
12	Nancy	308	↑1	7
13	Shirley	294	↑1	20
14	Susan	293	↑4	5
15	Janice	290	↑1	23
16	Betty	243	↓4	18
17	Brenda	224	↑4	17
18	Joyce	218	↓3	21
19	Connie	213	–	43
20	Phyllis	202	↑5	46
21	Margaret	199	↑1	13
22	Pamela	199	↑6	22
23	Marilyn	197	↓6	33
24	Judith	187	↓4	15
25	Peggy	180	↑6	38
26	Wanda	178	–	57
27	Beverly	177	↑3	31
28	Cheryl	175	↑1	25
29	Sherry	170	↓2	61
30	Glenda	163	↓6	92
31	Janet	160	↓8	24
32	Cynthia	159	↑5	27
33	Deborah	152	new	30
34	Paula	145	↓2	52
35	Patsy	143	↑3	98
36	Martha	136	↓2	32
37	Jo	135	↓1	56
38	Diana	125	↑1	48
39	Virginia	125	↓6	36
40	Frances	124	↑6	42
41	Ruth	121	new	45
42	Elizabeth	118	↓7	26
43	Kathryn	115	↓1	54
44	Charlotte	114	↑6	69
45	Rita	114	new	59
46	Helen	112	↓2	40
47	Rebecca	111	new	50
48	Vicki	108	↓1	81
49	Teresa	104	new	82
50	Gloria	103	↓10	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	1,094	–	1
2	Larry	924	–	11
3	Robert	873	↑1	2
4	John	830	↓1	3
5	David	724	–	5
6	Charles	619	↑3	9
7	Michael	612	↑4	6
8	Gary	610	↓2	12
9	William	599	↓2	4
10	Jerry	544	↓2	21
11	Richard	531	↓1	7
12	Ronald	453	–	10
13	Kenneth	399	↑2	15
14	Donald	361	–	14
15	Jimmy	350	↓2	50
16	Billy	289	–	53
17	Thomas	287	–	8
18	Terry	258	–	26
19	Johnny	239	↑1	52
20	Ronnie	236	↑3	59
21	Dennis	234	↑5	17
22	Danny	233	↓1	39
23	Tommy	230	↑2	79
24	Stephen	226	↑9	20
25	Joe	225	↓6	47
26	George	220	↓4	16
27	Paul	212	–	18
28	Bobby	202	↓4	62
29	Roy	188	–	49
30	Steven	182	↑12	23
31	Roger	172	↑5	24
32	Harold	168	↑2	36
33	Phillip	168	↑12	69
34	Jack	164	↓4	43
35	Bill	149	↓4	84
36	Carl	144	↓4	42
37	Mike	138	↓9	68
38	Edward	134	↓1	19
39	Don	132	–	91
40	Jim	126	↓5	86
41	Eddie	121	↑2	78
42	Gerald	115	↓2	30
43	Jimmie	113	↓2	>100
44	Raymond	113	↓6	27
45	Steve	110	↓1	60
46	Mark	107	new	29
47	Lawrence	100	new	31
48	Frank	99	–	25
49	Douglas	98	new	33
50	Jackie	96	↓4	>100

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