State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,229 Oregon births in 1960 across 755 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#55Tami#176 nationally
#91Shannonoutside the national top 200
#99Mollyoutside the national top 200
#70Ron#170 nationally
#72Teri#171 nationally
#75Deanna#173 nationally
#84Doug#182 nationally
#90Shelley#182 nationally
#93Ted#184 nationally
#92Ken#177 nationally
#41Tamara#124 nationally
#87Jan#166 nationally

Girls

#1Susan380US #2
#2Mary323US #1
#3Linda318US #3
#4Lisa312US #6
#5Karen305US #4
#6Lori300US #20
#7Julie292US #28
#8Debbie261US #24
#9Cindy253US #30
#10Debra249US #8
#11Teresa238US #19
#12Kathy193US #21
#13Tammy187US #31
#14Nancy179US #15
#15Barbara175US #12
#16Brenda171US #13
#17Donna171US #5
#18Pamela168US #14
#19Laura167US #25
#20Cynthia164US #9
#21Kelly164US #52
#22Kimberly164US #26
#23Sandra163US #11
#24Patricia158US #7
#25Kim154US #34
#26Carol151US #23
#27Cheryl151US #17
#28Janet143US #32
#29Kathleen135US #27
#30Elizabeth128US #18
#31Deborah125US #10
#32Laurie124US #37
#33Denise122US #29
#34Sharon121US #16
#35Robin120US #33
#36Diane117US #22
#37Connie110US #47
#38Terri108US #49
#39Rebecca98US #38
#40Rhonda96US #44
#41Tamara95US #124
#42Cathy94US #46
#43Tina93US #45
#44Michelle88US #39
#45Diana86US #53
#46Vicki86US #73
#47Jill83US #76
#48Becky82US #111
#49Judy81US #48
#50Peggy78US #69
#51Sherry78US #54
#52Tracy77US #84
#53Kathryn76US #82
#54Janice74US #41
#55Tami72US #176
#56Wendy72US #63
#57Margaret70US #36
#58Leslie69US #92
#59Colleen66US #107
#60Jennifer66US #61
#61Carolyn65US #43
#62Dawn65US #57
#63Theresa65US #35
#64Angela62US #50
#65Annette62US #62
#66Joan61US #80
#67Carla60US #110
#68Lynn60US #64
#69Catherine59US #42
#70Renee57US #93
#71Ann56US #51
#72Teri56US #171
#73Valerie56US #65
#74Dana53US #141
#75Deanna53US #173
#76Jane53US #67
#77Paula53US #55
#78Sally53US #123
#79Sue52US #120
#80Suzanne52US #78
#81Shelly51US #157
#82Carrie50US #139
#83Christine50US #40
#84Katherine49US #81
#85Ruth49US #97
#86Bonnie48US #71
#87Jan48US #166
#88Jean48US #86
#89Anne47US #88
#90Shelley47US #182
#91Shannon46
#92Anna45US #104
#93Gail45US #90
#94Joyce45US #58
#95Pam45US #132
#96Sandy45US #126
#97Amy44US #77
#98Beverly44US #60
#99Molly44
#100Patty44US #145

Boys

#1David855US #1
#2Michael668US #2
#3Mark644US #6
#4Robert517US #5
#5John511US #4
#6James492US #3
#7Richard361US #8
#8Steven338US #10
#9Scott311US #23
#10Daniel296US #17
#11Kevin291US #15
#12Jeffrey281US #14
#13William280US #7
#14Mike272US #36
#15Kenneth264US #16
#16Thomas260US #9
#17Brian241US #20
#18Timothy241US #11
#19Randy226US #32
#20Donald225US #19
#21Ronald217US #21
#22Gary206US #22
#23Douglas185US #30
#24Charles182US #13
#25Jeff179US #49
#26Steve179US #43
#27Gregory173US #24
#28Terry171US #34
#29Paul170US #18
#30Larry167US #28
#31Dennis137US #31
#32Jim136US #75
#33Eric129US #44
#34Tim128US #60
#35Craig127US #41
#36Joseph118US #12
#37Christopher116US #29
#38Jerry115US #37
#39Patrick114US #45
#40Bruce112US #39
#41Rick112US #101
#42Stephen112US #27
#43Greg108US #83
#44Dale107US #54
#45Anthony102US #25
#46Dan102US #111
#47Alan100US #50
#48Chris93US #63
#49Tom93US #86
#50Kelly91US #128
#51Russell90US #56
#52Keith87US #35
#53Edward86US #26
#54Jeffery85US #55
#55Bill84US #95
#56Roger83US #47
#57Tony82US #52
#58Matthew80US #61
#59Brad79US #134
#60Randall79US #59
#61Todd78US #71
#62Bradley77US #90
#63Danny74US #48
#64Jay74US #78
#65Jack70US #85
#66Dean69US #94
#67Curtis67US #79
#68Ricky67US #38
#69Raymond66US #46
#70Ron66US #170
#71Rodney65US #68
#72Bob64US #131
#73Gerald64US #62
#74Andrew62US #51
#75Bryan62US #88
#76Wayne62US #58
#77Martin61US #77
#78Joe59US #57
#79Jon56US #97
#80Dave55US #122
#81Peter55US #42
#82Philip54US #76
#83Phillip52US #66
#84Doug51US #182
#85Gordon49US #159
#86Micheal48US #105
#87George46US #33
#88Walter46US #70
#89Frank45US #40
#90Roy45US #80
#91Carl44US #53
#92Ken44US #177
#93Ted44US #184
#94Brett43US #151
#95Darren43US #156
#96Don43US #115
#97Tracy43US #137
#98Duane42US #127
#99Glenn42US #74
#100Allen40US #99

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑29Colleen#59
↑24Joan#66
↑24Bryan#75
↑23Tracy#52
↑21Andrew#74
↑20Jane#76
↑20Todd#61
↑19Greg#43

Falling

↓30Don#96
↓26Sally#78
↓26Joyce#94
↓24Dave#80
↓23Jan#87
↓23George#87
↓22Gail#93
↓22Frank#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.