Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1960

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1960 were Mary for girls (469 babies) and David for boys (1,006). Social Security records list 44,729 babies born in Oklahoma in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1960

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: 53 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 66 babies, 12× the national rate
Charla: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Nita: 20 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jana: 56 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Twila: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kaye: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Jerri: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dee: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Darla: 70 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Royce: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Monte: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kirby: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Buddy: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rocky: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dewayne: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jimmy: 236 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tommy: 148 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	469	–	1
2	Lisa	435	↑10	6
3	Donna	421	–	5
4	Linda	413	↓2	3
5	Brenda	401	↓1	13
6	Susan	345	↑3	2
7	Karen	339	↓2	4
8	Teresa	334	–	19
9	Debra	314	↓3	8
10	Pamela	303	↑1	14
11	Sandra	295	↑11	11
12	Cynthia	291	↓2	9
13	Debbie	282	↓6	24
14	Tammy	280	↑3	31
15	Patricia	268	↓2	7
16	Deborah	266	↓1	10
17	Kathy	265	↓3	21
18	Sharon	237	↓2	16
19	Cindy	221	–	30
20	Cheryl	220	↓2	17
21	Barbara	218	↑7	12
22	Rhonda	207	↓2	44
23	Janet	200	↓2	32
24	Terri	194	–	49
25	Sherry	182	↑5	54
26	Carol	181	↓1	23
27	Nancy	181	↓4	15
28	Lori	174	new	20
29	Connie	171	↓2	47
30	Kimberly	171	↑1	26
31	Elizabeth	161	↓5	18
32	Kim	157	↑7	34
33	Kelly	155	↑12	52
34	Julie	154	↓1	28
35	Laura	151	↑5	25
36	Carolyn	146	↑2	43
37	Paula	139	↓8	55
38	Rebecca	136	↓6	38
39	Vicki	132	↓2	73
40	Angela	131	new	50
41	Diana	128	↑3	53
42	Sheila	125	↑4	56
43	Tina	122	new	45
44	Anita	121	↓3	87
45	Janice	120	↓10	41
46	Judy	120	↓12	48
47	Beverly	119	↑3	60
48	Vickie	119	↑1	100
49	Cathy	118	↓13	46
50	Denise	117	↓8	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	1,006	–	1
2	James	828	–	3
3	Michael	759	–	2
4	Mark	719	↑1	6
5	Robert	684	↓1	5
6	John	638	–	4
7	William	418	↑1	7
8	Steven	408	↓1	10
9	Richard	391	–	8
10	Charles	357	–	13
11	Kenneth	356	↑6	16
12	Terry	346	↓1	34
13	Gary	339	↓1	22
14	Larry	330	↓1	28
15	Kevin	316	↑3	15
16	Jerry	291	↑3	37
17	Randy	282	↓3	32
18	Donald	266	↓2	19
19	Timothy	260	↑2	11
20	Ronald	244	↑5	21
21	Mike	243	↑2	36
22	Paul	243	↑2	18
23	Ricky	243	↓8	38
24	Jimmy	236	↓2	69
25	Danny	218	↑3	48
26	Thomas	215	–	9
27	Scott	214	↑17	23
28	Billy	213	↓8	67
29	Bobby	202	↑2	73
30	Gregory	193	↓3	24
31	Jeffrey	190	↑1	14
32	Steve	181	↓2	43
33	Tony	179	↓4	52
34	Joe	172	↑2	57
35	Johnny	169	↓2	65
36	Dennis	168	↓1	31
37	Anthony	167	↑10	25
38	Stephen	167	↓4	27
39	Douglas	163	↓1	30
40	Roger	158	↓3	47
41	Russell	152	↑2	56
42	Brian	148	↓2	20
43	Tommy	148	↓1	>100
44	Daniel	131	↑1	17
45	Keith	131	↓4	35
46	Christopher	130	↑2	29
47	Jeff	130	new	49
48	Chris	124	new	63
49	Phillip	121	new	66
50	Randall	121	new	59

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