State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,277 Oregon births in 1953 across 708 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#61Lori#173 nationally
#84Sherri#196 nationally
#72Robin#160 nationally
#86Jim#173 nationally
#79Brad#164 nationally
#83Shelley#168 nationally
#62Dan#139 nationally
#75Jan#140 nationally
#55Bradley#118 nationally
#42Laurie#103 nationally
#71Duane#132 nationally
#41Rick#101 nationally

Girls

#1Linda584US #2
#2Debra580US #7
#3Susan499US #5
#4Mary486US #1
#5Patricia430US #4
#6Deborah362US #3
#7Karen334US #9
#8Nancy325US #8
#9Barbara316US #6
#10Kathleen289US #14
#11Pamela282US #10
#12Sandra276US #11
#13Carol253US #16
#14Cynthia231US #12
#15Sharon225US #15
#16Donna194US #13
#17Janet194US #19
#18Rebecca178US #24
#19Diane175US #17
#20Janice162US #22
#21Cheryl156US #28
#22Julie149US #74
#23Judy146US #27
#24Teresa141US #42
#25Connie140US #47
#26Kathy140US #23
#27Marilyn133US #36
#28Margaret130US #20
#29Kathryn125US #48
#30Elizabeth123US #21
#31Christine115US #32
#32Judith113US #30
#33Diana110US #55
#34Peggy109US #44
#35Carolyn103US #25
#36Katherine101US #63
#37Laura100US #51
#38Sally100US #81
#39Joan97US #37
#40Catherine96US #35
#41Shirley95US #29
#42Laurie92US #103
#43Vicki92US #61
#44Bonnie90US #45
#45Beverly89US #34
#46Joyce87US #26
#47Brenda86US #18
#48Theresa86US #50
#49Denise82US #31
#50Marcia80US #84
#51Ann76US #46
#52Jean76US #52
#53Cindy74US #99
#54Gail73US #39
#55Betty71US #33
#56Paula70US #40
#57Robin70US #66
#58Cathy68US #56
#59Sherry68US #70
#60Virginia66US #53
#61Lori61US #173
#62Rhonda61US #85
#63Roberta61US #90
#64Anne60US #80
#65Leslie60US #96
#66Martha60US #41
#67Ruth59US #62
#68Valerie59US #88
#69Colleen58US #115
#70Gloria58US #38
#71Lynn58US #67
#72Jane56US #43
#73Vickie55US #79
#74Jo54US #54
#75Jan53US #140
#76Jacqueline52US #58
#77Terri52US #130
#78Elaine51US #77
#79Gayle50US #136
#80Terry50US #117
#81Joanne48US #71
#82Sheila48US #60
#83Shelley47US #168
#84Sherri46US #196
#85Wendy46US #110
#86Michelle45US #107
#87Alice44US #73
#88Marsha44US #83
#89Dorothy43US #49
#90Jill43US #114
#91Lois43US #91
#92Suzanne43US #78
#93Helen42US #65
#94Sheryl42US #148
#95Debbie41US #119
#96Jennifer41US #116
#97Wanda41US #57
#98Darlene39US #75
#99Ellen39US #76
#100Jeanne39US #97

Boys

#1Michael984US #3
#2David911US #5
#3Robert801US #1
#4James686US #2
#5John670US #4
#6Richard645US #7
#7Steven613US #11
#8William470US #6
#9Gary418US #10
#10Mark404US #12
#11Thomas378US #8
#12Daniel371US #20
#13Ronald362US #15
#14Donald320US #14
#15Douglas297US #27
#16Kenneth294US #17
#17Dennis256US #19
#18Jeffrey250US #25
#19Charles244US #9
#20Stephen239US #21
#21Gregory229US #24
#22Paul225US #16
#23Larry221US #18
#24Timothy221US #26
#25Bruce186US #28
#26Randy184US #35
#27Scott176US #46
#28Terry172US #30
#29George156US #22
#30Patrick155US #39
#31Roger144US #31
#32Jerry138US #29
#33Dale130US #48
#34Joseph121US #13
#35Craig119US #60
#36Rodney118US #58
#37Gerald109US #42
#38Brian107US #53
#39Alan91US #43
#40Edward91US #23
#41Rick86US #101
#42Jack85US #57
#43Wayne84US #40
#44Kevin80US #36
#45Lawrence79US #37
#46Keith78US #47
#47Randall77US #64
#48Frank75US #33
#49Micheal75US #88
#50Raymond75US #34
#51Stanley72US #62
#52Danny70US #41
#53Curtis69US #86
#54Peter66US #38
#55Bradley63US #118
#56Russell63US #71
#57Allen62US #81
#58Steve62US #84
#59Christopher59US #63
#60Philip59US #61
#61Eric58US #89
#62Dan56US #139
#63Dean56US #105
#64Carl55US #44
#65Marvin55US #94
#66Harold54US #56
#67Norman54US #98
#68Ricky54US #51
#69Arthur53US #50
#70Roy53US #55
#71Duane52US #132
#72Robin49US #160
#73Clifford48US #102
#74Gordon48US #116
#75Jeffery48US #109
#76Jon48US #120
#77Walter48US #45
#78Anthony46US #32
#79Brad46US #164
#80Mike45US #136
#81Samuel42US #70
#82Glenn41US #67
#83Eugene39US #75
#84Fred39US #92
#85Howard38US #77
#86Jim38US #173
#87Leslie38US #135
#88Phillip38US #76
#89Kim37US #127
#90Lee37US #93
#91Martin37US #82
#92Matthew36US #130
#93Ralph36US #59
#94Harry35US #83
#95Jay35US #99
#96Darrell34US #103
#97Guy34US #150
#98Lloyd34US #138
#99Ray34US #115
#100Allan32US #153

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑33Bradley#55
↑30Valerie#68
↑28Lori#61
↑28Anne#64
↑28Marvin#65
↑27Joan#39
↑23Peter#54
↑23Norman#67

Falling

↓32Ellen#99
↓25Ralph#93
↓24Gayle#79
↓24Phillip#88
↓24Martin#91
↓22Darlene#98
↓21Gloria#70
↓21Vickie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.