Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1974

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (755 babies) and Michael for boys (884). Social Security records list 34,433 babies born in Oklahoma in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1974

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: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Summer: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darla: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Whitney: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Misty: 187 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jana: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Misti: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Krystal: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Christi: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lee: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dustin: 121 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Everett: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jackie: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tommy: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jimmie: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cody: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Billy: 133 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jimmy: 98 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Matt: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Floyd: 21 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	755	–	1
2	Amy	434	–	2
3	Angela	416	–	5
4	Kimberly	326	–	6
5	Stephanie	307	–	9
6	Melissa	282	↑1	7
7	Michelle	272	↓1	3
8	Heather	268	↑1	4
9	Lisa	245	↓1	8
10	Rebecca	194	–	10
11	Misty	187	↑5	66
12	Shannon	178	↑1	18
13	Lori	165	↑1	30
14	April	157	↑7	28
15	Tammy	152	↓4	24
16	Julie	147	↓4	14
17	Christina	143	↑3	16
18	Tonya	140	↓3	37
19	Mary	138	–	13
20	Tina	123	↓3	25
21	Amanda	122	↑28	34
22	Christy	122	↑3	57
23	Tiffany	114	↑18	41
24	Sarah	112	↑23	20
25	Amber	110	↑20	92
26	Andrea	110	↑1	35
27	Stacy	110	↓3	38
28	Crystal	109	↓10	49
29	Brandy	108	–	80
30	Tracy	107	↓2	23
31	Laura	99	↓8	21
32	Kelly	98	↑16	15
33	Dana	97	–	55
34	Elizabeth	96	↓8	12
35	Carrie	94	↓3	42
36	Shelly	93	↓14	>100
37	Susan	93	↑2	27
38	Rachel	92	new	36
39	Cynthia	90	↓9	33
40	Jamie	88	↓6	97
41	Patricia	86	↓4	29
42	Brandi	84	↓11	>100
43	Teresa	83	↓3	52
44	Kristi	77	↓6	>100
45	Robin	76	new	63
46	Tara	75	new	39
47	Karen	74	new	26
48	Nicole	70	↓5	11
49	Tamara	70	new	64
50	Leslie	68	↓14	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	884	–	1
2	Jason	765	↑1	2
3	Christopher	729	↓1	3
4	James	547	–	5
5	David	516	↑3	4
6	John	462	↓1	6
7	Robert	461	↓1	7
8	Brian	421	↓1	8
9	William	359	–	10
10	Matthew	280	↑3	9
11	Kevin	276	↓1	14
12	Jeremy	267	↑9	24
13	Steven	265	↓2	19
14	Jeffrey	259	↓2	15
15	Richard	243	↑1	17
16	Charles	224	↓2	23
17	Mark	219	–	16
18	Justin	214	↑4	43
19	Chad	212	↓1	26
20	Daniel	206	↓1	11
21	Eric	200	↓6	13
22	Joseph	185	↑5	12
23	Scott	183	↓3	18
24	Ryan	175	↑10	25
25	Timothy	170	↓1	22
26	Thomas	169	–	20
27	Anthony	162	↑4	21
28	Brandon	157	↑7	51
29	Travis	155	↓6	54
30	Shawn	154	↑3	30
31	Gregory	149	↑1	31
32	Stephen	148	↓3	35
33	Kenneth	146	↓3	34
34	Bryan	144	↓9	45
35	Billy	133	↓7	78
36	Joshua	130	new	29
37	Dustin	121	↑10	>100
38	Gary	118	↓2	48
39	Aaron	111	↑4	32
40	Bradley	106	↑5	58
41	Larry	106	↓4	55
42	Paul	102	↓4	27
43	Terry	101	↓1	69
44	Donald	100	↓5	41
45	Jimmy	98	↑4	99
46	Jerry	92	↓5	61
47	Bobby	91	new	92
48	Patrick	91	new	38
49	Ronald	89	↓9	42
50	Jonathan	87	↓4	33

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