State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,537 Oklahoma births in 1973 across 900 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#67Shawna#188 nationally
#93Christioutside the national top 200
#47Dustin#153 nationally
#98Gingeroutside the national top 200
#98Clayton#199 nationally
#87Christie#179 nationally
#91Kerri#180 nationally
#45Amber#130 nationally
#73Kelli#157 nationally
#22Shelly#104 nationally
#31Brandi#109 nationally
#16Misty#90 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer649US #1
#2Amy423US #2
#3Angela371US #7
#4Kimberly346US #4
#5Stephanie331US #9
#6Michelle298US #3
#7Melissa290US #6
#8Lisa256US #5
#9Heather226US #8
#10Rebecca205US #10
#11Tammy176US #15
#12Julie160US #12
#13Shannon157US #22
#14Lori154US #28
#15Tonya141US #36
#16Misty135US #90
#17Tina132US #24
#18Crystal129US #48
#19Mary129US #14
#20Christina127US #16
#21April125US #33
#22Shelly121US #104
#23Laura117US #19
#24Stacy116US #32
#25Christy115US #73
#26Elizabeth113US #13
#27Andrea111US #30
#28Tracy108US #20
#29Brandy105US #82
#30Cynthia97US #26
#31Brandi95US #109
#32Carrie95US #46
#33Dana93US #59
#34Jamie91US #103
#35Melanie91US #43
#36Leslie88US #75
#37Patricia88US #27
#38Kristi87US #108
#39Susan87US #25
#40Teresa83US #45
#41Tiffany83US #52
#42Stacey82US #41
#43Nicole81US #11
#44Holly80US #54
#45Amber76US #130
#46Rhonda76US #70
#47Sarah76US #35
#48Kelly75US #18
#49Amanda74US #51
#50Dawn74US #21
#51Karen74US #23
#52Pamela74US #47
#53Sherry72US #76
#54Wendy72US #29
#55Tamara71US #66
#56Robin67US #60
#57Sandra67US #39
#58Traci66US #127
#59Monica65US #40
#60Christine64US #17
#61Tara64US #37
#62Rachel62US #42
#63Sheila57US #101
#64Shelley57US #128
#65Brenda56US #53
#66Barbara54US #63
#67Shawna54US #188
#68Deborah53US #56
#69Deanna50US #111
#70Jessica50US #34
#71Cheryl49US #74
#72Donna49US #55
#73Kelli49US #157
#74Terri49US #137
#75Kristy48US #147
#76Melinda48US #72
#77Paula48US #87
#78Carla46US #114
#79Gina46US #83
#80Catherine45US #67
#81Cindy45US #92
#82Linda45US #61
#83Tanya45US #50
#84Alicia44US #91
#85Kristen44US #58
#86Kristin44US #78
#87Christie43US #179
#88Kristina43US #97
#89Regina42US #110
#90Kathryn41US #107
#91Kerri41US #180
#92Valerie41US #96
#93Christi40
#94Katherine40US #64
#95Michele40US #44
#96Jill39US #62
#97Sherri39US #149
#98Ginger38
#99Emily37US #99
#100Denise36US #38

Boys

#1Michael854US #1
#2Christopher689US #2
#3Jason680US #3
#4James578US #4
#5John482US #6
#6Robert467US #7
#7Brian463US #8
#8David458US #5
#9William324US #9
#10Kevin275US #14
#11Steven272US #20
#12Jeffrey260US #17
#13Matthew234US #10
#14Charles231US #23
#15Eric217US #13
#16Richard217US #16
#17Mark211US #15
#18Chad208US #25
#19Daniel202US #11
#20Scott192US #18
#21Jeremy175US #33
#22Justin173US #51
#23Travis167US #53
#24Timothy166US #22
#25Bryan165US #43
#26Thomas161US #19
#27Joseph160US #12
#28Billy159US #76
#29Stephen157US #32
#30Kenneth155US #28
#31Anthony153US #21
#32Gregory153US #26
#33Shawn146US #27
#34Ryan137US #30
#35Brandon132US #58
#36Gary126US #44
#37Larry125US #50
#38Paul124US #24
#39Donald123US #38
#40Ronald120US #40
#41Jerry119US #57
#42Terry115US #65
#43Aaron114US #34
#44Jeffery104US #64
#45Bradley103US #62
#46Jonathan98US #31
#47Dustin92US #153
#48Johnny90US #82
#49Jimmy88US #95
#50Todd88US #35
#51Shane86US #54
#52Bobby80US #93
#53Sean80US #36
#54Phillip77US #71
#55Keith75US #41
#56George74US #46
#57Rodney74US #68
#58Joshua73US #42
#59Patrick73US #37
#60Russell73US #77
#61Danny71US #83
#62Brent69US #80
#63Andrew67US #29
#64Nathan65US #63
#65Randy65US #79
#66Douglas63US #47
#67Chris62US #96
#68Micheal62US #106
#69Adam60US #45
#70Edward60US #39
#71Kyle59US #110
#72Tony59US #78
#73Craig58US #48
#74Samuel58US #66
#75Tommy58US #143
#76Joe57US #105
#77Raymond57US #60
#78Derek54US #69
#79Lance53US #148
#80Ricky51US #133
#81Tracy51US #126
#82Curtis50US #98
#83Ronnie50US #136
#84Shannon49US #100
#85Marcus48US #72
#86Troy48US #59
#87Dennis47US #56
#88Brett46US #88
#89Wesley46US #158
#90Carl45US #90
#91Jon44US #94
#92Randall44US #121
#93Benjamin43US #55
#94Brad43US #137
#95Roger42US #84
#96Corey40US #89
#97Jay40US #118
#98Clayton39US #199
#99Joel39US #73
#100Darrell38US #131

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑31Amber#45
↑29Nathan#64
↑27Kelli#73
↑25Brandi#31
↑24Brandy#29
↑22Micheal#68
↑20Tamara#55
↑20Christine#60

Falling

↓34Sherri#97
↓30Regina#89
↓27Shannon#84
↓26Darrell#100
↓22Tara#61
↓22Brenda#65
↓21Cheryl#71
↓20Robin#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.