Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1954

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1954 were Deborah for girls (748 babies) and David for boys (1,079). Deborah ranked #3 nationally for girls. David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,304 babies born in Oklahoma in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1954

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: 101 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Charla: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 30 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lela: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jana: 48 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dee: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Nita: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Glenna: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Reba: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darla: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Randell: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Eldon: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Troy: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Billy: 292 babies, 4× the national rate
Mickey: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Doyle: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Tommy: 158 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rickey: 142 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Deborah	748	↑1	3
2	Linda	738	↓1	2
3	Mary	671	–	1
4	Debra	657	–	6
5	Patricia	550	–	4
6	Pamela	472	–	12
7	Susan	457	↑1	5
8	Donna	430	↓1	11
9	Karen	398	–	8
10	Cynthia	366	↑5	10
11	Brenda	358	–	18
12	Sharon	339	↓2	16
13	Barbara	337	↓1	7
14	Sandra	323	↓1	13
15	Nancy	321	↓1	9
16	Janet	310	↑5	19
17	Teresa	273	↑7	34
18	Carol	256	–	15
19	Connie	255	↑8	39
20	Kathy	247	↓3	23
21	Cheryl	234	↑20	22
22	Rebecca	231	↑3	26
23	Carolyn	230	↓7	27
24	Judy	230	↓4	29
25	Paula	223	↓3	38
26	Marilyn	211	↓7	35
27	Beverly	197	↓1	31
28	Vicki	195	↑2	50
29	Elizabeth	193	↑3	20
30	Janice	186	↓7	25
31	Shirley	184	↓3	33
32	Vickie	178	↑10	69
33	Rhonda	175	↑5	71
34	Sherry	171	↓1	62
35	Peggy	165	↓4	48
36	Betty	146	↓7	36
37	Glenda	145	↑10	>100
38	Joyce	141	↓3	28
39	Margaret	128	↓3	21
40	Kathryn	127	↓6	51
41	Phyllis	122	↓1	75
42	Rita	121	↑4	67
43	Diana	119	↓4	57
44	Cathy	115	–	59
45	Terri	114	new	100
46	Kathleen	108	↓9	14
47	Diane	105	new	17
48	Marsha	103	↑1	86
49	Sheila	102	new	60
50	Anita	101	↓7	96

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	David	1,079	↑2	5
2	Michael	1,036	↓1	1
3	James	1,013	↓1	3
4	John	812	↑1	4
5	Robert	809	↓1	2
6	Gary	625	↑2	9
7	William	590	–	6
8	Richard	567	↓2	7
9	Larry	566	–	19
10	Charles	515	–	10
11	Mark	482	↑5	12
12	Steven	481	↓1	11
13	Terry	408	↑4	27
14	Ronald	376	↓2	15
15	Thomas	368	↑3	8
16	Jerry	362	↓3	31
17	Donald	358	↓3	14
18	Kenneth	318	↓3	17
19	Stephen	309	↑1	20
20	Randy	302	↑3	33
21	Billy	292	↓2	65
22	Paul	281	↑3	16
23	Danny	255	↑1	42
24	Ricky	251	↑3	46
25	Dennis	231	↓3	21
26	Roger	227	–	34
27	Bobby	221	↑5	72
28	Jimmy	212	↓7	74
29	Johnny	198	↑1	54
30	Joe	192	↑1	67
31	Timothy	192	↑6	26
32	Daniel	178	↑1	18
33	George	170	↓4	24
34	Jack	160	↑2	57
35	Tommy	158	↓7	100
36	Ronnie	154	↓2	78
37	Gregory	152	↑6	25
38	Douglas	144	↑11	29
39	Rickey	142	↑5	>100
40	Joseph	138	↓5	13
41	Roy	134	↓2	56
42	Carl	127	↓1	47
43	Bruce	121	↓1	30
44	Edward	116	↓6	22
45	Keith	115	new	45
46	Stanley	115	↑1	58
47	Phillip	114	↓7	75
48	Raymond	114	↑2	35
49	Dale	110	↓1	50
50	Darrell	109	new	95

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