Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 2012

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 2012 were Emma for girls (285 babies) and Elijah for boys (220). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Elijah ranked #13 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,740 babies born in Oklahoma in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 2012

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

Girls

Gentry: 26 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Tinley: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Braylee: 33 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kynlee: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jaylee: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Raylee: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brylee: 41 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Aspen: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kimber: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Averi: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Rowdy: 16 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Briar: 15 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Boston: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kase: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Landry: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bentlee: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Casen: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Keaton: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tripp: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kash: 27 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	285	–	2
2	Sophia	211	–	1
3	Isabella	202	–	3
4	Olivia	184	–	4
5	Abigail	180	↑3	7
6	Emily	160	↑1	6
7	Elizabeth	157	↑6	10
8	Addison	152	↓2	14
9	Ava	139	↓4	5
10	Madison	134	↑1	9
11	Harper	132	↑7	24
12	Brooklyn	129	↓3	29
13	Zoey	128	↑4	20
14	Chloe	125	↓4	11
15	Avery	123	↓3	13
16	Mia	110	↑10	8
17	Ella	106	↑3	12
18	Nevaeh	105	↑5	39
19	Aubrey	103	↑5	15
20	Alexis	101	↓5	40
21	Lillian	101	↓7	25
22	Natalie	99	↓3	17
23	Paisley	97	↑5	>100
24	Lily	94	↓8	16
25	Evelyn	88	↑8	27
26	Peyton	85	↑3	53
27	Hannah	84	↓5	22
28	Amelia	76	↑14	23
29	Audrey	75	↑7	41
30	Claire	73	new	45
31	Serenity	72	↓4	58
32	Piper	71	new	98
33	Sofia	71	new	18
34	Zoe	71	new	30
35	Allison	69	↓5	38
36	Kaylee	69	↓15	35
37	Hadley	68	new	>100
38	Aaliyah	67	new	36
39	Grace	67	↑5	21
40	Khloe	66	↓15	55
41	Lilly	65	↑9	>100
42	Riley	63	new	47
43	Taylor	63	↓9	46
44	Payton	62	↑4	>100
45	Hailey	60	↓7	32
46	Rylee	60	new	>100
47	Trinity	60	↓8	91
48	Victoria	60	new	28
49	Aubree	59	↓9	60
50	Lydia	59	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Elijah	220	↑3	13
2	Noah	200	↑3	4
3	Mason	198	↓1	2
4	Ethan	192	↑2	3
5	Jacob	192	↓2	1
6	Liam	189	↑31	6
7	Aiden	188	–	10
8	Wyatt	184	↑2	41
9	Jaxon	182	↑19	66
10	William	180	↓9	5
11	Alexander	174	↑2	9
12	Hunter	171	–	45
13	Bentley	169	↑4	75
14	Michael	161	↓6	7
15	Samuel	161	↑7	25
16	Gabriel	160	↓5	24
17	James	159	↓8	14
18	Jackson	155	↓4	21
19	Logan	151	↑8	22
20	Eli	148	–	43
21	Joseph	139	↑14	19
22	Isaac	135	↓1	30
23	Landon	135	↓7	35
24	Daniel	131	↑2	11
25	Luke	131	↑17	37
26	Andrew	127	↑5	18
27	Brayden	124	↑7	39
28	Jayden	122	↓13	8
29	David	119	↓10	20
30	John	118	↑14	28
31	Christopher	117	↑2	23
32	Joshua	117	↓14	17
33	Anthony	116	↑10	15
34	Gavin	116	↑15	40
35	Benjamin	115	↓10	16
36	Matthew	113	↓7	12
37	Carter	112	↓5	36
38	Colton	109	new	65
39	Ryder	108	↑9	100
40	Jonathan	104	new	34
41	Ryan	103	↑5	26
42	Braxton	101	new	>100
43	Christian	101	new	33
44	Lucas	101	new	27
45	Jordan	99	↓5	48
46	Caleb	98	↓23	32
47	Cooper	96	↓8	83
48	Easton	96	↓12	96
49	Levi	96	↓19	55
50	Jace	94	new	85

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