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Baby names in Oklahoma, 1920s

1920–1929 · 475,288 recorded births

Mary was the most common name given in Oklahoma across the 1920s, with 13,997 births in the decade. The state recorded 475,288 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oklahoma in the 1920s

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
Lahoma14319×
Watie1117×
Wynema8917×
Oleta46212×
Lawanda97
Billye235
Vinita52
Haskell176

Top 25 in the 1920s

RankNameBirths
#1Mary13,997
#2James12,043
#3Betty10,042
#4William9,106
#5Robert8,771
#6John8,551
#7Dorothy7,233
#8Charles6,386
#9Jack5,614
#10Helen5,272
#11Billy5,013
#12George4,326
#13Mildred4,044
#14Wanda3,977
#15Ruth3,804
#16Ruby3,760
#17Virginia3,758
#18Kenneth3,528
#19Juanita3,428
#20Margaret3,257
#21Billie3,145
#22Harold3,076
#23Donald2,823
#24Joe2,808
#25Doris2,806

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