Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 1997

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 1997 were Taylor for girls (309 babies) and Jacob for boys (521). Taylor ranked #7 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,926 babies born in Oklahoma in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 1997

Names given at least 15 times in Oklahoma that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Cherokee: 20 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Stormy: 18 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Jaden: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kori: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lacy: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Aspen: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Micah: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Baylee: 49 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brooklyn: 60 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Addison: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Braden: 77 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Trace: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brayden: 45 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lane: 48 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chance: 78 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dalton: 189 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Keaton: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Landon: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Triston: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Colton: 140 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Taylor	309	↑1	7
2	Madison	299	↓1	10
3	Emily	286	↑1	1
4	Hannah	259	↑2	5
5	Jessica	244	–	2
6	Sarah	243	↑1	4
7	Ashley	239	↓4	3
8	Rachel	187	↑1	13
9	Samantha	185	↑6	6
10	Lauren	179	↑6	14
11	Morgan	178	↑8	22
12	Megan	170	↑1	11
13	Brittany	168	↓5	20
14	Elizabeth	168	↓4	9
15	Alexis	164	↓1	8
16	Shelby	162	↓4	43
17	Jordan	157	↑17	40
18	Brianna	146	↑3	17
19	Bailey	142	↑3	65
20	Alyssa	138	↑12	15
21	Kayla	136	↓10	12
22	Courtney	130	↓4	28
23	Destiny	123	↑10	42
24	Victoria	121	↓1	19
25	Haley	119	↓5	31
26	Amanda	117	–	16
27	Kaitlyn	115	–	41
28	Cheyenne	111	↓4	68
29	Sydney	110	↑14	35
30	Amber	109	↓5	29
31	Sierra	108	–	56
32	Anna	105	↓2	33
33	Rebecca	105	↓5	25
34	Kaylee	98	↑11	>100
35	Paige	96	↓6	64
36	Abigail	95	↑2	26
37	Kelsey	93	↓20	57
38	Allison	90	↑4	39
39	Savannah	88	↑10	47
40	Mariah	87	↑7	67
41	Brooke	80	↓6	45
42	Breanna	79	new	74
43	Jennifer	78	↓7	18
44	Katelyn	77	new	63
45	Katherine	77	new	32
46	Nicole	77	↓2	21
47	Chelsea	76	↓10	73
48	Makayla	76	new	>100
49	Hailey	75	↓10	80
50	Autumn	74	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	521	↑1	2
2	Tyler	396	↓1	10
3	Austin	380	↑1	9
4	Joshua	366	↑1	5
5	Michael	365	↓2	1
6	Christopher	330	↑1	4
7	Matthew	316	↓1	3
8	Zachary	292	–	13
9	Brandon	290	–	8
10	Andrew	269	↑6	7
11	William	260	–	19
12	David	244	↑7	14
13	James	242	↓3	17
14	Ryan	225	–	16
15	Dakota	207	↑2	66
16	Caleb	206	↑6	47
17	Jordan	205	↑1	26
18	John	204	↑3	15
19	Daniel	199	↑9	11
20	Logan	199	↑15	42
21	Nicholas	199	↓6	6
22	Dylan	198	↑2	30
23	Justin	196	↓11	20
24	Dalton	189	↑10	90
25	Christian	187	↑8	25
26	Cody	186	↓13	36
27	Jonathan	186	↓2	21
28	Joseph	186	↓8	12
29	Hunter	185	↓2	44
30	Kyle	180	↓4	24
31	Robert	173	↓8	23
32	Samuel	168	–	27
33	Alexander	143	↑3	22
34	Colton	140	↓5	>100
35	Nathan	137	↑7	34
36	Blake	135	↓5	80
37	Ethan	131	↑8	46
38	Anthony	129	↓1	18
39	Chase	129	↑9	77
40	Tanner	129	↓2	82
41	Thomas	127	↓1	31
42	Aaron	126	↓12	33
43	Benjamin	122	↓2	29
44	Garrett	119	↑3	85
45	Noah	106	new	38
46	Timothy	103	new	43
47	Mason	102	↓1	89
48	Seth	100	new	97
49	Jason	96	new	41
50	Kevin	96	new	28

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