State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,009 Oregon births in 1956 across 722 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#69Kelly#190 nationally
#49Brad#142 nationally
#99Brent#191 nationally
#96Kerry#183 nationally
#92Tim#174 nationally
#100Dana#174 nationally
#87Bill#159 nationally
#66Jan#136 nationally
#65Dan#133 nationally
#83Toni#151 nationally
#89Janis#157 nationally
#97Gayle#163 nationally

Girls

#1Debra562US #2
#2Susan515US #5
#3Linda408US #3
#4Karen394US #7
#5Mary374US #1
#6Patricia329US #6
#7Nancy302US #11
#8Deborah295US #4
#9Teresa266US #24
#10Cynthia249US #8
#11Barbara243US #9
#12Pamela240US #12
#13Sandra230US #14
#14Cheryl210US #18
#15Julie201US #48
#16Carol191US #16
#17Donna187US #10
#18Kathleen187US #17
#19Diane186US #15
#20Sharon174US #13
#21Kathy171US #20
#22Janet167US #21
#23Lori153US #66
#24Cindy150US #37
#25Denise145US #23
#26Rebecca144US #27
#27Janice127US #26
#28Debbie119US #39
#29Lisa119US #31
#30Laurie118US #76
#31Judy114US #35
#32Brenda113US #19
#33Kathryn109US #60
#34Connie108US #43
#35Laura108US #34
#36Catherine105US #28
#37Kim103US #38
#38Kimberly103US #74
#39Vicki101US #57
#40Elizabeth100US #22
#41Terri99US #81
#42Diana94US #56
#43Lynn92US #58
#44Robin92US #29
#45Margaret91US #25
#46Theresa88US #32
#47Katherine85US #67
#48Rhonda81US #62
#49Peggy77US #63
#50Gail76US #49
#51Paula76US #47
#52Leslie73US #104
#53Vickie71US #68
#54Bonnie70US #51
#55Jean70US #65
#56Cathy69US #36
#57Sally69US #105
#58Judith67US #45
#59Sherry67US #54
#60Beverly66US #40
#61Joan66US #52
#62Carolyn65US #33
#63Ann63US #46
#64Wendy63US #95
#65Christine62US #42
#66Jan61US #136
#67Dawn60US #92
#68Jennifer60US #97
#69Marilyn60US #70
#70Michelle60US #88
#71Valerie58US #80
#72Colleen57US #113
#73Jane57US #50
#74Renee56US #106
#75Sheila54US #55
#76Joyce53US #30
#77Suzanne51US #94
#78Terry51US #91
#79Shirley48US #41
#80Elaine47US #89
#81Sheryl47US #114
#82Tina47US #87
#83Toni47US #151
#84Victoria47US #85
#85Becky46US #144
#86Betty46US #44
#87Anne44US #86
#88Roberta44US #116
#89Janis43US #157
#90Jill42US #101
#91Jo42US #69
#92Rose42US #64
#93Carla41US #130
#94Wanda41US #61
#95Martha40US #59
#96Rita40US #79
#97Gayle39US #163
#98Darlene38US #71
#99Melody38US #155
#100Dana37US #174

Boys

#1Michael844US #1
#2David815US #4
#3James653US #2
#4Robert647US #3
#5John569US #5
#6Steven558US #10
#7Mark549US #8
#8Richard526US #7
#9William449US #6
#10Thomas356US #9
#11Daniel332US #18
#12Ronald331US #15
#13Gary320US #13
#14Donald294US #14
#15Douglas288US #29
#16Jeffrey266US #20
#17Kenneth249US #16
#18Randy247US #28
#19Gregory236US #24
#20Timothy224US #19
#21Scott218US #34
#22Charles206US #11
#23Kevin201US #22
#24Larry198US #21
#25Brian184US #32
#26Bruce173US #33
#27Dennis173US #26
#28Stephen172US #23
#29Paul165US #17
#30Terry149US #31
#31Joseph139US #12
#32Patrick139US #40
#33Jerry128US #35
#34Jeffery124US #57
#35Dale120US #50
#36Craig105US #51
#37Rick103US #100
#38Rodney103US #65
#39Keith102US #36
#40Alan98US #44
#41George98US #27
#42Roger98US #41
#43Edward90US #25
#44Peter85US #37
#45Bradley80US #103
#46Jay79US #92
#47Raymond77US #39
#48Matthew76US #90
#49Brad74US #142
#50Gerald74US #49
#51Randall74US #54
#52Ricky74US #43
#53Jack73US #66
#54Eric71US #79
#55Russell71US #52
#56Steve70US #59
#57Wayne70US #45
#58Christopher69US #47
#59Danny69US #46
#60Martin62US #73
#61Curtis59US #80
#62Stanley59US #70
#63Philip58US #64
#64Anthony57US #30
#65Dan57US #133
#66Jon57US #116
#67Dean56US #99
#68Mike56US #97
#69Kelly55US #190
#70Frank52US #38
#71Micheal52US #83
#72Carl47US #48
#73Darrell47US #88
#74Gordon47US #130
#75Roy47US #62
#76Allen46US #87
#77Norman46US #107
#78Robin44US #143
#79Andrew43US #56
#80Phillip43US #76
#81Lawrence42US #42
#82Glenn40US #61
#83Kurt40US #138
#84Duane39US #127
#85Jim39US #148
#86Kent38US #149
#87Bill37US #159
#88Joe37US #63
#89Leslie37US #152
#90Marvin37US #105
#91Mitchell37US #136
#92Tim37US #174
#93Chris36US #128
#94Ralph36US #67
#95Walter36US #53
#96Kerry34US #183
#97Kim34US #118
#98Samuel34US #74
#99Brent33US #191
#100Clifford33US #122

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑40Matthew#48
↑34Lynn#43
↑26Dawn#67
↑25Brad#49
↑22Renee#74
↑22Jay#46
↑21Bradley#45
↑21Mike#68

Falling

↓35Lawrence#81
↓32Walter#95
↓25Betty#86
↓22Gayle#97
↓21Beverly#60
↓21Micheal#71
↓21Darrell#73
↓19Sheryl#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.