Okie

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A person from Oklahoma

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/oʊki/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Okie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 2.2M(measured from records)
  • LBLebanon≈1 in 292K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 360K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈200 people, est.

Sources
122 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 292K (inferred from the name graph)

Lebanon, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A person from Oklahoma.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Okie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Okie is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈200 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Okie16
PH Philippines≈170 est.≈1 in 637K—Okie6
ZA South Africa≈160 est.≈1 in 360K—Okie5
US United States1541 in 2.2M170Okie122
GB United Kingdom≈48 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Okie23
LB Lebanon≈19 est.≈1 in 292K—Okie1
SG Singapore≈11 est.≈1 in 583K—Okie4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Okie is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Okié

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Okie is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, native or inhabitant of Oklahoma

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Okie
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010170#105,079
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020150#121,361
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000142#114,166
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Okie mean, and where does it come from?
A person from Oklahoma. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Okie?
A machine transcription gives /oʊki/ (IPA) for English.
Is Okie a male or female name?
Okie is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Okie have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 199 people named Okie in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled okie.
How common is the name Okie?
In the United States, the national register counted 154 people named Okie in 2020, about 1 in 2.2 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Okie”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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