Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1977

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (790 babies) and Michael for boys (843). Social Security records list 36,770 babies born in Oklahoma in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1977

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: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Misti: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mandi: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Christi: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jana: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chanda: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 224 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelly: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amber: 248 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terra: 18 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Waylon: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dustin: 177 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cody: 64 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rusty: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rickey: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Billy: 133 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ty: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Scotty: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rocky: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donny: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	790	–	1
2	Amy	412	–	3
3	Melissa	372	↑2	2
4	Amanda	365	↑2	9
5	Angela	352	↓2	6
6	Heather	315	↓2	5
7	Kimberly	252	↑2	8
8	Amber	248	↑3	33
9	Crystal	247	↑7	25
10	Jessica	243	↑11	4
11	Stephanie	242	↓4	14
12	Jamie	239	↓4	18
13	Sarah	228	↑2	11
14	Misty	224	↓4	40
15	Lisa	205	↓1	12
16	Michelle	198	↓3	7
17	Christina	194	↓5	16
18	Kelly	188	↑14	10
19	Rebecca	185	↓1	17
20	Shannon	184	↓1	19
21	Brandy	166	↑8	51
22	Elizabeth	162	↑5	13
23	Andrea	157	↓1	24
24	Julie	157	↓7	22
25	Mary	155	↑1	21
26	April	144	↓6	29
27	Carrie	129	↓2	28
28	Laura	128	↓5	20
29	Brandi	125	↑5	71
30	Rachel	124	↑9	26
31	Tiffany	121	↓3	34
32	Christy	110	↓8	59
33	Sara	102	↑15	27
34	Tammy	102	↓3	55
35	Stacy	101	↓2	42
36	Erin	99	↑1	23
37	Lori	91	↓7	57
38	Emily	82	↑3	37
39	Tara	82	↓3	35
40	Kristi	81	new	>100
41	Leslie	81	↓6	65
42	Nicole	81	↓2	15
43	Cynthia	77	↑4	48
44	Holly	75	–	52
45	Kelli	75	new	>100
46	Mandy	74	↓3	94
47	Tonya	73	↓5	64
48	Natalie	72	new	69
49	Tina	71	↓4	58
50	Courtney	70	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	843	–	1
2	Jason	802	–	2
3	Christopher	655	–	3
4	James	537	–	5
5	David	475	–	4
6	John	471	–	7
7	Jeremy	441	–	15
8	Robert	428	–	6
9	Brian	372	–	8
10	Joshua	366	↑10	14
11	Matthew	357	↓1	9
12	Kevin	328	↑3	13
13	William	315	↓2	12
14	Justin	297	↓1	30
15	Daniel	272	↑7	11
16	Jeffrey	254	↓4	19
17	Joseph	253	–	10
18	Ryan	247	↑5	16
19	Steven	247	↓5	23
20	Eric	224	↓2	17
21	Charles	222	↓5	26
22	Brandon	212	↓3	41
23	Richard	205	↑1	20
24	Timothy	193	↓3	18
25	Chad	192	–	34
26	Dustin	177	↑2	81
27	Mark	173	↑6	25
28	Aaron	170	↑2	32
29	Kenneth	161	↑10	39
30	Thomas	160	↓4	22
31	Anthony	156	↓4	21
32	Stephen	155	↑4	38
33	Travis	149	↓4	44
34	Andrew	141	↑16	24
35	Shawn	140	↓4	37
36	Bryan	136	↓1	42
37	Scott	135	↓5	27
38	Jonathan	134	↑4	28
39	Billy	133	↓5	91
40	Gregory	128	↓3	35
41	Benjamin	126	↑2	29
42	Nathan	120	↓2	36
43	Paul	116	↑1	31
44	Bradley	109	↑1	49
45	Patrick	104	new	40
46	Jerry	100	↓8	75
47	Wesley	97	new	66
48	Jimmy	95	↓2	98
49	Larry	95	↓2	62
50	Shane	91	new	61

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