State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,579 Oregon births in 1957 across 730 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#52Kelly#187 nationally
#68Tamara#191 nationally
#46Kelly#167 nationally
#79Shelley#200 nationally
#100Ronoutside the national top 200
#57Jan#140 nationally
#71Brad#153 nationally
#95Kerry#175 nationally
#99Jody#176 nationally
#93Robin#168 nationally
#55Becky#127 nationally
#51Sally#115 nationally

Girls

#1Susan478US #2
#2Debra415US #4
#3Mary383US #1
#4Linda380US #3
#5Karen350US #5
#6Cynthia303US #7
#7Nancy292US #11
#8Julie280US #28
#9Cindy271US #19
#10Patricia252US #8
#11Teresa245US #24
#12Deborah235US #6
#13Barbara222US #9
#14Pamela222US #12
#15Sandra212US #15
#16Carol197US #18
#17Cheryl190US #16
#18Diane189US #17
#19Lori187US #45
#20Kathy181US #20
#21Kathleen172US #21
#22Lisa169US #26
#23Janet165US #23
#24Sharon161US #14
#25Donna154US #10
#26Brenda141US #13
#27Laura139US #31
#28Debbie129US #27
#29Kim122US #35
#30Rebecca122US #34
#31Denise120US #25
#32Judy119US #38
#33Laurie112US #73
#34Janice107US #32
#35Elizabeth105US #22
#36Peggy105US #62
#37Kimberly103US #42
#38Robin97US #30
#39Catherine95US #37
#40Leslie89US #77
#41Rhonda89US #52
#42Vicki88US #51
#43Connie87US #47
#44Terri85US #68
#45Diana82US #43
#46Vickie78US #70
#47Kathryn77US #65
#48Theresa77US #36
#49Ann74US #44
#50Cathy74US #39
#51Sally74US #115
#52Kelly72US #187
#53Margaret71US #29
#54Katherine69US #72
#55Becky65US #127
#56Bonnie64US #64
#57Jan64US #140
#58Lynn64US #61
#59Wendy64US #101
#60Carolyn63US #33
#61Michelle63US #79
#62Tammy63US #107
#63Joyce62US #40
#64Gail61US #54
#65Sheryl61US #112
#66Paula59US #49
#67Jennifer57US #87
#68Tamara57US #191
#69Betty55US #50
#70Sherry54US #55
#71Valerie54US #76
#72Beverly53US #48
#73Christine52US #41
#74Tina52US #80
#75Jill51US #100
#76Jean49US #67
#77Penny49US #138
#78Ruth49US #84
#79Shelley49US #200
#80Colleen48US #118
#81Terry48US #92
#82Elaine47US #96
#83Joan47US #60
#84Jane46US #56
#85Judith46US #53
#86Roberta46US #121
#87Sheila46US #58
#88Dawn45US #93
#89Sue45US #104
#90Anita43US #81
#91Annette43US #97
#92Darlene43US #57
#93Shirley43US #46
#94Anne42US #86
#95Martha42US #63
#96Renee41US #111
#97Victoria41US #88
#98Amy40US #114
#99Jody40US #176
#100Dorothy39US #74

Boys

#1David803US #3
#2Michael716US #1
#3James626US #2
#4Robert620US #4
#5Mark578US #7
#6John561US #5
#7Steven522US #10
#8Richard463US #8
#9Daniel335US #16
#10William329US #6
#11Gary318US #13
#12Donald303US #15
#13Ronald299US #17
#14Thomas296US #9
#15Timothy277US #19
#16Jeffrey273US #21
#17Kenneth257US #14
#18Scott250US #32
#19Douglas245US #30
#20Kevin243US #20
#21Randy228US #31
#22Gregory220US #23
#23Paul201US #18
#24Brian199US #26
#25Larry179US #22
#26Charles178US #11
#27Terry170US #33
#28Dennis165US #28
#29Joseph160US #12
#30Bruce142US #34
#31Stephen141US #24
#32Jerry126US #35
#33Patrick121US #41
#34Rick118US #87
#35Jeffery109US #52
#36Dale106US #50
#37Craig105US #55
#38Mike105US #53
#39Steve105US #44
#40Roger99US #42
#41Alan98US #48
#42Rodney95US #70
#43Randall88US #59
#44Edward85US #25
#45Keith83US #36
#46Kelly82US #167
#47Eric81US #60
#48George81US #29
#49Russell81US #54
#50Jeff79US #96
#51Martin76US #69
#52Ricky76US #40
#53Matthew75US #83
#54Gerald74US #51
#55Jon72US #110
#56Christopher69US #43
#57Dan68US #121
#58Jack68US #67
#59Jim67US #106
#60Danny66US #45
#61Micheal65US #85
#62Dean64US #93
#63Jay64US #88
#64Bradley63US #107
#65Carl63US #49
#66Peter61US #37
#67Anthony58US #27
#68Wayne58US #47
#69Curtis57US #80
#70Raymond57US #39
#71Brad56US #153
#72Tony56US #71
#73Frank55US #38
#74Greg54US #127
#75Lawrence54US #46
#76Allen48US #91
#77Bill48US #123
#78Duane48US #136
#79Don47US #117
#80Stanley47US #81
#81Phillip46US #79
#82Philip45US #68
#83Roy45US #65
#84Tom45US #116
#85Darrell44US #90
#86Walter44US #58
#87Chris43US #120
#88Marvin42US #112
#89Tim42US #119
#90Bryan40US #115
#91Norman40US #118
#92Mitchell39US #125
#93Robin39US #168
#94Gordon38US #140
#95Kerry38US #175
#96Lee38US #105
#97Wesley37US #160
#98Guy36US #149
#99Leonard36US #94
#100Ron36

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑30Becky#55
↑30Mike#38
↑26Jim#59
↑23Kelly#46
↑17Betty#69
↑17Steve#39
↑16Sheryl#65
↑15Cindy#9

Falling

↓27Judith#85
↓23Raymond#70
↓22Joan#83
↓22Renee#96
↓22Peter#66
↓22Brad#71
↓21Jean#76
↓21Dawn#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.