Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1976

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (780 babies) and Michael for boys (864). Social Security records list 35,149 babies born in Oklahoma in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1976

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

Girls

Jeana: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Darla: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sunny: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Ladonna: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jana: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Misti: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Amber: 203 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tisha: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 204 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelly: 61 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Scotty: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Rusty: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dustin: 166 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rocky: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Colby: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 140 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cody: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jimmy: 105 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leslie: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jimmie: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	780	–	1
2	Amy	456	–	2
3	Angela	393	–	5
4	Heather	350	–	4
5	Melissa	313	–	3
6	Amanda	271	↑4	10
7	Stephanie	269	–	11
8	Jamie	256	↑24	18
9	Kimberly	242	↓1	7
10	Misty	204	↑1	46
11	Amber	203	↑2	49
12	Christina	202	↑6	14
13	Michelle	198	↓7	6
14	Lisa	192	↓5	9
15	Sarah	183	↑10	15
16	Crystal	178	–	36
17	Julie	171	↓3	21
18	Rebecca	167	↓6	12
19	Shannon	156	↑7	17
20	April	151	↓5	30
21	Jessica	149	↑17	8
22	Andrea	141	↑8	25
23	Laura	139	↑8	20
24	Christy	132	–	60
25	Carrie	128	↓8	28
26	Mary	126	↓5	22
27	Elizabeth	122	↓8	16
28	Tiffany	121	↑5	32
29	Brandy	111	↓6	55
30	Lori	107	↓10	47
31	Tammy	106	↑4	41
32	Kelly	104	↓3	19
33	Stacy	102	↓6	38
34	Brandi	99	–	79
35	Leslie	96	↑9	65
36	Tara	95	↑5	42
37	Erin	90	new	24
38	Jaime	90	new	29
39	Rachel	90	↓11	23
40	Nicole	87	↑3	13
41	Emily	84	↑6	50
42	Tonya	84	↓20	58
43	Mandy	82	↑5	100
44	Holly	80	new	56
45	Tina	80	↓9	48
46	Ashley	72	new	>100
47	Cynthia	72	↑2	44
48	Sara	72	new	27
49	Tracy	71	↓12	37
50	Dana	69	↓4	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	864	–	1
2	Jason	774	–	2
3	Christopher	656	–	3
4	James	564	–	5
5	David	459	↑1	4
6	John	457	↓1	6
7	Jeremy	423	↑2	14
8	Robert	409	↓1	7
9	Brian	385	↓1	8
10	Matthew	375	↑1	9
11	William	313	↓1	11
12	Jeffrey	258	↑1	17
13	Justin	258	↓1	33
14	Steven	251	–	20
15	Kevin	242	–	15
16	Charles	233	↑2	26
17	Joseph	225	↑9	12
18	Eric	219	↑10	13
19	Brandon	214	↑3	40
20	Joshua	213	↑7	18
21	Timothy	213	↓2	21
22	Daniel	211	↓6	10
23	Ryan	211	–	16
24	Richard	203	↓4	19
25	Chad	190	↓8	29
26	Thomas	184	↓1	23
27	Anthony	168	↑2	22
28	Dustin	166	↑9	82
29	Travis	166	↑2	46
30	Aaron	157	↑8	30
31	Shawn	157	↑2	34
32	Scott	156	↓8	24
33	Mark	146	↓12	25
34	Billy	140	–	85
35	Bryan	140	↓3	43
36	Stephen	140	–	37
37	Gregory	134	↓2	35
38	Jerry	125	↑5	67
39	Kenneth	125	↓9	38
40	Nathan	123	new	39
41	Gary	120	↑1	52
42	Jonathan	119	↓1	31
43	Benjamin	108	↑4	32
44	Paul	108	↓5	28
45	Bradley	105	↓5	51
46	Jimmy	105	–	>100
47	Larry	103	↑2	60
48	Adam	102	new	36
49	Donald	98	↓1	47
50	Andrew	97	↓6	27

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