Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1984

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (798 babies) and Christopher for boys (963). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,749 babies born in Oklahoma in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1984

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

Girls

Micah: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Laci: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tamra: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lacie: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lacy: 60 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brittani: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Summer: 53 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kendall: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jana: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chelsie: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dusty: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Trey: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chance: 54 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Heath: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tanner: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rusty: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Toby: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jarod: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cody: 244 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rocky: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	798	–	1
2	Ashley	707	↑1	3
3	Jessica	612	↑1	2
4	Amanda	611	↓2	4
5	Amber	436	↑1	18
6	Sarah	403	↓1	5
7	Stephanie	376	↑1	6
8	Heather	361	↑1	9
9	Melissa	322	↓2	8
10	Tiffany	289	–	14
11	Rachel	251	↑2	15
12	Crystal	242	–	12
13	Megan	242	↑9	11
14	Elizabeth	241	–	10
15	Amy	232	↓4	13
16	Lauren	201	↑15	21
17	Lindsey	199	–	35
18	Rebecca	194	–	23
19	Kimberly	192	↓4	22
20	Christina	191	↓4	20
21	Emily	187	↑6	24
22	Nicole	183	↑2	7
23	Angela	180	↓4	26
24	Laura	175	↑10	19
25	Jamie	172	↓4	31
26	April	162	↓3	42
27	Michelle	160	↓7	17
28	Erin	149	↓3	25
29	Mary	144	↓1	33
30	Danielle	141	↑14	16
31	Lindsay	132	↑1	36
32	Alicia	126	↑8	40
33	Tara	126	↑6	49
34	Andrea	124	↓4	28
35	Brandi	124	↓6	61
36	Lisa	122	↓3	29
37	Shannon	122	↑6	37
38	Katherine	121	↑7	30
39	Courtney	120	↑3	46
40	Sara	120	↓14	32
41	Brandy	117	↓5	64
42	Brittany	116	new	41
43	Kristen	110	↓8	38
44	Samantha	109	↑2	39
45	Misty	97	↓7	98
46	Erica	87	↑2	34
47	Chelsea	86	new	84
48	Holly	84	new	53
49	Katie	84	new	44
50	Julie	83	↓13	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	963	–	2
2	Michael	823	–	1
3	Joshua	806	↑1	4
4	Matthew	690	↓1	3
5	James	565	–	7
6	Brandon	494	↑1	15
7	Justin	480	↓1	13
8	John	468	–	8
9	David	463	↑2	5
10	Daniel	418	↑2	6
11	Jason	416	↓1	11
12	Ryan	413	↑1	12
13	Robert	400	↓4	9
14	William	382	–	16
15	Dustin	327	↑3	41
16	Joseph	323	↓1	10
17	Jeremy	315	–	31
18	Brian	301	↓2	17
19	Jonathan	296	↑4	19
20	Adam	284	–	18
21	Kyle	280	↓2	34
22	Steven	260	–	23
23	Eric	250	↑2	22
24	Andrew	247	–	14
25	Cody	244	↑11	62
26	Timothy	242	–	26
27	Anthony	231	↑2	21
28	Tyler	231	↑15	47
29	Aaron	227	↓8	29
30	Jeffrey	222	↑1	28
31	Nicholas	217	↓3	20
32	Charles	212	↓5	33
33	Kevin	205	↓1	24
34	Zachary	202	↑12	45
35	Thomas	200	↓5	25
36	Richard	193	↓3	27
37	Jacob	188	↓2	37
38	Travis	180	↓1	42
39	Stephen	174	–	35
40	Nathan	172	↓6	38
41	Bryan	158	↑4	48
42	Chad	158	↓4	51
43	Mark	156	↓1	32
44	Benjamin	140	↓4	30
45	Kenneth	137	↑4	46
46	Patrick	137	↑1	36
47	Jared	133	↑1	59
48	Scott	131	new	39
49	Jesse	128	↓8	50
50	Derek	126	–	52

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