Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1986

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1986 were Ashley for girls (759 babies) and Christopher for boys (845). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,266 babies born in Oklahoma in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1986

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: 29 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Kaci: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Lacie: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lacy: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Stevie: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kyla: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cassidy: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Randi: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lacey: 92 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jami: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Chance: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rusty: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dillon: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jerrod: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dakota: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Braden: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dusty: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ty: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Zackary: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Levi: 50 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	759	–	2
2	Jessica	641	↑2	1
3	Jennifer	548	–	4
4	Amanda	519	↓2	3
5	Sarah	398	–	5
6	Amber	378	↑1	13
7	Heather	342	↓1	9
8	Megan	296	–	11
9	Stephanie	290	–	6
10	Rachel	282	–	15
11	Brittany	255	↑4	8
12	Whitney	238	↑26	32
13	Kimberly	219	↑1	18
14	Tiffany	210	↑2	17
15	Elizabeth	202	↓3	10
16	Amy	196	↓3	22
17	Lauren	183	↑7	14
18	Melissa	181	↓7	12
19	Jamie	180	↓2	34
20	Emily	179	–	24
21	Samantha	168	↑7	21
22	Crystal	159	↓3	25
23	Laura	155	↓5	20
24	Sara	149	↑1	27
25	Lindsey	146	↓2	39
26	Michelle	140	↑3	23
27	Erin	139	↑4	30
28	Rebecca	138	↓2	26
29	Nicole	135	↓8	7
30	Christina	132	↓8	19
31	Mary	127	↑2	37
32	Courtney	122	↑5	35
33	Danielle	120	↑2	16
34	Angela	116	↓2	33
35	Andrea	112	↓5	36
36	Erica	109	↑12	31
37	Lindsay	109	↓1	46
38	Katherine	108	↑1	28
39	April	105	↓12	53
40	Tara	99	↓6	56
41	Katie	93	new	38
42	Alicia	92	–	45
43	Lacey	92	↑3	>100
44	Kayla	90	new	64
45	Kristen	90	↓2	41
46	Allison	87	new	42
47	Casey	84	new	80
48	Lisa	84	↓1	40
49	Shannon	84	↓4	44
50	Kelly	82	↓9	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	845	–	2
2	Michael	701	–	1
3	Joshua	682	–	4
4	Matthew	599	–	3
5	James	512	–	7
6	Justin	465	↑5	14
7	David	443	↓1	5
8	Brandon	431	↓1	13
9	Ryan	399	↑3	11
10	John	385	↓1	10
11	Robert	384	↓3	9
12	Daniel	352	↓2	6
13	Kyle	351	↑3	23
14	William	351	↓1	15
15	Jeremy	329	↑8	28
16	Andrew	303	↑5	8
17	Jason	288	↓3	18
18	Cody	278	↓3	56
19	Jonathan	267	↓2	16
20	Dustin	264	↓1	42
21	Brian	254	↑1	20
22	Joseph	253	↓4	12
23	Tyler	253	↓3	40
24	Steven	232	–	25
25	Kevin	226	↑4	21
26	Nicholas	220	↑2	17
27	Jacob	218	–	31
28	Eric	214	↓2	22
29	Aaron	213	↑1	33
30	Zachary	203	↑2	38
31	Anthony	197	–	19
32	Timothy	192	↑1	27
33	Charles	190	↑1	34
34	Jeffrey	185	↑2	32
35	Richard	183	↑4	29
36	Adam	182	↓11	24
37	Nathan	176	–	43
38	Mark	159	↑3	35
39	Bryan	156	↑3	47
40	Thomas	149	↓5	26
41	Patrick	143	↑6	39
42	Bradley	141	↓4	54
43	Benjamin	139	↑6	30
44	Chad	139	↑6	59
45	Stephen	138	↓5	36
46	Jared	132	↓3	58
47	Jordan	131	new	53
48	Jesse	122	↓2	48
49	Travis	122	↓5	49
50	Kenneth	116	↓2	50

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