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Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,948 Oregon births in 1951 across 678 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Oregon more than they say America.

#55Bradley#146 nationally
#54Rick#143 nationally
#73Sheryl#161 nationally
#79Jim#164 nationally
#82Shelley#166 nationally
#89Tom#168 nationally
#85Jeffery#161 nationally
#78Penny#153 nationally
#97Kristine#172 nationally
#99Rex#170 nationally
#68Dan#136 nationally
#79Carla#147 nationally

Girls

#1Linda746US #1
#2Susan535US #6
#3Mary450US #2
#4Patricia434US #3
#5Barbara359US #5
#6Kathleen339US #10
#7Deborah337US #4
#8Nancy337US #7
#9Karen296US #8
#10Sandra283US #9
#11Carol274US #11
#12Debra262US #18
#13Christine251US #24
#14Sharon231US #13
#15Pamela212US #16
#16Janet211US #19
#17Donna209US #12
#18Diane203US #15
#19Cheryl192US #30
#20Janice179US #21
#21Judith157US #25
#22Judy156US #26
#23Cynthia139US #20
#24Kathy137US #35
#25Kathryn132US #45
#26Margaret126US #17
#27Connie122US #44
#28Teresa122US #63
#29Rebecca121US #32
#30Shirley121US #27
#31Elizabeth118US #23
#32Marilyn109US #41
#33Catherine105US #34
#34Peggy104US #40
#35Sally100US #77
#36Vicki100US #58
#37Joyce98US #28
#38Carolyn96US #22
#39Katherine89US #55
#40Beverly86US #33
#41Gail86US #36
#42Bonnie82US #37
#43Diana82US #50
#44Laura81US #60
#45Ann80US #46
#46Julie80US #99
#47Marcia80US #74
#48Paula79US #51
#49Sherry78US #70
#50Gloria75US #31
#51Jane74US #43
#52Virginia74US #47
#53Brenda73US #14
#54Terry68US #115
#55Colleen67US #114
#56Jean66US #49
#57Joan66US #39
#58Darlene65US #79
#59Marsha62US #76
#60Victoria62US #81
#61Cathy61US #71
#62Joanne59US #73
#63Betty58US #29
#64Ruth58US #53
#65Martha57US #38
#66Gayle55US #124
#67Vickie52US #87
#68Jacqueline51US #56
#69Lynn51US #72
#70Denise50US #48
#71Kay50US #120
#72Rhonda50US #111
#73Sheryl50US #161
#74Wanda49US #52
#75Janis48US #131
#76Jennifer47US #119
#77Lynda47US #116
#78Penny47US #153
#79Carla46US #147
#80Marlene46US #118
#81Roberta46US #92
#82Shelley46US #166
#83Jeanne45US #98
#84Leslie45US #133
#85Phyllis45US #57
#86Dorothy44US #42
#87Claudia43US #123
#88Helen43US #54
#89Alice42US #62
#90Glenda42US #89
#91Laurie42US #139
#92Theresa42US #64
#93Charlene41US #103
#94Charlotte41US #84
#95Elaine41US #66
#96Jo41US #67
#97Kristine41US #172
#98Robin41US #122
#99Lois40US #85
#100Anita39US #96

Boys

#1David884US #5
#2Michael833US #4
#3Robert775US #2
#4James659US #1
#5John654US #3
#6Steven576US #13
#7Richard560US #7
#8Gary487US #10
#9William486US #6
#10Thomas388US #8
#11Donald337US #15
#12Ronald336US #12
#13Daniel311US #21
#14Mark297US #20
#15Larry292US #11
#16Douglas265US #27
#17Kenneth264US #16
#18Charles256US #9
#19Stephen251US #19
#20Dennis248US #17
#21Gregory209US #25
#22Terry197US #30
#23Bruce179US #26
#24Patrick163US #39
#25Paul161US #18
#26Timothy160US #28
#27Jerry142US #24
#28Gerald124US #36
#29Jeffrey124US #35
#30Scott123US #68
#31Roger122US #29
#32Edward114US #23
#33Jack114US #48
#34Randy110US #56
#35Joseph107US #14
#36George104US #22
#37Craig102US #63
#38Raymond98US #32
#39Alan91US #40
#40Wayne88US #37
#41Dale87US #49
#42Randall87US #66
#43Rodney77US #84
#44Stanley76US #54
#45Keith73US #59
#46Steve71US #86
#47Carl70US #43
#48Danny70US #41
#49Christopher68US #61
#50Lawrence68US #33
#51Allen67US #72
#52Frank65US #31
#53Dean59US #105
#54Rick59US #143
#55Bradley58US #146
#56Brian58US #75
#57Walter58US #42
#58Philip56US #55
#59Gordon55US #108
#60Clifford53US #101
#61Eric53US #93
#62Harold53US #46
#63Roy53US #52
#64Glenn51US #58
#65Micheal51US #97
#66Ralph50US #51
#67Kevin49US #53
#68Dan47US #136
#69Jay47US #116
#70Curtis46US #91
#71Duane45US #130
#72Norman45US #90
#73Darrell44US #109
#74Marvin44US #96
#75Russell44US #73
#76Arthur43US #44
#77Phillip42US #79
#78Edwin40US #119
#79Jim38US #164
#80Fred36US #87
#81Jon36US #138
#82Leonard35US #80
#83Anthony34US #34
#84Eugene34US #65
#85Jeffery34US #161
#86Mike34US #128
#87Peter34US #38
#88Harry33US #70
#89Tom33US #168
#90Barry32US #71
#91Don32US #117
#92Martin32US #81
#93Glen31US #127
#94Jimmy31US #62
#95Melvin31US #88
#96Andrew30US #69
#97Bill30US #157
#98Gene30US #126
#99Rex30US #170
#100Ricky30US #102

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑36Debra#12
↑30Terry#54
↑28Christopher#49
↑28Kevin#67
↑25Bradley#55
↑22Martha#65
↑19Sally#35
↑19Glenn#64

Falling

↓34Peter#87
↓30Glenda#90
↓28Dorothy#86
↓28Mike#86
↓24Martin#92
↓23Phillip#77
↓22Alice#89
↓22Jim#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.