State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,155 Oregon births in 1979 across 949 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#78Levioutside the national top 200
#84Cameronoutside the national top 200
#91Tysonoutside the national top 200
#98Kelly#200 nationally
#92Geoffrey#191 nationally
#83Shawna#177 nationally
#66Trisha#159 nationally
#88Autumn#180 nationally
#63Kari#151 nationally
#83Jordan#168 nationally
#47Tyler#131 nationally
#58Molly#139 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer725US #1
#2Sarah450US #6
#3Melissa428US #2
#4Jessica410US #4
#5Heather342US #7
#6Angela312US #8
#7Amanda304US #3
#8Amy294US #5
#9Michelle252US #10
#10Nicole214US #9
#11Elizabeth209US #11
#12Amber208US #22
#13Lisa207US #13
#14Stephanie203US #15
#15Rebecca202US #17
#16Crystal187US #18
#17Kimberly182US #12
#18Jamie176US #19
#19Erin175US #21
#20Christina172US #14
#21Andrea161US #26
#22Sara160US #30
#23Megan159US #31
#24Shannon159US #25
#25Emily151US #34
#26Rachel150US #27
#27Julie137US #29
#28Laura134US #20
#29Kelly120US #16
#30April112US #23
#31Tiffany112US #28
#32Katie108US #63
#33Katherine100US #36
#34Mary97US #24
#35Carrie94US #41
#36Heidi89US #83
#37Misty85US #42
#38Anna84US #59
#39Tara84US #38
#40Kathryn81US #50
#41Wendy78US #64
#42Lindsay77US #88
#43Erica76US #32
#44Brandy75US #39
#45Kristina74US #74
#46Christine73US #35
#47Holly73US #48
#48Mindy73US #81
#49Danielle71US #33
#50Alicia68US #47
#51Melinda65US #82
#52Brooke64US #85
#53Jill62US #52
#54Karen62US #46
#55Stacy61US #43
#56Allison59US #70
#57Kristen59US #62
#58Molly59US #139
#59Maria58US #37
#60Melanie58US #53
#61Stacey58US #60
#62Jenny56US #120
#63Kari56US #151
#64Lindsey56US #113
#65Dawn55US #57
#66Trisha55US #159
#67Tracy53US #49
#68Leah52US #98
#69Kristin51US #73
#70Leslie51US #65
#71Patricia51US #44
#72Nichole48US #103
#73Kristy47US #56
#74Samantha47US #66
#75Teresa47US #87
#76Anne46US #115
#77Courtney45US #71
#78Katrina45US #99
#79Monica45US #40
#80Vanessa45US #75
#81Brandi44US #61
#82Kathleen44US #84
#83Shawna44US #177
#84Kristi43US #109
#85Christy42US #72
#86Robin42US #95
#87Tanya41US #93
#88Autumn40US #180
#89Renee40US #101
#90Tamara40US #104
#91Kara39US #125
#92Summer39US #150
#93Tina39US #58
#94Ashley38US #67
#95Catherine38US #78
#96Mandy38US #116
#97Meghan38US #121
#98Bethany37US #135
#99Lori37US #69
#100Theresa37US #100

Boys

#1Michael673US #1
#2Joshua614US #9
#3Christopher561US #2
#4Jason557US #3
#5David492US #4
#6Ryan489US #14
#7Matthew476US #6
#8Robert369US #8
#9James367US #5
#10Daniel352US #12
#11Brian348US #10
#12Joseph344US #11
#13Jeremy340US #16
#14John339US #7
#15Nicholas338US #15
#16Andrew314US #20
#17Justin306US #22
#18Adam283US #23
#19Aaron279US #32
#20Benjamin278US #33
#21Jeffrey258US #24
#22Timothy246US #18
#23Travis242US #36
#24William229US #13
#25Jacob227US #45
#26Nathan225US #37
#27Scott224US #29
#28Kevin222US #19
#29Eric215US #17
#30Jonathan191US #31
#31Steven189US #27
#32Jesse188US #50
#33Brandon183US #35
#34Anthony168US #21
#35Dustin145US #62
#36Mark145US #30
#37Richard136US #25
#38Thomas132US #26
#39Charles120US #28
#40Chad117US #38
#41Kyle114US #56
#42Paul112US #34
#43Bryan110US #46
#44Patrick110US #39
#45Sean106US #49
#46Shawn98US #43
#47Tyler96US #131
#48Zachary93US #74
#49Jared92US #65
#50Gregory90US #42
#51Kenneth90US #41
#52Bradley89US #47
#53Samuel87US #55
#54Casey86US #93
#55Peter86US #53
#56Stephen85US #40
#57Jeremiah82US #81
#58Joel82US #71
#59Donald77US #51
#60Shane75US #67
#61Cory72US #82
#62Luke72US #110
#63Ian69US #107
#64Erik67US #66
#65Gabriel67US #90
#66Derek66US #72
#67Seth65US #101
#68Todd65US #60
#69Douglas64US #58
#70Nathaniel57US #95
#71Lucas56US #108
#72Ronald55US #54
#73Cody54US #147
#74Brent52US #84
#75Craig49US #77
#76Randy49US #86
#77Gary48US #59
#78Levi48
#79Phillip48US #68
#80Troy48US #99
#81Shaun46US #64
#82Jeffery45US #87
#83Jordan45US #168
#84Cameron44
#85Trevor44US #153
#86Edward43US #48
#87Corey42US #63
#88Alexander40US #94
#89Dennis39US #75
#90Keith39US #52
#91Tyson38
#92Geoffrey37US #191
#93Jamie37US #88
#94Brett36US #98
#95Curtis36US #91
#96Tony36US #104
#97Marcus35US #76
#98Kelly34US #200
#99George33US #57
#100Alan32US #116

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑35Kristen#57
↑34Lindsey#64
↑33Brooke#52
↑32Mindy#48
↑22Derek#66
↑21Leah#68
↑20Ian#63
↑17Jared#49

Falling

↓38Lori#99
↓34Mandy#96
↓33Kristi#84
↓22Shaun#81
↓20Monica#79
↓20Kara#91
↓19Kathleen#82
↓18Dawn#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.