State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,634 Oregon births in 1973 across 766 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#63Casey#183 nationally
#88Trevoroutside the national top 200
#79Shawna#188 nationally
#67Kari#172 nationally
#98Geoffreyoutside the national top 200
#94Molly#195 nationally
#94Jeff#192 nationally
#67Dustin#153 nationally
#74Jared#155 nationally
#55Amber#130 nationally
#51Jacob#122 nationally
#76Kelly#147 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer685US #1
#2Heather330US #8
#3Amy285US #2
#4Michelle283US #3
#5Angela268US #7
#6Lisa217US #5
#7Kimberly213US #4
#8Melissa193US #6
#9Julie189US #12
#10Rebecca163US #10
#11Stephanie151US #9
#12Sarah149US #35
#13Shannon138US #22
#14Christina129US #16
#15Nicole124US #11
#16Elizabeth118US #13
#17Tina118US #24
#18Heidi108US #65
#19Tracy99US #20
#20Wendy99US #29
#21Andrea92US #30
#22Dawn92US #21
#23Mary90US #14
#24Christine87US #17
#25Lori87US #28
#26Kelly83US #18
#27April81US #33
#28Jessica81US #34
#29Teresa81US #45
#30Carrie80US #46
#31Rachel80US #42
#32Brenda77US #53
#33Tammy77US #15
#34Laura74US #19
#35Tamara74US #66
#36Crystal72US #48
#37Tiffany72US #52
#38Tanya70US #50
#39Cynthia69US #26
#40Karen69US #23
#41Tara67US #37
#42Brandy66US #82
#43Susan64US #25
#44Erin63US #79
#45Kristin61US #78
#46Patricia59US #27
#47Holly58US #54
#48Katherine58US #64
#49Kristina58US #97
#50Melanie58US #43
#51Sara58US #89
#52Anna57US #86
#53Jill56US #62
#54Stacy56US #32
#55Amber55US #130
#56Kristen54US #58
#57Brandi53US #109
#58Misty51US #90
#59Sandra51US #39
#60Stacey50US #41
#61Amanda49US #51
#62Cindy46US #92
#63Kathleen46US #68
#64Michele46US #44
#65Tonya46US #36
#66Leslie45US #75
#67Kari44US #172
#68Shelly44US #104
#69Deborah43US #56
#70Kristi43US #108
#71Renee43US #80
#72Catherine42US #67
#73Deanna41US #111
#74Jodi41US #100
#75Monica41US #40
#76Barbara39US #63
#77Emily39US #99
#78Robin39US #60
#79Shawna39US #188
#80Shelley39US #128
#81Dana38US #59
#82Denise38US #38
#83Kathryn38US #107
#84Melinda38US #72
#85Pamela37US #47
#86Victoria37US #95
#87Christy36US #73
#88Danielle36US #49
#89Katrina36US #118
#90Paula36US #87
#91Suzanne36US #98
#92Erica34US #81
#93Jenny34US #139
#94Molly34US #195
#95Rhonda34US #70
#96Jody33US #163
#97Laurie33US #106
#98Megan33US #141
#99Traci33US #127
#100Tricia33US #123

Boys

#1Jason716US #3
#2Michael587US #1
#3Christopher477US #2
#4David398US #5
#5Brian380US #8
#6Robert355US #7
#7Matthew339US #10
#8James323US #4
#9John293US #6
#10Scott248US #18
#11Daniel246US #11
#12Ryan246US #30
#13Eric245US #13
#14Aaron242US #34
#15Jeffrey217US #17
#16William206US #9
#17Mark187US #15
#18Kevin182US #14
#19Richard180US #16
#20Steven178US #20
#21Jeremy176US #33
#22Joseph172US #12
#23Joshua169US #42
#24Timothy164US #22
#25Travis156US #53
#26Justin155US #51
#27Shawn154US #27
#28Chad138US #25
#29Andrew135US #29
#30Nathan130US #63
#31Thomas120US #19
#32Gregory119US #26
#33Jonathan119US #31
#34Anthony115US #21
#35Shane114US #54
#36Troy108US #59
#37Paul101US #24
#38Todd99US #35
#39Sean91US #36
#40Brandon89US #58
#41Benjamin88US #55
#42Charles88US #23
#43Douglas86US #47
#44Adam81US #45
#45Kenneth80US #28
#46Patrick80US #37
#47Bryan79US #43
#48Stephen79US #32
#49Donald72US #38
#50Erik72US #86
#51Jacob69US #122
#52Peter69US #52
#53Craig68US #48
#54Jeffery67US #64
#55Jesse61US #75
#56Ronald61US #40
#57Raymond60US #60
#58Dennis54US #56
#59Joel52US #73
#60Keith52US #41
#61Gary50US #44
#62Larry50US #50
#63Casey49US #183
#64Jon49US #94
#65Edward46US #39
#66Brent45US #80
#67Dustin44US #153
#68Samuel44US #66
#69Bradley43US #62
#70Derek43US #69
#71Tony43US #78
#72Cory42US #128
#73Curtis42US #98
#74Jared41US #155
#75Jerry38US #57
#76Kelly38US #147
#77Chris37US #96
#78Terry37US #65
#79Darren36US #113
#80Brett35US #88
#81Gabriel34US #130
#82Jamie34US #70
#83Dale33US #141
#84George33US #46
#85Nicholas33US #85
#86Kyle32US #110
#87Corey31US #89
#88Trevor31
#89Russell30US #77
#90Clinton29US #161
#91Randy29US #79
#92Carl28US #90
#93Christian28US #97
#94Jeff28US #192
#95Lance28US #148
#96Phillip28US #71
#97Roger28US #84
#98Geoffrey27
#99Jay27US #118
#100Martin27US #108

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑38Amber#55
↑35Stacy#54
↑28Stacey#60
↑28Kari#67
↑26Leslie#66
↑25Catherine#72
↑24Crystal#36
↑24Joel#59

Falling

↓42Traci#99
↓37Denise#82
↓36Rhonda#95
↓30Kathryn#83
↓25Shawna#79
↓23Michele#64
↓23Tonya#65
↓21Corey#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.