Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1957

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1957 were Debra for girls (571 babies) and David for boys (996). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,990 babies born in Oklahoma in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1957

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: 43 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Ladonna: 44 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Jana: 55 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Nita: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dee: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Vickey: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Lea: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Deana: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reba: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Christi: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Mickey: 45 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Royce: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dewayne: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Buddy: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jackie: 75 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Monte: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Doyle: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jimmy: 238 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Troy: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Debra	571	–	4
2	Mary	541	↑2	1
3	Brenda	486	↑8	13
4	Linda	476	↓1	3
5	Deborah	471	↓3	6
6	Karen	471	↓1	5
7	Cynthia	453	↑2	7
8	Donna	415	–	10
9	Susan	412	↓2	2
10	Pamela	393	↓4	12
11	Patricia	336	↑1	8
12	Sharon	333	↓2	14
13	Kathy	324	↑3	20
14	Teresa	323	↑1	24
15	Cheryl	287	↑4	16
16	Barbara	268	↓3	9
17	Carol	264	↑3	18
18	Sandra	263	↓1	15
19	Nancy	253	↓5	11
20	Cindy	234	↑23	19
21	Janet	227	↓3	23
22	Debbie	215	↑13	27
23	Lisa	203	↑11	26
24	Rhonda	201	↑1	52
25	Rebecca	186	↓4	34
26	Connie	185	↓4	47
27	Vicki	182	↓3	51
28	Paula	172	↓2	49
29	Carolyn	169	↓1	33
30	Sherry	169	↓3	55
31	Elizabeth	168	↑1	22
32	Janice	164	↓9	32
33	Terri	161	↑4	68
34	Judy	157	↓4	38
35	Diana	144	↑1	43
36	Cathy	142	↑2	39
37	Vickie	141	↓8	70
38	Denise	139	↑7	25
39	Kim	131	↑8	35
40	Shirley	129	↓7	46
41	Anita	127	↓2	81
42	Kathryn	122	↓2	65
43	Robin	119	↑1	30
44	Rita	118	new	78
45	Beverly	116	↓14	48
46	Joyce	116	↑4	40
47	Diane	112	↓1	17
48	Laura	109	↓7	31
49	Kimberly	108	new	42
50	Margaret	108	↓1	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	996	–	3
2	Michael	970	–	1
3	James	893	–	2
4	Robert	749	–	4
5	John	678	–	5
6	Mark	668	–	7
7	William	538	–	6
8	Richard	472	↑2	8
9	Steven	465	–	10
10	Charles	446	↑1	11
11	Larry	441	↑1	22
12	Gary	401	↓4	13
13	Ronald	377	↑1	17
14	Terry	359	↓1	33
15	Kenneth	357	↑1	14
16	Randy	330	↑1	31
17	Donald	320	↓2	15
18	Jerry	307	↑1	35
19	Thomas	301	↓1	9
20	Ricky	289	↑4	40
21	Timothy	251	↑2	19
22	Billy	243	↓1	64
23	Jimmy	238	↑3	77
24	Stephen	230	↓4	24
25	Paul	227	↓3	18
26	Kevin	217	↑5	20
27	Dennis	214	↑1	28
28	Gregory	209	↓1	23
29	Danny	203	↓4	45
30	Bobby	202	↑3	78
31	Joe	188	↓2	57
32	Keith	167	↑7	36
33	Daniel	166	↑3	16
34	Mike	163	new	53
35	Jeffrey	159	↓1	21
36	Douglas	158	↑2	30
37	Steve	157	↑7	44
38	Tommy	152	new	>100
39	Roger	151	↓7	42
40	Joseph	141	↓5	12
41	Johnny	139	↓11	61
42	Edward	137	↑1	25
43	Tony	136	↑5	71
44	Anthony	134	new	27
45	Carl	129	new	49
46	Bruce	127	↓5	34
47	George	127	↓10	29
48	Scott	124	new	32
49	Phillip	119	–	79
50	Jack	118	new	67

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