Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1970

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1970 were Kimberly for girls (460 babies) and Michael for boys (1,031). Kimberly ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 37,833 babies born in Oklahoma in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1970

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: 58 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Sharla: 19 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Gayla: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Christi: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shelli: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brandi: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Janie: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristi: 135 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shanna: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Misty: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Buddy: 17 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Royce: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Scotty: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cody: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dustin: 56 babies, 4× the national rate
Billy: 164 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tommy: 86 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vance: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rusty: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 138 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Kimberly	460	↑1	3
2	Angela	449	↑2	6
3	Jennifer	392	↑2	1
4	Lisa	390	↓3	2
5	Michelle	317	↓2	4
6	Amy	281	↑2	5
7	Tammy	277	↓1	8
8	Melissa	267	↓1	7
9	Stephanie	254	↑1	17
10	Shannon	234	↑1	22
11	Tina	210	↑4	21
12	Julie	201	↑1	11
13	Tracy	200	↑1	10
14	Mary	193	↓2	9
15	Laura	169	↑1	13
16	Teresa	166	↑2	34
17	Lori	164	↓8	23
18	Kelly	153	↑9	20
19	Cynthia	146	↑1	25
20	Susan	143	↓1	15
21	Tonya	142	↑9	49
22	Stacy	141	↑7	42
23	Shelly	140	↑2	>100
24	Pamela	137	↓3	26
25	Kristi	135	↑8	>100
26	Patricia	135	↑5	24
27	Dana	134	↓10	54
28	Heather	133	new	19
29	Rebecca	132	↓6	29
30	Karen	129	↓8	12
31	Rhonda	127	↓3	46
32	Donna	124	↓8	32
33	Christy	122	↑1	>100
34	Elizabeth	114	↓8	18
35	Dawn	107	↑7	16
36	Christina	106	↑1	35
37	Brenda	103	↑4	40
38	Sherry	100	↑6	60
39	Sandra	95	–	27
40	Jamie	94	new	>100
41	Robin	94	↓6	51
42	Deborah	91	↓6	33
43	Andrea	90	new	43
44	Traci	86	new	100
45	Carla	85	↑3	94
46	Cindy	85	–	72
47	Linda	84	new	38
48	Gina	82	↑1	61
49	Leslie	81	↓9	64
50	Sharon	81	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,031	–	1
2	James	700	↑1	2
3	David	688	↓1	3
4	John	645	–	4
5	Robert	642	–	5
6	Christopher	490	↑2	6
7	Steven	417	–	15
8	William	401	↓2	7
9	Brian	362	–	8
10	Jeffrey	334	↑1	11
11	Kevin	328	↑1	14
12	Jason	323	↑6	13
13	Charles	319	–	21
14	Mark	316	↓4	9
15	Richard	310	↓1	10
16	Scott	253	↓1	12
17	Timothy	220	↑5	20
18	Kenneth	219	↓1	25
19	Gregory	216	↑5	26
20	Gary	196	↓1	35
21	Thomas	192	↓5	17
22	Paul	185	↑1	23
23	Jerry	177	↑2	45
24	Stephen	176	↑3	27
25	Donald	173	↑9	30
26	Eric	173	↑2	18
27	Larry	170	↓7	43
28	Ronald	166	↓7	29
29	Billy	164	↑3	78
30	Joseph	160	↑1	16
31	Shawn	159	↑6	34
32	Matthew	156	↑4	24
33	Anthony	155	↓7	22
34	Terry	144	↓4	54
35	Bryan	140	↓2	53
36	Daniel	139	↓7	19
37	Jimmy	138	↓2	86
38	Jeffery	125	↑4	50
39	Travis	122	new	69
40	Patrick	121	↑7	33
41	Bradley	108	–	47
42	Rodney	108	↑1	55
43	Bobby	107	↓4	87
44	Douglas	106	–	36
45	Lance	103	new	76
46	Tony	103	–	57
47	Todd	99	↓9	28
48	Keith	97	new	38
49	Chris	95	↓4	63
50	Craig	95	–	39

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