State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,008 Oregon births in 1974 across 790 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#72Trevoroutside the national top 200
#90Tobyoutside the national top 200
#72Molly#179 nationally
#99Tyleroutside the national top 200
#94Geoffrey#191 nationally
#61Kari#153 nationally
#88Jeremiah#178 nationally
#74Shawna#162 nationally
#96Zachary#179 nationally
#62Casey#144 nationally
#98Seth#170 nationally
#78Kelly#143 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer745US #1
#2Heather345US #4
#3Amy341US #2
#4Angela335US #5
#5Michelle258US #3
#6Sarah216US #20
#7Lisa215US #8
#8Kimberly199US #6
#9Rebecca195US #10
#10Melissa189US #7
#11Stephanie183US #9
#12Julie172US #14
#13Shannon166US #18
#14Christina143US #16
#15Jessica137US #17
#16Heidi125US #60
#17Nicole120US #11
#18Rachel108US #36
#19Andrea103US #35
#20Wendy101US #32
#21Carrie98US #42
#22Elizabeth98US #12
#23Laura96US #21
#24Sara96US #61
#25Kelly95US #15
#26Dawn92US #22
#27Christine91US #19
#28Amanda90US #34
#29Erin89US #47
#30April86US #28
#31Tina84US #25
#32Mary83US #13
#33Tammy78US #24
#34Tara77US #39
#35Tracy77US #23
#36Karen75US #26
#37Lori75US #30
#38Amber74US #92
#39Holly74US #56
#40Tonya74US #37
#41Emily71US #69
#42Misty70US #66
#43Tiffany70US #41
#44Brenda68US #59
#45Katherine68US #62
#46Brandy66US #80
#47Jill66US #58
#48Kristin66US #72
#49Teresa65US #52
#50Anna63US #82
#51Kristina62US #101
#52Melinda60US #81
#53Stacy60US #38
#54Tamara60US #64
#55Cynthia58US #33
#56Megan58US #105
#57Melanie58US #51
#58Tanya58US #46
#59Kristen57US #45
#60Danielle55US #40
#61Kari54US #153
#62Crystal53US #49
#63Patricia53US #29
#64Deborah52US #68
#65Sandra50US #44
#66Michele48US #50
#67Susan48US #27
#68Jodi47US #91
#69Robin46US #63
#70Brandi44US #106
#71Kathleen44US #76
#72Molly44US #179
#73Sheila44US #121
#74Shawna43US #162
#75Alicia42US #90
#76Monica42US #43
#77Jenny41US #131
#78Erika40US #127
#79Stacey40US #48
#80Jamie39US #97
#81Kristi39US #102
#82Dana38US #55
#83Denise37US #53
#84Gina37US #84
#85Leslie37US #65
#86Shelly37US #107
#87Debra36US #94
#88Diana36US #87
#89Maria36US #31
#90Kara35US #125
#91Renee35US #85
#92Traci35US #140
#93Tricia35US #143
#94Anne33US #120
#95Samantha33US #128
#96Ann32US #100
#97Christy32US #57
#98Deanna32US #115
#99Suzanne32US #111
#100Donna31US #67

Boys

#1Jason771US #2
#2Michael533US #1
#3Christopher500US #3
#4David383US #4
#5Brian371US #8
#6Matthew360US #9
#7Robert325US #7
#8Ryan314US #25
#9James313US #5
#10John306US #6
#11Joshua289US #29
#12Jeremy262US #24
#13Daniel259US #11
#14Jeffrey226US #15
#15Scott221US #18
#16Kevin219US #14
#17Aaron218US #32
#18Eric206US #13
#19William197US #10
#20Joseph194US #12
#21Steven187US #19
#22Justin177US #43
#23Mark177US #16
#24Timothy173US #22
#25Richard167US #17
#26Travis152US #54
#27Andrew149US #28
#28Nathan144US #52
#29Chad137US #26
#30Anthony131US #21
#31Benjamin127US #46
#32Thomas127US #20
#33Gregory123US #31
#34Shane123US #56
#35Jonathan116US #33
#36Paul116US #27
#37Shawn114US #30
#38Adam113US #36
#39Brandon110US #51
#40Todd105US #39
#41Kenneth102US #34
#42Sean99US #37
#43Bryan97US #45
#44Jacob91US #88
#45Charles90US #23
#46Jesse82US #67
#47Troy82US #63
#48Douglas81US #53
#49Peter73US #50
#50Gary72US #48
#51Brent70US #76
#52Donald69US #41
#53Patrick67US #38
#54Bradley66US #58
#55Jeffery64US #66
#56Edward63US #40
#57Dustin62US #121
#58Stephen62US #35
#59Craig61US #57
#60Ronald61US #42
#61Joel55US #75
#62Casey51US #144
#63Erik51US #90
#64Dennis47US #59
#65Cory46US #114
#66Corey45US #77
#67Nicholas44US #80
#68Samuel44US #60
#69Jared43US #131
#70Keith43US #44
#71Randy43US #79
#72Trevor41
#73Larry40US #55
#74Derek38US #74
#75Jamie38US #68
#76Jerry37US #61
#77George36US #49
#78Kelly36US #143
#79Martin36US #109
#80Kyle35US #97
#81Marc35US #85
#82Raymond35US #62
#83Phillip34US #70
#84Tony34US #81
#85Billy33US #78
#86Curtis33US #98
#87Gabriel33US #117
#88Jeremiah33US #178
#89Terry33US #69
#90Toby33
#91Brett32US #95
#92Darren32US #127
#93Ian32US #148
#94Geoffrey31US #191
#95Jon31US #94
#96Zachary30US #179
#97Russell29US #84
#98Seth29US #170
#99Tyler29
#100Marcus28US #73

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑42Megan#56
↑36Emily#41
↑33Amanda#28
↑32Melinda#52
↑28Danielle#60
↑27Sara#24
↑25Tonya#40
↑22Molly#72

Falling

↓31Jon#95
↓26Crystal#62
↓25Deanna#98
↓25Raymond#82
↓24Susan#67
↓20Teresa#49
↓20Tanya#58
↓20Renee#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.