State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,983 Oregon births in 1976 across 837 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#85Cody#200 nationally
#91Cameronoutside the national top 200
#92Summeroutside the national top 200
#92Isaacoutside the national top 200
#77Tyler#179 nationally
#82Geoffrey#178 nationally
#74Shawna#169 nationally
#59Molly#150 nationally
#75Katie#162 nationally
#95Trevor#182 nationally
#74Kelly#158 nationally
#63Ian#135 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer720US #1
#2Amy377US #2
#3Heather342US #4
#4Angela326US #5
#5Sarah297US #15
#6Melissa284US #3
#7Jessica258US #8
#8Michelle210US #6
#9Lisa201US #9
#10Jamie198US #18
#11Rebecca187US #12
#12Sara181US #27
#13Kimberly166US #7
#14Stephanie164US #11
#15Julie158US #21
#16Amanda156US #10
#17Shannon152US #17
#18Amber139US #49
#19Nicole139US #13
#20Elizabeth134US #16
#21Christina131US #14
#22Rachel126US #23
#23Erin125US #24
#24Misty115US #46
#25Andrea113US #25
#26Jaime112US #29
#27Emily104US #50
#28Laura102US #20
#29Carrie101US #28
#30Heidi101US #70
#31Mary94US #22
#32April93US #30
#33Karen88US #31
#34Megan84US #62
#35Tiffany81US #32
#36Anna78US #78
#37Wendy77US #39
#38Tracy76US #37
#39Holly74US #56
#40Kelly73US #19
#41Dawn72US #35
#42Crystal71US #36
#43Danielle69US #33
#44Tammy68US #41
#45Tina68US #48
#46Jill64US #52
#47Christine63US #26
#48Stacey61US #51
#49Brandy60US #55
#50Kristina58US #97
#51Monica57US #45
#52Tara57US #42
#53Brandi56US #79
#54Brenda56US #77
#55Katherine56US #57
#56Susan56US #40
#57Tanya55US #61
#58Melanie54US #53
#59Molly54US #150
#60Cynthia52US #44
#61Leslie52US #65
#62Kathryn51US #88
#63Mandy51US #100
#64Teresa51US #66
#65Lindsay49US #133
#66Kristin48US #74
#67Tamara48US #91
#68Kathleen47US #82
#69Patricia47US #43
#70Stacy47US #38
#71Maria46US #34
#72Samantha46US #85
#73Kari45US #127
#74Shawna45US #169
#75Katie44US #162
#76Lori44US #47
#77Allison43US #67
#78Anne43US #124
#79Erica43US #54
#80Sheila41US #143
#81Leah39US #119
#82Alicia38US #71
#83Jenny38US #109
#84Michele38US #63
#85Shelly38US #145
#86Jodi37US #102
#87Robin37US #75
#88Courtney36US #76
#89Dana36US #64
#90Kara36US #138
#91Valerie36US #83
#92Summer35
#93Aimee34US #123
#94Gina34US #94
#95Katrina34US #110
#96Kristen34US #73
#97Erika33US #112
#98Tonya33US #58
#99Theresa32US #89
#100Melinda31US #95

Boys

#1Jason654US #2
#2Michael626US #1
#3Christopher447US #3
#4Joshua423US #18
#5Matthew420US #9
#6Ryan417US #16
#7David404US #4
#8James364US #5
#9Brian362US #8
#10Jeremy349US #14
#11Daniel310US #10
#12Robert293US #7
#13Eric276US #13
#14Aaron264US #30
#15John262US #6
#16Justin248US #33
#17Joseph247US #12
#18William222US #11
#19Benjamin218US #32
#20Scott211US #24
#21Andrew199US #27
#22Jeffrey198US #17
#23Nathan192US #39
#24Travis185US #46
#25Kevin179US #15
#26Timothy179US #21
#27Steven159US #20
#28Richard151US #19
#29Mark149US #25
#30Jacob146US #63
#31Jesse145US #55
#32Brandon139US #40
#33Thomas138US #23
#34Anthony134US #22
#35Paul125US #28
#36Jonathan124US #31
#37Adam122US #36
#38Charles119US #26
#39Dustin111US #82
#40Chad107US #29
#41Gregory104US #35
#42Shawn104US #34
#43Patrick94US #41
#44Bryan93US #43
#45Stephen91US #37
#46Shane87US #57
#47Sean85US #42
#48Peter80US #54
#49Donald79US #47
#50Gabriel75US #81
#51Jeremiah75US #93
#52Kenneth73US #38
#53Samuel70US #59
#54Bradley69US #51
#55Cory68US #83
#56Todd68US #50
#57Kyle67US #80
#58Gary62US #52
#59Troy62US #73
#60Casey60US #123
#61Joel58US #72
#62Craig57US #61
#63Ian57US #135
#64Nicholas57US #77
#65Zachary56US #97
#66Douglas54US #56
#67Erik53US #94
#68Brent52US #78
#69Jared52US #90
#70Randy52US #79
#71Jeffery51US #76
#72Corey48US #64
#73Keith48US #48
#74Kelly48US #158
#75Ronald47US #49
#76Derek46US #84
#77Tyler46US #179
#78Seth45US #128
#79Dennis44US #66
#80Tony41US #86
#81Edward40US #45
#82Geoffrey39US #178
#83Jerry38US #67
#84Russell38US #87
#85Cody37US #200
#86Phillip36US #69
#87Nathaniel35US #114
#88George34US #53
#89Jon33US #111
#90Brett32US #109
#91Cameron32
#92Isaac32
#93Jamie32US #62
#94Marcus32US #74
#95Trevor32US #182
#96Alan31US #115
#97Raymond31US #65
#98Jay30US #126
#99Kristopher30US #153
#100Alexander29US #107

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑40Jamie#10
↑36Leslie#61
↑24Gabriel#50
↑20Tammy#44
↑20Jeremiah#51
↑18Samantha#72
↑17Monica#51
↑17Mandy#63

Falling

↓40Tonya#98
↓26Stacy#70
↓22Melinda#100
↓20Shelly#85
↓19Ronald#75
↓18Patricia#69
↓18Brent#68
↓17Christine#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.