Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1985

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1985 were Ashley for girls (746 babies) and Christopher for boys (907). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,715 babies born in Oklahoma in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1985

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: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Lacy: 54 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kendall: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tosha: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cassidy: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lacie: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Summer: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tera: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lacey: 98 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Taylor: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Chance: 56 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jerad: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Heath: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rusty: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kody: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dusty: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kendall: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tanner: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rickey: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jarod: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	746	↑1	2
2	Amanda	672	↑2	4
3	Jennifer	661	↓2	3
4	Jessica	589	↓1	1
5	Sarah	394	↑1	5
6	Heather	368	↑2	8
7	Amber	359	↓2	16
8	Megan	322	↑5	10
9	Stephanie	321	↓2	6
10	Rachel	319	↑1	13
11	Melissa	251	↓2	11
12	Elizabeth	242	↑2	9
13	Amy	223	↑2	20
14	Kimberly	215	↑5	19
15	Brittany	211	↑27	17
16	Tiffany	204	↓6	23
17	Jamie	196	↑8	27
18	Laura	196	↑6	14
19	Crystal	195	↓7	21
20	Emily	193	↑1	24
21	Nicole	189	↑1	7
22	Christina	187	↓2	12
23	Lindsey	178	↓6	37
24	Lauren	177	↓8	15
25	Sara	171	↑15	30
26	Rebecca	161	↓8	25
27	April	155	↓1	47
28	Samantha	147	↑16	29
29	Michelle	145	↓2	22
30	Andrea	144	↑4	33
31	Erin	140	↓3	26
32	Angela	139	↓9	31
33	Mary	136	↓4	35
34	Tara	120	↓1	51
35	Danielle	117	↓5	18
36	Lindsay	117	↓5	40
37	Courtney	114	↑2	43
38	Whitney	110	new	73
39	Katherine	108	↓1	32
40	Brandi	105	↓5	69
41	Kelly	105	new	28
42	Alicia	100	↓10	45
43	Kristen	100	–	38
44	Krystal	100	new	53
45	Shannon	100	↓8	41
46	Lacey	98	new	>100
47	Lisa	95	↓11	36
48	Erica	90	↓2	34
49	Misty	88	↓4	>100
50	Brandy	87	↓9	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	907	–	2
2	Michael	783	–	1
3	Joshua	754	–	4
4	Matthew	660	–	3
5	James	549	–	7
6	David	492	↑3	6
7	Brandon	485	↓1	13
8	Robert	430	↑5	8
9	John	427	↓1	9
10	Daniel	421	–	5
11	Justin	402	↓4	15
12	Ryan	392	–	12
13	William	364	↑1	16
14	Jason	339	↓3	14
15	Cody	329	↑10	52
16	Kyle	320	↑5	27
17	Jonathan	302	↑2	17
18	Joseph	302	↓2	10
19	Dustin	292	↓4	41
20	Tyler	284	↑8	43
21	Andrew	269	↑3	11
22	Brian	269	↓4	18
23	Jeremy	269	↓6	30
24	Steven	251	↓2	24
25	Adam	242	↓5	22
26	Eric	236	↓3	21
27	Jacob	235	↑10	35
28	Nicholas	234	↑3	19
29	Kevin	230	↑4	23
30	Aaron	229	↓1	33
31	Anthony	222	↓4	20
32	Zachary	218	↑2	39
33	Timothy	214	↓7	26
34	Charles	202	↓2	34
35	Thomas	202	–	25
36	Jeffrey	192	↓6	29
37	Nathan	179	↑3	40
38	Bradley	167	new	53
39	Richard	162	↓3	28
40	Stephen	161	↓1	36
41	Mark	149	↑2	32
42	Bryan	146	↓1	48
43	Jared	146	↑4	58
44	Travis	145	↓6	46
45	Sean	143	new	38
46	Jesse	139	↑3	51
47	Patrick	138	↓1	37
48	Kenneth	136	↓3	47
49	Benjamin	130	↓5	31
50	Chad	116	↓8	57

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