Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1949

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1949 were Linda for girls (1,576 babies) and James for boys (1,074). Social Security records list 44,780 babies born in Oklahoma in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1949

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, 8.2× the national rate
Reta: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Jana: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Opal: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jimmie: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lou: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Freda: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Melba: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jerry: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Saundra: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Buddy: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Eldon: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loyd: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Troy: 42 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Monty: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rickey: 66 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Junior: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tommy: 215 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jimmy: 345 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Billy: 299 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	1,576	–	1
2	Mary	808	–	2
3	Patricia	540	↑2	3
4	Sharon	513	–	10
5	Donna	475	↑1	12
6	Barbara	446	↓3	4
7	Sandra	417	↑2	6
8	Carolyn	408	↓1	17
9	Judy	373	↓1	20
10	Nancy	359	↑2	7
11	Shirley	357	↑2	18
12	Carol	347	↓2	8
13	Karen	339	↓2	11
14	Brenda	320	↑3	13
15	Susan	309	↓1	5
16	Deborah	282	↑17	15
17	Janice	253	↓2	24
18	Betty	248	↓2	22
19	Pamela	245	↑3	21
20	Connie	215	↓1	43
21	Joyce	211	↓3	26
22	Beverly	204	↑5	31
23	Judith	197	↑1	16
24	Margaret	188	↓3	14
25	Cynthia	186	↑7	27
26	Janet	179	↑5	23
27	Wanda	178	↓1	56
28	Phyllis	174	↓8	50
29	Kathy	167	new	42
30	Peggy	163	↓5	38
31	Marilyn	162	↓8	33
32	Glenda	155	↓2	87
33	Diana	154	↑5	48
34	Rebecca	149	↑13	40
35	Sherry	149	↓6	68
36	Paula	146	↓2	55
37	Vicki	142	↑11	70
38	Martha	141	↓2	34
39	Virginia	132	–	39
40	Rita	131	↑5	54
41	Cheryl	120	↓13	28
42	Elizabeth	115	–	25
43	Kathryn	113	–	52
44	Lynda	113	new	93
45	Patsy	109	↓10	>100
46	Gloria	107	↑4	29
47	Kathleen	107	new	9
48	Teresa	106	↑1	82
49	Jo	99	↓12	60
50	Charlotte	98	↓6	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	1,074	–	1
2	Larry	897	–	10
3	John	835	↑1	3
4	Robert	831	↓1	2
5	David	795	–	6
6	Michael	727	↑1	5
7	William	654	↑2	4
8	Gary	622	–	12
9	Charles	598	↓3	9
10	Richard	542	↑1	7
11	Jerry	504	↓1	23
12	Ronald	421	–	11
13	Donald	411	↑1	13
14	Thomas	347	↑3	8
15	Jimmy	345	–	53
16	Kenneth	332	↓3	15
17	Billy	299	↓1	57
18	Stephen	289	↑6	19
19	Terry	264	↓1	28
20	Dennis	253	↑1	16
21	Danny	247	↑1	40
22	Johnny	243	↓3	49
23	George	224	↑3	18
24	Steven	224	↑6	20
25	Tommy	215	↓2	84
26	Joe	214	↓1	52
27	Roger	209	↑4	25
28	Paul	204	↓1	17
29	Ronnie	198	↓9	65
30	Bobby	181	↓2	67
31	Jack	170	↑3	47
32	Roy	164	↓3	51
33	Phillip	157	–	66
34	Harold	148	↓2	42
35	Edward	147	↑3	21
36	Mark	131	↑10	24
37	Raymond	119	↑7	30
38	Carl	118	↓2	43
39	Joseph	115	new	14
40	Jim	110	–	>100
41	Bill	108	↓6	>100
42	Douglas	106	↑7	29
43	Daniel	103	new	22
44	Darrell	103	new	>100
45	Randy	103	new	92
46	Wayne	103	new	35
47	Stanley	100	new	60
48	Steve	100	↓3	68
49	Dale	98	new	54
50	Jackie	98	–	>100

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