Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1953

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1953 were Linda for girls (885 babies) and Michael for boys (1,068). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,611 babies born in Oklahoma in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1953

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Gayla: 56 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 37 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Melva: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jana: 42 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dee: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darla: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Nita: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Sherri: 73 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Reba: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Frankie: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Loyd: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Monty: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dewayne: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Buddy: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kendall: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tommy: 202 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ronny: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Billy: 311 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Doyle: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jimmy: 263 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	885	–	2
2	Deborah	757	–	3
3	Mary	660	–	1
4	Debra	617	↑4	7
5	Patricia	538	↓1	4
6	Pamela	490	–	10
7	Donna	430	↓2	13
8	Susan	416	↑4	5
9	Karen	390	↑1	9
10	Sharon	384	↓3	15
11	Brenda	377	↓2	18
12	Barbara	369	↓1	6
13	Sandra	349	↑1	11
14	Nancy	342	↓1	8
15	Cynthia	339	↑4	12
16	Carolyn	267	↓1	25
17	Kathy	263	↑4	23
18	Carol	260	↓2	16
19	Marilyn	243	↑4	36
20	Judy	242	↓2	27
21	Janet	238	↓4	19
22	Paula	237	↑3	40
23	Janice	232	↓3	22
24	Teresa	220	↑8	42
25	Rebecca	195	↓3	24
26	Beverly	188	↑1	34
27	Connie	185	↓3	47
28	Shirley	177	↓2	29
29	Betty	171	↓1	33
30	Vicki	169	↑3	61
31	Peggy	160	–	44
32	Elizabeth	157	↑5	21
33	Sherry	154	↑8	70
34	Kathryn	152	↓5	48
35	Joyce	151	–	26
36	Margaret	147	↑2	20
37	Kathleen	140	↑7	14
38	Rhonda	132	↑12	85
39	Diana	129	↓3	55
40	Phyllis	124	↑9	69
41	Cheryl	122	↓11	28
42	Vickie	118	↓3	79
43	Anita	115	new	89
44	Cathy	115	↑1	56
45	Martha	115	↓3	41
46	Rita	111	–	64
47	Glenda	110	↓13	>100
48	Jo	110	–	54
49	Marsha	110	↓2	83
50	Wanda	96	↓7	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	1,068	↑1	3
2	James	1,067	↓1	2
3	David	999	–	5
4	Robert	848	–	1
5	John	826	–	4
6	Richard	657	↑3	7
7	William	621	–	6
8	Gary	600	↓2	10
9	Larry	593	↓1	18
10	Charles	588	–	9
11	Steven	438	–	11
12	Ronald	431	–	15
13	Jerry	365	↑2	29
14	Donald	364	↓1	14
15	Kenneth	363	↓1	17
16	Mark	360	↑4	12
17	Terry	328	–	30
18	Thomas	328	↓2	8
19	Billy	311	–	65
20	Stephen	300	↓2	21
21	Jimmy	263	↑2	72
22	Dennis	258	–	19
23	Randy	246	↑2	35
24	Danny	237	↓3	41
25	Paul	222	↓1	16
26	Roger	218	↑3	31
27	Ricky	212	↑6	51
28	Tommy	202	↑6	95
29	George	200	↓3	22
30	Johnny	192	↓2	52
31	Joe	181	↓4	66
32	Bobby	173	↓2	74
33	Daniel	168	↓2	20
34	Ronnie	160	↓2	79
35	Joseph	147	↑5	13
36	Jack	144	↑5	57
37	Timothy	143	↑1	26
38	Edward	142	↓2	23
39	Roy	141	↓2	55
40	Phillip	138	↑5	76
41	Carl	136	↓6	44
42	Bruce	129	–	28
43	Gregory	125	new	24
44	Rickey	124	new	>100
45	Rodney	123	new	58
46	Harold	121	↓7	56
47	Stanley	121	↓3	62
48	Dale	119	↓1	48
49	Douglas	116	↓6	27
50	Raymond	115	–	34

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