Popular baby names in Oklahoma, 2016

The most popular baby names in Oklahoma in 2016 were Emma for girls (246 babies) and Liam for boys (216). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,061 babies born in Oklahoma in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oklahoma in 2016

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: 25 babies, 24× the national rate
Kimber: 39 babies, 8× the national rate
Raylee: 18 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Whitley: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Blakely: 69 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kynlee: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Remington: 38 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jaycee: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jaylee: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Braylee: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Stryker: 17 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Baker: 23 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Rowdy: 16 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Chevy: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ruger: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Creed: 18 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Kyson: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Boston: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Stetson: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kannon: 16 babies, 5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oklahoma, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	246	–	1
2	Olivia	226	–	2
3	Ava	186	–	3
4	Sophia	175	↑1	4
5	Abigail	170	↑3	8
6	Harper	170	↑1	11
7	Isabella	149	↓3	5
8	Charlotte	137	↑8	7
9	Elizabeth	137	↓3	13
10	Mia	137	↓1	6
11	Evelyn	133	↑12	12
12	Emily	123	↑2	9
13	Avery	117	↓3	16
14	Amelia	116	↓1	10
15	Paisley	106	↓4	46
16	Ella	101	↑6	17
17	Brooklyn	100	↓2	34
18	Madison	95	↓1	15
19	Zoey	92	↓7	26
20	Scarlett	89	↑1	18
21	Lillian	88	↓2	28
22	Ellie	86	↑10	43
23	Lily	86	↓3	24
24	Chloe	84	–	20
25	Piper	84	↓7	67
26	Addison	82	↓1	29
27	Grace	77	↑13	19
28	Nevaeh	77	↑8	73
29	Kennedy	75	↑5	59
30	Serenity	75	↑8	70
31	Layla	73	↓3	30
32	Sofia	73	↓6	14
33	Penelope	72	↑15	27
34	Claire	71	↑13	40
35	Hadley	70	↑6	>100
36	Hannah	70	↓6	33
37	Natalie	70	↓8	31
38	Stella	70	new	45
39	Blakely	69	new	>100
40	Riley	69	new	22
41	Ruby	69	new	71
42	Emery	68	↓9	>100
43	Aubrey	67	↓16	25
44	Victoria	65	↓1	21
45	Aurora	64	↑1	66
46	Violet	64	new	47
47	Anna	63	↓2	49
48	Hazel	63	new	52
49	Aria	62	–	23
50	Caroline	62	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Liam	216	↑3	2
2	Elijah	202	↓1	9
3	Oliver	187	↑10	12
4	Noah	184	↑2	1
5	Mason	171	↑2	4
6	William	171	↓4	3
7	Jaxon	170	↓4	41
8	Wyatt	170	↓3	33
9	James	166	↓1	5
10	Luke	164	↑5	29
11	Michael	150	↑5	8
12	Samuel	150	–	21
13	Benjamin	145	↓2	6
14	Alexander	143	↑5	11
15	Gabriel	141	↓5	25
16	Carter	135	↑4	26
17	Aiden	134	↑4	16
18	Jacob	131	↑7	7
19	Jackson	130	↓10	17
20	Lincoln	126	↑24	51
21	Easton	124	↑7	66
22	Isaac	123	↑7	31
23	Ethan	122	↓1	10
24	Henry	121	↑15	22
25	Joseph	118	↑10	20
26	Asher	116	–	71
27	Cooper	115	↓10	79
28	Daniel	115	↑10	13
29	David	115	↑8	19
30	Levi	114	↓3	42
31	Grayson	112	↓13	37
32	Jack	111	↑11	38
33	Hudson	110	↓2	61
34	Hunter	109	↓10	45
35	Isaiah	108	↑7	47
36	Eli	107	↓13	50
37	Owen	107	↓4	24
38	John	105	↓4	28
39	Andrew	104	new	34
40	Sebastian	102	new	23
41	Logan	101	↓27	18
42	Lucas	100	↓10	14
43	Ryker	100	↑5	>100
44	Joshua	99	↓8	35
45	Ryder	99	↑1	>100
46	Christopher	97	↓16	36
47	Matthew	97	↓7	15
48	Braxton	92	new	>100
49	Anthony	91	new	30
50	Jayden	91	↓1	27

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