Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1963

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1963 were Lisa for girls (592 babies) and David for boys (824). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 42,669 babies born in Oklahoma in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1963

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: 39 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Ladonna: 42 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jana: 70 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shellie: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Janna: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Christi: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lesa: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darla: 101 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelli: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Billie: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 35 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Monte: 43 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rocky: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Doyle: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Jimmy: 215 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Stacy: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dewayne: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tommy: 134 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Virgil: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	592	–	1
2	Mary	359	↑1	2
3	Karen	320	↓1	4
4	Brenda	316	–	15
5	Tammy	312	↑5	12
6	Donna	307	↑1	6
7	Lori	306	↑6	8
8	Teresa	297	↓2	18
9	Susan	288	↓4	3
10	Kimberly	266	↑6	11
11	Angela	263	↑22	30
12	Cynthia	260	↓3	10
13	Linda	255	↓5	5
14	Patricia	229	↑7	7
15	Rhonda	226	↓3	45
16	Sandra	226	↓2	9
17	Pamela	224	↓6	14
18	Kelly	219	↑7	32
19	Deborah	208	↑1	13
20	Robin	190	↑6	25
21	Debra	185	↓3	21
22	Cheryl	181	↑1	24
23	Debbie	180	↓4	41
24	Kathy	177	↓9	34
25	Sharon	176	↓8	19
26	Julie	175	↑3	22
27	Sherry	175	–	49
28	Paula	173	↑15	42
29	Terri	172	↓7	58
30	Cindy	170	↓6	37
31	Tina	168	↓1	35
32	Barbara	165	–	17
33	Dana	158	↑9	88
34	Sheila	153	↑11	50
35	Laura	151	–	16
36	Janet	149	↑1	40
37	Kim	147	↓9	39
38	Carol	139	↑1	33
39	Rebecca	137	↓8	44
40	Elizabeth	134	↓6	20
41	Tracy	134	↑7	48
42	Carla	128	↓4	82
43	Sherri	127	↓2	78
44	Shelly	126	↑2	>100
45	Nancy	125	↓5	23
46	Connie	124	↓10	55
47	Jennifer	112	↑3	36
48	Michelle	112	new	26
49	Anita	106	new	77
50	Denise	104	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	David	824	–	3
2	Michael	801	–	1
3	James	798	–	4
4	John	750	–	2
5	Robert	699	–	5
6	Mark	526	–	6
7	Kevin	400	↑1	11
8	William	393	↑2	7
9	Steven	387	↓2	14
10	Charles	373	↓1	16
11	Richard	356	–	8
12	Gary	300	–	24
13	Scott	296	↑2	12
14	Terry	285	↓1	32
15	Kenneth	265	↓1	18
16	Jerry	255	↑3	38
17	Jeffrey	253	–	10
18	Paul	248	↑6	17
19	Larry	246	↑3	36
20	Donald	222	–	25
21	Ronald	221	–	23
22	Jimmy	215	↑5	78
23	Thomas	214	↑3	9
24	Brian	208	↑6	20
25	Randy	208	↓9	37
26	Gregory	203	↓8	21
27	Mike	202	↓4	44
28	Timothy	202	↓3	15
29	Billy	199	↓1	74
30	Tony	178	↑4	52
31	Anthony	170	↑12	22
32	Bobby	170	↑4	75
33	Christopher	166	↑6	26
34	Danny	164	↓2	55
35	Keith	164	new	33
36	Ricky	160	↓7	47
37	Stephen	153	↑4	29
38	Joe	150	↓3	58
39	Johnny	149	↑1	71
40	Steve	147	↓9	49
41	Daniel	143	↑1	19
42	Roger	140	↓5	53
43	Chris	136	↑2	59
44	Tommy	134	–	>100
45	Douglas	132	↓7	28
46	Jeff	130	↓13	48
47	Joseph	130	new	13
48	Todd	129	↑1	30
49	Russell	128	↓1	57
50	Curtis	122	↓3	72

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