State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,960 Oregon births in 1970 across 795 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#81Mollyoutside the national top 200
#82Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#89Tamioutside the national top 200
#91Dustinoutside the national top 200
#91Kari#194 nationally
#73Trina#172 nationally
#72Cory#164 nationally
#97Wade#189 nationally
#60Justin#138 nationally
#86Becky#161 nationally
#53Kristina#125 nationally
#64Mike#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer486US #1
#2Michelle385US #4
#3Lisa314US #2
#4Kimberly302US #3
#5Angela286US #6
#6Julie240US #11
#7Amy224US #5
#8Shannon211US #22
#9Heather210US #19
#10Melissa173US #7
#11Tina165US #21
#12Laura152US #13
#13Tracy151US #10
#14Tammy150US #8
#15Dawn144US #16
#16Stephanie138US #17
#17Heidi129US #81
#18Rebecca128US #29
#19Brenda127US #40
#20Christine127US #14
#21Lori127US #23
#22Wendy127US #28
#23Susan124US #15
#24Christina123US #35
#25Mary122US #9
#26Kelly119US #20
#27Teresa117US #34
#28Karen116US #12
#29Elizabeth106US #18
#30Nicole105US #30
#31Jill99US #52
#32Kristin98US #63
#33Cynthia92US #25
#34Tamara90US #79
#35Patricia89US #24
#36Andrea85US #43
#37Deborah85US #33
#38Denise85US #36
#39Debra79US #47
#40Pamela78US #26
#41Traci76US #100
#42Carrie75US #73
#43Michele74US #31
#44Sandra72US #27
#45Barbara71US #41
#46Holly70US #74
#47Rhonda70US #46
#48Sarah70US #65
#49Kathleen68US #45
#50Dana66US #54
#51Rachel63US #58
#52Tonya63US #49
#53Kristina62US #125
#54Melinda62US #93
#55Shelly62US #103
#56Tiffany62US #99
#57Cindy61US #72
#58Nancy60US #50
#59Laurie58US #88
#60Diane57US #70
#61Jodi57US #95
#62Stacey56US #48
#63Cheryl55US #44
#64Sharon54US #37
#65Donna53US #32
#66Kristi53US #123
#67Leslie53US #64
#68Robin53US #51
#69Linda52US #38
#70Sara52US #126
#71Erin51US #111
#72Gina51US #61
#73Trina51US #172
#74Kristine50US #109
#75Sherry50US #60
#76Tanya50US #76
#77Tracey50US #55
#78Katherine49US #67
#79Paula49US #57
#80Tara49US #69
#81Molly48
#82Shawna48
#83Stacy47US #42
#84Deanna46US #90
#85Kim46US #78
#86Becky45US #161
#87Kelli45US #115
#88Renee45US #68
#89Tami45
#90Jessica44US #98
#91Kari44US #194
#92Monica44US #56
#93Suzanne44US #87
#94April43US #82
#95Sheila43US #75
#96Jamie42US #120
#97Krista42US #136
#98Anne41US #112
#99Shelley41US #144
#100Diana40US #89

Boys

#1Michael814US #1
#2David561US #3
#3Jason546US #13
#4James494US #2
#5Robert483US #5
#6John443US #4
#7Brian365US #8
#8Scott351US #12
#9Christopher340US #6
#10Jeffrey310US #11
#11Mark291US #9
#12Steven282US #15
#13Daniel276US #19
#14Richard276US #10
#15William275US #7
#16Kevin264US #14
#17Eric261US #18
#18Matthew217US #24
#19Timothy210US #20
#20Paul208US #23
#21Todd196US #28
#22Thomas194US #17
#23Troy191US #41
#24Joseph184US #16
#25Shawn177US #34
#26Anthony156US #22
#27Gregory152US #26
#28Donald137US #30
#29Douglas135US #36
#30Kenneth135US #25
#31Aaron131US #52
#32Gary122US #35
#33Patrick122US #33
#34Craig115US #39
#35Andrew114US #32
#36Charles114US #21
#37Sean114US #37
#38Ronald112US #29
#39Shane106US #64
#40Travis102US #69
#41Bradley97US #47
#42Jeffery87US #50
#43Stephen87US #27
#44Dennis86US #46
#45Jon84US #68
#46Brent79US #74
#47Jeremy79US #70
#48Lance79US #76
#49Larry78US #43
#50Jeff71US #116
#51Corey70US #84
#52Peter70US #44
#53Randy70US #59
#54Jonathan68US #42
#55Derek67US #77
#56Edward67US #31
#57Keith66US #38
#58Tony65US #57
#59Chad64US #51
#60Justin62US #138
#61Benjamin61US #81
#62Brett60US #99
#63Erik60US #101
#64Mike60US #136
#65George57US #40
#66Chris55US #63
#67Jerry55US #45
#68Bryan54US #53
#69Carl52US #66
#70Darren52US #75
#71Raymond52US #49
#72Cory51US #164
#73Ryan51US #140
#74Steve51US #114
#75Terry50US #54
#76Nathan46US #130
#77Rodney46US #55
#78Adam45US #72
#79Joshua45US #150
#80Russell44US #58
#81Alan43US #91
#82Kelly43US #135
#83Roger43US #61
#84Bruce42US #94
#85Brandon41US #131
#86Dale41US #110
#87Brad40US #139
#88Marc40US #60
#89Joel39US #82
#90Curtis38US #88
#91Dustin38
#92Jesse38US #119
#93Jay37US #97
#94Martin37US #93
#95Gerald36US #67
#96Phillip36US #73
#97Wade36US #189
#98Danny35US #85
#99Randall35US #100
#100Samuel35US #62

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑37Nicole#30
↑36Diane#60
↑35Melinda#54
↑31Kristi#66
↑30Jeremy#47
↑24Traci#41
↑22Stacey#62
↑21Justin#60

Falling

↓40Suzanne#93
↓35Shelley#99
↓32Sheila#95
↓31Kelly#82
↓30Linda#69
↓24Russell#80
↓22Cheryl#63
↓22Bryan#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.