State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,859 Oklahoma births in 1978 across 970 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#52Shelly#175 nationally
#92Claytonoutside the national top 200
#64Shawna#161 nationally
#64Cody#152 nationally
#97Miranda#183 nationally
#100Kelly#180 nationally
#98Tommy#177 nationally
#99Toni#178 nationally
#74Shanna#149 nationally
#50Kelli#124 nationally
#73Summer#143 nationally
#50Jimmy#118 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer794US #1
#2Amanda429US #6
#3Amy375US #4
#4Melissa372US #2
#5Angela336US #7
#6Crystal306US #18
#7Heather281US #5
#8Kimberly271US #13
#9Stephanie268US #16
#10Sarah239US #8
#11Amber237US #30
#12Jessica216US #3
#13Michelle212US #9
#14Jamie209US #20
#15Misty202US #43
#16Christina194US #15
#17Rebecca188US #17
#18Brandy187US #37
#19Lisa182US #11
#20April181US #27
#21Shannon167US #22
#22Kelly154US #12
#23Elizabeth151US #14
#24Julie146US #26
#25Andrea141US #23
#26Brandi138US #61
#27Mary126US #24
#28Laura123US #19
#29Tiffany122US #32
#30Sara117US #28
#31Rachel114US #25
#32Christy110US #59
#33Mandy104US #96
#34Ashley103US #87
#35Carrie101US #35
#36Emily100US #33
#37Erin97US #21
#38Tara96US #40
#39Tina88US #45
#40Kristi84US #98
#41Lori84US #60
#42Nicole76US #10
#43Leslie75US #63
#44Stacy74US #44
#45Alicia72US #58
#46Courtney72US #68
#47Tammy71US #67
#48Kristy70US #51
#49Tracy68US #47
#50Kelli67US #124
#51Tonya62US #77
#52Shelly61US #175
#53Cynthia60US #50
#54Melanie60US #54
#55Susan60US #49
#56Megan59US #41
#57Natalie59US #66
#58Holly58US #55
#59Samantha57US #74
#60Stacey57US #53
#61Kathryn56US #57
#62Kristina56US #64
#63Patricia56US #48
#64Shawna56US #161
#65Karen53US #39
#66Robin53US #89
#67Dana52US #71
#68Erica52US #34
#69Jill52US #46
#70Monica52US #42
#71Teresa52US #88
#72Katherine51US #38
#73Summer51US #143
#74Shanna48US #149
#75Wendy47US #56
#76Anna46US #65
#77Brooke46US #115
#78Kari46US #137
#79Kendra46US #145
#80Tabitha45US #126
#81Cheryl44US #94
#82Kara43US #127
#83Katrina43US #122
#84Lindsay43US #95
#85Melinda43US #84
#86Tamara43US #105
#87Carla42US #132
#88Kristen42US #62
#89Kristin41US #78
#90Leah41US #108
#91Sandra41US #69
#92Jacqueline40US #81
#93Allison38US #75
#94Christine38US #29
#95Jenny38US #111
#96Joy38US #139
#97Miranda38US #183
#98Sharon38US #106
#99Toni38US #178
#100Dawn37US #52

Boys

#1Michael834US #1
#2Jason712US #2
#3Christopher685US #3
#4James516US #5
#5David484US #4
#6John462US #7
#7Jeremy419US #18
#8Joshua417US #12
#9Matthew417US #6
#10Robert416US #8
#11Justin370US #28
#12Brian361US #9
#13William280US #13
#14Ryan259US #14
#15Joseph255US #10
#16Steven250US #24
#17Jeffrey248US #19
#18Daniel240US #11
#19Kevin234US #15
#20Brandon225US #40
#21Timothy225US #17
#22Richard222US #21
#23Charles213US #27
#24Chad198US #35
#25Eric196US #16
#26Mark190US #26
#27Dustin188US #68
#28Aaron181US #32
#29Nicholas166US #25
#30Anthony157US #20
#31Nathan151US #36
#32Adam150US #29
#33Thomas148US #23
#34Shawn146US #39
#35Jonathan143US #31
#36Scott141US #30
#37Kenneth137US #41
#38Stephen134US #37
#39Travis134US #46
#40Billy133US #99
#41Bradley128US #53
#42Andrew127US #22
#43Kyle125US #63
#44Bryan123US #43
#45Gregory121US #38
#46Donald111US #48
#47Benjamin105US #34
#48Gary103US #60
#49Paul102US #33
#50Jimmy94US #118
#51Patrick91US #42
#52Jerry89US #82
#53Jesse86US #51
#54Jacob85US #50
#55Larry82US #64
#56Jeremiah80US #81
#57Zachary80US #89
#58Sean77US #45
#59Jeffery76US #80
#60Ronald76US #55
#61Samuel76US #57
#62Terry75US #91
#63Bobby74US #109
#64Cody74US #152
#65Cory74US #73
#66Wesley74US #83
#67Brent72US #87
#68Jared71US #72
#69Phillip70US #67
#70Casey69US #92
#71Corey69US #61
#72Ricky68US #130
#73Joe67US #128
#74Shane67US #65
#75Johnny66US #101
#76Keith64US #49
#77Douglas63US #59
#78Shaun63US #52
#79Randy62US #86
#80Russell61US #93
#81Tony55US #97
#82Rodney54US #102
#83Marcus53US #70
#84Raymond50US #69
#85Curtis48US #96
#86Edward48US #47
#87George47US #58
#88Todd47US #56
#89Troy47US #88
#90Dennis46US #71
#91Derek46US #75
#92Clayton45
#93Jon45US #108
#94Clinton44US #148
#95Craig44US #66
#96Carl43US #100
#97Ronnie43US #163
#98Tommy43US #177
#99Jay42US #119
#100Kelly42US #180

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑55Nicholas#29
↑19Adam#32
↑18Ashley#34
↑17Stacey#60
↑16Kristy#48
↑16Lindsay#84
↑14Alicia#45
↑14Jesse#53

Falling

↓24Shane#74
↓19Monica#70
↓19Wesley#66
↓18Katherine#72
↓18Clinton#94
↓18Craig#95
↓17Dawn#100
↓15Teresa#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.