Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1983

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (972 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,021). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,861 babies born in Oklahoma in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1983

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

Girls

Kaci: 20 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lacie: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Laci: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Kyla: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lacy: 55 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Terra: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Summer: 61 babies, 4× the national rate
Cassidy: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bobbie: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Audra: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Jackie: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Rusty: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Colt: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Beau: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rocky: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Jerod: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cody: 185 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Levi: 50 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jody: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	972	–	1
2	Amanda	695	–	3
3	Ashley	654	↑6	4
4	Jessica	613	↓1	2
5	Sarah	457	↓1	5
6	Amber	449	↓1	17
7	Melissa	344	↓1	6
8	Stephanie	344	–	8
9	Heather	335	↑2	9
10	Tiffany	297	↑2	14
11	Amy	293	↓1	12
12	Crystal	287	↓5	11
13	Rachel	271	↑4	20
14	Elizabeth	250	↑1	10
15	Kimberly	241	↑5	15
16	Christina	223	↑3	16
17	Lindsey	221	↑8	35
18	Rebecca	221	↓5	19
19	Angela	214	↓5	22
20	Michelle	212	↑1	13
21	Jamie	209	↓5	28
22	Megan	199	↑16	21
23	April	196	↓5	39
24	Nicole	175	↑4	7
25	Erin	174	↑6	18
26	Sara	173	–	31
27	Emily	169	↑5	25
28	Mary	169	↑1	32
29	Brandi	163	↓6	56
30	Andrea	162	↓8	30
31	Lauren	151	↑4	24
32	Lindsay	151	↑2	36
33	Lisa	145	–	27
34	Laura	137	↓4	23
35	Kristen	127	↑1	37
36	Brandy	126	↓12	57
37	Julie	119	↑4	46
38	Misty	118	↓11	87
39	Tara	118	↑4	51
40	Alicia	115	↑5	41
41	Kristin	115	↓2	42
42	Courtney	114	↓2	44
43	Shannon	113	↓6	38
44	Danielle	109	new	29
45	Katherine	108	new	34
46	Samantha	108	↑2	40
47	Natalie	104	↑2	52
48	Erica	103	new	33
49	Kelly	103	↓3	26
50	Leslie	103	↓8	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	1,021	–	2
2	Michael	882	–	1
3	Matthew	773	↑2	3
4	Joshua	754	↓1	5
5	James	603	↓1	6
6	Justin	573	–	12
7	Brandon	547	↑4	17
8	John	534	–	9
9	Robert	503	↑1	10
10	Jason	502	↓1	7
11	David	498	↓4	4
12	Daniel	447	↑1	8
13	Ryan	390	↑1	13
14	William	381	↓2	16
15	Joseph	362	↑2	11
16	Brian	320	↑3	14
17	Jeremy	320	↓1	30
18	Dustin	315	↓3	43
19	Kyle	312	↑21	34
20	Adam	284	↑5	18
21	Aaron	283	↑7	29
22	Steven	279	↓2	23
23	Jonathan	278	↓5	19
24	Andrew	262	↑6	15
25	Eric	258	↓1	20
26	Timothy	240	↓5	26
27	Charles	231	↓4	33
28	Nicholas	231	↑4	21
29	Anthony	216	↓3	22
30	Thomas	212	↑1	24
31	Jeffrey	211	↓9	28
32	Kevin	203	↓5	25
33	Richard	202	–	27
34	Nathan	189	↑3	40
35	Jacob	187	–	36
36	Cody	185	↑5	81
37	Travis	169	↓8	41
38	Chad	165	↓4	49
39	Stephen	164	↑5	35
40	Benjamin	162	↓2	32
41	Jesse	162	↓5	46
42	Mark	159	↓3	31
43	Tyler	159	new	57
44	Bradley	155	↑1	52
45	Bryan	155	↑2	47
46	Zachary	151	↑2	50
47	Patrick	148	↓4	37
48	Jared	141	↓2	56
49	Kenneth	135	↓7	45
50	Derek	134	new	51

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