State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,613 Oklahoma births in 1953 across 847 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Oklahoma more than they say America.

#69Sherri#196 nationally
#85Billieoutside the national top 200
#86Gaylaoutside the national top 200
#73Bill#176 nationally
#71Jim#173 nationally
#88Rex#188 nationally
#76Jimmie#167 nationally
#95Jackie#184 nationally
#60Jackie#145 nationally
#68Lonnie#147 nationally
#91Vicky#170 nationally
#82Patti#160 nationally

Girls

#1Linda885US #2
#2Deborah757US #3
#3Mary660US #1
#4Debra617US #7
#5Patricia538US #4
#6Pamela490US #10
#7Donna430US #13
#8Susan416US #5
#9Karen390US #9
#10Sharon384US #15
#11Brenda377US #18
#12Barbara369US #6
#13Sandra349US #11
#14Nancy342US #8
#15Cynthia339US #12
#16Carolyn267US #25
#17Kathy263US #23
#18Carol260US #16
#19Marilyn243US #36
#20Judy242US #27
#21Janet238US #19
#22Paula237US #40
#23Janice232US #22
#24Teresa220US #42
#25Rebecca195US #24
#26Beverly188US #34
#27Connie185US #47
#28Shirley177US #29
#29Betty171US #33
#30Vicki169US #61
#31Peggy160US #44
#32Elizabeth157US #21
#33Sherry154US #70
#34Kathryn152US #48
#35Joyce151US #26
#36Margaret147US #20
#37Kathleen140US #14
#38Rhonda132US #85
#39Diana129US #55
#40Phyllis124US #69
#41Cheryl122US #28
#42Vickie118US #79
#43Anita115US #89
#44Cathy115US #56
#45Martha115US #41
#46Rita111US #64
#47Glenda110US #105
#48Jo110US #54
#49Marsha110US #83
#50Wanda96US #57
#51Diane93US #17
#52Catherine92US #35
#53Judith90US #30
#54Katherine89US #63
#55Laura89US #51
#56Dorothy88US #49
#57Charlotte85US #100
#58Denise83US #31
#59Ruth82US #62
#60Virginia82US #53
#61Alice80US #73
#62Theresa78US #50
#63Carla76US #129
#64Gail75US #39
#65Jane75US #43
#66Sheila75US #60
#67Sue75US #106
#68Jan74US #140
#69Sherri73US #196
#70Gloria71US #38
#71Jean70US #52
#72Sally70US #81
#73Helen69US #65
#74Bonnie67US #45
#75Jacqueline66US #58
#76Ann64US #46
#77Doris64US #87
#78Christine63US #32
#79Patsy63US #141
#80Terri61US #130
#81Norma60US #122
#82Patti60US #160
#83Loretta59US #137
#84Suzanne59US #78
#85Billie57
#86Gayla56
#87Rose56US #59
#88Terry56US #117
#89Kay55US #146
#90Leslie55US #96
#91Vicky54US #170
#92Debbie52US #119
#93Lisa51US #111
#94Frances50US #72
#95Jackie50US #184
#96Regina50US #132
#97Victoria50US #82
#98Darlene48US #75
#99Marcia48US #84
#100Sheryl47US #148

Boys

#1Michael1,068US #3
#2James1,067US #2
#3David999US #5
#4Robert848US #1
#5John826US #4
#6Richard657US #7
#7William621US #6
#8Gary600US #10
#9Larry593US #18
#10Charles588US #9
#11Steven439US #11
#12Ronald431US #15
#13Jerry365US #29
#14Donald364US #14
#15Kenneth363US #17
#16Mark360US #12
#17Terry328US #30
#18Thomas328US #8
#19Billy311US #65
#20Stephen300US #21
#21Jimmy263US #72
#22Dennis258US #19
#23Randy246US #35
#24Danny237US #41
#25Paul222US #16
#26Roger218US #31
#27Ricky212US #51
#28Tommy202US #95
#29George200US #22
#30Johnny192US #52
#31Joe181US #66
#32Bobby173US #74
#33Daniel168US #20
#34Ronnie160US #79
#35Joseph147US #13
#36Jack144US #57
#37Timothy143US #26
#38Edward142US #23
#39Roy141US #55
#40Phillip138US #76
#41Carl136US #44
#42Bruce129US #28
#43Gregory125US #24
#44Rickey124US #113
#45Rodney123US #58
#46Harold121US #56
#47Stanley121US #62
#48Dale119US #48
#49Douglas116US #27
#50Raymond115US #34
#51Gerald112US #42
#52Randall107US #64
#53Keith104US #47
#54Darrell101US #103
#55Patrick101US #39
#56Steve101US #84
#57Frank98US #33
#58Alan93US #43
#59Anthony91US #32
#60Jackie87US #145
#61Don81US #121
#62Jeffrey81US #25
#63Micheal79US #88
#64Philip77US #61
#65Ralph77US #59
#66Walter77US #45
#67Tony76US #117
#68Lonnie72US #147
#69Eddie71US #97
#70Clifford67US #102
#71Jim66US #173
#72Russell66US #71
#73Bill65US #176
#74Rick65US #101
#75Howard64US #77
#76Jimmie64US #167
#77Christopher63US #63
#78Curtis63US #86
#79Henry63US #54
#80Mike63US #136
#81Earl62US #96
#82Glen62US #129
#83Ray62US #115
#84Wayne62US #40
#85Floyd61US #152
#86Glenn60US #67
#87Melvin60US #91
#88Rex60US #188
#89Clarence58US #108
#90Jay58US #99
#91Dwight57US #122
#92Lawrence57US #37
#93Leonard56US #85
#94Marvin56US #94
#95Scott56US #46
#96Allen54US #81
#97Calvin51US #111
#98Eugene51US #75
#99Harry51US #83
#100Leslie51US #135

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑44Rodney#45
↑28Gail#64
↑26Tony#67
↑21Jan#68
↑20Lonnie#68
↑18Anita#43
↑18Russell#72
↑17Theresa#62

Falling

↓37Frances#94
↓37Allen#96
↓32Marcia#99
↓32Lawrence#92
↓30Wayne#84
↓17Walter#66
↓17Leonard#93
↓16Gloria#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.