State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,217 Oregon births in 1977 across 888 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#97Micahoutside the national top 200
#89Mathew#191 nationally
#65Tyler#165 nationally
#96Luke#190 nationally
#50Molly#141 nationally
#94Geoffrey#185 nationally
#80Trevor#168 nationally
#54Shawna#139 nationally
#98Cody#183 nationally
#84Kelly#162 nationally
#79Krista#155 nationally
#46Summer#119 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer727US #1
#2Sarah380US #11
#3Amy340US #3
#4Jessica334US #4
#5Angela321US #6
#6Heather311US #5
#7Melissa307US #2
#8Michelle243US #7
#9Lisa210US #12
#10Sara193US #27
#11Amanda191US #9
#12Kimberly183US #8
#13Rebecca179US #17
#14Jamie173US #18
#15Nicole165US #15
#16Amber164US #33
#17Christina161US #16
#18Andrea151US #24
#19Elizabeth150US #13
#20Rachel149US #26
#21Kelly148US #10
#22Stephanie148US #14
#23Shannon137US #19
#24Emily131US #37
#25Erin120US #23
#26Julie119US #22
#27Carrie118US #28
#28Misty118US #40
#29Laura103US #20
#30Crystal97US #25
#31Heidi95US #81
#32April88US #29
#33Mary84US #21
#34Megan82US #54
#35Tiffany82US #34
#36Wendy78US #49
#37Christine74US #30
#38Tara74US #35
#39Jaime73US #46
#40Mandy69US #94
#41Anna68US #74
#42Jill67US #41
#43Katie67US #115
#44Katherine66US #44
#45Kristina66US #83
#46Summer65US #119
#47Danielle62US #31
#48Holly62US #52
#49Maria62US #36
#50Molly62US #141
#51Dawn59US #43
#52Erica59US #38
#53Melinda59US #96
#54Shawna58US #139
#55Tina58US #58
#56Brandy56US #51
#57Kari56US #130
#58Stacy55US #42
#59Alicia53US #60
#60Kathryn53US #70
#61Monica53US #39
#62Kristen52US #72
#63Tracy52US #50
#64Melanie51US #53
#65Stacey51US #56
#66Tanya51US #67
#67Kristin49US #82
#68Susan49US #45
#69Anne48US #123
#70Brandi48US #71
#71Lindsay48US #110
#72Teresa48US #79
#73Karen47US #32
#74Brenda46US #91
#75Courtney46US #76
#76Cynthia44US #48
#77Tamara43US #93
#78Kathleen42US #80
#79Krista41US #155
#80Kristi41US #104
#81Leslie41US #65
#82Sabrina41US #63
#83Jenny40US #108
#84Leah40US #112
#85Lori40US #57
#86Patricia39US #47
#87Aimee38US #127
#88Christy37US #59
#89Erika37US #103
#90Jodi37US #105
#91Renee37US #87
#92Trisha37US #162
#93Robin36US #84
#94Vanessa36US #90
#95Catherine35US #75
#96Kara35US #120
#97Katrina35US #126
#98Tammy35US #55
#99Samantha34US #85
#100Tonya34US #64

Boys

#1Michael622US #1
#2Jason581US #2
#3Christopher531US #3
#4Joshua494US #14
#5Matthew465US #9
#6Ryan425US #16
#7David423US #4
#8Brian409US #8
#9James407US #5
#10Robert334US #6
#11Jeremy330US #15
#12John318US #7
#13Daniel307US #11
#14Joseph296US #10
#15Aaron287US #32
#16Eric254US #17
#17Justin250US #30
#18Benjamin232US #29
#19Jeffrey226US #19
#20Kevin223US #13
#21Andrew222US #24
#22Nathan220US #36
#23Timothy211US #18
#24Travis210US #44
#25William208US #12
#26Scott195US #27
#27Steven167US #23
#28Jacob164US #56
#29Richard159US #20
#30Mark157US #25
#31Jonathan155US #28
#32Adam154US #33
#33Jesse142US #54
#34Thomas140US #22
#35Brandon134US #41
#36Anthony132US #21
#37Paul131US #31
#38Charles128US #26
#39Shawn110US #37
#40Dustin109US #81
#41Gregory108US #35
#42Chad105US #34
#43Jeremiah102US #69
#44Casey100US #102
#45Bryan98US #42
#46Shane98US #61
#47Kenneth94US #39
#48Samuel93US #60
#49Sean93US #43
#50Nicholas92US #51
#51Todd91US #50
#52Stephen87US #38
#53Patrick81US #40
#54Corey79US #52
#55Donald79US #46
#56Joel77US #73
#57Jared73US #76
#58Peter73US #55
#59Kyle71US #79
#60Gabriel70US #87
#61Gary70US #58
#62Erik69US #94
#63Douglas66US #59
#64Cory65US #67
#65Tyler64US #165
#66Zachary64US #95
#67Bradley62US #49
#68Jeffery61US #78
#69Troy61US #88
#70Nathaniel58US #107
#71Ian56US #119
#72Seth55US #118
#73Keith54US #48
#74Brent50US #85
#75Derek50US #84
#76Ronald50US #53
#77Randy48US #86
#78Craig46US #64
#79Dennis45US #68
#80Trevor44US #168
#81Edward43US #47
#82Tony43US #92
#83George41US #57
#84Kelly41US #162
#85Russell40US #89
#86Alexander39US #96
#87Kristopher38US #113
#88Terry38US #83
#89Mathew37US #191
#90Wesley36US #66
#91Jay35US #130
#92Raymond35US #65
#93Clinton34US #142
#94Geoffrey34US #185
#95Jon34US #117
#96Luke34US #190
#97Micah34
#98Cody33US #183
#99Alan32US #126
#100Curtis32US #100

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑47Melinda#53
↑46Summer#46
↑34Kristen#62
↑32Katie#43
↑27Erica#52
↑23Mandy#40
↑23Alicia#59
↑22Maria#49

Falling

↓54Tammy#98
↓40Karen#73
↓27Samantha#99
↓25Tracy#63
↓20Brenda#74
↓20Leslie#81
↓17Stacey#65
↓17Brandi#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.