Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1973

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (649 babies) and Michael for boys (854). Social Security records list 33,535 babies born in Oklahoma in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1973

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: 15 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Sharla: 22 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Ladonna: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darla: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Misti: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Christi: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chrystal: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Shanda: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelly: 121 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jana: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 92 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Billy: 159 babies, 4× the national rate
Blake: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Rickey: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kenny: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cody: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jimmie: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dewayne: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clayton: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Jackie: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	649	–	1
2	Amy	423	↑1	2
3	Angela	371	↓1	7
4	Kimberly	346	–	4
5	Stephanie	331	–	9
6	Michelle	298	–	3
7	Melissa	290	↑1	6
8	Lisa	256	↓1	5
9	Heather	226	↑2	8
10	Rebecca	205	↑2	10
11	Tammy	176	↓2	15
12	Julie	160	↑1	12
13	Shannon	157	↓3	22
14	Lori	154	↑2	28
15	Tonya	142	↑4	36
16	Misty	135	↑7	90
17	Tina	132	↓3	24
18	Crystal	129	↑19	48
19	Mary	129	↓4	14
20	Christina	127	↑1	16
21	April	125	↑7	33
22	Shelly	121	↓5	>100
23	Laura	117	↑1	19
24	Stacy	116	↑1	32
25	Christy	115	↓5	73
26	Elizabeth	113	↑4	13
27	Andrea	111	–	30
28	Tracy	108	↓10	20
29	Brandy	105	new	82
30	Cynthia	97	↓1	26
31	Brandi	95	new	>100
32	Carrie	95	↑14	46
33	Dana	93	↓11	59
34	Jamie	91	↑6	>100
35	Melanie	91	↑7	43
36	Leslie	88	new	75
37	Patricia	88	↑8	27
38	Kristi	87	↓3	>100
39	Susan	87	↓6	25
40	Teresa	83	↓14	45
41	Tiffany	83	↓3	52
42	Stacey	82	new	41
43	Nicole	81	↓9	11
44	Holly	80	new	54
45	Amber	76	new	>100
46	Rhonda	76	↑1	70
47	Sarah	76	new	35
48	Kelly	75	↓17	18
49	Amanda	74	new	51
50	Dawn	74	↓18	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	854	–	1
2	Christopher	689	–	2
3	Jason	680	↑1	3
4	James	578	↓1	4
5	John	482	↑1	6
6	Robert	467	↑1	7
7	Brian	463	↑1	8
8	David	457	↓3	5
9	William	324	–	9
10	Kevin	275	–	14
11	Steven	272	–	20
12	Jeffrey	260	↑1	17
13	Matthew	234	↑6	10
14	Charles	231	↓2	23
15	Eric	217	↑6	13
16	Richard	217	↓2	16
17	Mark	210	↓2	15
18	Chad	208	↓2	25
19	Daniel	202	↑5	11
20	Scott	192	↓2	18
21	Jeremy	175	↑11	33
22	Justin	173	↑15	51
23	Travis	167	↑18	53
24	Timothy	166	↓7	22
25	Bryan	165	↓5	43
26	Thomas	161	–	19
27	Joseph	160	–	12
28	Billy	159	↑1	76
29	Stephen	157	↓1	32
30	Kenneth	155	↑9	28
31	Anthony	153	↓1	21
32	Gregory	153	↓10	26
33	Shawn	146	↓10	27
34	Ryan	137	↑1	30
35	Brandon	132	↓4	58
36	Gary	126	↓3	44
37	Larry	125	↑3	50
38	Paul	124	↓13	24
39	Donald	123	↓1	38
40	Ronald	120	↑2	40
41	Jerry	119	↓5	57
42	Terry	115	↓8	65
43	Aaron	114	–	34
44	Jeffery	104	↑5	64
45	Bradley	103	new	62
46	Jonathan	98	new	31
47	Dustin	92	new	>100
48	Johnny	90	↓1	82
49	Jimmy	88	↓5	95
50	Todd	88	↓2	35

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