Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1978

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (794 babies) and Michael for boys (834). Social Security records list 36,856 babies born in Oklahoma in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1978

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: 20 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Misti: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Christal: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sommer: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chrystal: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lacy: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelly: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristal: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dena: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kasey: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Kendall: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Billy: 133 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rusty: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dustin: 188 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jimmy: 94 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cody: 74 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cecil: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clayton: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rocky: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Toby: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	794	–	1
2	Amanda	429	↑2	6
3	Amy	375	↓1	4
4	Melissa	372	↓1	2
5	Angela	336	–	7
6	Crystal	306	↑3	18
7	Heather	281	↓1	5
8	Kimberly	271	↓1	13
9	Stephanie	268	↑2	16
10	Sarah	239	↑3	8
11	Amber	237	↓3	30
12	Jessica	216	↓2	3
13	Michelle	212	↑3	9
14	Jamie	209	↓2	20
15	Misty	202	↓1	43
16	Christina	194	↑1	15
17	Rebecca	188	↑2	17
18	Brandy	187	↑3	37
19	Lisa	182	↓4	11
20	April	181	↑6	27
21	Shannon	167	↓1	22
22	Kelly	154	↓4	12
23	Elizabeth	151	↓1	14
24	Julie	146	–	26
25	Andrea	141	↓2	23
26	Brandi	138	↑3	61
27	Mary	126	↓2	24
28	Laura	123	–	19
29	Tiffany	122	↑2	32
30	Sara	117	↑3	28
31	Rachel	114	↓1	25
32	Christy	110	–	59
33	Mandy	104	↑13	96
34	Ashley	103	new	87
35	Carrie	101	↓8	35
36	Emily	100	↑2	33
37	Erin	97	↓1	21
38	Tara	96	↑1	40
39	Tina	88	↑10	45
40	Kristi	84	–	98
41	Lori	84	↓4	60
42	Nicole	76	–	10
43	Leslie	75	↓2	63
44	Stacy	74	↓9	44
45	Alicia	72	new	58
46	Courtney	72	↑4	68
47	Tammy	71	↓13	67
48	Kristy	70	new	51
49	Tracy	68	new	47
50	Kelli	67	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	834	–	1
2	Jason	712	–	2
3	Christopher	685	–	3
4	James	516	–	5
5	David	484	–	4
6	John	462	–	7
7	Jeremy	419	–	18
8	Joshua	417	↑2	12
9	Matthew	417	↑2	6
10	Robert	416	↓2	8
11	Justin	370	↑3	28
12	Brian	361	↓3	9
13	William	280	–	13
14	Ryan	259	↑4	14
15	Joseph	255	↑2	10
16	Steven	250	↑3	24
17	Jeffrey	248	↓1	19
18	Daniel	240	↓3	11
19	Kevin	234	↓7	15
20	Brandon	225	↑2	40
21	Timothy	225	↑3	17
22	Richard	222	↑1	21
23	Charles	213	↓2	27
24	Chad	198	↑1	35
25	Eric	196	↓5	16
26	Mark	190	↑1	26
27	Dustin	188	↓1	68
28	Aaron	181	–	32
29	Nicholas	166	new	25
30	Anthony	157	↑1	20
31	Nathan	151	↑11	36
32	Adam	150	new	29
33	Thomas	148	↓3	23
34	Shawn	146	↑1	39
35	Jonathan	143	↑3	31
36	Scott	141	↑1	30
37	Kenneth	137	↓8	41
38	Stephen	134	↓6	37
39	Travis	134	↓6	46
40	Billy	133	↓1	99
41	Bradley	128	↑3	53
42	Andrew	127	↓8	22
43	Kyle	125	new	63
44	Bryan	123	↓8	43
45	Gregory	121	↓5	38
46	Donald	111	new	48
47	Benjamin	105	↓6	34
48	Gary	103	new	60
49	Paul	102	↓6	33
50	Jimmy	94	↓2	>100

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