State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,596 Oregon births in 1962 across 763 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#66Shannonoutside the national top 200
#45Tami#177 nationally
#66Ron#178 nationally
#68Doug#170 nationally
#67Shelley#162 nationally
#100Darla#190 nationally
#94Teri#181 nationally
#50Shelly#130 nationally
#68Sheri#145 nationally
#43Tamara#119 nationally
#82Brad#158 nationally
#77Bob#152 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa367US #1
#2Susan311US #3
#3Julie295US #22
#4Karen293US #4
#5Lori291US #11
#6Linda275US #5
#7Mary234US #2
#8Teresa226US #18
#9Brenda216US #12
#10Cindy207US #34
#11Debra187US #15
#12Sandra180US #10
#13Kimberly177US #16
#14Michelle172US #31
#15Kelly167US #38
#16Debbie165US #32
#17Barbara155US #14
#18Cheryl154US #24
#19Patricia150US #6
#20Kathy149US #27
#21Cynthia146US #8
#22Tammy145US #23
#23Kim143US #37
#24Laurie142US #42
#25Laura137US #21
#26Nancy137US #19
#27Tina135US #33
#28Deborah130US #9
#29Tracy125US #55
#30Elizabeth123US #20
#31Rhonda123US #45
#32Diane120US #26
#33Kathleen120US #29
#34Pamela120US #13
#35Carol119US #28
#36Denise117US #30
#37Sharon116US #17
#38Donna111US #7
#39Janet109US #35
#40Jennifer107US #41
#41Connie102US #51
#42Robin102US #25
#43Tamara90US #119
#44Rebecca89US #47
#45Tami89US #177
#46Theresa88US #40
#47Angela87US #36
#48Terri80US #54
#49Dawn79US #50
#50Shelly77US #130
#51Jill74US #72
#52Leslie73US #80
#53Carla72US #78
#54Becky69US #122
#55Annette68US #75
#56Bonnie68US #79
#57Judy67US #63
#58Carolyn66US #46
#59Suzanne66US #65
#60Cathy62US #62
#61Colleen62US #101
#62Peggy62US #93
#63Wendy62US #64
#64Deanna60US #138
#65Diana60US #57
#66Shannon60
#67Shelley60US #162
#68Sheri60US #145
#69Christine59US #39
#70Katherine59US #84
#71Ann58US #56
#72Kathryn56US #89
#73Renee56US #76
#74Michele55US #59
#75Janice54US #58
#76Sheila53US #52
#77Sherri53US #82
#78Valerie53US #67
#79Catherine52US #53
#80Margaret52US #43
#81Melinda52US #118
#82Vicki52US #85
#83Paula51US #60
#84Dana50US #117
#85Stephanie49US #70
#86Amy47US #61
#87Beth47US #66
#88Carrie47US #141
#89Holly47US #148
#90Lynn46US #71
#91Sally46US #136
#92Sandy45US #140
#93Sherry44US #48
#94Teri44US #181
#95Melissa43US #68
#96Penny43US #92
#97Anne42US #83
#98Heidi42US #156
#99Shari42US #146
#100Darla41US #190

Boys

#1David734US #2
#2Michael685US #1
#3John601US #3
#4Mark546US #6
#5Robert513US #5
#6James453US #4
#7Scott367US #11
#8Steven310US #12
#9Richard299US #8
#10Kevin295US #14
#11Jeffrey282US #10
#12Brian273US #20
#13William266US #7
#14Daniel256US #17
#15Mike233US #39
#16Thomas225US #9
#17Douglas222US #27
#18Gary212US #22
#19Timothy208US #16
#20Jeff207US #44
#21Kenneth191US #18
#22Ronald190US #25
#23Todd186US #30
#24Donald183US #23
#25Paul179US #19
#26Gregory168US #21
#27Steve150US #46
#28Charles148US #15
#29Eric146US #33
#30Joseph146US #13
#31Randy145US #35
#32Terry134US #34
#33Greg128US #77
#34Dennis121US #37
#35Larry121US #31
#36Patrick115US #40
#37Tim115US #72
#38Christopher113US #26
#39Troy108US #67
#40Jim105US #85
#41Rick104US #110
#42Jeffery103US #45
#43Bruce101US #41
#44Craig101US #51
#45Jerry101US #38
#46Tony96US #52
#47Edward94US #29
#48Stephen92US #28
#49Chris91US #60
#50Matthew89US #56
#51Roger89US #47
#52Dale86US #62
#53Anthony84US #24
#54George84US #32
#55Keith80US #36
#56Dan79US #120
#57Jon78US #84
#58Alan77US #53
#59Tom77US #98
#60Russell75US #57
#61Bradley73US #87
#62Bill71US #108
#63Joe66US #59
#64Ricky66US #50
#65Danny63US #54
#66Ron63US #178
#67Andrew61US #49
#68Doug61US #170
#69Randall61US #64
#70Kelly60US #125
#71Curtis59US #73
#72Tracy59US #111
#73Brent58US #139
#74Dean58US #86
#75Rodney58US #76
#76Peter57US #43
#77Bob56US #152
#78Shawn53US #124
#79Allen51US #93
#80Jay51US #80
#81Raymond51US #48
#82Brad50US #158
#83Jack50US #99
#84Duane49US #135
#85Bryan48US #82
#86Don48US #123
#87Martin48US #74
#88Wayne48US #63
#89Kirk46US #138
#90Frank45US #42
#91Micheal45US #104
#92Carl44US #58
#93Barry43US #61
#94Brett43US #141
#95Gerald43US #65
#96Kent41US #136
#97Glenn39US #55
#98Dave38US #145
#99Philip38US #81
#100Darrell37US #102

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑26George#54
↑23Deanna#64
↑22Andrew#67
↑21Valerie#78
↑20Annette#55
↑20Bonnie#56
↑19Christine#69
↑19Curtis#71

Falling

↓27Margaret#80
↓26Sherry#93
↓24Vicki#82
↓21Janice#75
↓20Gerald#95
↓19Diana#65
↓19Carl#92
↓18Rodney#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.