Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Oklahoma, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
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
43	Joan	107
45	Anna	106
45	Charlotte	106
47	Evelyn	97
48	Kay	96
49	Elizabeth	90
50	Brenda	86

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,132
2	Jerry	790
3	John	760
4	Robert	741
5	Charles	705
6	Larry	580
7	William	556
8	David	482
9	Richard	428
10	Billy	418
11	Donald	395
12	Ronald	393
13	Kenneth	369
14	Jimmy	355
15	Gary	344
16	Bobby	293
17	Thomas	284
18	George	269
19	Tommy	235
20	Johnny	221
21	Joe	219
22	Paul	215
23	Michael	196
24	Roy	194
25	Bill	180
26	Harold	177
27	Don	176
28	Jack	167
29	Ronnie	165
30	Douglas	160
30	Jimmie	160
30	Raymond	160
33	Carl	155
34	Jim	145
35	Edward	141
36	Gerald	136
37	Jackie	112
37	Phillip	112
39	Dennis	111
40	Wayne	110
41	Bob	105
42	Eddie	103
43	Frank	102
44	Earl	100
45	Dale	97
46	Danny	96
46	Terry	96
48	Floyd	95
49	Fred	93
49	Henry	93