Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1965

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1965 were Lisa for girls (593 babies) and Michael for boys (768). Social Security records list 36,319 babies born in Oklahoma in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1965

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

Girls

Ladonna: 81 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Charla: 18 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Gayla: 32 babies, 10× the national rate
Danna: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Shelli: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dee: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jana: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Lea: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kristi: 72 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelly: 152 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 29 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Justin: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Monte: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darrel: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donnie: 40 babies, 4× the national rate
Jackie: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Billy: 182 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dewayne: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jimmy: 169 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Stacy: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	593	–	1
2	Kimberly	370	↑1	4
3	Mary	299	↓1	2
4	Angela	288	↑2	10
5	Tammy	285	↓1	11
6	Karen	276	↓1	3
7	Teresa	260	↑2	24
8	Rhonda	227	↑4	37
9	Susan	210	↑1	5
10	Donna	205	↓3	7
11	Cynthia	202	↑2	9
12	Pamela	195	↓1	12
13	Brenda	192	↓5	23
14	Lori	191	↑1	19
15	Sandra	174	↑8	15
16	Patricia	171	↓2	6
17	Tina	170	↑7	29
18	Robin	163	↑7	33
19	Deborah	162	↑7	13
20	Linda	159	↓4	8
21	Julie	158	↓1	14
22	Tracy	158	↑9	36
23	Kelly	153	↓1	30
24	Shelly	152	↑6	98
25	Laura	151	↓7	17
26	Sheila	147	↑2	50
27	Cheryl	144	↓8	31
28	Debra	138	↓11	27
29	Elizabeth	138	↑10	16
30	Sherry	137	↓3	56
31	Jennifer	136	↑16	20
32	Sharon	132	↑4	22
33	Dana	128	↓12	78
34	Rebecca	128	↓2	41
35	Stephanie	128	↑11	44
36	Melissa	124	↑14	38
37	Michelle	124	↑4	18
38	Paula	116	↓3	49
39	Kathy	115	↑1	54
40	Carla	112	↓3	76
41	Kim	106	↑4	43
42	Cindy	104	↓4	53
43	Nancy	104	↓10	32
44	Barbara	103	↓1	25
45	Connie	103	↑3	61
46	Carol	101	↓2	42
47	Terri	101	↓13	69
48	Sherri	98	↑1	91
49	Tonya	90	new	>100
50	Debbie	88	↓21	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	768	↑1	1
2	David	718	↓1	3
3	James	681	–	4
4	John	607	–	2
5	Robert	565	–	5
6	Mark	379	–	7
7	William	347	–	6
8	Kevin	342	–	13
9	Steven	331	↑2	14
10	Richard	310	↓1	8
11	Charles	309	↓1	20
12	Jeffrey	274	↑2	10
13	Brian	250	↑9	19
14	Timothy	246	↑4	12
15	Gary	237	–	27
16	Kenneth	233	↓3	21
17	Scott	229	↓1	15
18	Jerry	228	↓1	41
19	Gregory	216	–	23
20	Terry	211	↓8	40
21	Donald	196	↑4	26
22	Thomas	194	↑1	9
23	Christopher	193	↑14	18
24	Larry	189	↑3	38
25	Paul	183	↓5	16
26	Billy	182	↓2	77
27	Rodney	175	↑19	33
28	Randy	173	↓7	42
29	Ronald	171	↓3	24
30	Jimmy	169	↓2	81
31	Tony	150	↑7	48
32	Anthony	148	↑4	22
33	Stephen	145	↑7	28
34	Daniel	143	↑7	17
35	Bobby	137	↓6	80
36	Mike	136	↓2	51
37	Danny	125	↓6	56
38	Johnny	124	↓8	76
39	Eric	120	↑6	25
40	Ricky	111	↓7	57
41	Joseph	110	↓2	11
42	Todd	110	↓7	30
43	Curtis	108	new	75
44	Russell	106	↑5	58
45	Joe	105	↓13	71
46	Keith	105	↓4	35
47	Jeff	104	↑1	62
48	Darren	103	new	52
49	Bryan	99	new	63
50	Roger	99	↓6	49

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