Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1989

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1989 were Ashley for girls (623 babies) and Joshua for boys (646). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,795 babies born in Oklahoma in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1989

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: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Laci: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lacy: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Katy: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kelsi: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Summer: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maegan: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Callie: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tiffani: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cassie: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dakota: 54 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jarod: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dusty: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dillon: 52 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Chance: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trey: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dalton: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bobby: 74 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Billy: 63 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tanner: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	623	↑1	2
2	Jessica	618	↓1	1
3	Brittany	469	↑2	3
4	Amanda	400	↓1	4
5	Sarah	352	↓1	5
6	Megan	266	↑2	11
7	Samantha	250	↑8	6
8	Jennifer	244	↓2	7
9	Lauren	234	↑2	9
10	Amber	229	↓3	14
11	Kayla	226	↑2	20
12	Heather	222	↓3	15
13	Chelsea	216	↑6	27
14	Rachel	211	↓2	18
15	Courtney	204	↑2	21
16	Tiffany	204	↓6	16
17	Stephanie	203	↓3	8
18	Elizabeth	193	↓2	10
19	Emily	184	↑1	13
20	Rebecca	148	↑10	24
21	Whitney	148	↓3	57
22	Kelsey	137	↑14	31
23	Melissa	134	↓1	19
24	Christina	131	↑2	23
25	Jamie	123	↑4	52
26	Sara	122	↑1	29
27	Laura	121	↓6	25
28	Kimberly	120	↓5	28
29	Nicole	120	↑2	12
30	Amy	118	↓6	35
31	Lindsey	114	↓3	48
32	Hannah	112	↑16	42
33	Katherine	112	–	26
34	Jordan	111	new	72
35	Andrea	106	↓3	39
36	Taylor	105	new	75
37	Michelle	102	↓3	22
38	Brittney	100	↑2	41
39	Danielle	98	↓14	17
40	Katie	95	↓1	45
41	Mary	95	↓3	38
42	Kristen	94	↓7	36
43	Cassandra	92	new	54
44	Anna	85	new	51
45	Kristin	85	↑2	60
46	Alyssa	82	new	33
47	Morgan	82	new	69
48	Erin	80	↓6	40
49	Allison	79	new	46
50	Erica	78	↓9	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Joshua	646	–	4
2	Michael	603	↑1	1
3	Christopher	584	↓1	2
4	Matthew	492	–	3
5	Justin	458	–	8
6	James	398	–	9
7	John	340	↑6	12
8	David	334	↓1	5
9	Tyler	331	↑7	30
10	Andrew	319	↑2	7
11	Brandon	313	–	18
12	William	311	↑5	15
13	Daniel	306	↑1	6
14	Kyle	297	↑1	20
15	Robert	297	↓7	10
16	Cody	292	↓7	45
17	Zachary	271	↑3	25
18	Ryan	267	↓8	13
19	Jacob	265	–	26
20	Joseph	256	↓2	11
21	Nicholas	245	↑2	14
22	Aaron	241	–	31
23	Jonathan	230	↓2	17
24	Kevin	204	↑3	19
25	Dustin	203	↑1	48
26	Steven	203	↓2	22
27	Timothy	194	↑4	28
28	Jeremy	189	↓3	34
29	Eric	186	↓1	21
30	Anthony	174	–	16
31	Austin	168	↑9	59
32	Brian	166	–	24
33	Jordan	159	↑11	44
34	Thomas	158	↓5	23
35	Nathan	152	↑6	43
36	Charles	147	↑2	36
37	Travis	147	↓4	41
38	Jesse	142	↑11	50
39	Jason	139	↓3	35
40	Benjamin	136	↓3	29
41	Richard	136	↓2	33
42	Derek	130	↑4	54
43	Adam	129	↓8	27
44	Jared	129	new	57
45	Jeffrey	128	↓3	37
46	Caleb	126	new	91
47	Bradley	118	↓4	58
48	Blake	117	new	97
49	Sean	115	↑1	39
50	Stephen	115	↓16	40

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