Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1955

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1955 were Debra for girls (785 babies) and David for boys (1,143). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,483 babies born in Oklahoma in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1955

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: 57 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 36 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jana: 70 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Darla: 49 babies, 5× the national rate
Vickey: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sherri: 79 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Reba: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Glenna: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Jeanie: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nita: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Charley: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Dewayne: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Loyd: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Troy: 44 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Monty: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Buddy: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Jimmy: 263 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rusty: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Monte: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mickey: 30 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	785	↑3	4
2	Deborah	644	↓1	2
3	Linda	622	↓1	3
4	Mary	605	↓1	1
5	Susan	446	↑2	5
6	Pamela	443	–	12
7	Brenda	417	↑4	18
8	Patricia	409	↓3	6
9	Donna	406	↓1	10
10	Karen	380	↓1	8
11	Teresa	346	↑6	26
12	Sharon	340	–	16
13	Barbara	324	–	7
14	Janet	323	↑2	20
15	Cynthia	321	↓5	11
16	Cheryl	287	↑5	19
17	Sandra	284	↓3	13
18	Nancy	283	↓3	9
19	Kathy	251	↑1	22
20	Connie	242	↓1	35
21	Carol	235	↓3	15
22	Sherry	222	↑12	56
23	Rebecca	215	↓1	27
24	Vicki	212	↑4	52
25	Paula	210	–	39
26	Janice	205	↑4	25
27	Carolyn	203	↓4	30
28	Vickie	174	↑4	68
29	Judy	171	↓5	32
30	Elizabeth	168	↓1	21
31	Rhonda	166	↑2	71
32	Marilyn	151	↓6	49
33	Betty	148	↑3	36
34	Peggy	144	↑1	51
35	Shirley	139	↓4	37
36	Terri	139	↑9	85
37	Cathy	137	↑7	44
38	Denise	137	new	23
39	Joyce	137	↓1	29
40	Diana	134	↑3	55
41	Beverly	132	↓14	34
42	Debbie	123	new	63
43	Lisa	121	new	48
44	Margaret	121	↓5	24
45	Kathryn	118	↓5	59
46	Phyllis	118	↓5	74
47	Kathleen	111	↓1	17
48	Terry	111	new	83
49	Catherine	110	new	28
50	Jo	105	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	1,143	–	2
2	James	975	↑1	3
3	Michael	958	↓1	1
4	Robert	790	↑1	4
5	John	753	↓1	5
6	Richard	588	↑2	7
7	William	572	–	6
8	Steven	545	↑4	10
9	Mark	536	↑2	9
10	Gary	515	↓4	12
11	Larry	500	↓2	19
12	Charles	497	↓2	11
13	Terry	435	–	28
14	Kenneth	410	↑4	15
15	Ronald	379	↓1	18
16	Thomas	355	↓1	8
17	Randy	342	↑3	30
18	Jerry	334	↓2	33
19	Donald	332	↓2	14
20	Stephen	279	↓1	21
21	Jimmy	263	↑7	78
22	Billy	248	↓1	69
23	Ricky	248	↑1	46
24	Dennis	246	↑1	23
25	Paul	228	↓3	16
26	Danny	226	↓3	45
27	Timothy	195	↑4	22
28	Roger	187	↓2	37
29	Joe	183	↑1	68
30	Daniel	181	↑2	17
31	Johnny	178	↓2	55
32	Bobby	177	↓5	75
33	George	157	–	26
34	Jeffrey	157	new	20
35	Gregory	155	↑2	24
36	Joseph	147	↑4	13
37	Keith	141	↑8	39
38	Tommy	141	↓3	>100
39	Douglas	138	↓1	29
40	Bruce	137	↑3	32
41	Carl	134	↑1	47
42	Ronnie	133	↓6	80
43	Kevin	130	new	27
44	Edward	124	–	25
45	Roy	118	↓4	58
46	Jack	116	↓12	60
47	Alan	114	new	43
48	Stanley	114	↓2	64
49	Randall	110	new	53
50	Darrell	108	–	91

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