Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1979

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (827 babies) and Michael for boys (824). Social Security records list 39,857 babies born in Oklahoma in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1979

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, 5.7× the national rate
Darla: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Devin: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mandi: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Christi: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jayme: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lacey: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Terra: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Whitney: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Candy: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dusty: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Chance: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cody: 98 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colby: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dustin: 234 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bobby: 123 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dewayne: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Billy: 133 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Heath: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rusty: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	827	–	1
2	Amanda	594	–	3
3	Melissa	437	↑1	2
4	Amber	364	↑7	22
5	Amy	354	↓2	5
6	Crystal	320	–	18
7	Angela	309	↓2	8
8	Sarah	276	↑2	6
9	Heather	273	↓2	7
10	Stephanie	269	↓1	15
11	Jessica	255	↑1	4
12	Kimberly	252	↓4	12
13	Christina	249	↑3	14
14	Michelle	241	↓1	10
15	April	236	↑5	23
16	Jamie	214	↓2	19
17	Brandy	206	↑1	39
18	Elizabeth	199	↑5	11
19	Misty	197	↓4	42
20	Lisa	195	↓1	13
21	Rebecca	189	↓4	17
22	Andrea	181	↑3	26
23	Rachel	167	↑8	27
24	Mary	162	↑3	24
25	Tiffany	162	↑4	28
26	Brandi	149	–	61
27	Shannon	135	↓6	25
28	Laura	133	–	20
29	Julie	130	↓5	29
30	Erin	129	↑7	21
31	Kelly	129	↓9	16
32	Ashley	124	↑2	67
33	Nicole	120	↑9	9
34	Emily	107	↑2	34
35	Lori	107	↑6	69
36	Tara	107	↑2	38
37	Sara	105	↓7	30
38	Megan	101	new	31
39	Christy	96	↓7	72
40	Mindy	89	new	81
41	Stacy	89	↑3	43
42	Alicia	87	↑3	47
43	Carrie	82	↓8	41
44	Kristy	82	↑4	56
45	Holly	78	new	48
46	Melanie	73	new	53
47	Leslie	72	↓4	65
48	Tonya	72	new	86
49	Erica	71	new	32
50	Tina	71	↓11	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	824	–	1
2	Jason	730	–	3
3	Christopher	709	–	2
4	Joshua	582	↑4	9
5	James	580	↓1	5
6	David	537	↓1	4
7	Matthew	493	↑2	6
8	John	489	↓2	7
9	Robert	437	↑1	8
10	Jeremy	425	↓3	16
11	Justin	393	–	22
12	Brian	364	–	10
13	William	327	–	13
14	Daniel	314	↑4	12
15	Ryan	282	↓1	14
16	Joseph	276	↓1	11
17	Brandon	266	↑3	35
18	Jeffrey	257	↓1	24
19	Kevin	252	–	19
20	Eric	244	↑5	17
21	Charles	236	↑2	28
22	Steven	236	↓6	27
23	Dustin	234	↑4	62
24	Aaron	208	↑4	32
25	Nicholas	205	↑4	15
26	Timothy	204	↓5	18
27	Travis	200	↑12	36
28	Chad	199	↓4	38
29	Adam	181	↑3	23
30	Thomas	174	↑3	26
31	Jonathan	172	↑4	31
32	Richard	172	↓10	25
33	Nathan	166	↓2	37
34	Anthony	165	↓4	21
35	Mark	158	↓9	30
36	Scott	154	–	29
37	Bryan	152	↑7	46
38	Andrew	148	↑4	20
39	Shawn	142	↓5	43
40	Kyle	137	↑3	56
41	Stephen	136	↓3	40
42	Billy	133	↓2	97
43	Jacob	133	new	45
44	Kenneth	128	↓7	41
45	Bobby	123	new	>100
46	Bradley	119	↓5	47
47	Benjamin	107	–	33
48	Patrick	107	new	39
49	Paul	105	–	34
50	Zachary	101	new	74

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