Oklahoma · 1942

Top 100 names in Oklahoma, 1942, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,067
#2	Linda	733
#3	Barbara	682
#4	Carolyn	581
#5	Betty	552
#6	Patricia	478
#7	Shirley	420
#8	Judy	394
#9	Sharon	391
#10	Carol	348
#11	Donna	312
#12	Sandra	292
#13	Joyce	288
#14	Nancy	271
#15	Wanda	261
#16	Judith	248
#17	Karen	239
#18	Patsy	238
#19	Virginia	222
#20	Margaret	198
#21	Janice	195
#22	Phyllis	194
#23	Dorothy	191
#24	Glenda	184
#25	Norma	180
#26	Helen	175
#27	Peggy	171
#28	Beverly	170
#29	Martha	169
#30	Marilyn	157
#31	Doris	156
#32	Frances	147
#33	Gloria	138
#34	Janet	134
#35	Ruby	133
#36	Ruth	131
#37	Jo	127
#38	Sue	120
#39	Billie	116
#40	Bonnie	115
#41	Lois	109
#42	Wilma	108
#43	Alice	107
#44	Joan	107
#45	Charlotte	106
#46	Anna	106
#47	Evelyn	97
#48	Kay	96
#49	Elizabeth	90
#50	Carole	86
#51	Brenda	86
#52	Loretta	83
#53	Anita	81
#54	Connie	77
#55	Delores	76
#56	Jean	75
#57	Sherry	74
#58	Ann	73
#59	Margie	68
#60	Juanita	67
#61	Mildred	67
#62	Kathryn	66
#63	Lynda	65
#64	Rita	63
#65	Pat	63
#66	Roberta	61
#67	Edna	59
#68	Sally	59
#69	Susan	59
#70	Jane	59
#71	Paula	57
#72	Kathleen	56
#73	Georgia	56
#74	Charlene	55
#75	Clara	54
#76	Julia	54
#77	Louise	54
#78	Emma	53
#79	Darlene	53
#80	Bobbie	51
#81	Ella	51
#82	Hazel	50
#83	Thelma	48
#84	Velma	46
#85	Geneva	46
#86	Vera	46
#87	Deanna	45
#88	Sarah	45
#89	Rose	44
#90	Saundra	43
#91	Rebecca	43
#92	Vivian	43
#93	Eva	42
#94	Ellen	42
#95	Joy	42
#96	Edith	41
#97	Marjorie	41
#98	Bertha	41
#99	Freda	40
#100	Marie	40

Uniquely popular in Oklahoma

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Ladonna	24	12	2
Nita	24	12	2
Tommie	31	15	3
Freda	40	20	4
Dana	22	11	2
Darla	27	13	3
Billie	116	57	14
Opal	28	14	3
Jimmie	32	16	4
Glenda	184	90	23
Wanda	261	128	35
Della	37	18	5

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.