Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1982

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (981 babies) and Christopher for boys (978). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,409 babies born in Oklahoma in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1982

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

Girls

Starla: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Tori: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tisha: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lacy: 61 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Linsey: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Misti: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tosha: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lacie: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maranda: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Summer: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dusty: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jeromy: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rusty: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Colt: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jarod: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jackie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cody: 170 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jerod: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Billy: 126 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tanner: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	981	–	1
2	Amanda	731	–	3
3	Jessica	593	↑2	2
4	Sarah	469	↓1	4
5	Amber	461	↓1	18
6	Melissa	386	–	5
7	Crystal	374	–	9
8	Stephanie	369	↑1	7
9	Ashley	347	↑7	17
10	Amy	307	↓2	10
11	Heather	286	↑2	12
12	Tiffany	285	↓2	13
13	Rebecca	277	↑2	15
14	Angela	265	↓3	16
15	Elizabeth	261	↑6	8
16	Jamie	250	↑1	29
17	Rachel	249	↑1	21
18	April	247	↓6	32
19	Christina	244	↑3	19
20	Kimberly	244	↓6	14
21	Michelle	219	↓1	11
22	Andrea	199	↑2	27
23	Brandi	188	–	55
24	Brandy	186	↑4	50
25	Lindsey	185	↑11	40
26	Sara	178	↑1	28
27	Misty	173	↓8	74
28	Nicole	173	↓3	6
29	Mary	168	↓3	30
30	Laura	161	↑2	22
31	Erin	159	–	20
32	Emily	153	↓2	24
33	Lisa	152	↓4	23
34	Lindsay	148	↑4	39
35	Lauren	143	↑13	26
36	Kristen	137	↓1	33
37	Shannon	136	↑5	38
38	Megan	130	↑7	34
39	Kristin	126	↑1	37
40	Courtney	121	↓6	43
41	Julie	120	↓8	41
42	Leslie	120	↓3	60
43	Tara	116	↓6	47
44	Carrie	113	↑5	57
45	Alicia	102	↓1	53
46	Kelly	100	↓3	25
47	Holly	97	new	61
48	Samantha	97	↓2	44
49	Natalie	93	new	51
50	Kathryn	88	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	978	↑1	2
2	Michael	883	↓1	1
3	Joshua	756	–	7
4	James	705	–	6
5	Matthew	686	–	3
6	Justin	641	↑1	12
7	David	581	↑1	5
8	John	558	↑1	8
9	Jason	554	↓3	4
10	Robert	524	↑1	9
11	Brandon	439	↓1	18
12	William	433	↑1	15
13	Daniel	427	↑1	10
14	Ryan	389	↑3	13
15	Dustin	374	–	42
16	Jeremy	374	↓4	28
17	Joseph	359	↓1	11
18	Jonathan	293	↑1	16
19	Brian	292	↓1	14
20	Steven	264	↑1	26
21	Timothy	254	↑8	24
22	Jeffrey	253	↑4	29
23	Charles	250	↓1	31
24	Eric	248	↑4	20
25	Adam	247	↓2	19
26	Anthony	246	↑7	21
27	Kevin	240	↓7	25
28	Aaron	238	↓4	30
29	Travis	231	↑1	39
30	Andrew	223	↑2	17
31	Thomas	217	–	23
32	Nicholas	215	↓7	22
33	Richard	213	↓6	27
34	Chad	199	↑7	48
35	Jacob	194	↓1	41
36	Jesse	194	↑2	43
37	Nathan	187	–	36
38	Benjamin	182	↓3	33
39	Mark	175	↓3	32
40	Kyle	174	↓1	47
41	Cody	170	↑2	95
42	Kenneth	161	↑4	45
43	Patrick	161	new	37
44	Stephen	158	↓4	38
45	Bradley	156	↑2	51
46	Jared	154	↓1	54
47	Bryan	153	↓5	49
48	Zachary	138	new	55
49	Scott	137	↓5	34
50	Billy	126	↓2	>100

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