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Baby names in Oklahoma, 1960s

1960–1969 · 390,183 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Oklahoma across the 1960s, with 8,160 births in the decade. The state recorded 390,183 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oklahoma in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Ladonna581
Gayla361
Sharla116
Monty256
Loyd76
Charla105
Jana575
Monte251

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael8,160
#2David8,010
#3James7,458
#4John6,428
#5Robert6,257
#6Lisa5,135
#7Mark4,823
#8William3,813
#9Steven3,619
#10Kevin3,441
#11Charles3,362
#12Richard3,354
#13Kimberly3,209
#14Mary3,145
#15Tammy2,910
#16Terry2,838
#17Jeffrey2,685
#18Karen2,653
#19Gary2,644
#20Kenneth2,604
#21Angela2,591
#22Teresa2,577
#23Brenda2,471
#24Donna2,461
#24Kelly2,461

Other decades in Oklahoma

All Oklahoma names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org