State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,149 Oregon births in 1954 across 693 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#81Kellyoutside the national top 200
#70Kimberly#168 nationally
#34Lori#121 nationally
#87Jim#174 nationally
#100Janis#183 nationally
#74Brad#154 nationally
#74Toni#153 nationally
#86Shelley#161 nationally
#95Kurt#168 nationally
#63Jan#131 nationally
#55Gordon#122 nationally
#36Rick#102 nationally

Girls

#1Debra636US #6
#2Susan581US #5
#3Linda485US #2
#4Mary459US #1
#5Karen349US #8
#6Patricia330US #4
#7Deborah325US #3
#8Nancy317US #9
#9Barbara297US #7
#10Pamela277US #12
#11Sandra261US #13
#12Cynthia258US #10
#13Kathleen246US #14
#14Diane223US #17
#15Carol214US #15
#16Janet198US #19
#17Sharon181US #16
#18Rebecca172US #26
#19Donna161US #11
#20Teresa160US #34
#21Cheryl157US #22
#22Julie156US #70
#23Janice135US #25
#24Kathy129US #23
#25Elizabeth127US #20
#26Kathryn127US #51
#27Judy126US #29
#28Connie123US #39
#29Denise121US #24
#30Vicki116US #50
#31Beverly113US #31
#32Marilyn107US #35
#33Katherine105US #64
#34Lori103US #121
#35Margaret100US #21
#36Laurie97US #98
#37Laura96US #45
#38Catherine95US #32
#39Judith94US #30
#40Sally92US #84
#41Shirley92US #33
#42Paula90US #38
#43Brenda84US #18
#44Peggy84US #48
#45Diana81US #57
#46Lisa80US #73
#47Carolyn79US #27
#48Robin78US #41
#49Bonnie77US #52
#50Joan75US #40
#51Rhonda75US #71
#52Terri75US #100
#53Betty73US #36
#54Joyce72US #28
#55Ann71US #44
#56Terry69US #88
#57Sherry68US #62
#58Jean67US #56
#59Cindy66US #91
#60Cathy65US #59
#61Debbie65US #92
#62Gail65US #37
#63Jan65US #131
#64Wendy65US #95
#65Colleen63US #119
#66Jennifer63US #108
#67Vickie63US #69
#68Leslie62US #99
#69Theresa62US #47
#70Kimberly56US #168
#71Christine54US #43
#72Lynn54US #63
#73Ruth53US #66
#74Toni53US #153
#75Jacqueline52US #68
#76Jane51US #49
#77Roberta51US #102
#78Elaine50US #74
#79Joanne50US #78
#80Marcia50US #90
#81Martha48US #46
#82Gayle47US #147
#83Sheila46US #60
#84Suzanne46US #82
#85Jo45US #53
#86Shelley45US #161
#87Sheryl45US #133
#88Virginia45US #61
#89Gloria44US #42
#90Jill44US #107
#91Marsha44US #86
#92Valerie44US #87
#93Michelle43US #94
#94Roxanne43US #158
#95Victoria43US #85
#96Kay42US #146
#97Lois41US #110
#98Penny41US #163
#99Anne40US #80
#100Janis40US #183

Boys

#1Michael919US #1
#2David889US #5
#3Robert722US #2
#4James674US #3
#5John654US #4
#6Steven611US #11
#7Richard549US #7
#8William464US #6
#9Gary425US #9
#10Mark423US #12
#11Thomas389US #8
#12Daniel369US #18
#13Ronald357US #15
#14Donald287US #14
#15Douglas262US #29
#16Kenneth249US #17
#17Charles239US #10
#18Larry227US #19
#19Jeffrey222US #23
#20Dennis219US #21
#21Paul216US #16
#22Randy216US #33
#23Gregory213US #25
#24Scott195US #40
#25Stephen190US #20
#26Timothy188US #26
#27Terry175US #27
#28Bruce169US #30
#29Joseph162US #13
#30Patrick156US #38
#31Jerry137US #31
#32Craig129US #51
#33Edward129US #22
#34Roger121US #34
#35George119US #24
#36Rick118US #102
#37Rodney108US #66
#38Kevin106US #28
#39Dale104US #50
#40Gerald99US #44
#41Alan96US #43
#42Randall91US #55
#43Brian85US #48
#44Danny82US #42
#45Jack82US #57
#46Raymond75US #35
#47Jeffery73US #90
#48Lawrence72US #39
#49Wayne72US #41
#50Keith71US #45
#51Russell71US #69
#52Bradley70US #106
#53Peter69US #37
#54Stanley69US #58
#55Gordon67US #122
#56Jon66US #111
#57Carl65US #47
#58Micheal64US #88
#59Steve60US #76
#60Dean59US #110
#61Walter59US #49
#62Jay58US #101
#63Curtis57US #84
#64Clifford55US #112
#65Martin54US #79
#66Anthony53US #32
#67Frank53US #36
#68Ralph53US #61
#69Ricky53US #46
#70Darrell51US #95
#71Philip51US #62
#72Allen50US #82
#73Harold50US #60
#74Brad48US #154
#75Dan46US #139
#76Mike46US #130
#77Norman44US #99
#78Eric43US #89
#79Kim43US #109
#80Christopher42US #64
#81Kelly42
#82Arthur41US #52
#83Phillip41US #75
#84Marvin40US #97
#85Matthew40US #124
#86Glenn39US #63
#87Jim39US #174
#88Leslie38US #137
#89Lee37US #96
#90Theodore37US #115
#91Roy36US #56
#92Barry35US #68
#93Chris34US #159
#94Duane34US #136
#95Kurt34US #168
#96Howard32US #80
#97Marc32US #133
#98Robin32US #160
#99Edwin31US #129
#100Joel31US #127

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑34Debbie#61
↑33Jay#62
↑30Jennifer#66
↑28Jeffery#47
↑27Lori#34
↑26Martin#65
↑26Darrell#70
↑25Terri#52

Falling

↓40Christine#71
↓35Anne#99
↓30Marcia#80
↓28Virginia#88
↓26Robin#98
↓24Valerie#92
↓23Duane#94
↓21Theresa#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.