Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1972

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (637 babies) and Michael for boys (927). Social Security records list 35,198 babies born in Oklahoma in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1972

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: 19 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Ladonna: 54 babies, 10× the national rate
Sharla: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Misti: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darla: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Misty: 121 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jerri: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelly: 149 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Christi: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brandie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dustin: 76 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jackie: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Billy: 144 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Preston: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Virgil: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tommy: 70 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dewayne: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jimmy: 109 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	637	–	1
2	Angela	467	–	6
3	Amy	380	↑3	5
4	Kimberly	350	↓1	4
5	Stephanie	325	↑3	8
6	Michelle	322	↓1	2
7	Lisa	291	↓3	3
8	Melissa	277	↓1	7
9	Tammy	258	–	11
10	Shannon	228	–	22
11	Heather	197	↑9	9
12	Rebecca	181	↑4	14
13	Julie	178	↓1	12
14	Tina	177	–	18
15	Mary	169	↓2	13
16	Lori	163	↓5	28
17	Shelly	149	↑7	94
18	Tracy	140	↓3	19
19	Tonya	139	↑20	37
20	Christy	128	↑8	74
21	Christina	124	↑5	26
22	Dana	123	–	52
23	Misty	121	new	>100
24	Laura	119	↓6	17
25	Stacy	119	↓8	33
26	Teresa	119	↓5	39
27	Andrea	107	↑3	30
28	April	105	↑10	48
29	Cynthia	104	↓10	25
30	Elizabeth	100	↑4	15
31	Kelly	100	–	23
32	Dawn	99	–	20
33	Susan	96	↓8	24
34	Nicole	95	new	10
35	Kristi	93	↑8	>100
36	Robin	93	↑8	55
37	Crystal	92	new	59
38	Tiffany	92	↑9	61
39	Tara	91	new	38
40	Jamie	90	↓5	>100
41	Karen	88	↓12	21
42	Melanie	86	new	42
43	Brenda	83	new	44
44	Pamela	81	↓4	34
45	Patricia	77	↓9	27
46	Carrie	76	↓1	53
47	Rhonda	74	↓24	60
48	Sheila	74	↓15	90
49	Sherry	74	↓22	70
50	Cheryl	73	–	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	927	–	1
2	Christopher	646	–	2
3	James	620	–	3
4	Jason	556	↑3	7
5	David	541	↓1	4
6	John	510	–	5
7	Robert	504	↓2	6
8	Brian	451	↑1	8
9	William	362	↓1	9
10	Kevin	305	–	13
11	Steven	302	–	19
12	Charles	271	–	23
13	Jeffrey	263	–	17
14	Richard	254	↑1	14
15	Mark	235	↑1	18
16	Chad	231	↑5	25
17	Timothy	209	↑6	21
18	Scott	204	↓4	11
19	Matthew	202	–	10
20	Bryan	185	↑10	45
21	Eric	178	↓4	16
22	Gregory	177	↑3	26
23	Shawn	177	↓1	28
24	Daniel	162	↑5	15
25	Paul	154	↑2	24
26	Thomas	152	↓6	20
27	Joseph	151	↑4	12
28	Stephen	151	↓4	29
29	Billy	144	↑9	81
30	Anthony	143	↑4	22
31	Brandon	141	new	63
32	Jeremy	140	↑4	42
33	Gary	139	↓5	41
34	Terry	139	↑3	62
35	Ryan	137	new	39
36	Jerry	135	↓10	53
37	Justin	135	↑5	60
38	Donald	134	↓5	36
39	Kenneth	128	↓21	27
40	Larry	127	↓8	47
41	Travis	122	↓1	57
42	Ronald	121	↓7	32
43	Aaron	114	↑4	40
44	Jimmy	109	↓5	97
45	Bobby	102	↓4	90
46	Patrick	101	↓1	35
47	Johnny	97	↑2	74
48	Todd	94	↓4	31
49	Jeffery	92	↓6	58
50	Russell	92	new	69

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