State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,881 Oklahoma births in 1971 across 926 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#75Misty#200 nationally
#62Dustin#181 nationally
#67Amber#180 nationally
#89Christioutside the national top 200
#92Christieoutside the national top 200
#93Janaoutside the national top 200
#98Ladonnaoutside the national top 200
#35Jamie#118 nationally
#53Kelli#135 nationally
#59Shelley#140 nationally
#99Clinton#179 nationally
#24Shelly#103 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer525US #1
#2Angela477US #6
#3Kimberly466US #4
#4Lisa355US #3
#5Michelle337US #2
#6Amy332US #5
#7Melissa312US #7
#8Stephanie275US #11
#9Tammy261US #8
#10Shannon230US #21
#11Lori198US #25
#12Julie197US #10
#13Mary193US #9
#14Tina187US #20
#15Tracy186US #13
#16Rebecca173US #23
#17Stacy172US #32
#18Laura162US #16
#19Cynthia152US #24
#20Heather151US #12
#21Teresa149US #34
#22Dana143US #44
#23Rhonda140US #46
#24Shelly128US #103
#25Susan128US #17
#26Christina126US #30
#27Sherry120US #60
#28Christy119US #89
#29Karen116US #15
#30Andrea114US #35
#31Kelly111US #22
#32Dawn110US #14
#33Sheila108US #81
#34Elizabeth106US #19
#35Jamie103US #118
#36Patricia103US #26
#37Leslie102US #68
#38April101US #56
#39Tonya100US #45
#40Pamela97US #28
#41Paula97US #63
#42Donna95US #38
#43Kristi92US #113
#44Robin91US #51
#45Carrie90US #55
#46Sandra87US #31
#47Tiffany87US #62
#48Deborah83US #33
#49Cindy80US #70
#50Cheryl76US #50
#51Sharon76US #40
#52Crystal74US #79
#53Kelli73US #135
#54Linda73US #42
#55Wendy73US #29
#56Regina71US #90
#57Brenda70US #43
#58Gina70US #69
#59Shelley70US #140
#60Traci70US #116
#61Melanie69US #66
#62Monica69US #48
#63Carla68US #107
#64Kathy67US #91
#65Stacey67US #41
#66Melinda66US #85
#67Amber64US #180
#68Debra64US #57
#69Christine63US #18
#70Holly63US #76
#71Tara63US #49
#72Barbara62US #47
#73Sherri61US #123
#74Alicia60US #105
#75Misty60US #200
#76Nancy58US #52
#77Carol57US #92
#78Terri56US #115
#79Tamara55US #80
#80Tanya54US #72
#81Kathryn53US #111
#82Nicole53US #27
#83Deanna52US #95
#84Rachel52US #54
#85Amanda51US #84
#86Sarah50US #58
#87Denise49US #36
#88Michele48US #39
#89Christi47
#90Kristin47US #71
#91Stacie47US #131
#92Christie45
#93Jana45
#94Kristina45US #117
#95Toni45US #159
#96Catherine44US #65
#97Katherine44US #67
#98Ladonna44
#99Anita43US #127
#100Jessica43US #64

Boys

#1Michael928US #1
#2Christopher676US #6
#3James663US #2
#4David607US #3
#5Robert594US #5
#6John552US #4
#7Jason541US #8
#8William382US #7
#9Brian376US #9
#10Kevin356US #14
#11Steven317US #16
#12Charles303US #22
#13Jeffrey301US #12
#14Scott287US #10
#15Richard283US #11
#16Mark264US #13
#17Eric198US #18
#18Kenneth198US #25
#19Matthew194US #19
#20Thomas192US #17
#21Chad191US #29
#22Shawn191US #28
#23Timothy190US #21
#24Stephen189US #27
#25Gregory182US #26
#26Jerry182US #50
#27Paul181US #24
#28Gary176US #38
#29Daniel172US #20
#30Bryan166US #48
#31Joseph161US #15
#32Larry156US #44
#33Donald151US #34
#34Anthony150US #23
#35Ronald147US #31
#36Jeremy142US #45
#37Terry136US #56
#38Billy132US #75
#39Jimmy131US #93
#40Travis124US #61
#41Bobby114US #79
#42Justin112US #103
#43Jeffery110US #53
#44Todd108US #30
#45Patrick107US #35
#46Edward103US #32
#47Aaron101US #41
#48Rodney101US #59
#49Johnny100US #74
#50Bradley96US #58
#51Keith94US #37
#52Russell93US #64
#53Lance92US #98
#54Sean92US #36
#55Phillip87US #76
#56Troy87US #46
#57Tony85US #62
#58Chris84US #68
#59Danny84US #82
#60Randy84US #67
#61Brandon83US #95
#62Dustin83US #181
#63Joe82US #101
#64Brent81US #73
#65Ryan81US #51
#66Craig78US #43
#67Douglas78US #39
#68Jonathan76US #40
#69Shane76US #60
#70George72US #42
#71Marcus69US #65
#72Shannon69US #106
#73Tommy69US #148
#74Roger68US #71
#75Ricky66US #121
#76Kyle63US #116
#77Randall62US #102
#78Carl61US #72
#79Darren61US #100
#80Dennis61US #49
#81Jon60US #78
#82Roy60US #111
#83Raymond59US #52
#84Wesley59US #151
#85Andrew58US #33
#86Jay58US #114
#87Jeff58US #140
#88Ronnie57US #135
#89Kelly54US #136
#90Micheal54US #124
#91Jack51US #132
#92Mike51US #153
#93Derrick50US #84
#94Darrell49US #118
#95Derek49US #63
#96Frank49US #54
#97Nathan49US #104
#98Adam48US #57
#99Clinton48US #179
#100Curtis48US #89

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑33Jeremy#36
↑32Brandon#61
↑31Chad#21
↑24Dustin#62
↑23Justin#42
↑21Sheila#33
↑20April#38
↑19Carrie#45

Falling

↓28Jeff#87
↓24Katherine#97
↓23Douglas#67
↓21Curtis#100
↓20Brenda#57
↓18Tonya#39
↓18Kristi#43
↓18Carla#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.