State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,306 Oklahoma births in 1954 across 887 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#51Gaylaoutside the national top 200
#76Danaoutside the national top 200
#77Sherrioutside the national top 200
#83Bill#176 nationally
#79Vicky#171 nationally
#61Jackie#150 nationally
#97Jackie#185 nationally
#89Jimmie#171 nationally
#73Floyd#152 nationally
#37Glenda#114 nationally
#78Patsy#155 nationally
#59Carla#135 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah748US #3
#2Linda738US #2
#3Mary671US #1
#4Debra657US #6
#5Patricia550US #4
#6Pamela472US #12
#7Susan457US #5
#8Donna430US #11
#9Karen398US #8
#10Cynthia366US #10
#11Brenda358US #18
#12Sharon339US #16
#13Barbara337US #7
#14Sandra323US #13
#15Nancy321US #9
#16Janet310US #19
#17Teresa273US #34
#18Carol256US #15
#19Connie255US #39
#20Kathy247US #23
#21Cheryl234US #22
#22Rebecca231US #26
#23Carolyn230US #27
#24Judy230US #29
#25Paula223US #38
#26Marilyn211US #35
#27Beverly197US #31
#28Vicki195US #50
#29Elizabeth193US #20
#30Janice186US #25
#31Shirley184US #33
#32Vickie178US #69
#33Rhonda175US #71
#34Sherry171US #62
#35Peggy165US #48
#36Betty146US #36
#37Glenda145US #114
#38Joyce141US #28
#39Margaret128US #21
#40Kathryn127US #51
#41Phyllis122US #75
#42Rita121US #67
#43Diana119US #57
#44Cathy115US #59
#45Terri114US #100
#46Kathleen108US #14
#47Diane105US #17
#48Marsha103US #86
#49Sheila102US #60
#50Anita101US #96
#51Gayla101
#52Martha101US #46
#53Denise100US #24
#54Jo97US #53
#55Wanda95US #58
#56Debbie94US #92
#57Katherine89US #64
#58Laura85US #45
#59Carla83US #135
#60Judith81US #30
#61Sue80US #106
#62Virginia80US #61
#63Catherine78US #32
#64Ruth77US #66
#65Terry76US #88
#66Ann75US #44
#67Lisa74US #73
#68Charlotte71US #113
#69Gail71US #37
#70Jane70US #49
#71Sally69US #84
#72Jean67US #56
#73Rose66US #54
#74Robin65US #41
#75Helen63US #72
#76Dana62
#77Sherri62
#78Patsy61US #155
#79Vicky60US #171
#80Cindy59US #91
#81Jan59US #131
#82Sheryl59US #133
#83Doris58US #93
#84Dorothy58US #55
#85Jacqueline58US #68
#86Julie58US #70
#87Bonnie56US #52
#88Joan56US #40
#89Marcia56US #90
#90Toni56US #153
#91Gloria54US #42
#92Patti54US #167
#93Theresa53US #47
#94Loretta52US #125
#95Anna51US #105
#96Gwendolyn51US #122
#97Jackie50US #185
#98Victoria50US #85
#99Ellen49US #77
#100Leslie49US #99

Boys

#1David1,079US #5
#2Michael1,036US #1
#3James1,014US #3
#4John812US #4
#5Robert809US #2
#6Gary625US #9
#7William590US #6
#8Richard567US #7
#9Larry566US #19
#10Charles515US #10
#11Mark482US #12
#12Steven480US #11
#13Terry408US #27
#14Ronald376US #15
#15Thomas368US #8
#16Jerry363US #31
#17Donald358US #14
#18Kenneth318US #17
#19Stephen309US #20
#20Randy302US #33
#21Billy292US #65
#22Paul281US #16
#23Danny255US #42
#24Ricky251US #46
#25Dennis231US #21
#26Roger227US #34
#27Bobby221US #72
#28Jimmy212US #74
#29Johnny198US #54
#30Joe192US #67
#31Timothy192US #26
#32Daniel178US #18
#33George170US #24
#34Jack160US #57
#35Tommy158US #100
#36Ronnie154US #78
#37Gregory152US #25
#38Douglas144US #29
#39Rickey142US #113
#40Joseph138US #13
#41Roy134US #56
#42Carl127US #47
#43Bruce121US #30
#44Edward116US #22
#45Keith116US #45
#46Stanley115US #58
#47Phillip114US #75
#48Raymond114US #35
#49Dale110US #50
#50Darrell109US #95
#51Gerald106US #44
#52Harold105US #60
#53Alan104US #43
#54Jeffrey104US #23
#55Micheal103US #88
#56Anthony97US #32
#57Kevin95US #28
#58Randall95US #55
#59Tony94US #105
#60Steve93US #76
#61Jackie87US #150
#62Russell87US #69
#63Frank83US #36
#64Patrick83US #38
#65Scott82US #40
#66Eddie79US #91
#67Rodney78US #66
#68Wayne77US #41
#69Samuel73US #71
#70Don71US #120
#71Allen70US #82
#72Curtis69US #84
#73Floyd69US #152
#74Rick67US #102
#75Christopher66US #64
#76Mike66US #130
#77Philip66US #62
#78Clifford65US #112
#79Glenn65US #63
#80Walter63US #49
#81Lawrence61US #39
#82Glen59US #131
#83Bill58US #176
#84Howard58US #80
#85Leonard58US #85
#86Earl57US #98
#87Henry57US #59
#88Melvin57US #92
#89Jimmie55US #171
#90Craig53US #51
#91Lonnie52US #146
#92Kent51US #167
#93Calvin49US #117
#94Jay49US #101
#95Martin49US #79
#96Ray48US #118
#97Marvin47US #97
#98Donnie46US #162
#99Ralph46US #61
#100Arthur45US #52

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑36Debbie#56
↑35Terri#45
↑35Gayla#51
↑30Scott#65
↑26Lisa#67
↑25Allen#71
↑23Terry#65
↑20Cheryl#21

Falling

↓34Ralph#99
↓31Theresa#93
↓28Dorothy#84
↓23Lonnie#91
↓22Rodney#67
↓21Gloria#91
↓14Walter#80
↓13Jan#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.