Top baby names in Oklahoma, 1938

Recorded as girls

RankNameBabies
1Mary1,117
2Barbara782
3Betty714
4Shirley663
5Patricia410
6Wanda373
7Carolyn326
8Dorothy273
8Joyce273
10Patsy272
11Norma271
12Donna265
13Carol263
14Nancy251
15Helen239
16Peggy229
17Margaret226
18Virginia206
19Doris201
20Beverly176
21Janice175
21Martha175
21Phyllis175
24Frances170
25Ruth165
26Linda158
27Wilma156
28Ruby150
29Marilyn141
30Sandra139
31Anna130
31Sharon130
33Jo127
34Lois126
35Billie125
36Alice124
37Glenda113
38Evelyn111
39Bonnie109
39Loretta109
39Sue109
42Judith106
43Kay101
44Judy100
45Elizabeth98
46Joan95
47Mildred94
48Juanita93
49Joy87
50Margie86

Recorded as boys

RankNameBabies
1James1,052
2Robert775
3Charles751
4Donald694
5John658
6Jerry621
7William518
8Billy515
9Kenneth392
10Bobby391
11David389
12Richard350
13Jimmy327
14George291
15Ronald280
16Joe274
17Larry257
18Don255
19Jack230
20Thomas228
21Paul220
22Harold213
23Bill198
24Tommy189
25Carl183
25Raymond183
27Jimmie182
28Gary173
29Roy171
30Johnny162
31Gerald144
32Bob137
33Jackie135
34Jim119
35Dale118
36Earl117
37Wayne116
38Edward115
39Melvin114
40Frank112
41Floyd104
41Leon104
43Marvin103
44Walter102
45Ralph99
46Howard97
47Fred96
48Eugene94
48Gene94
48Ray94