Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1956

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1956 were Debra for girls (695 babies) and David for boys (1,053). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,130 babies born in Oklahoma in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1956

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

Girls

Ladonna: 75 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Gayla: 49 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Nita: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dee: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jana: 47 babies, 5× the national rate
Jerri: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Robbie: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Freda: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lea: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Dena: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Loyd: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Doyle: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Monty: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Teddy: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Delbert: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Billy: 283 babies, 4× the national rate
Troy: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jimmy: 233 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Monte: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Buddy: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	695	–	2
2	Deborah	612	–	4
3	Linda	573	–	3
4	Mary	547	–	1
5	Karen	501	↑5	7
6	Pamela	458	–	12
7	Susan	421	↓2	5
8	Donna	407	↑1	10
9	Cynthia	399	↑6	8
10	Sharon	394	↑2	13
11	Brenda	384	↓4	19
12	Patricia	348	↓4	6
13	Barbara	318	–	9
14	Nancy	313	↑4	11
15	Teresa	304	↓4	24
16	Kathy	302	↑3	20
17	Sandra	273	–	14
18	Janet	263	↓4	21
19	Cheryl	254	↓3	18
20	Carol	251	↑1	16
21	Rebecca	216	↑2	27
22	Connie	213	↓2	43
23	Janice	212	↑3	26
24	Vicki	196	–	57
25	Rhonda	194	↑6	62
26	Paula	190	↓1	47
27	Sherry	189	↓5	54
28	Carolyn	181	↓1	33
29	Vickie	180	↓1	68
30	Judy	165	↓1	35
31	Beverly	160	↑10	40
32	Elizabeth	157	↓2	22
33	Shirley	157	↑2	41
34	Lisa	156	↑9	31
35	Debbie	155	↑7	39
36	Diana	150	↑4	56
37	Terri	141	↓1	81
38	Cathy	138	↓1	36
39	Anita	135	new	83
40	Kathryn	127	↑5	60
41	Laura	124	new	34
42	Betty	123	↓9	44
43	Cindy	122	new	37
44	Robin	118	new	29
45	Denise	115	↓7	23
46	Diane	113	new	15
47	Kim	113	new	38
48	Glenda	110	new	>100
49	Margaret	108	↓5	25
50	Joyce	105	↓11	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	David	1,053	–	4
2	Michael	1,025	↑1	1
3	James	958	↓1	2
4	Robert	846	–	3
5	John	761	–	5
6	Mark	573	↑3	8
7	William	564	–	6
8	Gary	540	↑2	13
9	Steven	534	↓1	10
10	Richard	531	↓4	7
11	Charles	480	↑1	11
12	Larry	474	↓1	21
13	Terry	397	–	31
14	Ronald	386	↑1	15
15	Donald	363	↑4	14
16	Kenneth	353	↓2	16
17	Randy	351	–	28
18	Thomas	306	↓2	9
19	Jerry	300	↓1	35
20	Stephen	284	–	23
21	Billy	283	↑1	68
22	Paul	258	↑3	17
23	Timothy	241	↑4	19
24	Ricky	240	↓1	43
25	Danny	234	↑1	46
26	Jimmy	233	↓5	78
27	Gregory	226	↑8	24
28	Dennis	211	↓4	26
29	Joe	200	–	63
30	Johnny	200	↑1	55
31	Kevin	185	↑12	22
32	Roger	175	↓4	41
33	Bobby	173	↓1	77
34	Jeffrey	170	–	20
35	Joseph	161	↑1	12
36	Daniel	156	↓6	18
37	George	156	↓4	27
38	Douglas	154	↑1	29
39	Keith	152	↓2	36
40	Ronnie	146	↑2	75
41	Bruce	139	↓1	33
42	Darrell	130	↑8	88
43	Edward	129	↑1	25
44	Steve	129	new	59
45	Dale	124	new	50
46	Micheal	124	new	83
47	Randall	124	↑2	54
48	Tony	123	new	85
49	Phillip	121	new	76
50	Alan	118	↓3	44

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