Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1980

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (881 babies) and Michael for boys (872). Social Security records list 42,246 babies born in Oklahoma in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1980

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

Girls

Misti: 31 babies, 6× the national rate
Lacy: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Darla: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ladonna: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tosha: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Audra: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Christi: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Summer: 67 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Staci: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 207 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dusty: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Jerrod: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rusty: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Jackie: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cody: 95 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Scotty: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Waylon: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jarod: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clay: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tommy: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	881	–	1
2	Amanda	700	–	2
3	Melissa	421	–	4
4	Amber	408	–	22
5	Sarah	377	↑3	5
6	Amy	326	↓1	8
7	Stephanie	321	↑3	13
8	Crystal	294	↓2	18
9	Jessica	283	↑2	3
10	Angela	271	↓3	12
11	Heather	268	↓2	6
12	Kimberly	261	–	11
13	Tiffany	244	↑12	14
14	April	225	↑1	26
15	Misty	207	↑4	49
16	Christina	205	↓3	15
17	Elizabeth	199	↑1	9
18	Jamie	197	↓2	24
19	Michelle	196	↓5	10
20	Rachel	191	↑3	23
21	Rebecca	187	–	17
22	Brandy	182	↓5	42
23	Mary	167	↑1	25
24	Lisa	166	↓4	16
25	Andrea	150	↓3	28
26	Ashley	148	↑6	40
27	Sara	148	↑10	27
28	Laura	142	–	21
29	Julie	141	–	32
30	Brandi	135	↓4	63
31	Erin	134	↓1	20
32	Emily	126	↑2	31
33	Shannon	124	↓6	29
34	Kelly	116	↓3	19
35	Nicole	115	↓2	7
36	Leslie	103	↑11	61
37	Alicia	99	↑5	47
38	Stacy	97	↑3	53
39	Tara	95	↓3	43
40	Carrie	94	↑3	46
41	Megan	94	↓3	30
42	Erica	89	↑7	34
43	Kristin	89	new	37
44	Brooke	88	new	57
45	Courtney	88	new	48
46	Lori	87	↓11	76
47	Holly	86	↓2	52
48	Lindsay	82	new	71
49	Christy	80	↓10	83
50	Lindsey	80	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	872	–	1
2	Christopher	747	↑1	2
3	Joshua	695	↑1	7
4	Jason	663	↓2	3
5	James	589	–	5
6	Justin	547	↑5	13
7	David	543	↓1	4
8	Matthew	510	↓1	6
9	John	484	↓1	8
10	Jeremy	466	–	18
11	Robert	435	↓2	9
12	Brian	391	–	12
13	William	377	–	14
14	Dustin	348	↑9	44
15	Brandon	343	↑2	31
16	Joseph	326	–	10
17	Ryan	325	↓2	15
18	Eric	299	↑2	16
19	Daniel	297	↓5	11
20	Kevin	254	↓1	23
21	Timothy	234	↑5	20
22	Charles	231	↓1	29
23	Adam	224	↑6	22
24	Aaron	221	–	34
25	Nicholas	221	–	17
26	Steven	220	↓4	28
27	Richard	218	↑5	26
28	Jonathan	217	↑3	21
29	Jeffrey	199	↓11	27
30	Chad	193	↓2	39
31	Thomas	193	↓1	25
32	Travis	185	↓5	37
33	Nathan	183	–	36
34	Andrew	176	↑4	19
35	Jacob	169	↑8	43
36	Mark	163	↓1	30
37	Anthony	161	↓3	24
38	Bryan	152	↓1	49
39	Kenneth	146	↑5	41
40	Stephen	146	↑1	40
41	Benjamin	142	↑6	32
42	Billy	132	–	100
43	Scott	130	↓7	33
44	Bradley	127	↑2	51
45	Derek	126	new	50
46	Jesse	125	new	45
47	Kyle	116	↓7	57
48	Patrick	116	–	38
49	Paul	110	–	35
50	Shawn	109	↓11	47

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