State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,627 Oregon births in 1963 across 764 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#44Shannon#186 nationally
#61Tami#184 nationally
#86Kristioutside the national top 200
#87Ron#185 nationally
#54Shelley#148 nationally
#97Karla#189 nationally
#85Doug#174 nationally
#93Ken#178 nationally
#57Heidi#140 nationally
#92Pam#166 nationally
#54Kelly#126 nationally
#73Carrie#143 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa433US #1
#2Susan276US #3
#3Lori256US #8
#4Karen254US #4
#5Julie250US #22
#6Linda245US #5
#7Teresa234US #18
#8Mary222US #2
#9Brenda184US #15
#10Tammy181US #12
#11Cindy178US #37
#12Kelly175US #32
#13Sandra172US #9
#14Kimberly166US #11
#15Debra157US #21
#16Debbie150US #41
#17Deborah146US #13
#18Michelle145US #26
#19Laura142US #16
#20Cheryl134US #24
#21Cynthia134US #10
#22Nancy134US #23
#23Tina126US #35
#24Kim125US #39
#25Patricia121US #7
#26Barbara120US #17
#27Elizabeth118US #20
#28Jennifer113US #36
#29Pamela111US #14
#30Tracy108US #48
#31Kathy107US #34
#32Denise106US #27
#33Kathleen105US #28
#34Donna104US #6
#35Laurie97US #47
#36Rhonda94US #45
#37Janet93US #40
#38Theresa93US #38
#39Wendy93US #60
#40Angela92US #30
#41Diane91US #31
#42Carol86US #33
#43Paula85US #42
#44Shannon85US #186
#45Jill84US #68
#46Rebecca84US #44
#47Tamara84US #111
#48Robin76US #25
#49Connie73US #55
#50Christine72US #29
#51Diana72US #62
#52Shelly72US #117
#53Sharon69US #19
#54Shelley69US #148
#55Dawn66US #52
#56Terri64US #58
#57Heidi63US #140
#58Suzanne63US #65
#59Amy60US #54
#60Sheila59US #50
#61Tami59US #184
#62Becky57US #126
#63Annette56US #71
#64Dana56US #88
#65Deanna56US #133
#66Sherri56US #78
#67Catherine53US #53
#68Katherine51US #87
#69Ann50US #57
#70Carla50US #82
#71Cathy50US #67
#72Kathryn50US #93
#73Carrie49US #143
#74Leslie49US #72
#75Melissa49US #61
#76Vicki49US #100
#77Michele48US #59
#78Peggy48US #106
#79Sherry48US #49
#80Carolyn47US #56
#81Penny47US #86
#82Renee47US #74
#83Stephanie47US #64
#84Anne46US #80
#85Judy46US #70
#86Kristi46
#87Toni46US #152
#88Lynn45US #73
#89Sheryl45US #135
#90Anita43US #77
#91Margaret43US #46
#92Pam43US #166
#93Sandy43US #144
#94Sally42US #147
#95Sarah42US #94
#96Janice41US #63
#97Karla41US #189
#98Maria40US #43
#99Valerie40US #69
#100Anna39US #102

Boys

#1David752US #3
#2Michael582US #1
#3Robert509US #5
#4John498US #2
#5Mark466US #6
#6James437US #4
#7Richard364US #8
#8Scott364US #12
#9Kevin306US #11
#10Brian287US #20
#11Steven283US #14
#12Jeffrey253US #10
#13Daniel250US #19
#14William240US #7
#15Thomas218US #9
#16Timothy216US #15
#17Todd210US #30
#18Gary204US #24
#19Kenneth189US #18
#20Mike188US #44
#21Donald182US #25
#22Douglas180US #28
#23Ronald179US #23
#24Paul178US #17
#25Gregory171US #21
#26Jeff168US #48
#27Charles167US #16
#28Randy161US #37
#29Steve147US #49
#30Eric146US #31
#31Terry137US #32
#32Christopher134US #26
#33Joseph128US #13
#34Patrick125US #35
#35Larry124US #36
#36Troy114US #66
#37Tim111US #79
#38Dennis106US #39
#39Tony104US #52
#40Jeffery101US #46
#41Jim101US #92
#42Anthony98US #22
#43Matthew96US #50
#44Greg94US #81
#45Stephen94US #29
#46Craig87US #51
#47Chris86US #59
#48Bruce81US #43
#49Keith78US #33
#50Russell78US #57
#51Jerry77US #38
#52Jon77US #84
#53Dale76US #69
#54Kelly74US #126
#55Jay73US #85
#56Rick71US #111
#57Edward70US #27
#58Andrew69US #42
#59Bill69US #113
#60Dan69US #124
#61Alan68US #56
#62Rodney68US #76
#63George66US #34
#64Bradley65US #82
#65Joe65US #58
#66Ricky63US #47
#67Roger63US #53
#68Shawn63US #108
#69Randall62US #65
#70Tom62US #103
#71Bryan61US #73
#72Dean59US #86
#73Danny56US #55
#74Brent54US #125
#75Peter54US #40
#76Gerald53US #60
#77Carl51US #54
#78Brad49US #146
#79Raymond49US #45
#80Curtis48US #72
#81Frank48US #41
#82Jack48US #102
#83Darrell47US #95
#84Martin47US #62
#85Doug46US #174
#86Tracy46US #121
#87Ron44US #185
#88Vincent44US #61
#89Allen41US #90
#90Don40US #135
#91Duane40US #130
#92Dave39US #161
#93Ken38US #178
#94Micheal38US #106
#95Wayne38US #63
#96Darren37US #158
#97Kurt37US #116
#98Lawrence37US #68
#99Gordon36US #159
#100Bob35US #167

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑41Heidi#57
↑40Paula#43
↑27Amy#59
↑25Jay#55
↑24Wendy#39
↑22Shannon#44
↑20Dana#64
↑20Melissa#75

Falling

↓28Judy#85
↓23Bob#100
↓22Leslie#74
↓22Carolyn#80
↓21Janice#96
↓21Valerie#99
↓21Ron#87
↓17Carla#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.