Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1981

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (871 babies) and Michael for boys (822). Social Security records list 43,650 babies born in Oklahoma in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1981

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

Girls

Laci: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kendall: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tisha: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lacy: 45 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Misti: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darla: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kayla: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kasey: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Misty: 205 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lyndsey: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dusty: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Colby: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jackie: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rocky: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cody: 136 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jerrod: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ty: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Heath: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kendall: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kory: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	871	–	1
2	Amanda	690	–	3
3	Sarah	446	↑2	4
4	Amber	435	–	20
5	Jessica	424	↑4	2
6	Melissa	373	↓3	5
7	Crystal	349	↑1	16
8	Amy	344	↓2	6
9	Stephanie	327	↓2	8
10	Tiffany	272	↑3	14
11	Angela	270	↓1	15
12	April	267	↑2	25
13	Heather	266	↓2	10
14	Kimberly	236	↓2	13
15	Rebecca	232	↑6	12
16	Ashley	221	↑10	34
17	Jamie	211	↑1	28
18	Rachel	211	↑2	22
19	Misty	205	↓4	61
20	Michelle	198	↓1	11
21	Elizabeth	197	↓4	9
22	Christina	179	↓6	17
23	Brandi	174	↑7	50
24	Andrea	170	↑1	24
25	Nicole	168	↑10	7
26	Mary	166	↓3	27
27	Sara	161	–	26
28	Brandy	157	↓6	41
29	Lisa	155	↓5	18
30	Emily	152	↑2	29
31	Erin	140	–	19
32	Laura	136	↓4	21
33	Julie	127	↓4	37
34	Courtney	125	↑11	43
35	Kristen	119	new	38
36	Lindsey	117	↑14	58
37	Tara	117	↑2	45
38	Lindsay	114	↑10	47
39	Leslie	110	↓3	56
40	Kristin	109	↑3	31
41	Brooke	108	↑3	52
42	Shannon	104	↓9	32
43	Kelly	98	↓9	23
44	Alicia	94	↓7	46
45	Megan	91	↓4	33
46	Samantha	89	new	51
47	Stacy	89	↓9	65
48	Lauren	86	new	35
49	Carrie	83	↓9	55
50	Erica	82	↓8	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	822	–	1
2	Christopher	743	–	2
3	Joshua	691	–	6
4	James	619	↑1	7
5	Matthew	603	↑3	3
6	Jason	600	↓2	4
7	Justin	539	↓1	12
8	David	535	↓1	5
9	John	520	–	8
10	Brandon	482	↑5	19
11	Robert	471	–	9
12	Jeremy	425	↓2	22
13	William	383	–	15
14	Daniel	336	↑5	10
15	Dustin	335	↓1	42
16	Joseph	321	–	11
17	Ryan	305	–	13
18	Brian	299	↓6	14
19	Jonathan	295	↑9	16
20	Kevin	255	–	25
21	Steven	247	↑5	28
22	Charles	245	–	31
23	Adam	239	–	20
24	Aaron	238	–	30
25	Nicholas	225	–	21
26	Jeffrey	224	↑3	29
27	Richard	219	–	27
28	Eric	215	↓10	17
29	Timothy	213	↓8	24
30	Travis	210	↑2	40
31	Thomas	209	–	26
32	Andrew	201	↑2	18
33	Anthony	181	↑4	23
34	Jacob	174	↑1	43
35	Benjamin	168	↑6	32
36	Mark	161	–	33
37	Nathan	158	↓4	36
38	Jesse	157	↑8	37
39	Kyle	157	↑8	52
40	Stephen	148	–	39
41	Chad	146	↓11	47
42	Bryan	145	↓4	48
43	Cody	136	new	>100
44	Scott	135	↓1	34
45	Jared	133	new	57
46	Kenneth	133	↓7	41
47	Bradley	128	↓3	50
48	Billy	123	↓6	>100
49	Derek	123	↓4	53
50	Gregory	118	new	46

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