State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,857 Oklahoma births in 1979 across 1,002 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#72Shelly#182 nationally
#97Heathoutside the national top 200
#93Toni#192 nationally
#80Shawna#177 nationally
#51Cody#147 nationally
#91Tommy#187 nationally
#89Miranda#174 nationally
#70Summer#150 nationally
#73Clinton#146 nationally
#92Darrell#162 nationally
#56Jimmy#123 nationally
#63Kelli#129 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer827US #1
#2Amanda594US #3
#3Melissa437US #2
#4Amber364US #22
#5Amy354US #5
#6Crystal320US #18
#7Angela309US #8
#8Sarah276US #6
#9Heather273US #7
#10Stephanie269US #15
#11Jessica255US #4
#12Kimberly252US #12
#13Christina249US #14
#14Michelle241US #10
#15April236US #23
#16Jamie214US #19
#17Brandy206US #39
#18Elizabeth199US #11
#19Misty197US #42
#20Lisa195US #13
#21Rebecca189US #17
#22Andrea181US #26
#23Rachel166US #27
#24Mary162US #24
#25Tiffany162US #28
#26Brandi149US #61
#27Shannon135US #25
#28Laura133US #20
#29Julie130US #29
#30Erin129US #21
#31Kelly129US #16
#32Ashley124US #67
#33Nicole120US #9
#34Emily107US #34
#35Lori107US #69
#36Tara107US #38
#37Sara105US #30
#38Megan101US #31
#39Christy96US #72
#40Mindy89US #81
#41Stacy89US #43
#42Alicia87US #47
#43Carrie82US #41
#44Kristy82US #56
#45Holly78US #48
#46Melanie73US #53
#47Leslie72US #65
#48Tonya72US #86
#49Erica71US #32
#50Tina71US #58
#51Mandy70US #116
#52Natalie68US #68
#53Courtney67US #71
#54Dana67US #54
#55Lindsey64US #113
#56Tammy64US #79
#57Katherine63US #36
#58Kristi63US #109
#59Lindsay63US #88
#60Cynthia61US #55
#61Tracy60US #49
#62Susan59US #51
#63Kelli57US #129
#64Samantha57US #66
#65Jill56US #52
#66Robin56US #95
#67Kathryn55US #50
#68Monica55US #40
#69Patricia54US #44
#70Summer54US #150
#71Kara52US #125
#72Shelly51US #182
#73Tamara51US #104
#74Candice50US #128
#75Lauren50US #45
#76Teresa50US #87
#77Wendy50US #64
#78Karen49US #46
#79Melinda49US #82
#80Shawna49US #177
#81Christine48US #35
#82Kristin48US #73
#83Maria48US #37
#84Stacey48US #60
#85Kendra47US #137
#86Leah47US #98
#87Brooke45US #85
#88Kristina45US #74
#89Miranda45US #174
#90Krista44US #130
#91Kristen44US #62
#92Natasha44US #110
#93Toni42US #192
#94Danielle41US #33
#95Pamela41US #90
#96Kari40US #151
#97Katrina40US #99
#98Valerie40US #89
#99Allison39US #70
#100Sandra39US #77

Boys

#1Michael825US #1
#2Jason730US #3
#3Christopher709US #2
#4Joshua582US #9
#5James581US #5
#6David537US #4
#7Matthew493US #6
#8John489US #7
#9Robert437US #8
#10Jeremy425US #16
#11Justin393US #22
#12Brian364US #10
#13William327US #13
#14Daniel314US #12
#15Ryan282US #14
#16Joseph276US #11
#17Brandon266US #35
#18Jeffrey257US #24
#19Kevin252US #19
#20Eric244US #17
#21Charles236US #28
#22Steven236US #27
#23Dustin234US #62
#24Aaron208US #32
#25Nicholas205US #15
#26Timothy204US #18
#27Travis200US #36
#28Chad199US #38
#29Adam181US #23
#30Thomas174US #26
#31Jonathan172US #31
#32Richard172US #25
#33Nathan166US #37
#34Anthony165US #21
#35Mark158US #30
#36Scott154US #29
#37Bryan152US #46
#38Andrew148US #20
#39Shawn142US #43
#40Kyle137US #56
#41Stephen136US #40
#42Billy133US #97
#43Jacob133US #45
#44Kenneth128US #41
#45Bobby123US #106
#46Bradley119US #47
#47Benjamin107US #33
#48Patrick107US #39
#49Paul105US #34
#50Zachary101US #74
#51Cody98US #147
#52Jeremiah92US #81
#53Gregory91US #42
#54Gary90US #59
#55Larry90US #69
#56Jimmy89US #123
#57Donald88US #51
#58Shane88US #67
#59Jared85US #65
#60Jesse83US #50
#61Wesley83US #89
#62Jerry81US #85
#63Jeffery80US #87
#64Ronald80US #54
#65Casey78US #93
#66Phillip78US #68
#67Randy77US #86
#68Samuel74US #55
#69Cory73US #82
#70Sean70US #49
#71Keith68US #52
#72Derek65US #72
#73Clinton64US #146
#74Terry63US #96
#75Douglas59US #58
#76Russell59US #92
#77Micheal57US #127
#78Tony56US #104
#79Marcus55US #76
#80Brent54US #84
#81Joel54US #71
#82Todd54US #60
#83Carl53US #100
#84Joe53US #136
#85Ricky53US #124
#86Curtis52US #91
#87Corey51US #63
#88Edward51US #48
#89Shaun51US #64
#90Johnny47US #111
#91Tommy47US #187
#92Darrell45US #162
#93Derrick45US #80
#94Tyler43US #131
#95Erik42US #66
#96George42US #57
#97Heath42
#98Lance42US #142
#99Brad41US #115
#100Dennis41US #75

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑25Lindsay#59
↑21Clinton#73
↑19Erica#49
↑19Derek#72
↑18Megan#38
↑18Bobby#45
↑16Shane#58
↑15Katherine#57

Falling

↓26Kristina#88
↓24Stacey#84
↓20Shelly#72
↓18Mandy#51
↓18Kristi#58
↓18Kari#96
↓16Shawna#80
↓16Corey#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.