Most popular girls’ names in Oklahoma, 1928

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	1,453
2	Mary	1,341
3	Dorothy	620
4	Wanda	590
5	Helen	426
6	Norma	395
7	Billie	346
8	Doris	338
9	Virginia	323
10	Ruth	318
11	Juanita	298
12	Mildred	276
13	Ruby	275
14	Margaret	267
15	Barbara	256
16	Wilma	245
17	Lois	244
18	Patricia	239
19	Frances	204
20	Anna	199
21	Peggy	181
22	Thelma	179
23	Evelyn	176
24	Bonnie	175
25	Joyce	155

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	154
27	Alice	152
27	Hazel	152
29	Patsy	150
30	Pauline	147
31	Imogene	145
32	Martha	142
33	Jean	137
34	Opal	132
35	Marjorie	129
35	Maxine	129
37	Louise	126
38	Margie	122
39	Velma	116
40	Geraldine	113
41	Emma	112
41	Eva	112
41	Shirley	112
44	Bobbie	111
45	Clara	108
46	Joan	107
47	Gladys	104
47	Vera	104
49	Jo	102
50	Elizabeth	100
50	Phyllis	100
52	Geneva	98
53	Ramona	97
54	Marie	96
55	Georgia	93
56	Lorene	91
57	Jessie	90
58	Dolores	89
59	Donna	88
60	Naomi	86
61	Bertha	84
62	Alma	83
62	Vivian	83
64	Gloria	82
64	Lucille	82
66	Ethel	81
66	Willie	81
68	Rose	78
69	Elsie	77
70	Edith	76
70	June	76
72	Bessie	74
72	Ella	74
72	Lillian	74
75	Bernice	73
75	Erma	73
75	Irene	73
75	Kathryn	73
75	Lillie	73
75	Lola	73
81	Ida	69
82	Myrtle	68
83	Florence	67
83	Laura	67
85	Nancy	66
85	Viola	66
87	Beulah	64
87	Ellen	64
89	Nellie	63
90	Beverly	61
90	Joy	61
92	Leona	60
93	Christine	59
93	Nadine	59
95	Roberta	58
95	Violet	58
97	Beatrice	57
97	Dora	57
97	Katherine	57
97	Verna	57