Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Oklahoma, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,042
2	Barbara	702
3	Betty	579
4	Patricia	518
5	Shirley	473
6	Linda	451
7	Carolyn	419
8	Joyce	313
9	Carol	311
9	Wanda	311
11	Nancy	278
12	Donna	270
13	Judith	256
13	Judy	256
15	Patsy	248
16	Margaret	225
17	Janice	217
18	Dorothy	211
18	Sandra	211
18	Sharon	211
21	Helen	207
22	Virginia	204
23	Norma	194
24	Phyllis	185
25	Martha	184
26	Peggy	175
27	Beverly	165
28	Frances	162
29	Karen	154
30	Ruth	152
31	Alice	151
32	Doris	149
33	Marilyn	148
34	Glenda	139
35	Jo	130
36	Wilma	122
37	Ruby	121
38	Elizabeth	118
39	Bonnie	116
40	Sue	115
41	Lois	114
42	Anna	108
43	Janet	100
43	Loretta	100
45	Charlotte	98
46	Gloria	95
47	Billie	93
48	Jean	89
49	Evelyn	86
50	Kay	84

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,090
2	Jerry	799
3	Robert	731
4	John	709
5	Charles	700
6	Donald	627
7	William	522
8	Billy	480
9	David	437
10	Larry	396
11	Richard	393
12	Kenneth	389
13	Bobby	379
14	Jimmy	336
15	Ronald	307
16	Gary	303
17	George	290
18	Joe	283
19	Thomas	233
20	Harold	219
21	Carl	210
22	Paul	206
23	Johnny	200
24	Tommy	197
25	Jack	189
26	Don	185
27	Roy	181
28	Jimmie	158
29	Gerald	157
30	Bill	156
31	Raymond	150
32	Earl	133
33	Jim	127
34	Bob	121
34	Michael	121
36	Edward	120
37	Wayne	115
38	Fred	106
38	Jackie	106
40	Dale	103
41	Floyd	101
41	Frank	101
41	Henry	101
41	Ralph	101
45	Eugene	100
46	Gene	97
46	Marvin	97
48	Leon	94
49	Melvin	92
50	Ray	91