Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1968

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1968 were Lisa for girls (449 babies) and Michael for boys (879). Social Security records list 34,293 babies born in Oklahoma in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1968

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: 24 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 48 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Sharla: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Shanna: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jana: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shelli: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Christi: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shana: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shelly: 149 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kristi: 92 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jackie: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kendall: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Robby: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tommy: 97 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clint: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dewayne: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 141 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Timmy: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kenny: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	449	–	1
2	Kimberly	418	–	3
3	Angela	354	–	7
4	Michelle	313	↑1	2
5	Tammy	294	↓1	8
6	Melissa	247	↑1	5
7	Jennifer	234	↑14	4
8	Tina	228	↑2	18
9	Mary	210	↓3	6
10	Stephanie	207	↑1	23
11	Lori	203	↑2	22
12	Julie	198	↑4	16
13	Susan	189	↓1	10
14	Amy	186	↑6	13
15	Laura	186	↑2	11
16	Cynthia	182	↓2	19
17	Rhonda	182	↓8	42
18	Teresa	163	↓10	30
19	Karen	161	–	9
20	Kelly	158	↑2	12
21	Shelly	149	↑6	98
22	Pamela	148	↓4	20
23	Tracy	142	–	25
24	Shannon	138	new	53
25	Rebecca	128	↓1	33
26	Dana	123	↑11	70
27	Patricia	120	↑1	15
28	Donna	119	↓13	24
29	Brenda	117	↓4	34
30	Stacy	116	↑6	64
31	Elizabeth	114	↑3	17
32	Paula	111	↑3	45
33	Sandra	111	↓1	26
34	Cheryl	110	↓1	37
35	Robin	110	↑6	43
36	Deborah	108	↓10	27
37	Tonya	105	↑2	60
38	Linda	104	↓9	28
39	Sherry	100	↓9	52
40	Dawn	94	↑5	21
41	Carol	92	new	49
42	Kristi	92	new	>100
43	Sheila	92	↓5	59
44	Christina	91	new	44
45	Terri	86	↓1	83
46	Cindy	84	–	67
47	Stacey	84	–	55
48	Debra	83	↓17	38
49	Kelli	83	new	>100
50	Sharon	83	↓10	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	879	–	1
2	James	695	↑1	4
3	David	693	↓1	2
4	John	555	↑1	3
5	Robert	542	↓1	5
6	Mark	364	–	7
7	William	357	–	6
8	Brian	333	↑4	10
9	Steven	323	–	15
10	Charles	318	↑1	20
11	Christopher	308	↑4	9
12	Kevin	303	↓4	17
13	Richard	302	↓3	8
14	Jeffrey	293	↓1	11
15	Timothy	250	↓1	13
16	Scott	224	↑3	14
17	Kenneth	201	–	23
18	Jerry	197	↑8	44
19	Gary	194	↓3	32
20	Gregory	188	↑3	26
21	Paul	187	–	19
22	Donald	185	↑2	29
23	Larry	177	↑8	38
24	Ronald	177	↓4	25
25	Thomas	176	↓7	12
26	Terry	174	↓4	48
27	Stephen	154	–	27
28	Eric	148	↑5	22
29	Jimmy	141	↓4	77
30	Daniel	138	↓2	18
31	Rodney	137	↓1	42
32	Anthony	134	↓3	21
33	Billy	127	↓1	76
34	Todd	127	↑1	28
35	Tony	125	↑1	52
36	Bobby	121	↑3	81
37	Bryan	118	↓3	51
38	Patrick	114	↑6	30
39	Jeffery	113	↑7	46
40	Joseph	110	–	16
41	Shawn	110	new	43
42	Douglas	109	↑6	33
43	Randy	108	–	54
44	Danny	106	↓3	72
45	Jason	100	new	47
46	Matthew	99	↓4	24
47	Tommy	97	new	>100
48	Keith	95	↓10	35
49	Johnny	89	↓12	69
50	Sean	86	new	37

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