State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,649 Oklahoma births in 1981 across 1,035 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#84Shawna#198 nationally
#98Micahoutside the national top 200
#80Summer#179 nationally
#69Kendra#152 nationally
#68Kari#145 nationally
#96Austin#173 nationally
#43Cody#119 nationally
#87Blake#159 nationally
#71Alisha#142 nationally
#82Joe#149 nationally
#88Mindy#155 nationally
#61Kelli#126 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer871US #1
#2Amanda690US #3
#3Sarah446US #4
#4Amber435US #20
#5Jessica424US #2
#6Melissa373US #5
#7Crystal349US #16
#8Amy344US #6
#9Stephanie327US #8
#10Tiffany272US #14
#11Angela270US #15
#12April267US #25
#13Heather266US #10
#14Kimberly236US #13
#15Rebecca232US #12
#16Ashley221US #34
#17Jamie211US #28
#18Rachel211US #22
#19Misty205US #61
#20Michelle198US #11
#21Elizabeth197US #9
#22Christina179US #17
#23Brandi174US #50
#24Andrea170US #24
#25Nicole168US #7
#26Mary166US #27
#27Sara161US #26
#28Brandy157US #41
#29Lisa155US #18
#30Emily152US #29
#31Erin140US #19
#32Laura136US #21
#33Julie127US #37
#34Courtney125US #43
#35Kristen119US #38
#36Lindsey117US #58
#37Tara117US #45
#38Lindsay114US #47
#39Leslie110US #56
#40Kristin109US #31
#41Brooke108US #52
#42Shannon104US #32
#43Kelly98US #23
#44Alicia94US #46
#45Megan91US #33
#46Samantha89US #51
#47Stacy89US #65
#48Lauren86US #35
#49Carrie83US #55
#50Erica82US #36
#51Katherine79US #39
#52Kathryn76US #48
#53Natalie73US #60
#54Lori69US #91
#55Patricia69US #53
#56Leah68US #81
#57Natasha68US #85
#58Anna66US #54
#59Danielle66US #30
#60Candice65US #86
#61Kelli65US #126
#62Kristy63US #94
#63Susan63US #71
#64Christy62US #99
#65Monica62US #49
#66Melanie61US #66
#67Candace60US #118
#68Kari60US #145
#69Kendra58US #152
#70Holly57US #63
#71Alisha56US #142
#72Allison56US #57
#73Casey56US #122
#74Katie56US #44
#75Tamara56US #115
#76Sandra54US #74
#77Kristi53US #129
#78Miranda53US #128
#79Robin53US #102
#80Summer53US #179
#81Cynthia51US #59
#82Kara51US #121
#83Mandy51US #136
#84Shawna51US #198
#85Tammy51US #117
#86Tracy51US #77
#87Dana50US #70
#88Mindy50US #155
#89Tina49US #80
#90Vanessa49US #62
#91Cassandra48US #104
#92Karen48US #64
#93Latoya48US #69
#94Rebekah47US #149
#95Stacey47US #83
#96Tabitha47US #147
#97Jenny46US #123
#98Katrina46US #95
#99Tonya46US #110
#100Valerie46US #89

Boys

#1Michael822US #1
#2Christopher742US #2
#3Joshua691US #6
#4James619US #7
#5Matthew603US #3
#6Jason600US #4
#7Justin539US #12
#8David535US #5
#9John520US #8
#10Brandon482US #19
#11Robert471US #9
#12Jeremy425US #22
#13William383US #15
#14Daniel336US #10
#15Dustin335US #42
#16Joseph320US #11
#17Ryan305US #13
#18Brian299US #14
#19Jonathan295US #16
#20Kevin255US #25
#21Steven247US #28
#22Charles245US #31
#23Adam239US #20
#24Aaron238US #30
#25Nicholas225US #21
#26Jeffrey224US #29
#27Richard219US #27
#28Eric215US #17
#29Timothy213US #24
#30Travis210US #40
#31Thomas209US #26
#32Andrew201US #18
#33Anthony181US #23
#34Jacob174US #43
#35Benjamin168US #32
#36Mark161US #33
#37Nathan158US #36
#38Jesse157US #37
#39Kyle157US #52
#40Stephen148US #39
#41Chad146US #47
#42Bryan145US #48
#43Cody136US #119
#44Scott135US #34
#45Jared133US #57
#46Kenneth133US #41
#47Bradley128US #50
#48Billy123US #103
#49Derek123US #53
#50Gregory118US #46
#51Shawn112US #49
#52Patrick110US #38
#53Zachary110US #63
#54Paul108US #35
#55Phillip96US #66
#56Donald95US #56
#57Jeremiah95US #77
#58Sean94US #44
#59Samuel92US #54
#60Bobby91US #110
#61Wesley87US #99
#62Casey84US #85
#63Cory83US #90
#64Randy79US #91
#65Gary78US #62
#66Larry78US #73
#67Jerry76US #97
#68Jeffery75US #93
#69Russell75US #98
#70Jimmy74US #129
#71Terry73US #105
#72Clinton71US #124
#73Johnny70US #113
#74Marcus70US #67
#75Brent69US #88
#76Edward67US #51
#77Ronald67US #59
#78Micheal63US #136
#79Shane62US #81
#80Curtis61US #94
#81Corey60US #69
#82Joe57US #149
#83Seth56US #95
#84Tyler55US #96
#85Keith54US #58
#86Todd54US #74
#87Blake53US #159
#88Brett52US #79
#89Derrick52US #78
#90Lucas52US #89
#91Ricky52US #122
#92Joel51US #65
#93Jay50US #153
#94Douglas49US #64
#95Tony49US #111
#96Austin48US #173
#97George47US #61
#98Micah47
#99Carl46US #106
#100Johnathan45US #158

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑36Natasha#57
↑35Danielle#59
↑28Kari#68
↑24Lauren#48
↑23Kendra#69
↑23Cory#63
↑22Kathryn#52
↑21Anna#58

Falling

↓43Tonya#99
↓31Tina#89
↓30Stacey#95
↓28Mindy#88
↓25Kristi#77
↓24Tracy#86
↓23Holly#70
↓23Summer#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.