State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,405 Oregon births in 1959 across 747 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#76Shelly#188 nationally
#58Ron#166 nationally
#95Karlaoutside the national top 200
#89Deanna#194 nationally
#87Shelley#191 nationally
#99Shannonoutside the national top 200
#64Jan#161 nationally
#84Doug#179 nationally
#61Tami#154 nationally
#77Bret#170 nationally
#67Carrie#145 nationally
#45Tamara#121 nationally

Girls

#1Susan397US #2
#2Linda335US #3
#3Karen302US #4
#4Mary295US #1
#5Julie285US #26
#6Debra264US #7
#7Lisa256US #10
#8Teresa254US #24
#9Cindy246US #25
#10Debbie241US #20
#11Lori235US #27
#12Kathy229US #15
#13Cynthia204US #8
#14Nancy196US #14
#15Sandra194US #13
#16Barbara193US #11
#17Patricia183US #6
#18Cheryl181US #18
#19Donna173US #5
#20Deborah172US #9
#21Kathleen162US #23
#22Pamela156US #12
#23Tammy152US #31
#24Brenda146US #16
#25Laura146US #30
#26Carol144US #22
#27Janet138US #28
#28Kim135US #35
#29Laurie131US #56
#30Denise126US #29
#31Kimberly126US #33
#32Elizabeth122US #21
#33Diane121US #19
#34Kelly121US #74
#35Sharon110US #17
#36Robin103US #32
#37Rebecca97US #38
#38Vicki89US #73
#39Terri87US #46
#40Connie86US #48
#41Tina86US #53
#42Becky85US #102
#43Cathy83US #39
#44Rhonda82US #45
#45Tamara82US #121
#46Judy81US #41
#47Michelle80US #47
#48Jill78US #86
#49Janice76US #37
#50Dawn74US #54
#51Diana71US #49
#52Sally71US #114
#53Leslie69US #84
#54Carolyn68US #42
#55Jennifer68US #78
#56Wendy68US #83
#57Theresa67US #34
#58Catherine66US #40
#59Kathryn66US #69
#60Peggy66US #57
#61Tami65US #154
#62Valerie65US #60
#63Annette56US #64
#64Jan56US #161
#65Sherry56US #58
#66Ann54US #44
#67Carrie54US #145
#68Joyce54US #50
#69Margaret54US #36
#70Paula54US #51
#71Gail53US #75
#72Sue53US #107
#73Bonnie52US #71
#74Lynn52US #63
#75Tracy52US #131
#76Shelly50US #188
#77Sheryl50US #128
#78Renee49US #100
#79Carla47US #118
#80Pam47US #125
#81Vickie47US #90
#82Christine46US #43
#83Jean46US #77
#84Katherine46US #79
#85Penny46US #122
#86Beverly45US #55
#87Shelley45US #191
#88Colleen42US #110
#89Deanna41US #194
#90Joan41US #76
#91Marilyn41US #109
#92Patty41US #140
#93Terry41US #95
#94Toni41US #156
#95Karla40
#96Jane39US #67
#97Suzanne39US #96
#98Patti38US #152
#99Shannon38
#100Anita37US #87

Boys

#1David772US #2
#2Michael637US #1
#3Mark585US #6
#4Robert579US #5
#5John546US #4
#6James478US #3
#7Richard391US #8
#8Steven342US #10
#9William320US #7
#10Kevin286US #14
#11Scott267US #24
#12Brian242US #22
#13Daniel242US #18
#14Randy241US #31
#15Jeffrey240US #16
#16Gary225US #20
#17Mike223US #37
#18Timothy223US #12
#19Kenneth221US #15
#20Thomas218US #9
#21Ronald216US #21
#22Douglas210US #30
#23Donald192US #19
#24Paul187US #17
#25Gregory184US #23
#26Larry163US #25
#27Charles148US #11
#28Dennis148US #29
#29Steve141US #41
#30Jeff138US #52
#31Terry138US #33
#32Jerry136US #36
#33Jim130US #70
#34Craig129US #44
#35Bruce127US #38
#36Patrick120US #43
#37Rick119US #89
#38Tim117US #60
#39Joseph112US #13
#40Dale107US #49
#41Christopher103US #35
#42Eric100US #46
#43Stephen99US #28
#44Dan96US #110
#45Matthew91US #63
#46Tom90US #82
#47Edward89US #27
#48Jeffery88US #55
#49Randall85US #59
#50Rodney81US #67
#51Russell78US #56
#52Roger77US #47
#53Alan76US #50
#54Bradley75US #103
#55Keith75US #39
#56Dave73US #119
#57Ricky71US #34
#58Ron71US #166
#59Anthony70US #26
#60Bill70US #93
#61Bob70US #128
#62Greg70US #91
#63Chris69US #72
#64George68US #32
#65Jay67US #88
#66Don66US #111
#67Frank66US #42
#68Kelly65US #143
#69Danny64US #48
#70Peter62US #40
#71Curtis61US #75
#72Gerald61US #61
#73Martin61US #79
#74Tony61US #53
#75Raymond58US #45
#76Brad57US #149
#77Bret56US #170
#78Dean56US #95
#79Jack55US #85
#80Joe54US #57
#81Todd54US #99
#82Jon51US #105
#83Wayne51US #51
#84Doug48US #179
#85Kent48US #141
#86Duane46US #126
#87Kurt46US #129
#88Marvin44US #123
#89Micheal44US #96
#90Allen43US #97
#91Carl43US #54
#92Fred43US #112
#93Gordon43US #155
#94Phillip42US #74
#95Andrew41US #58
#96Philip41US #68
#97Brent40US #151
#98Walter40US #66
#99Bryan39US #94
#100Brett38US #154

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑47Dawn#50
↑33Carrie#67
↑33Bradley#54
↑25Bob#61
↑24Jan#64
↑24Dave#56
↑22Tina#41
↑22Wendy#56

Falling

↓34Jon#82
↓30Katherine#84
↓28Joan#90
↓24Peggy#60
↓24Terry#93
↓22Philip#96
↓21Margaret#69
↓18Kathryn#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.