Most popular boys’ names in Oklahoma, 1981
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 822 |
| 2 | Christopher | 743 |
| 3 | Joshua | 691 |
| 4 | James | 619 |
| 5 | Matthew | 603 |
| 6 | Jason | 600 |
| 7 | Justin | 539 |
| 8 | David | 535 |
| 9 | John | 520 |
| 10 | Brandon | 482 |
| 11 | Robert | 471 |
| 12 | Jeremy | 425 |
| 13 | William | 383 |
| 14 | Daniel | 336 |
| 15 | Dustin | 335 |
| 16 | Joseph | 321 |
| 17 | Ryan | 305 |
| 18 | Brian | 299 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 295 |
| 20 | Kevin | 255 |
| 21 | Steven | 247 |
| 22 | Charles | 245 |
| 23 | Adam | 239 |
| 24 | Aaron | 238 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 225 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeffrey | 224 |
| 27 | Richard | 219 |
| 28 | Eric | 215 |
| 29 | Timothy | 213 |
| 30 | Travis | 210 |
| 31 | Thomas | 209 |
| 32 | Andrew | 201 |
| 33 | Anthony | 181 |
| 34 | Jacob | 174 |
| 35 | Benjamin | 168 |
| 36 | Mark | 161 |
| 37 | Nathan | 158 |
| 38 | Jesse | 157 |
| 38 | Kyle | 157 |
| 40 | Stephen | 148 |
| 41 | Chad | 146 |
| 42 | Bryan | 145 |
| 43 | Cody | 136 |
| 44 | Scott | 135 |
| 45 | Jared | 133 |
| 45 | Kenneth | 133 |
| 47 | Bradley | 128 |
| 48 | Billy | 123 |
| 48 | Derek | 123 |
| 50 | Gregory | 118 |
| 51 | Shawn | 112 |
| 52 | Patrick | 110 |
| 52 | Zachary | 110 |
| 54 | Paul | 108 |
| 55 | Phillip | 96 |
| 56 | Donald | 95 |
| 56 | Jeremiah | 95 |
| 58 | Sean | 94 |
| 59 | Samuel | 93 |
| 60 | Bobby | 91 |
| 61 | Wesley | 87 |
| 62 | Casey | 84 |
| 63 | Cory | 83 |
| 64 | Randy | 79 |
| 65 | Gary | 78 |
| 65 | Larry | 78 |
| 67 | Jerry | 76 |
| 68 | Jeffery | 75 |
| 68 | Russell | 75 |
| 70 | Jimmy | 74 |
| 71 | Terry | 73 |
| 72 | Clinton | 71 |
| 73 | Johnny | 70 |
| 73 | Marcus | 70 |
| 75 | Brent | 69 |
| 76 | Edward | 67 |
| 76 | Ronald | 67 |
| 78 | Micheal | 63 |
| 79 | Shane | 62 |
| 80 | Curtis | 61 |
| 81 | Corey | 60 |
| 82 | Joe | 57 |
| 83 | Seth | 56 |
| 84 | Tyler | 55 |
| 85 | Keith | 54 |
| 85 | Todd | 54 |
| 87 | Blake | 53 |
| 88 | Brett | 52 |
| 88 | Derrick | 52 |
| 88 | Lucas | 52 |
| 88 | Ricky | 52 |
| 92 | Joel | 51 |
| 93 | Jay | 50 |
| 94 | Douglas | 49 |
| 94 | Tony | 49 |
| 96 | Austin | 48 |
| 97 | George | 47 |
| 98 | Carl | 46 |
| 98 | Micah | 46 |
| 100 | Johnathan | 45 |
| 100 | Nathaniel | 45 |
| 100 | Raymond | 45 |
| 100 | Tommy | 45 |