Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1987

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1987 were Ashley for girls (746 babies) and Michael for boys (676). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 38,701 babies born in Oklahoma in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1987

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: 25 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lacy: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lacie: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Destiny: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Charity: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kacie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Misty: 63 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hailey: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Randi: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelby: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Kaleb: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Braden: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Dakota: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Colt: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chance: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Tanner: 39 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jerrod: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dusty: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Clinton: 59 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kasey: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	746	–	2
2	Jessica	660	–	1
3	Amanda	499	↑1	3
4	Sarah	432	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	369	↓2	4
6	Amber	346	–	15
7	Heather	323	–	9
8	Brittany	305	↑3	7
9	Rachel	262	↑1	17
10	Megan	255	↓2	12
11	Stephanie	255	↓2	6
12	Whitney	241	–	32
13	Lauren	223	↑4	16
14	Tiffany	213	–	18
15	Samantha	201	↑6	11
16	Kayla	198	↑28	27
17	Elizabeth	177	↓2	10
18	Emily	177	↑2	19
19	Melissa	168	↓1	13
20	Amy	165	↓4	24
21	Kimberly	159	↓8	23
22	Christina	152	↑8	20
23	Laura	148	–	22
24	Nicole	141	↑5	8
25	Rebecca	139	↑3	25
26	Jamie	136	↓7	39
27	Sara	132	↓3	29
28	Crystal	127	↓6	26
29	Lindsey	126	↓4	41
30	Danielle	122	↑3	14
31	Courtney	118	↑1	33
32	Michelle	115	↓6	21
33	April	112	↑6	58
34	Chelsea	111	new	47
35	Katie	111	↑6	38
36	Katherine	110	↑2	28
37	Kendra	102	new	77
38	Kelsey	101	new	67
39	Allison	98	↑7	44
40	Mary	97	↓9	37
41	Andrea	96	↓6	36
42	Angela	96	↓8	35
43	Kristen	96	↑2	42
44	Lisa	90	↑4	40
45	Alicia	83	↓3	46
46	Erica	83	↓10	31
47	Tara	82	↓7	69
48	Brandi	81	new	88
49	Casey	78	↓2	81
50	Kristin	78	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	676	↑1	1
2	Christopher	672	↓1	2
3	Joshua	634	–	4
4	Matthew	568	–	3
5	Justin	474	↑1	9
6	James	448	↓1	8
7	David	441	–	5
8	Brandon	355	–	14
9	John	355	↑1	11
10	Robert	340	↑1	10
11	Kyle	334	↑2	22
12	Daniel	331	–	7
13	Ryan	324	↓4	13
14	Andrew	314	↑2	6
15	Cody	308	↑3	49
16	William	287	↓2	15
17	Jacob	265	↑10	31
18	Joseph	260	↑4	12
19	Tyler	244	↑4	39
20	Steven	238	↑4	25
21	Jeremy	235	↓6	29
22	Anthony	222	↑9	17
23	Aaron	218	↑6	34
24	Dustin	218	↓4	44
25	Zachary	218	↑5	33
26	Jonathan	214	↓7	18
27	Timothy	208	↑5	26
28	Jason	205	↓11	23
29	Eric	195	↓1	21
30	Kevin	189	↓5	19
31	Brian	180	↓10	20
32	Nicholas	175	↓6	16
33	Adam	172	↑3	27
34	Travis	164	↑15	42
35	Thomas	162	↑5	24
36	Charles	158	↓3	35
37	Stephen	156	↑8	38
38	Derek	154	new	54
39	Jeffrey	152	↓5	32
40	Benjamin	148	↑3	28
41	Nathan	140	↓4	45
42	Richard	138	↓7	30
43	Mark	131	↓5	36
44	Jared	129	↑2	58
45	Jordan	128	↑2	52
46	Bradley	124	↓4	56
47	Jesse	119	↑1	55
48	Sean	115	new	40
49	Kenneth	112	↑1	53
50	Patrick	110	↓9	41

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