Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1951

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1951 were Linda for girls (1,162 babies) and James for boys (1,087). Social Security records list 45,677 babies born in Oklahoma in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1951

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, 8.4× the national rate
Reta: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Retha: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Jana: 31 babies, 7× the national rate
Dee: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gayla: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dana: 53 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Reba: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darla: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nelda: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Loyd: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dewayne: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Troy: 45 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bob: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Monty: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Junior: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tommy: 192 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mickey: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rocky: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Eldon: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	1,162	–	1
2	Mary	746	–	2
3	Deborah	664	↑1	4
4	Patricia	613	↓1	3
5	Donna	447	↑2	12
6	Sharon	426	↓1	13
7	Barbara	408	↓1	5
8	Sandra	387	↑4	9
9	Karen	370	↓1	8
10	Brenda	367	↓1	14
11	Susan	364	↑3	6
12	Pamela	359	↑7	16
13	Nancy	343	↓2	7
14	Carol	319	↓1	11
15	Carolyn	318	↓5	22
16	Judy	299	–	26
17	Janice	276	–	21
18	Debra	268	↑23	18
19	Shirley	256	↓4	27
20	Janet	247	–	19
21	Betty	230	↓3	29
22	Connie	218	↓1	44
23	Kathy	207	↑8	35
24	Joyce	204	↓1	28
25	Cynthia	201	↓1	20
26	Beverly	181	↓1	33
27	Peggy	178	↑3	40
28	Margaret	176	–	17
29	Paula	174	↑4	51
30	Marilyn	173	↓4	41
31	Glenda	170	↓9	89
32	Sherry	167	↑4	70
33	Vicki	167	↓4	58
34	Teresa	159	↑14	63
35	Wanda	149	↑7	52
36	Cheryl	146	↓2	30
37	Rebecca	146	↓10	32
38	Kathryn	143	–	45
39	Elizabeth	140	↓2	23
40	Diana	138	–	50
41	Phyllis	135	↓6	57
42	Kathleen	128	new	10
43	Judith	126	↓11	25
44	Cathy	122	↑6	71
45	Virginia	117	↑2	47
46	Martha	116	↓7	38
47	Jo	109	↓2	67
48	Vickie	109	new	87
49	Rita	106	↓6	61
50	Patsy	104	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	1,087	–	1
2	Michael	921	↑1	4
3	Robert	899	↓1	2
4	David	877	↑1	5
5	John	808	↓1	3
6	Larry	770	–	11
7	Gary	722	–	10
8	William	644	–	6
9	Charles	573	–	9
10	Richard	569	–	7
11	Jerry	443	↑1	24
12	Ronald	442	↓1	12
13	Kenneth	389	↑1	16
14	Thomas	375	↑1	8
15	Donald	368	↓2	15
16	Steven	349	–	13
17	Stephen	337	↑2	19
18	Terry	317	↓1	30
19	Jimmy	290	↑1	62
20	Billy	282	↓2	64
21	Danny	251	↑1	41
22	Dennis	244	↓1	17
23	George	226	↑2	22
24	Paul	222	↓1	18
25	Mark	216	↑5	20
26	Bobby	212	↑2	77
27	Johnny	212	↓1	50
28	Joe	201	↓1	57
29	Tommy	192	–	94
30	Roger	182	↓6	29
31	Roy	163	↑2	52
32	Jack	162	–	48
33	Daniel	159	↑6	21
34	Carl	153	↑6	43
35	Ronnie	151	↓4	82
36	Edward	148	↓2	23
37	Harold	139	↑1	46
38	Randy	139	↓2	56
39	Joseph	134	↓2	14
40	Phillip	127	↓5	79
41	Douglas	125	new	27
42	Raymond	125	new	32
43	Bruce	118	↓1	26
44	Stanley	115	↑4	54
45	Randall	112	new	66
46	Gerald	111	↓3	36
47	Timothy	111	new	28
48	Dale	108	new	49
49	Gregory	105	new	25
50	Jackie	101	new	>100

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