State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,247 Oklahoma births in 1980 across 1,027 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#85Tommy#197 nationally
#98Austinoutside the national top 200
#57Summer#159 nationally
#88Shelly#186 nationally
#54Cody#143 nationally
#60Mindy#131 nationally
#52Kristi#122 nationally
#81Alisha#151 nationally
#67Candace#134 nationally
#62Jimmy#126 nationally
#89Roy#153 nationally
#92Kendra#154 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer881US #1
#2Amanda700US #2
#3Melissa421US #4
#4Amber408US #22
#5Sarah377US #5
#6Amy326US #8
#7Stephanie321US #13
#8Crystal294US #18
#9Jessica283US #3
#10Angela271US #12
#11Heather268US #6
#12Kimberly261US #11
#13Tiffany244US #14
#14April225US #26
#15Misty207US #49
#16Christina204US #15
#17Elizabeth199US #9
#18Jamie197US #24
#19Michelle196US #10
#20Rachel191US #23
#21Rebecca187US #17
#22Brandy182US #42
#23Mary167US #25
#24Lisa166US #16
#25Andrea150US #28
#26Ashley148US #40
#27Sara148US #27
#28Laura142US #21
#29Julie141US #32
#30Brandi135US #63
#31Erin134US #20
#32Emily126US #31
#33Shannon124US #29
#34Kelly116US #19
#35Nicole115US #7
#36Leslie103US #61
#37Alicia99US #47
#38Stacy97US #53
#39Tara95US #43
#40Carrie94US #46
#41Megan94US #30
#42Erica89US #34
#43Kristin89US #37
#44Brooke88US #57
#45Courtney88US #48
#46Lori87US #76
#47Holly86US #52
#48Lindsay82US #71
#49Christy80US #83
#50Lindsey80US #91
#51Katherine75US #35
#52Kristi75US #122
#53Kristen73US #39
#54Susan71US #62
#55Natalie70US #65
#56Tonya69US #97
#57Summer67US #159
#58Tina67US #72
#59Allison66US #59
#60Mindy66US #131
#61Samantha66US #58
#62Tracy66US #56
#63Patricia64US #51
#64Melanie62US #60
#65Stacey62US #74
#66Katie61US #44
#67Candace60US #134
#68Kristy60US #78
#69Tamara60US #108
#70Candice59US #99
#71Dana57US #68
#72Lauren57US #38
#73Kristina56US #73
#74Kathryn55US #50
#75Miranda55US #128
#76Monica55US #45
#77Kara54US #127
#78Mandy54US #132
#79Anna53US #55
#80Kelli53US #125
#81Alisha52US #151
#82Cynthia52US #64
#83Vanessa52US #69
#84Casey51US #135
#85Jill50US #66
#86Robin50US #109
#87Tammy50US #96
#88Shelly49US #186
#89Wendy49US #75
#90Julia48US #98
#91Karen48US #54
#92Kendra48US #154
#93Natasha48US #89
#94Danielle47US #33
#95Tasha47US #130
#96Kari46US #158
#97Katrina46US #90
#98Pamela46US #86
#99Krista45US #121
#100Cassandra44US #138

Boys

#1Michael872US #1
#2Christopher747US #2
#3Joshua695US #7
#4Jason663US #3
#5James589US #5
#6Justin547US #13
#7David543US #4
#8Matthew510US #6
#9John484US #8
#10Jeremy466US #18
#11Robert435US #9
#12Brian391US #12
#13William377US #14
#14Dustin348US #44
#15Brandon343US #31
#16Joseph326US #10
#17Ryan325US #15
#18Eric300US #16
#19Daniel297US #11
#20Kevin254US #23
#21Timothy234US #20
#22Charles231US #29
#23Adam224US #22
#24Aaron221US #34
#25Nicholas221US #17
#26Steven220US #28
#27Richard218US #26
#28Jonathan217US #21
#29Jeffrey199US #27
#30Chad193US #39
#31Thomas193US #25
#32Travis185US #37
#33Nathan183US #36
#34Andrew176US #19
#35Jacob169US #43
#36Mark163US #30
#37Anthony161US #24
#38Bryan152US #49
#39Kenneth146US #41
#40Stephen146US #40
#41Benjamin142US #32
#42Billy132US #100
#43Scott130US #33
#44Bradley127US #51
#45Derek126US #50
#46Jesse125US #45
#47Kyle116US #57
#48Patrick116US #38
#49Paul110US #35
#50Shawn109US #47
#51Gary103US #63
#52Gregory102US #42
#53Bobby98US #109
#54Cody95US #143
#55Zachary94US #72
#56Donald92US #53
#57Larry91US #70
#58Jared90US #61
#59Phillip87US #65
#60Casey86US #93
#61Jeremiah86US #76
#62Jimmy84US #126
#63Samuel84US #54
#64Brent83US #84
#65Jerry83US #94
#66Ronald83US #58
#67Shane83US #69
#68Wesley83US #95
#69Jeffery79US #90
#70Sean79US #48
#71Edward78US #52
#72Tony78US #108
#73Curtis74US #89
#74Randy71US #87
#75Ricky71US #122
#76Terry71US #101
#77George69US #60
#78Russell68US #92
#79Marcus65US #71
#80Clinton63US #131
#81Raymond63US #66
#82Keith60US #56
#83Johnny59US #113
#84Douglas58US #62
#85Tommy58US #197
#86Cory57US #83
#87Corey56US #68
#88Lucas54US #98
#89Roy54US #153
#90Rodney52US #121
#91Danny50US #120
#92Derrick50US #74
#93Seth50US #99
#94Kristopher49US #138
#95Tyler49US #114
#96Lance48US #152
#97Jay47US #141
#98Austin46
#99Dennis46US #80
#100Erik45US #64

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑43Brooke#44
↑40Allison#59
↑39Kristin#43
↑38Kristen#53
↑27Derek#45
↑19Stacey#65
↑19George#77
↑17Edward#71

Falling

↓31Tammy#87
↓27Mandy#78
↓24Kristy#68
↓22Cynthia#82
↓20Mindy#60
↓20Jill#85
↓20Robin#86
↓18Melanie#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.