Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1988

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1988 were Jessica for girls (652 babies) and Joshua for boys (697). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,141 babies born in Oklahoma in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1988

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: 22 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Laci: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lacie: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lacy: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shayla: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Stevie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jami: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Madison: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelby: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lacey: 72 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 48 babies, 8× the national rate
Chance: 45 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Colby: 49 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heath: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Billy: 63 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kody: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Colton: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tanner: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kaleb: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trey: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	652	↑1	1
2	Ashley	612	↓1	2
3	Amanda	457	–	3
4	Sarah	397	–	4
5	Brittany	335	↑3	6
6	Jennifer	317	↓1	5
7	Amber	307	↓1	15
8	Megan	280	↑2	12
9	Heather	266	↓2	14
10	Tiffany	257	↑4	13
11	Lauren	247	↑2	11
12	Rachel	243	↓3	19
13	Kayla	235	↑3	20
14	Stephanie	227	↓3	7
15	Samantha	216	–	8
16	Elizabeth	194	↑1	10
17	Courtney	184	↑14	24
18	Whitney	175	↓6	39
19	Chelsea	169	↑15	33
20	Emily	159	↓2	18
21	Laura	159	↑2	23
22	Melissa	154	↓3	16
23	Kimberly	149	↓2	25
24	Amy	143	↓4	29
25	Danielle	143	↑5	17
26	Christina	133	↓4	22
27	Sara	132	–	30
28	Lindsey	130	↑1	48
29	Jamie	128	↓3	45
30	Rebecca	127	↓5	26
31	Nicole	119	↓7	9
32	Andrea	117	↑9	35
33	Katherine	114	↑3	27
34	Michelle	113	↓2	21
35	Kristen	107	↑8	36
36	Kelsey	105	↑2	64
37	Crystal	97	↓9	28
38	Mary	94	↑2	34
39	Katie	93	↓4	40
40	Brittney	91	new	52
41	Erica	91	↑5	31
42	Erin	91	new	37
43	Angela	87	↓1	38
44	Tara	83	↑3	67
45	Alicia	81	–	50
46	Kathryn	80	new	55
47	Kristin	80	↑3	58
48	Hannah	79	new	61
49	April	78	↓16	65
50	Holly	78	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Joshua	697	↑2	4
2	Christopher	636	–	2
3	Michael	611	↓2	1
4	Matthew	514	–	3
5	Justin	502	–	7
6	James	423	–	9
7	David	358	–	6
8	Robert	344	↑2	10
9	Cody	338	↑6	43
10	Ryan	334	↑3	13
11	Brandon	332	↓3	17
12	Andrew	325	↑2	5
13	John	323	↓4	11
14	Daniel	319	↓2	8
15	Kyle	316	↓4	21
16	Tyler	314	↑3	33
17	William	290	↓1	16
18	Joseph	265	–	12
19	Jacob	263	↓2	28
20	Zachary	246	↑5	29
21	Jonathan	235	↑5	15
22	Aaron	223	↑1	31
23	Nicholas	219	↑9	14
24	Steven	215	↓4	24
25	Jeremy	196	↓4	35
26	Dustin	192	↓2	48
27	Kevin	192	↑3	20
28	Eric	188	↑1	19
29	Thomas	187	↑6	23
30	Anthony	182	↓8	18
31	Timothy	182	↓4	25
32	Brian	175	↓1	22
33	Travis	166	↑1	41
34	Stephen	155	↑3	40
35	Adam	153	↓2	26
36	Jason	153	↓8	27
37	Benjamin	151	↑3	30
38	Charles	146	↓2	37
39	Richard	146	↑3	32
40	Austin	141	new	63
41	Nathan	140	–	44
42	Jeffrey	132	↓3	36
43	Bradley	131	↑3	57
44	Jordan	124	↑1	52
45	Samuel	123	new	45
46	Derek	121	↓8	53
47	Mark	111	↓4	39
48	Cory	110	new	59
49	Jesse	108	↓2	55
50	Sean	104	↓2	38

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