Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1962

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1962 were Lisa for girls (504 babies) and David for boys (948). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,164 babies born in Oklahoma in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1962

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: 42 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 60 babies, 10× the national rate
Starla: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Dayna: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dee: 40 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Nita: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jana: 76 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Robbie: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darla: 90 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 46 babies, 7× the national rate
Monty: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Randell: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Doyle: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Buddy: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mitch: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Kendall: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Scotty: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jackie: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rocky: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	504	–	1
2	Karen	392	↑2	4
3	Mary	364	–	2
4	Brenda	345	↓2	12
5	Susan	319	↑3	3
6	Teresa	318	↓1	18
7	Donna	317	↓1	7
8	Linda	300	↓1	5
9	Cynthia	291	↑2	8
10	Tammy	287	–	23
11	Pamela	279	↓2	13
12	Rhonda	259	↑4	45
13	Lori	248	↑12	11
14	Sandra	248	↓2	10
15	Kathy	237	↑2	27
16	Kimberly	235	↑6	16
17	Sharon	227	↑4	17
18	Debra	222	↓4	15
19	Debbie	215	↓6	32
20	Deborah	213	↓5	9
21	Patricia	212	↓3	6
22	Terri	203	↑5	54
23	Cheryl	200	↓4	24
24	Cindy	197	↓4	34
25	Kelly	193	↑1	38
26	Robin	183	↑4	25
27	Sherry	178	↑1	48
28	Kim	176	↑10	37
29	Julie	172	↑12	22
30	Tina	169	↑17	33
31	Rebecca	166	↑8	47
32	Barbara	165	–	14
33	Angela	162	↑3	36
34	Elizabeth	162	–	20
35	Laura	157	↓2	21
36	Connie	153	↓5	51
37	Janet	151	↓14	35
38	Carla	149	↑2	78
39	Carol	149	↓15	28
40	Nancy	144	↓11	19
41	Sherri	143	↓6	82
42	Dana	135	↓5	>100
43	Paula	135	↓1	60
44	Diana	130	↑1	57
45	Sheila	126	↑4	52
46	Shelly	123	new	>100
47	Vicki	122	↓4	85
48	Tracy	114	new	55
49	Carolyn	105	↑1	46
50	Jennifer	105	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	948	–	2
2	Michael	845	↑1	1
3	James	837	↓1	4
4	John	732	↑1	3
5	Robert	713	↓1	5
6	Mark	656	–	6
7	Steven	393	↑2	12
8	Kevin	389	↑3	14
9	Charles	365	↓2	15
10	William	361	↓2	7
11	Richard	357	↓1	8
12	Gary	327	–	22
13	Terry	309	–	34
14	Kenneth	305	–	18
15	Scott	283	↑8	11
16	Randy	277	↓1	35
17	Jeffrey	273	↑5	10
18	Gregory	264	–	21
19	Jerry	257	↓2	38
20	Donald	252	↑1	23
21	Ronald	247	↓2	25
22	Larry	241	↓6	31
23	Mike	234	↑1	39
24	Paul	234	↑4	19
25	Timothy	234	↑2	16
26	Thomas	228	–	9
27	Jimmy	223	↓2	75
28	Billy	199	↓8	71
29	Ricky	199	–	50
30	Brian	196	↑2	20
31	Steve	183	↑7	46
32	Danny	178	↓1	54
33	Jeff	169	↑1	44
34	Tony	164	↓4	52
35	Joe	161	↑7	59
36	Bobby	159	↑3	78
37	Roger	159	↓4	47
38	Douglas	158	↑3	27
39	Christopher	157	↑5	26
40	Johnny	150	↓4	69
41	Stephen	143	↓6	28
42	Daniel	140	↓2	17
43	Anthony	139	–	24
44	Tommy	137	↑6	>100
45	Chris	135	–	60
46	Dennis	131	↓9	37
47	Curtis	124	new	73
48	Russell	123	↑1	57
49	Todd	121	new	30
50	Troy	121	new	67

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