Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1959

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1959 were Mary for girls (459 babies) and David for boys (932). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,324 babies born in Oklahoma in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1959

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: 67 babies, 12× the national rate
Gayla: 43 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Janna: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jana: 57 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lea: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Deana: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darla: 80 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jerri: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dee: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sherri: 114 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Jacky: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
Monty: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rocky: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Randell: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dewayne: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Denny: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Billy: 283 babies, 4× the national rate
Mickey: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Jimmy: 251 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doyle: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	459	–	1
2	Linda	448	↑1	3
3	Donna	434	↑4	5
4	Brenda	415	↑5	16
5	Karen	415	↓1	4
6	Debra	365	↓4	7
7	Debbie	360	↑5	20
8	Teresa	343	↑6	24
9	Susan	338	↓4	2
10	Cynthia	333	↑1	8
11	Pamela	330	↓5	12
12	Lisa	321	↑4	10
13	Patricia	316	–	6
14	Kathy	313	↓6	15
15	Deborah	292	↓5	9
16	Sharon	282	↑1	17
17	Tammy	259	↑2	31
18	Cheryl	253	↓3	18
19	Cindy	250	↑5	25
20	Rhonda	236	↑2	45
21	Janet	232	↑5	28
22	Sandra	229	↓2	13
23	Nancy	225	–	14
24	Terri	211	↑4	46
25	Carol	209	↓4	22
26	Elizabeth	188	↑11	21
27	Connie	182	↑3	48
28	Barbara	181	↓10	11
29	Paula	175	↑2	51
30	Sherry	173	↑5	58
31	Kimberly	164	↑8	33
32	Rebecca	157	↓5	38
33	Julie	156	↓8	26
34	Judy	150	↓1	41
35	Janice	145	↑8	37
36	Cathy	143	↑2	39
37	Vicki	142	↓8	73
38	Carolyn	141	↓2	42
39	Kim	141	↑8	35
40	Laura	134	↑1	30
41	Anita	126	↑1	87
42	Denise	126	↓2	29
43	Carla	123	new	>100
44	Diana	120	↓10	49
45	Kelly	120	new	74
46	Sheila	116	↑2	52
47	Robin	115	↑2	32
48	Sherri	114	new	>100
49	Vickie	113	↓5	90
50	Beverly	111	–	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	932	–	2
2	James	873	↑1	3
3	Michael	808	↓1	1
4	Robert	708	↑1	5
5	Mark	676	↓1	6
6	John	658	–	4
7	Steven	461	↑4	10
8	William	448	–	7
9	Richard	398	↓2	8
10	Charles	388	↓1	11
11	Terry	381	↑1	33
12	Gary	371	↑1	20
13	Larry	344	↓3	25
14	Randy	339	–	31
15	Ricky	337	–	34
16	Donald	322	↑3	19
17	Kenneth	302	↓1	15
18	Kevin	290	↑7	14
19	Jerry	284	↓2	36
20	Billy	283	↑3	65
21	Timothy	267	–	12
22	Jimmy	251	↑6	69
23	Mike	245	↑1	37
24	Paul	232	↓2	17
25	Ronald	226	↓7	21
26	Thomas	225	↓6	9
27	Gregory	204	↑6	23
28	Danny	198	↓2	48
29	Tony	197	↑14	53
30	Steve	192	↑2	41
31	Bobby	191	↓4	71
32	Jeffrey	186	↑5	16
33	Johnny	184	↑1	64
34	Stephen	183	↓5	28
35	Dennis	174	↓5	29
36	Joe	169	↓5	57
37	Roger	168	↑8	47
38	Douglas	151	↑1	30
39	Ronnie	150	↑2	77
40	Brian	149	↑10	22
41	Keith	149	↓1	39
42	Tommy	148	↑2	>100
43	Russell	145	new	56
44	Scott	145	↓8	24
45	Daniel	141	↓10	18
46	George	133	↓8	32
47	Anthony	128	↓5	26
48	Christopher	122	new	35
49	Bruce	120	–	38
50	Joseph	117	new	13

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