Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1964

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1964 were Lisa for girls (578 babies) and David for boys (842). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,487 babies born in Oklahoma in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tama: 18 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 77 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Gayla: 34 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Shelli: 23 babies, 6× the national rate
Janna: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dayna: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Christi: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Jana: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dee: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jerri: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Doyle: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Monty: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clint: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rocky: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Scotty: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Monte: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Stacey: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kendall: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Stacy: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Phil: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	578	–	1
2	Mary	346	–	2
3	Kimberly	332	↑7	6
4	Tammy	328	↑1	10
5	Karen	304	↓2	4
6	Angela	289	↑5	22
7	Donna	288	↓1	7
8	Brenda	277	↓4	18
9	Teresa	269	↓1	21
10	Susan	256	↓1	3
11	Pamela	245	↑6	11
12	Rhonda	229	↑3	43
13	Cynthia	216	↓1	9
14	Patricia	215	–	5
15	Lori	208	↓8	15
16	Linda	194	↓3	8
17	Debra	189	↑4	24
18	Laura	183	↑17	14
19	Cheryl	178	↑3	29
20	Julie	177	↑6	17
21	Dana	176	↑12	70
22	Kelly	176	↓4	35
23	Sandra	175	↓7	13
24	Tina	174	↑7	34
25	Robin	168	↓5	27
26	Deborah	166	↓7	12
27	Sherry	164	–	50
28	Sheila	157	↑6	51
29	Debbie	151	↓6	52
30	Shelly	151	↑14	>100
31	Tracy	148	↑10	40
32	Rebecca	137	↑7	46
33	Nancy	134	↑12	26
34	Terri	134	↓5	62
35	Paula	130	↓7	45
36	Sharon	130	↓11	20
37	Carla	129	↑5	78
38	Cindy	129	↓8	47
39	Elizabeth	127	↑1	16
40	Kathy	127	↓16	39
41	Michelle	127	↑7	23
42	Janet	125	↓6	48
43	Barbara	124	↓11	19
44	Carol	124	↓6	36
45	Kim	124	↓8	42
46	Stephanie	120	new	57
47	Jennifer	116	–	31
48	Connie	111	↓2	64
49	Sherri	110	↓6	86
50	Melissa	106	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	842	–	3
2	Michael	782	–	1
3	James	759	–	4
4	John	712	–	2
5	Robert	646	–	5
6	Mark	462	–	6
7	William	426	↑1	7
8	Kevin	404	↓1	13
9	Richard	367	↑2	8
10	Charles	353	–	17
11	Steven	353	↓2	12
12	Terry	296	↑2	35
13	Kenneth	289	↑2	18
14	Jeffrey	283	↑3	10
15	Gary	269	↓3	26
16	Scott	258	↓3	14
17	Jerry	238	↓1	40
18	Timothy	237	↑10	15
19	Gregory	228	↑7	22
20	Paul	219	↓2	16
21	Randy	213	↑4	38
22	Brian	207	↑2	20
23	Thomas	206	–	9
24	Billy	202	↑5	71
25	Donald	202	↓5	25
26	Ronald	193	↓5	24
27	Larry	192	↓8	36
28	Jimmy	189	↓6	78
29	Bobby	172	↑3	73
30	Johnny	161	↑9	74
31	Danny	160	↑3	56
32	Joe	160	↑6	62
33	Ricky	159	↑3	54
34	Mike	151	↓7	47
35	Todd	149	↑13	28
36	Anthony	142	↓5	21
37	Christopher	142	↓4	23
38	Tony	141	↓8	50
39	Joseph	140	↑8	11
40	Stephen	140	↓3	29
41	Daniel	137	–	19
42	Keith	137	↓7	34
43	Douglas	133	↑2	31
44	Roger	126	↓2	49
45	Eric	122	new	32
46	Rodney	121	new	59
47	Chris	117	↓4	65
48	Jeff	117	↓2	52
49	Russell	115	–	58
50	Edward	112	new	27

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