State roster

Top names in Oklahoma

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Oklahoma birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,701 Oklahoma births in 1987 across 1,006 distinct names.

Distinctively Oklahoma

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

#74Clinton#194 nationally
#82Levi#193 nationally
#90Lacyoutside the national top 200
#98Prestonoutside the national top 200
#64Misty#162 nationally
#79Billy#168 nationally
#76Taylor#164 nationally
#80Jimmy#155 nationally
#81Cassie#155 nationally
#75Bobby#147 nationally
#69Chase#139 nationally
#78Jordan#146 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley746US #2
#2Jessica660US #1
#3Amanda499US #3
#4Sarah432US #5
#5Jennifer369US #4
#6Amber346US #15
#7Heather323US #9
#8Brittany305US #7
#9Rachel262US #17
#10Megan255US #12
#11Stephanie255US #6
#12Whitney241US #32
#13Lauren223US #16
#14Tiffany213US #18
#15Samantha201US #11
#16Kayla198US #27
#17Elizabeth177US #10
#18Emily177US #19
#19Melissa168US #13
#20Amy165US #24
#21Kimberly159US #23
#22Christina152US #20
#23Laura148US #22
#24Nicole141US #8
#25Rebecca139US #25
#26Jamie136US #39
#27Sara132US #29
#28Crystal127US #26
#29Lindsey126US #41
#30Danielle122US #14
#31Courtney118US #33
#32Michelle115US #21
#33April112US #58
#34Chelsea111US #47
#35Katie111US #38
#36Katherine110US #28
#37Kendra102US #77
#38Kelsey101US #67
#39Allison98US #44
#40Mary97US #37
#41Andrea96US #36
#42Angela96US #35
#43Kristen96US #42
#44Lisa90US #40
#45Alicia83US #46
#46Erica83US #31
#47Tara82US #69
#48Brandi81US #88
#49Casey78US #81
#50Kristin78US #55
#51Erin77US #34
#52Holly74US #71
#53Kathryn74US #51
#54Brooke72US #94
#55Hannah72US #66
#56Anna71US #52
#57Lindsay70US #49
#58Shannon69US #45
#59Krystal66US #70
#60Natalie66US #56
#61Brandy65US #92
#62Julie65US #65
#63Brittney64US #61
#64Misty63US #162
#65Kelly59US #30
#66Stacy59US #101
#67Natasha58US #73
#68Victoria58US #50
#69Lacey57US #117
#70Cassandra56US #68
#71Vanessa53US #43
#72Jenna52US #57
#73Morgan52US #95
#74Kristina51US #62
#75Meagan51US #136
#76Taylor51US #164
#77Candace49US #120
#78Jordan48US #146
#79Kelli48US #131
#80Monica48US #64
#81Cassie47US #155
#82Patricia47US #76
#83Alyssa46US #60
#84Ashlee45US #112
#85Kara45US #104
#86Leah44US #82
#87Alisha43US #118
#88Felicia43US #96
#89Kathleen43US #72
#90Lacy42
#91Leslie42US #89
#92Mallory42US #91
#93Rachael41US #98
#94Caitlin40US #63
#95Catherine40US #74
#96Krista40US #108
#97Julia39US #86
#98Bethany38US #87
#99Christine38US #48
#100Miranda38US #140

Boys

#1Michael676US #1
#2Christopher672US #2
#3Joshua634US #4
#4Matthew568US #3
#5Justin475US #9
#6James448US #8
#7David441US #5
#8Brandon355US #14
#9John355US #11
#10Robert340US #10
#11Kyle334US #22
#12Daniel331US #7
#13Ryan324US #13
#14Andrew314US #6
#15Cody308US #49
#16William287US #15
#17Jacob265US #31
#18Joseph260US #12
#19Tyler244US #39
#20Steven238US #25
#21Jeremy235US #29
#22Anthony222US #17
#23Aaron218US #34
#24Dustin218US #44
#25Zachary218US #33
#26Jonathan214US #18
#27Timothy208US #26
#28Jason205US #23
#29Eric194US #21
#30Kevin189US #19
#31Brian180US #20
#32Nicholas175US #16
#33Adam172US #27
#34Travis164US #42
#35Thomas162US #24
#36Charles158US #35
#37Stephen156US #38
#38Derek154US #54
#39Jeffrey152US #32
#40Benjamin148US #28
#41Nathan140US #45
#42Richard138US #30
#43Mark131US #36
#44Jared129US #58
#45Jordan128US #52
#46Bradley124US #56
#47Jesse119US #55
#48Sean115US #40
#49Kenneth112US #53
#50Patrick110US #41
#51Samuel108US #50
#52Chad106US #63
#53Blake101US #106
#54Bryan101US #51
#55Austin98US #76
#56Scott97US #43
#57Cory96US #62
#58Gregory86US #47
#59Brett84US #71
#60Phillip83US #68
#61Casey81US #80
#62Caleb80US #115
#63Shawn78US #59
#64Brent74US #103
#65Alexander73US #37
#66Corey70US #57
#67Paul68US #46
#68Wesley68US #92
#69Chase67US #139
#70Seth65US #89
#71Derrick63US #86
#72Donald62US #70
#73Shane62US #65
#74Clinton59US #194
#75Bobby57US #147
#76Cameron57US #96
#77Lance57US #142
#78Marcus57US #67
#79Billy56US #168
#80Jimmy53US #155
#81Joel53US #75
#82Levi53US #193
#83Gary51US #87
#84Jeremiah51US #130
#85Mitchell51US #101
#86Trevor51US #93
#87Alex50US #60
#88Clayton50US #153
#89Evan50US #83
#90Luke49US #111
#91Garrett48US #113
#92Jeffery48US #109
#93Curtis47US #100
#94Dylan47US #141
#95Keith47US #69
#96Micheal47US #159
#97Edward45US #61
#98Preston45
#99Taylor45US #117
#100Devin43US #99

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑43Kelsey#38
↑29Hannah#55
↑28Kayla#16
↑28Kendra#37
↑22Chelsea#34
↑22Seth#70
↑22Lance#77
↑20Clinton#74

Falling

↓26Lacey#69
↓24Erin#51
↓23Alisha#87
↓20Lindsay#57
↓20Leslie#91
↓18Felicia#88
↓17Curtis#93
↓15Kelly#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.