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Baby names in Oklahoma, 1970s

1970–1979 · 362,109 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Oklahoma across the 1970s, with 8,939 births in the decade. The state recorded 362,109 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oklahoma in the 1970s

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
Gayla1409×
Ladonna3166×
Sharla1195×
Buddy1124×
Chance1124×
Dustin1,3324×
Charla954×
Misti2124×

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael8,939
#2Jennifer6,910
#3Christopher6,673
#4Jason6,627
#5James5,899
#6David5,215
#7John5,015
#8Robert4,797
#9Angela3,997
#10Amy3,936
#10Brian3,936
#12William3,408
#13Melissa3,244
#14Kimberly3,220
#15Matthew3,041
#16Jeremy2,883
#17Kevin2,830
#18Stephanie2,807
#19Steven2,805
#20Jeffrey2,703
#21Michelle2,667
#22Lisa2,553
#23Heather2,524
#24Charles2,477
#25Shannon2,352

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