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Baby names in Oklahoma, 1910s

1910–1919 · 269,893 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Oklahoma across the 1910s, with 6,797 births in the decade. The state recorded 269,893 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oklahoma in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Lahoma11325×
Vinita5414×
Wynema2510×
Oleta267
Jaunita182
Haskell110
Sequoyah5
Oneta56

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary6,797
#2James5,602
#3William5,412
#4John5,401
#5Robert3,723
#6Ruby3,311
#7Helen3,196
#8Dorothy3,107
#9Ruth3,046
#10Charles2,900
#11Mildred2,816
#12George2,767
#13Hazel2,297
#14Opal2,292
#15Jack2,185
#16Thelma2,074
#17Margaret2,009
#18Gladys1,889
#19Edna1,788
#20Juanita1,768
#21Roy1,741
#22Pauline1,729
#23Frances1,664
#24Marie1,616
#25Raymond1,548

Other decades in Oklahoma

All Oklahoma names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org