Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1979

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	824
2	Jason	730
3	Christopher	709
4	Joshua	582
5	James	580
6	David	537
7	Matthew	493
8	John	489
9	Robert	437
10	Jeremy	425
11	Justin	393
12	Brian	364
13	William	327
14	Daniel	314
15	Ryan	282
16	Joseph	276
17	Brandon	266
18	Jeffrey	257
19	Kevin	252
20	Eric	244
21	Charles	236
21	Steven	236
23	Dustin	234
24	Aaron	208
25	Nicholas	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	204
27	Travis	200
28	Chad	199
29	Adam	181
30	Thomas	174
31	Jonathan	172
31	Richard	172
33	Nathan	166
34	Anthony	165
35	Mark	158
36	Scott	154
37	Bryan	152
38	Andrew	148
39	Shawn	142
40	Kyle	137
41	Stephen	136
42	Billy	133
42	Jacob	133
44	Kenneth	128
45	Bobby	123
46	Bradley	119
47	Benjamin	107
47	Patrick	107
49	Paul	105
50	Zachary	101
51	Cody	98
52	Jeremiah	92
53	Gregory	91
54	Gary	90
54	Larry	90
56	Jimmy	89
57	Donald	88
57	Shane	88
59	Jared	85
60	Jesse	83
60	Wesley	83
62	Jerry	81
63	Jeffery	80
63	Ronald	80
65	Casey	78
65	Phillip	78
67	Randy	77
68	Samuel	74
69	Cory	73
70	Sean	70
71	Keith	68
72	Derek	65
73	Clinton	64
74	Terry	63
75	Douglas	59
75	Russell	59
77	Micheal	57
77	Tony	57
79	Marcus	55
80	Brent	54
80	Joel	54
80	Todd	54
83	Carl	53
83	Joe	53
83	Ricky	53
86	Curtis	52
87	Corey	51
87	Edward	51
87	Shaun	51
90	Johnny	47
90	Tommy	47
92	Darrell	45
92	Derrick	45
94	Tyler	43
95	Erik	42
95	George	42
95	Heath	42
95	Lance	42
99	Brad	41
99	Dennis	41
99	Ronnie	41