Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1952

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1952 were Linda for girls (935 babies) and James for boys (1,042). Social Security records list 45,542 babies born in Oklahoma in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1952

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: 18 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 31 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Nita: 26 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Gayla: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Jana: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nelda: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Freda: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Darla: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Reba: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Glenda: 153 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Geary: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Loyd: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Buddy: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Doyle: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Troy: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Billy: 315 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mickey: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Frankie: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Monty: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	935	–	1
2	Deborah	745	↑1	4
3	Mary	710	↓1	2
4	Patricia	565	–	3
5	Donna	438	–	13
6	Pamela	436	↑6	17
7	Sharon	416	↓1	14
8	Debra	411	↑10	9
9	Brenda	404	↑1	15
10	Karen	388	↓1	8
11	Barbara	387	↓4	6
12	Susan	357	↓1	5
13	Nancy	328	–	7
14	Sandra	318	↓6	10
15	Carolyn	310	–	24
16	Carol	291	↓2	12
17	Janet	262	↑3	19
18	Judy	259	↓2	26
19	Cynthia	244	↑6	18
20	Janice	236	↓3	23
21	Kathy	232	↑2	29
22	Rebecca	228	↑15	30
23	Marilyn	214	↑7	38
24	Connie	207	↓2	44
25	Paula	205	↑4	47
26	Shirley	192	↓7	28
27	Beverly	190	↓1	35
28	Betty	184	↓7	32
29	Kathryn	172	↑9	48
30	Cheryl	163	↑6	31
31	Peggy	160	↓4	43
32	Teresa	160	↑2	52
33	Vicki	155	–	61
34	Glenda	153	↓3	97
35	Joyce	153	↓11	27
36	Diana	151	↑4	51
37	Elizabeth	150	↑2	22
38	Margaret	150	↓10	21
39	Vickie	150	↑9	76
40	Judith	137	↑3	25
41	Sherry	137	↓9	68
42	Martha	128	↑4	40
43	Wanda	123	↓8	54
44	Kathleen	121	↓2	11
45	Cathy	120	↓1	56
46	Rita	119	↑3	66
47	Marsha	118	new	75
48	Jo	115	↓1	55
49	Phyllis	115	↓8	65
50	Rhonda	113	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	1,042	–	1
2	Michael	995	–	4
3	David	918	↑1	5
4	Robert	867	↓1	2
5	John	834	–	3
6	Gary	678	↑1	10
7	William	653	↑1	6
8	Larry	647	↓2	14
9	Richard	626	↑1	7
10	Charles	548	↓1	9
11	Steven	432	↑5	11
12	Ronald	387	–	15
13	Donald	381	↑2	13
14	Kenneth	381	↓1	16
15	Jerry	366	↓4	26
16	Thomas	347	↓2	8
17	Terry	341	↑1	29
18	Stephen	334	↓1	21
19	Billy	315	↑1	65
20	Mark	304	↑5	17
21	Danny	257	–	40
22	Dennis	257	–	18
23	Jimmy	248	↓4	72
24	Paul	236	–	19
25	Randy	204	↑13	41
26	George	203	↓3	22
27	Joe	197	↑1	62
28	Johnny	191	↓1	53
29	Roger	191	↑1	30
30	Bobby	187	↓4	77
31	Daniel	170	↑2	20
32	Ronnie	168	↑3	82
33	Ricky	157	new	81
34	Tommy	147	↓5	97
35	Carl	146	↓1	45
36	Edward	143	–	23
37	Roy	142	↓6	55
38	Timothy	141	↑9	27
39	Harold	135	↓2	51
40	Joseph	132	↓1	12
41	Jack	128	↓9	52
42	Bruce	121	↑1	25
43	Douglas	120	↓2	28
44	Stanley	120	–	58
45	Phillip	119	↓5	74
46	Gerald	111	–	39
47	Dale	107	↑1	46
48	Randall	107	↓3	63
49	Walter	107	new	44
50	Raymond	106	↓8	33

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