Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1966

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1966 were Lisa for girls (544 babies) and Michael for boys (747). Social Security records list 33,639 babies born in Oklahoma in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1966

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: 55 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Gayla: 27 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Sharla: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Jana: 55 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jerri: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shelli: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Christi: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dee: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Christy: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darla: 58 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 185 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Monte: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Justin: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kendall: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Mickey: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 159 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Travis: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Myron: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	544	–	1
2	Kimberly	397	–	2
3	Tammy	291	↑2	8
4	Angela	277	–	9
5	Mary	254	↓2	3
6	Michelle	233	↑31	4
7	Teresa	223	–	29
8	Cynthia	213	↑3	11
9	Tina	211	↑8	23
10	Rhonda	208	↓2	39
11	Karen	207	↓5	5
12	Lori	189	↑2	21
13	Susan	188	↓4	6
14	Pamela	181	↓2	15
15	Brenda	176	↓2	25
16	Julie	169	↑5	13
17	Donna	151	↓7	12
18	Kelly	149	↑5	26
19	Deborah	148	–	14
20	Shelly	145	↑4	89
21	Dana	142	↑12	68
22	Patricia	142	↓6	7
23	Rebecca	141	↑11	40
24	Laura	140	↑1	19
25	Cheryl	139	↑2	34
26	Tracy	138	↓4	31
27	Jennifer	137	↑4	10
28	Stephanie	132	↑7	38
29	Linda	126	↓9	18
30	Paula	126	↑8	50
31	Robin	126	↓13	42
32	Melissa	122	↑4	22
33	Sandra	114	↓18	17
34	Debra	113	↓6	35
35	Sheila	109	↓9	51
36	Cindy	107	↑6	56
37	Elizabeth	106	↓8	16
38	Sherry	106	↓8	53
39	Sherri	104	↑9	92
40	Carla	103	–	77
41	Barbara	99	↑3	27
42	Nancy	97	↑1	33
43	Gina	93	new	58
44	Sharon	93	↓12	28
45	Terri	92	↑2	72
46	Kim	89	↓5	43
47	Carol	87	↓1	48
48	Denise	85	new	32
49	Dawn	79	new	24
50	Regina	78	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	747	–	1
2	James	693	↑1	3
3	David	674	↓1	2
4	John	578	–	4
5	Robert	543	–	5
6	William	357	↑1	6
7	Steven	349	↑2	13
8	Mark	333	↓2	7
9	Kevin	323	↓1	17
10	Richard	323	–	8
11	Jeffrey	306	↑1	9
12	Charles	296	↓1	20
13	Timothy	255	↑1	11
14	Brian	246	↓1	14
15	Christopher	240	↑8	12
16	Gary	223	↓1	28
17	Kenneth	223	↓1	21
18	Terry	198	↑2	40
19	Gregory	185	–	23
20	Jimmy	185	↑10	77
21	Rodney	184	↑6	35
22	Scott	181	↓5	16
23	Jerry	180	↓5	41
24	Paul	176	↑1	18
25	Ronald	173	↑4	24
26	Donald	172	↓5	27
27	Thomas	168	↓5	10
28	Billy	159	↓2	80
29	Larry	154	↓5	38
30	Stephen	153	↑3	26
31	Randy	135	↓3	45
32	Daniel	133	↑2	19
33	Anthony	132	↓1	22
34	Bobby	129	↑1	82
35	Eric	124	↑4	25
36	Danny	121	↑1	62
37	Keith	119	↑9	32
38	Tony	112	↓7	49
39	Joe	109	↑6	74
40	Joseph	108	↑1	15
41	Bryan	107	↑8	52
42	Johnny	107	↓4	73
43	Jeffery	104	new	42
44	Roger	103	↑6	51
45	Chris	100	new	55
46	Darren	95	↑2	63
47	Patrick	95	new	31
48	Tracy	95	new	98
49	Douglas	93	new	33
50	Todd	93	↓8	29

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