Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1975

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (761 babies) and Michael for boys (854). Social Security records list 34,600 babies born in Oklahoma in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1975

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Nyree: 15 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Ladonna: 28 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Jerri: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Misti: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Christi: 43 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cristy: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darla: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Misty: 226 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mandi: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Amber: 169 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Chance: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jackie: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Dustin: 133 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dallas: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Billy: 138 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jimmy: 98 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cody: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Scotty: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jim: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clay: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	761	–	1
2	Amy	489	–	2
3	Angela	427	–	5
4	Heather	331	↑4	3
5	Melissa	322	↑1	4
6	Michelle	272	↑1	6
7	Stephanie	267	↓2	9
8	Kimberly	255	↓4	7
9	Lisa	242	–	8
10	Amanda	228	↑11	14
11	Misty	226	–	47
12	Rebecca	174	↓2	11
13	Amber	169	↑12	59
14	Julie	157	↑2	18
15	April	154	↓1	25
16	Crystal	135	↑12	43
17	Carrie	134	↑18	29
18	Christina	133	↓1	12
19	Elizabeth	133	↑15	15
20	Lori	128	↓7	39
21	Mary	126	↓2	19
22	Tonya	126	↓4	45
23	Brandy	123	↑6	57
24	Christy	122	↓2	53
25	Sarah	122	↓1	17
26	Shannon	122	↓14	21
27	Stacy	122	–	34
28	Rachel	120	↑10	26
29	Kelly	119	↑3	16
30	Andrea	114	↓4	28
31	Laura	112	–	20
32	Jamie	111	↑8	68
33	Tiffany	111	↓10	37
34	Brandi	109	↑8	88
35	Tammy	108	↓20	31
36	Tina	108	↓16	35
37	Tracy	103	↓7	24
38	Jessica	102	new	13
39	Susan	91	↓2	32
40	Kristi	89	↑4	>100
41	Tara	88	↑5	41
42	Shelly	85	↓6	>100
43	Nicole	81	↑5	10
44	Leslie	80	↑6	71
45	Christie	76	new	96
46	Dana	76	↓13	62
47	Emily	75	new	48
48	Mandy	72	new	>100
49	Cynthia	71	↓10	40
50	Teresa	69	↓7	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	854	–	1
2	Jason	718	–	2
3	Christopher	706	–	3
4	James	559	–	4
5	John	473	↑1	7
6	David	446	↓1	5
7	Robert	424	–	6
8	Brian	376	–	8
9	Jeremy	361	↑3	24
10	William	340	↓1	10
11	Matthew	328	↓1	9
12	Justin	270	↑6	37
13	Jeffrey	269	↑1	14
14	Steven	248	↓1	18
15	Kevin	234	↓4	15
16	Daniel	217	↑4	11
17	Chad	213	↑2	27
18	Charles	213	↓2	25
19	Timothy	207	↑6	22
20	Richard	204	↓5	16
21	Mark	203	↓4	19
22	Brandon	198	↑6	44
23	Ryan	185	↑1	23
24	Scott	181	↓1	17
25	Thomas	178	↑1	20
26	Joseph	173	↓4	12
27	Joshua	171	↑9	26
28	Eric	168	↓7	13
29	Anthony	161	↓2	21
30	Kenneth	159	↑3	35
31	Travis	154	↓2	51
32	Bryan	148	↑2	47
33	Shawn	148	↓3	31
34	Billy	138	↑1	84
35	Gregory	138	↓4	33
36	Stephen	135	↓4	34
37	Dustin	133	–	96
38	Aaron	122	↑1	32
39	Paul	121	↑3	29
40	Bradley	117	–	52
41	Jonathan	110	↑9	30
42	Gary	107	↓4	50
43	Jerry	106	↑3	65
44	Andrew	104	new	28
45	Patrick	103	↑3	39
46	Jimmy	98	↓1	>100
47	Benjamin	97	new	36
48	Donald	95	↓4	42
49	Larry	95	↓8	56
50	Shane	89	new	57

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