Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1961

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1961 were Lisa for girls (532 babies) and David for boys (915). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,387 babies born in Oklahoma in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1961

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, 11.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 54 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Tresa: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Glenna: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Robbie: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jerri: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelia: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darla: 75 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dee: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dana: 149 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Monte: 33 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Doyle: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rocky: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Delbert: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Billy: 258 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jimmy: 221 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Justin: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mickey: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tommy: 119 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	532	↑1	2
2	Brenda	417	↑3	11
3	Mary	413	↓2	1
4	Karen	361	↑3	5
5	Teresa	355	↑3	18
6	Donna	354	↓3	7
7	Linda	345	↓3	4
8	Susan	300	↓2	3
9	Pamela	279	↑1	15
10	Tammy	279	↑4	28
11	Cynthia	264	↑1	8
12	Sandra	247	↓1	9
13	Debbie	240	–	31
14	Debra	239	↓5	13
15	Deborah	238	↑1	10
16	Rhonda	237	↑6	46
17	Kathy	234	–	25
18	Patricia	222	↓3	6
19	Cheryl	212	↑1	20
20	Cindy	205	↓1	33
21	Sharon	204	↓3	17
22	Kimberly	201	↑8	22
23	Janet	200	–	32
24	Carol	195	↑2	24
25	Lori	194	↑3	14
26	Kelly	192	↑7	45
27	Terri	189	↓3	51
28	Sherry	183	↓3	53
29	Nancy	182	↓2	16
30	Robin	176	new	27
31	Connie	172	↓2	50
32	Barbara	171	↓11	12
33	Laura	170	↑2	21
34	Elizabeth	157	↓3	19
35	Sherri	154	new	>100
36	Angela	152	↑4	38
37	Dana	149	new	>100
38	Kim	146	↓6	36
39	Rebecca	144	↓1	44
40	Carla	142	new	77
41	Julie	142	↓7	23
42	Paula	138	↓5	60
43	Vicki	137	↓4	76
44	Cathy	120	↑5	55
45	Diana	119	↓4	56
46	Denise	118	↑4	30
47	Tina	118	↓4	41
48	Anita	117	↓4	91
49	Sheila	114	↓7	59
50	Carolyn	110	↓14	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	915	–	2
2	James	801	–	4
3	Michael	782	–	1
4	Robert	726	↑1	5
5	John	695	↑1	3
6	Mark	655	↓2	6
7	Charles	418	↑3	13
8	William	411	↓1	7
9	Steven	399	↓1	10
10	Richard	374	↓1	8
11	Kevin	351	↑4	14
12	Gary	332	↑1	21
13	Terry	315	↓1	32
14	Kenneth	303	↓3	16
15	Randy	293	↑2	33
16	Larry	289	↓2	30
17	Jerry	276	↓1	37
18	Gregory	265	↑12	23
19	Ronald	263	↑1	24
20	Billy	258	↑8	68
21	Donald	257	↓3	22
22	Jeffrey	235	↑9	11
23	Scott	231	↑4	19
24	Mike	223	↓3	36
25	Jimmy	221	↓1	71
26	Thomas	220	–	9
27	Timothy	219	↓8	15
28	Paul	207	↓6	18
29	Ricky	198	↓6	44
30	Tony	185	↑3	53
31	Danny	182	↓6	54
32	Brian	179	↑10	20
33	Roger	177	↑7	47
34	Jeff	176	↑13	49
35	Stephen	166	↑3	27
36	Johnny	165	↓1	70
37	Dennis	164	↓1	34
38	Steve	162	↓6	45
39	Bobby	160	↓10	76
40	Daniel	159	↑4	17
41	Douglas	159	↓2	28
42	Joe	158	↓8	60
43	Anthony	152	↓6	25
44	Christopher	150	↑2	26
45	Chris	148	↑3	57
46	Keith	148	↓1	35
47	Ronnie	140	new	91
48	Bruce	125	new	40
49	Russell	124	↓8	55
50	Tommy	119	↓7	>100

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