State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,007 Oregon births in 1971 across 808 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#73Tamioutside the national top 200
#77Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#90Ianoutside the national top 200
#70Kari#179 nationally
#94Geoffreyoutside the national top 200
#95Mollyoutside the national top 200
#76Dustin#181 nationally
#99Megan#199 nationally
#42Kristina#117 nationally
#92Jody#162 nationally
#47Kristi#113 nationally
#75Jeff#140 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer583US #1
#2Michelle357US #2
#3Angela279US #6
#4Lisa269US #3
#5Kimberly259US #4
#6Heather224US #12
#7Amy221US #5
#8Julie209US #10
#9Shannon190US #21
#10Melissa171US #7
#11Rebecca148US #23
#12Tina141US #20
#13Dawn130US #14
#14Lori122US #25
#15Christine120US #18
#16Wendy120US #29
#17Tracy119US #13
#18Christina118US #30
#19Stephanie118US #11
#20Laura116US #16
#21Tammy112US #8
#22Mary111US #9
#23Susan108US #17
#24Heidi107US #77
#25Elizabeth99US #19
#26Andrea98US #35
#27Teresa97US #34
#28Carrie95US #55
#29Brenda93US #43
#30Tamara93US #80
#31Karen89US #15
#32Nicole89US #27
#33Cynthia86US #24
#34Rachel81US #54
#35Kelly78US #22
#36Sandra73US #31
#37Sarah73US #58
#38Tonya70US #45
#39Kristin66US #71
#40Denise65US #36
#41Holly64US #76
#42Kristina64US #117
#43Deborah61US #33
#44Pamela61US #28
#45Patricia61US #26
#46Jodi60US #94
#47Kristi60US #113
#48Shelly60US #103
#49Michele59US #39
#50Cindy58US #70
#51Linda58US #42
#52Jessica57US #64
#53Melinda57US #85
#54Sara57US #114
#55Tiffany57US #62
#56Rhonda55US #46
#57Dana54US #44
#58Jill54US #59
#59Tanya54US #72
#60Tara54US #49
#61Leslie53US #68
#62Barbara52US #47
#63Catherine52US #65
#64Katherine52US #67
#65Sheila52US #81
#66Stacy52US #32
#67Erin51US #93
#68Cheryl50US #50
#69Stacey50US #41
#70Kari48US #179
#71Nancy48US #52
#72Donna47US #38
#73Tami47
#74Theresa47US #61
#75Deanna46US #95
#76Robin46US #51
#77Shawna46
#78Suzanne45US #88
#79April44US #56
#80Diana44US #82
#81Kathleen44US #53
#82Monica44US #48
#83Jenny43US #142
#84Melanie43US #66
#85Paula43US #63
#86Tricia43US #109
#87Kristen42US #87
#88Renee42US #73
#89Shelley41US #140
#90Christy40US #89
#91Crystal40US #79
#92Jody39US #162
#93Kathryn39US #111
#94Kelli39US #135
#95Molly39
#96Ann38US #78
#97Anna38US #106
#98Laurie38US #96
#99Megan38US #199
#100Traci38US #116

Boys

#1Michael677US #1
#2Jason658US #8
#3David502US #3
#4James467US #2
#5Robert457US #5
#6Christopher418US #6
#7Scott396US #10
#8John387US #4
#9Brian313US #9
#10Matthew292US #19
#11Kevin268US #14
#12Jeffrey255US #12
#13Eric248US #18
#14Steven243US #16
#15William238US #7
#16Daniel224US #20
#17Mark218US #13
#18Richard216US #11
#19Aaron191US #41
#20Timothy189US #21
#21Shawn180US #28
#22Thomas168US #17
#23Joseph161US #15
#24Paul160US #24
#25Todd144US #30
#26Gregory142US #26
#27Jeremy140US #45
#28Travis135US #61
#29Anthony134US #23
#30Troy133US #46
#31Chad132US #29
#32Charles130US #22
#33Douglas125US #39
#34Ryan120US #51
#35Donald115US #34
#36Andrew114US #33
#37Kenneth114US #25
#38Stephen108US #27
#39Craig101US #43
#40Patrick101US #35
#41Justin96US #103
#42Shane94US #60
#43Sean93US #36
#44Ronald92US #31
#45Gary91US #38
#46Jeffery84US #53
#47Joshua84US #80
#48Jonathan83US #40
#49Adam70US #57
#50Dennis70US #49
#51Derek70US #63
#52Edward69US #32
#53Benjamin68US #69
#54Bradley67US #58
#55Corey66US #77
#56Brent65US #73
#57Lance65US #98
#58Jerry62US #50
#59Randy62US #67
#60Brandon61US #95
#61Jon61US #78
#62Chris60US #68
#63Tony58US #62
#64Nathan57US #104
#65Larry55US #44
#66Brett53US #90
#67Bryan53US #48
#68Peter53US #47
#69George52US #42
#70Erik50US #97
#71Keith50US #37
#72Terry48US #56
#73Raymond45US #52
#74Jay43US #114
#75Jeff41US #140
#76Dustin39US #181
#77Jesse38US #107
#78Kelly38US #136
#79Dean37US #137
#80Steve37US #131
#81Danny36US #82
#82Joel36US #86
#83Wayne36US #92
#84Brad35US #139
#85Cory35US #150
#86Kyle35US #116
#87Marc35US #70
#88Alan34US #99
#89Frank34US #54
#90Ian34
#91Mike34US #153
#92Russell34US #64
#93Samuel34US #66
#94Geoffrey33
#95Randall33US #102
#96Roger33US #71
#97Bruce32US #108
#98Dale32US #125
#99Greg32US #163
#100Marcus32US #65

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑39Ryan#34
↑38Jessica#52
↑32Joshua#47
↑30Sheila#65
↑29Adam#49
↑28Chad#31
↑25Brandon#60
↑21Kari#70

Falling

↓59Traci#100
↓39Laurie#98
↓32Kathleen#81
↓27Jill#58
↓27Mike#91
↓25Jeff#75
↓17Barbara#62
↓16Jon#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.