State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,560 Oregon births in 1978 across 901 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#90Tysonoutside the national top 200
#48Molly#142 nationally
#57Tyler#150 nationally
#89Kelly#180 nationally
#80Mindy#170 nationally
#96Mathew#182 nationally
#100Geoffrey#185 nationally
#87Trevor#169 nationally
#72Cody#152 nationally
#90Rachael#162 nationally
#84Bethany#155 nationally
#70Luke#139 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer694US #1
#2Sarah429US #8
#3Jessica354US #3
#4Heather327US #5
#5Angela308US #7
#6Melissa307US #2
#7Amy291US #4
#8Michelle243US #9
#9Amanda235US #6
#10Rebecca218US #17
#11Stephanie213US #16
#12Lisa192US #11
#13Sara190US #28
#14Amber188US #30
#15Nicole172US #10
#16Elizabeth166US #14
#17Rachel164US #25
#18Kimberly163US #13
#19Christina161US #15
#20Crystal159US #18
#21Erin154US #21
#22Andrea148US #23
#23Jamie138US #20
#24Kelly136US #12
#25Emily135US #33
#26Laura135US #19
#27Julie129US #26
#28Megan126US #41
#29Shannon121US #22
#30Heidi114US #83
#31April109US #27
#32Misty103US #43
#33Mary97US #24
#34Carrie94US #35
#35Tiffany94US #32
#36Kristina90US #64
#37Anna87US #65
#38Katherine87US #38
#39Christine84US #29
#40Katie82US #90
#41Tara78US #40
#42Brandy77US #37
#43Kathryn74US #57
#44Danielle70US #31
#45Lindsay70US #95
#46Holly68US #55
#47Dawn67US #52
#48Molly66US #142
#49Erica65US #34
#50Wendy65US #56
#51Kristi64US #98
#52Karen63US #39
#53Alicia61US #58
#54Jaime61US #70
#55Jill61US #46
#56Maria60US #36
#57Melanie59US #54
#58Teresa59US #88
#59Monica58US #42
#60Stacy57US #44
#61Lori56US #60
#62Mandy54US #96
#63Kathleen53US #79
#64Kristin53US #78
#65Melinda53US #84
#66Tracy52US #47
#67Allison51US #75
#68Jenny51US #111
#69Leslie51US #63
#70Cynthia50US #50
#71Kara50US #127
#72Kari50US #137
#73Samantha50US #74
#74Stacey48US #53
#75Tanya48US #82
#76Julia47US #112
#77Brenda46US #103
#78Brandi44US #61
#79Courtney43US #68
#80Mindy43US #170
#81Sabrina43US #91
#82Jodi42US #128
#83Patricia42US #48
#84Bethany41US #155
#85Brooke41US #115
#86Kristy41US #51
#87Summer41US #143
#88Vanessa41US #76
#89Leah40US #108
#90Rachael39US #162
#91Katrina38US #122
#92Kristen38US #62
#93Susan38US #49
#94Shawna37US #161
#95Tina37US #45
#96Aimee36US #144
#97Cheryl36US #94
#98Lindsey36US #153
#99Tonya36US #77
#100Tamara35US #105

Boys

#1Michael646US #1
#2Jason610US #2
#3Christopher549US #3
#4Ryan494US #14
#5Joshua487US #12
#6Matthew481US #6
#7David421US #4
#8James411US #5
#9Brian352US #9
#10Robert338US #8
#11Jeremy328US #18
#12Daniel326US #11
#13Joseph306US #10
#14Nicholas293US #25
#15John284US #7
#16Andrew282US #22
#17Justin281US #28
#18Aaron263US #32
#19Timothy251US #17
#20Eric235US #16
#21Nathan230US #36
#22Scott222US #30
#23William219US #13
#24Jeffrey210US #19
#25Benjamin208US #34
#26Kevin208US #15
#27Adam201US #29
#28Jesse194US #51
#29Jacob192US #50
#30Travis180US #46
#31Jonathan174US #31
#32Steven171US #24
#33Mark164US #26
#34Brandon159US #40
#35Richard155US #21
#36Shawn154US #39
#37Thomas147US #23
#38Anthony142US #20
#39Paul119US #33
#40Chad116US #35
#41Dustin108US #68
#42Charles102US #27
#43Kenneth98US #41
#44Sean98US #45
#45Patrick97US #42
#46Stephen93US #37
#47Bryan92US #43
#48Gregory91US #38
#49Kyle86US #63
#50Cory84US #73
#51Casey83US #92
#52Shane77US #65
#53Gabriel76US #90
#54Jeremiah76US #81
#55Samuel76US #57
#56Peter75US #54
#57Tyler75US #150
#58Zachary75US #89
#59Shaun74US #52
#60Donald68US #48
#61Joel68US #74
#62Bradley65US #53
#63Craig63US #66
#64Erik61US #85
#65Gary59US #60
#66Jared59US #72
#67Jeffery58US #80
#68Ronald58US #55
#69Douglas57US #59
#70Luke57US #139
#71Seth57US #106
#72Cody54US #152
#73Todd52US #56
#74Kristopher51US #104
#75Nathaniel51US #94
#76Keith49US #49
#77Troy49US #88
#78Brent48US #87
#79Edward48US #47
#80Lucas48US #136
#81Corey47US #61
#82Brett46US #112
#83Ian46US #117
#84Phillip44US #67
#85George43US #58
#86Randy43US #86
#87Trevor40US #169
#88Derek39US #75
#89Kelly39US #180
#90Tyson39
#91Dennis38US #71
#92Jose38US #44
#93Wesley38US #83
#94Raymond37US #69
#95Larry36US #64
#96Mathew36US #182
#97Russell36US #93
#98Jack34US #156
#99Curtis33US #96
#100Geoffrey33US #185

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑36Nicholas#14
↑29Kristi#51
↑26Lindsay#45
↑26Samantha#73
↑26Luke#70
↑26Cody#72
↑25Kara#71
↑24Lori#61

Falling

↓41Summer#87
↓40Shawna#94
↓40Tina#95
↓30Kristen#92
↓27Corey#81
↓25Susan#93
↓23Tamara#100
↓22Mandy#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.