State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,153 Oregon births in 1972 across 776 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#75Mollyoutside the national top 200
#54Shawna#174 nationally
#80Casey#195 nationally
#98Mathewoutside the national top 200
#85Trina#183 nationally
#90Jared#187 nationally
#95Kari#186 nationally
#81Clinton#169 nationally
#82Jeff#167 nationally
#93Mike#178 nationally
#74Jacob#155 nationally
#86Dustin#165 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer725US #1
#2Michelle328US #2
#3Amy276US #5
#4Lisa267US #3
#5Angela266US #6
#6Kimberly251US #4
#7Heather243US #9
#8Melissa178US #7
#9Julie172US #12
#10Stephanie155US #8
#11Shannon153US #22
#12Rebecca150US #14
#13Nicole136US #10
#14Heidi120US #64
#15Dawn113US #20
#16Christina105US #26
#17Laura103US #17
#18Tina103US #18
#19Tracy103US #19
#20Sarah102US #49
#21Teresa102US #39
#22Mary98US #13
#23Andrea97US #30
#24Wendy96US #29
#25Elizabeth90US #15
#26Christine89US #16
#27Lori88US #28
#28Tammy88US #11
#29Karen80US #21
#30Kelly78US #23
#31Brenda77US #44
#32Cynthia77US #25
#33Melanie76US #42
#34Jessica73US #46
#35Tamara72US #84
#36Rachel71US #40
#37Susan70US #24
#38Kristina66US #112
#39Sara66US #101
#40April65US #48
#41Michele65US #36
#42Tonya63US #37
#43Tanya61US #54
#44Carrie60US #53
#45Denise60US #35
#46Jill60US #62
#47Erin59US #93
#48Kristin58US #67
#49Tara57US #38
#50Kathleen56US #57
#51Patricia55US #27
#52Tiffany55US #61
#53Kathryn54US #103
#54Shawna54US #174
#55Debra53US #66
#56Maria53US #32
#57Traci53US #121
#58Kristi52US #102
#59Rhonda52US #60
#60Crystal51US #59
#61Deborah51US #43
#62Holly51US #71
#63Dana50US #52
#64Anna49US #86
#65Melinda48US #81
#66Sandra48US #31
#67Shelly48US #94
#68Amanda47US #76
#69Jamie47US #114
#70Katherine47US #69
#71Kristen47US #85
#72Nancy46US #63
#73Cindy45US #80
#74Danielle45US #73
#75Molly45
#76Christy44US #74
#77Jodi44US #97
#78Pamela43US #34
#79Renee43US #77
#80Barbara41US #58
#81Deanna41US #107
#82Robin41US #55
#83Shelley41US #126
#84Tricia41US #120
#85Trina41US #183
#86Cheryl40US #56
#87Theresa40US #68
#88Stacey39US #41
#89Stacy39US #33
#90Gina38US #78
#91Jenny38US #119
#92Leslie38US #75
#93Amber37US #161
#94Sheila37US #90
#95Kari36US #186
#96Monica36US #47
#97Catherine35US #65
#98Donna35US #45
#99Jacqueline34US #79
#100Kathy34US #108

Boys

#1Jason700US #7
#2Michael631US #1
#3David461US #4
#4Christopher425US #2
#5James359US #3
#6Brian355US #8
#7Robert332US #6
#8John323US #5
#9Matthew287US #10
#10Scott280US #11
#11Eric274US #16
#12Jeffrey240US #17
#13Daniel230US #15
#14Kevin222US #13
#15Ryan214US #39
#16Steven211US #19
#17Richard209US #14
#18William209US #9
#19Mark201US #18
#20Aaron189US #40
#21Timothy186US #21
#22Joseph165US #12
#23Jeremy154US #42
#24Thomas147US #20
#25Travis141US #57
#26Chad134US #25
#27Justin134US #60
#28Shawn134US #28
#29Anthony131US #22
#30Gregory129US #26
#31Paul127US #24
#32Troy121US #49
#33Joshua119US #59
#34Todd115US #31
#35Kenneth110US #27
#36Donald108US #36
#37Sean103US #33
#38Charles100US #23
#39Jonathan100US #37
#40Shane100US #55
#41Andrew97US #30
#42Patrick95US #35
#43Stephen90US #29
#44Bryan88US #45
#45Craig83US #46
#46Nathan81US #79
#47Douglas79US #43
#48Brandon77US #63
#49Gary71US #41
#50Adam70US #51
#51Benjamin70US #64
#52Jeffery69US #58
#53Erik65US #86
#54Peter63US #48
#55Ronald63US #32
#56Brent60US #77
#57Dennis58US #52
#58Larry58US #47
#59Bradley55US #61
#60Edward55US #34
#61Jon53US #89
#62Chris51US #82
#63Keith51US #38
#64Jesse47US #88
#65Jerry45US #53
#66Corey43US #95
#67Derek43US #67
#68Terry43US #62
#69Darren42US #106
#70George42US #44
#71Kelly42US #140
#72Brett41US #80
#73Raymond41US #54
#74Jacob40US #155
#75Curtis39US #92
#76Samuel38US #66
#77Tracy38US #111
#78Cory37US #136
#79Dale37US #131
#80Casey36US #195
#81Clinton36US #169
#82Jeff36US #167
#83Joel36US #78
#84Randy36US #70
#85Tony36US #68
#86Dustin35US #165
#87Jamie35US #72
#88Lance35US #126
#89Rodney35US #65
#90Jared34US #187
#91Christian33US #96
#92Russell33US #69
#93Mike32US #178
#94Phillip32US #75
#95Carl31US #85
#96Nicholas31US #99
#97Kyle30US #113
#98Mathew30
#99Marc29US #83
#100Roger29US #76

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑51Melanie#33
↑43Traci#57
↑40Kathryn#53
↑39April#40
↑33Anna#64
↑31Kathleen#50
↑31Crystal#60
↑23Shawna#54

Falling

↓34Pamela#78
↓34Catherine#97
↓31Jodi#77
↓31Leslie#92
↓31Lance#88
↓30Sandra#66
↓29Sheila#94
↓26Donna#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.