Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1971

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (525 babies) and Michael for boys (928). Social Security records list 37,878 babies born in Oklahoma in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1971

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: 27 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 44 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Misti: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rae: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Christi: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brandi: 41 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shanna: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jana: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darla: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jerri: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 83 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jackie: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Teddy: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dallas: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cody: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 131 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Blake: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clifton: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Monte: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Scotty: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	525	↑2	1
2	Angela	477	–	6
3	Kimberly	466	↓2	4
4	Lisa	355	–	3
5	Michelle	337	–	2
6	Amy	332	–	5
7	Melissa	312	↑1	7
8	Stephanie	275	↑1	11
9	Tammy	261	↓2	8
10	Shannon	230	–	21
11	Lori	198	↑6	25
12	Julie	197	–	10
13	Mary	193	↑1	9
14	Tina	187	↓3	20
15	Tracy	186	↓2	13
16	Rebecca	173	↑13	23
17	Stacy	172	↑5	32
18	Laura	162	↓3	16
19	Cynthia	152	–	24
20	Heather	150	↑8	12
21	Teresa	149	↓5	34
22	Dana	143	↑5	44
23	Rhonda	140	↑8	46
24	Shelly	128	↓1	>100
25	Susan	128	↓5	17
26	Christina	126	↑10	30
27	Sherry	120	↑11	60
28	Christy	119	↑5	89
29	Karen	116	↑1	15
30	Andrea	114	↑13	35
31	Kelly	111	↓13	22
32	Dawn	110	↑3	14
33	Sheila	108	new	81
34	Elizabeth	106	–	19
35	Jamie	103	↑5	>100
36	Patricia	103	↓10	26
37	Leslie	102	↑12	68
38	April	101	new	56
39	Tonya	100	↓18	45
40	Pamela	97	↓16	28
41	Paula	97	new	63
42	Donna	95	↓10	38
43	Kristi	92	↓18	>100
44	Robin	91	↓3	51
45	Carrie	90	new	55
46	Sandra	87	↓7	31
47	Tiffany	87	new	62
48	Deborah	83	↓6	33
49	Cindy	80	↓3	70
50	Cheryl	76	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	928	–	1
2	Christopher	676	↑4	6
3	James	663	↓1	2
4	David	607	↓1	3
5	Robert	594	–	5
6	John	552	↓2	4
7	Jason	541	↑5	8
8	William	382	–	7
9	Brian	376	–	9
10	Kevin	356	↑1	14
11	Steven	317	↓4	16
12	Charles	303	↑1	22
13	Jeffrey	301	↓3	12
14	Scott	287	↑2	10
15	Richard	283	–	11
16	Mark	264	↓2	13
17	Eric	198	↑9	18
18	Kenneth	198	–	25
19	Matthew	194	↑13	19
20	Thomas	192	↑1	17
21	Chad	191	new	29
22	Shawn	191	↑9	28
23	Timothy	190	↓6	21
24	Stephen	189	–	27
25	Gregory	182	↓6	26
26	Jerry	182	↓3	50
27	Paul	181	↓5	24
28	Gary	175	↓8	38
29	Daniel	172	↑7	20
30	Bryan	166	↑5	48
31	Joseph	161	↓1	15
32	Larry	156	↓5	44
33	Donald	151	↓8	34
34	Anthony	149	↓1	23
35	Ronald	146	↓7	31
36	Jeremy	142	new	45
37	Terry	136	↓3	56
38	Billy	132	↓9	75
39	Jimmy	131	↓2	93
40	Travis	124	↓1	61
41	Bobby	114	↑2	79
42	Justin	112	new	>100
43	Jeffery	110	↓5	53
44	Todd	108	↑3	30
45	Patrick	107	↓5	35
46	Edward	103	new	32
47	Aaron	101	new	41
48	Rodney	101	↓6	59
49	Johnny	100	new	74
50	Bradley	96	↓9	58

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