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Baby names in Oklahoma, 2000s

2000–2009 · 380,080 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Oklahoma across the 2000s, with 3,599 births in the decade. The state recorded 380,080 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oklahoma in the 2000s

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
Rowdy12011×
Daxton122
Jaci141
Cherokee64
Raylee89
Kynlee49
Cale196
Stormie65

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob3,599
#2Ethan2,925
#3Madison2,906
#4Emily2,684
#5Joshua2,683
#6Michael2,509
#7Emma2,319
#8William2,307
#9Tyler2,265
#10Hannah2,255
#11Matthew2,119
#12Caleb2,090
#13Christopher2,067
#14James2,058
#15Logan2,043
#16Hunter2,041
#17Jordan1,980
#18Alexis1,973
#19Abigail1,897
#20Andrew1,814
#21Joseph1,813
#22Ryan1,800
#23Dylan1,770
#24Noah1,752
#25Austin1,745

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