State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,145 Oregon births in 1961 across 757 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#72Shannonoutside the national top 200
#59Shelley#180 nationally
#57Tami#174 nationally
#97Kristioutside the national top 200
#68Ron#170 nationally
#88Ken#188 nationally
#74Doug#172 nationally
#39Tamara#125 nationally
#60Shelly#145 nationally
#86Sheri#168 nationally
#94Teri#173 nationally
#68Pam#144 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa373US #2
#2Linda345US #4
#3Lori343US #14
#4Susan336US #3
#5Julie310US #23
#6Mary305US #1
#7Karen287US #5
#8Teresa217US #18
#9Brenda208US #11
#10Debbie195US #31
#11Cindy192US #33
#12Kathy192US #25
#13Debra186US #13
#14Sandra181US #9
#15Barbara177US #12
#16Nancy173US #16
#17Michelle164US #34
#18Laura162US #21
#19Kelly158US #45
#20Cheryl155US #20
#21Kimberly151US #22
#22Cynthia149US #8
#23Patricia148US #6
#24Pamela142US #15
#25Denise140US #30
#26Donna140US #7
#27Laurie140US #43
#28Elizabeth136US #19
#29Tammy135US #28
#30Deborah134US #10
#31Janet131US #32
#32Kathleen130US #29
#33Kim126US #36
#34Robin121US #27
#35Tina120US #41
#36Carol118US #24
#37Diane110US #26
#38Sharon104US #17
#39Tamara99US #125
#40Rhonda93US #46
#41Terri93US #51
#42Tracy91US #64
#43Jennifer89US #47
#44Rebecca89US #44
#45Connie79US #50
#46Diana78US #56
#47Theresa77US #35
#48Angela72US #38
#49Carolyn71US #42
#50Peggy71US #88
#51Becky70US #115
#52Leslie70US #84
#53Margaret70US #40
#54Janice69US #52
#55Judy69US #58
#56Cathy67US #55
#57Tami66US #174
#58Vicki66US #76
#59Shelley65US #180
#60Shelly65US #145
#61Dawn64US #49
#62Wendy64US #61
#63Colleen62US #106
#64Jill62US #74
#65Carla58US #77
#66Kathryn58US #93
#67Sherry58US #53
#68Pam57US #144
#69Michele56US #63
#70Renee56US #79
#71Catherine55US #48
#72Shannon54
#73Sherri54US #121
#74Sue53US #130
#75Annette52US #73
#76Bonnie52US #75
#77Suzanne52US #68
#78Amy51US #69
#79Lynn51US #71
#80Ann50US #54
#81Jacqueline50US #37
#82Toni49US #149
#83Anne48US #90
#84Katherine48US #86
#85Paula48US #60
#86Sheri47US #168
#87Deanna46US #156
#88Christine45US #39
#89Dana45US #128
#90Joan45US #89
#91Patty45US #157
#92Sandy45US #135
#93Sheila45US #59
#94Teri45US #173
#95Anita44US #91
#96Carrie41US #139
#97Kristi41
#98Ruth41US #96
#99Valerie41US #67
#100Heidi40US #166

Boys

#1David809US #2
#2Michael687US #1
#3Mark596US #6
#4John525US #3
#5Robert512US #5
#6James496US #4
#7Scott349US #19
#8Steven341US #10
#9Richard339US #8
#10Kevin310US #14
#11Jeffrey299US #11
#12Brian291US #20
#13William269US #7
#14Mike263US #36
#15Daniel237US #17
#16Timothy233US #15
#17Gary217US #21
#18Thomas214US #9
#19Kenneth209US #16
#20Paul197US #18
#21Jeff189US #49
#22Douglas185US #28
#23Ronald183US #24
#24Donald178US #22
#25Gregory177US #23
#26Randy167US #33
#27Larry157US #30
#28Charles156US #13
#29Patrick147US #39
#30Steve146US #45
#31Joseph138US #12
#32Todd136US #46
#33Terry131US #32
#34Jim130US #78
#35Craig119US #43
#36Eric118US #38
#37Bruce115US #40
#38Dennis108US #34
#39Stephen107US #27
#40Christopher105US #26
#41Jerry103US #37
#42Rick103US #108
#43Tim101US #65
#44Dale99US #58
#45Tony93US #53
#46Chris90US #57
#47Dan89US #115
#48Edward89US #29
#49Roger88US #47
#50Anthony86US #25
#51Greg86US #77
#52Matthew85US #59
#53Jeffery83US #50
#54Troy83US #100
#55Randall81US #63
#56Kelly80US #125
#57Rodney80US #72
#58Tom80US #88
#59Bill79US #104
#60Russell79US #55
#61Keith77US #35
#62Ricky77US #44
#63Danny75US #54
#64Jay75US #81
#65Bradley74US #87
#66Jon74US #93
#67Alan73US #51
#68Ron71US #170
#69Dean69US #84
#70Brad67US #142
#71Joe66US #60
#72Brent64US #137
#73Carl64US #56
#74Doug62US #172
#75Gerald60US #62
#76Raymond58US #48
#77Tracy58US #119
#78Jack57US #90
#79Frank56US #41
#80George56US #31
#81Bryan55US #82
#82Martin55US #73
#83Bob54US #141
#84Peter54US #42
#85Barry49US #66
#86Darrell49US #101
#87Don49US #121
#88Ken49US #188
#89Andrew46US #52
#90Curtis45US #75
#91Kurt45US #129
#92Wayne45US #61
#93Dave44US #130
#94Glenn43US #64
#95Philip43US #79
#96Shawn42US #143
#97Allen40US #96
#98Gordon40US #165
#99Kent39US #147
#100Clifford38US #149

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑31Shelley#59
↑29Todd#32
↑27Michelle#17
↑27Pam#68
↑21Shelly#60
↑20Tracy#77
↑19Shannon#72
↑19Amy#78

Falling

↓26Valerie#99
↓24Joan#90
↓23Curtis#90
↓22Teri#94
↓20Alan#67
↓17Jill#64
↓16Tammy#29
↓16Sherry#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.