Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1969

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1969 were Lisa for girls (438 babies) and Michael for boys (909). Social Security records list 36,007 babies born in Oklahoma in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1969

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

Girls

Shawnda: 16 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Ladonna: 51 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Shelli: 32 babies, 9× the national rate
Gayla: 21 babies, 9× the national rate
Jana: 54 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jerri: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Darla: 51 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shanna: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kristi: 108 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Brandi: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Monty: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Dustin: 43 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Doug: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darrel: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Clint: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Billy: 143 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jimmy: 143 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clay: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donnie: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	438	–	1
2	Kimberly	414	–	4
3	Michelle	371	↑1	2
4	Angela	343	↓1	7
5	Jennifer	309	↑2	3
6	Tammy	276	↓1	9
7	Melissa	241	↓1	5
8	Amy	234	↑6	6
9	Lori	222	↑2	20
10	Stephanie	215	–	19
11	Shannon	207	↑13	31
12	Mary	204	↓3	8
13	Julie	200	↓1	12
14	Tracy	189	↑9	17
15	Tina	183	↓7	22
16	Laura	174	↓1	10
17	Dana	166	↑9	60
18	Teresa	162	–	32
19	Susan	161	↓6	11
20	Cynthia	157	↓4	23
21	Pamela	151	↑1	24
22	Karen	138	↓3	13
23	Rebecca	138	↑2	28
24	Donna	137	↑4	26
25	Shelly	137	↓4	>100
26	Elizabeth	134	↑5	16
27	Kelly	132	↓7	15
28	Rhonda	129	↓11	44
29	Stacy	126	↑1	53
30	Tonya	124	↑7	54
31	Patricia	116	↓4	18
32	Sheila	113	↑11	68
33	Kristi	108	↑9	>100
34	Christy	107	new	>100
35	Robin	105	–	46
36	Deborah	101	–	27
37	Christina	100	↑7	37
38	Cheryl	99	↓4	41
39	Sandra	96	↓6	25
40	Leslie	94	new	64
41	Brenda	93	↓12	38
42	Dawn	93	↓2	21
43	Paula	90	↓11	50
44	Sherry	89	↓5	55
45	Christine	87	new	14
46	Cindy	86	–	74
47	Debra	83	↑1	43
48	Carla	80	new	90
49	Gina	80	new	63
50	Barbara	79	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	909	–	1
2	David	697	↑1	2
3	James	684	↓1	3
4	John	627	–	4
5	Robert	566	–	5
6	William	392	↑1	6
7	Steven	370	↑2	14
8	Christopher	367	↑3	7
9	Brian	363	↓1	9
10	Mark	357	↓4	8
11	Jeffrey	311	↑3	11
12	Kevin	296	–	16
13	Charles	273	↓3	19
14	Richard	271	↓1	10
15	Scott	261	↑1	12
16	Thomas	236	↑9	13
17	Kenneth	232	–	23
18	Jason	215	↑27	25
19	Gary	214	–	35
20	Larry	189	↑3	40
21	Ronald	185	↑3	29
22	Timothy	182	↓7	17
23	Paul	181	↓2	22
24	Gregory	180	↓4	26
25	Jerry	178	↓7	45
26	Anthony	172	↑6	20
27	Stephen	172	–	27
28	Eric	165	–	21
29	Daniel	156	↑1	18
30	Terry	153	↓4	52
31	Joseph	151	↑9	15
32	Billy	143	↑1	77
33	Bryan	143	↑4	51
34	Donald	143	↓12	30
35	Jimmy	143	↓6	79
36	Matthew	125	↑10	24
37	Shawn	125	↑4	41
38	Todd	122	↓4	28
39	Bobby	117	↓3	82
40	Johnny	115	↑9	67
41	Bradley	113	new	53
42	Jeffery	109	↓3	48
43	Rodney	108	↓12	49
44	Douglas	105	↓2	34
45	Chris	102	new	66
46	Tony	102	↓11	54
47	Patrick	97	↓9	31
48	Joe	95	new	83
49	Russell	95	new	57
50	Craig	93	new	39

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