Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1950

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1950 were Linda for girls (1,380 babies) and James for boys (1,102). Social Security records list 45,437 babies born in Oklahoma in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1950

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: 33 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jana: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Melva: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sherri: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Earlene: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Freda: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Reba: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nelda: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Glenda: 220 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Saundra: 26 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Charley: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Ronny: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Monte: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Loyd: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Junior: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Doyle: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Monty: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bill: 118 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Royce: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Virgil: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	1,380	–	1
2	Mary	816	–	2
3	Patricia	592	–	3
4	Deborah	506	↑12	7
5	Sharon	451	↓1	11
6	Barbara	433	–	4
7	Donna	407	↓2	13
8	Karen	381	↑5	12
9	Brenda	378	↑5	14
10	Carolyn	378	↓2	20
11	Nancy	363	↓1	6
12	Sandra	354	↓5	8
13	Carol	339	↓1	9
14	Susan	336	↑1	5
15	Shirley	332	↓4	19
16	Judy	321	↓7	25
17	Janice	293	–	22
18	Betty	260	–	26
19	Pamela	248	–	17
20	Janet	243	↑6	18
21	Connie	223	↓1	44
22	Glenda	220	↑10	87
23	Joyce	205	↓2	27
24	Cynthia	196	↑1	23
25	Beverly	180	↓3	31
26	Marilyn	180	↑5	37
27	Rebecca	172	↑7	36
28	Margaret	170	↓4	15
29	Vicki	168	↑8	61
30	Peggy	166	–	41
31	Kathy	162	↓2	38
32	Judith	161	↓9	21
33	Paula	155	↑3	54
34	Cheryl	146	↑7	29
35	Phyllis	144	↓7	53
36	Sherry	144	↓1	62
37	Elizabeth	142	↑5	24
38	Kathryn	139	↑5	46
39	Martha	139	↓1	32
40	Diana	136	↓7	47
41	Debra	131	new	59
42	Wanda	127	↓15	52
43	Rita	118	↓3	56
44	Gloria	117	↑2	30
45	Jo	114	↑4	64
46	Marsha	109	new	68
47	Virginia	109	↓8	43
48	Teresa	107	–	81
49	Charlotte	105	↑1	80
50	Cathy	102	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	1,102	–	1
2	Robert	913	↑2	2
3	Michael	844	↑3	4
4	John	829	↓1	3
5	David	808	–	5
6	Larry	801	↓4	11
7	Gary	664	↑1	10
8	William	630	↓1	6
9	Charles	558	–	9
10	Richard	537	–	7
11	Ronald	458	↑1	12
12	Jerry	440	↓1	24
13	Donald	382	–	14
14	Kenneth	377	↑2	15
15	Thomas	368	↓1	8
16	Steven	326	↑8	16
17	Terry	317	↑2	30
18	Billy	305	↓1	57
19	Stephen	300	↓1	19
20	Jimmy	279	↓5	55
21	Dennis	257	↓1	17
22	Danny	237	↓1	39
23	Paul	234	↑5	18
24	Roger	234	↑3	27
25	George	217	↓2	20
26	Johnny	215	↓4	50
27	Joe	202	↓1	54
28	Bobby	194	↑2	65
29	Tommy	186	↓4	94
30	Mark	182	↑6	23
31	Ronnie	162	↓2	76
32	Jack	161	↓1	48
33	Roy	157	↓1	51
34	Edward	149	↑1	22
35	Phillip	131	↓2	64
36	Randy	130	↑9	80
37	Joseph	128	↑2	13
38	Harold	127	↓4	45
39	Daniel	124	↑4	21
40	Carl	121	↓2	44
41	Bill	118	–	>100
42	Bruce	107	new	26
43	Gerald	106	new	34
44	Frank	105	new	29
45	Steve	104	↑3	83
46	Don	102	new	>100
47	Eddie	100	new	89
48	Stanley	100	↓1	60
49	Darrell	99	↓5	>100
50	Patrick	99	new	38

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