Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	1,155
2	Larry	1,017
3	John	883
4	Robert	875
5	David	684
6	Gary	676
7	William	656
8	Jerry	644
9	Charles	599
10	Richard	584
11	Michael	573
12	Ronald	460
13	Jimmy	437
14	Donald	431
15	Kenneth	390
16	Billy	355
17	Thomas	321
18	Terry	291
19	Joe	276
20	Johnny	275
21	Danny	266
22	George	244
23	Ronnie	242
24	Bobby	241
25	Tommy	239

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dennis	227
27	Paul	217
28	Mike	204
29	Roy	202
30	Jack	195
31	Bill	179
32	Carl	176
33	Stephen	164
34	Harold	158
35	Jim	157
36	Roger	156
37	Edward	146
38	Raymond	140
39	Don	135
40	Gerald	131
40	Jimmie	131
42	Steven	124
43	Eddie	123
44	Steve	119
45	Phillip	118
46	Jackie	117
47	Dale	114
48	Frank	112
48	Wayne	112
50	Joseph	103
51	Darrell	98
52	Walter	95
53	Bob	90
53	Earl	90
55	Ralph	89
56	Douglas	85
56	Henry	85
58	Daniel	84
59	Floyd	83
60	Arthur	82
60	Clarence	82
62	Bruce	80
63	Melvin	77
64	Glen	75
64	Ray	75
64	Stanley	75
67	Albert	74
67	Lloyd	74
67	Lonnie	74
70	Fred	73
70	Tom	73
72	Alan	72
73	Allen	70
73	Donnie	70
73	Glenn	70
76	Mark	69
77	Howard	68
77	Ricky	68
79	Leonard	67
80	Keith	66
80	Rodney	66
82	Lawrence	65
82	Marvin	65
82	Patrick	65
82	Randy	65
86	Philip	61
87	Russell	59
88	Curtis	58
88	Leon	58
88	Lynn	58
91	Gene	57
92	Calvin	55
93	Harry	54
93	Johnnie	54
93	Timothy	54
96	Ernest	53
97	Cecil	52
97	Clifford	52
99	Lewis	51
99	Louis	51
99	Rickey	51