State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,155 Oregon births in 1980 across 931 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#69Levioutside the national top 200
#78Shawna#188 nationally
#93Chelseaoutside the national top 200
#97Hannahoutside the national top 200
#97Grantoutside the national top 200
#100Micahoutside the national top 200
#53Molly#133 nationally
#41Tyler#114 nationally
#84Trevor#155 nationally
#89Jordan#160 nationally
#89Summer#159 nationally
#94Kari#158 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer764US #1
#2Sarah492US #5
#3Melissa397US #4
#4Amanda395US #2
#5Jessica386US #3
#6Heather311US #6
#7Angela284US #12
#8Amy259US #8
#9Amber249US #22
#10Michelle249US #10
#11Elizabeth242US #9
#12Sara233US #27
#13Rebecca231US #17
#14Nicole229US #7
#15Kimberly214US #11
#16Stephanie208US #13
#17Crystal201US #18
#18Erin199US #20
#19Jamie199US #24
#20Christina198US #15
#21Tiffany185US #14
#22Megan184US #30
#23Rachel184US #23
#24Lisa182US #16
#25Andrea168US #28
#26Katie167US #44
#27Emily161US #31
#28Laura141US #21
#29Kelly128US #19
#30Shannon121US #29
#31April119US #26
#32Katherine118US #35
#33Mary118US #25
#34Julie116US #32
#35Anna113US #55
#36Heidi103US #79
#37Tara103US #43
#38Kathryn98US #50
#39Kristin91US #37
#40Misty87US #49
#41Kristina85US #73
#42Alicia84US #47
#43Holly82US #52
#44Carrie81US #46
#45Danielle81US #33
#46Brooke80US #57
#47Brandy78US #42
#48Ashley72US #40
#49Erica70US #34
#50Allison68US #59
#51Christine68US #41
#52Leah67US #84
#53Molly66US #133
#54Jill64US #66
#55Maria64US #36
#56Stacy64US #53
#57Tracy63US #56
#58Kristen61US #39
#59Samantha61US #58
#60Brandi60US #63
#61Lindsay59US #71
#62Wendy59US #75
#63Katrina58US #90
#64Melinda58US #92
#65Bethany55US #124
#66Nichole55US #102
#67Kara54US #127
#68Courtney53US #48
#69Stacey52US #74
#70Krista51US #121
#71Patricia51US #51
#72Jaime50US #116
#73Lindsey50US #91
#74Erika49US #87
#75Kathleen49US #82
#76Miranda49US #128
#77Mindy48US #131
#78Shawna48US #188
#79Tina48US #72
#80Dawn47US #67
#81Vanessa47US #69
#82Mandy46US #132
#83Monica46US #45
#84Teresa46US #94
#85Jenny45US #117
#86Natalie44US #65
#87Anne43US #112
#88Leslie43US #61
#89Summer43US #159
#90Susan43US #62
#91Kristy42US #78
#92Alisha40US #151
#93Chelsea40
#94Kari40US #158
#95Rachael40US #142
#96Desiree39US #156
#97Hannah39
#98Karen39US #54
#99Kelli38US #125
#100Lori38US #76

Boys

#1Michael703US #1
#2Christopher636US #2
#3Joshua605US #7
#4Ryan531US #15
#5Matthew518US #6
#6Jason505US #3
#7David502US #4
#8Justin426US #13
#9James397US #5
#10Daniel396US #11
#11Brian362US #12
#12Nicholas356US #17
#13Robert344US #9
#14John333US #8
#15Andrew329US #19
#16Joseph309US #10
#17Jeremy298US #18
#18Adam265US #22
#19Eric265US #16
#20Benjamin261US #32
#21Timothy256US #20
#22William255US #14
#23Aaron249US #34
#24Jacob237US #43
#25Brandon225US #31
#26Travis223US #37
#27Jonathan222US #21
#28Jesse219US #45
#29Nathan213US #36
#30Jeffrey207US #27
#31Kevin206US #23
#32Steven193US #28
#33Scott180US #33
#34Richard158US #26
#35Dustin156US #44
#36Mark156US #30
#37Anthony147US #24
#38Thomas143US #25
#39Paul135US #35
#40Kyle129US #57
#41Tyler126US #114
#42Charles120US #29
#43Patrick119US #38
#44Sean115US #48
#45Derek110US #50
#46Kenneth103US #41
#47Casey102US #93
#48Jared96US #61
#49Shawn94US #47
#50Samuel92US #54
#51Bryan89US #49
#52Chad89US #39
#53Jeremiah87US #76
#54Stephen86US #40
#55Zachary86US #72
#56Peter85US #55
#57Shane85US #69
#58Nathaniel83US #86
#59Erik82US #64
#60Joel82US #67
#61Gregory81US #42
#62Bradley79US #51
#63Cory76US #83
#64Ian76US #104
#65Luke74US #97
#66Seth70US #99
#67Gabriel68US #85
#68Lucas68US #98
#69Levi62
#70Douglas60US #62
#71Brett59US #96
#72Alexander56US #91
#73Brent56US #84
#74Edward55US #52
#75Jeffery54US #90
#76Phillip53US #65
#77Donald52US #53
#78Craig51US #73
#79Keith51US #56
#80Shaun50US #79
#81Ronald49US #58
#82Russell48US #92
#83Corey47US #68
#84Trevor46US #155
#85Randy45US #87
#86Gary44US #63
#87Cody43US #143
#88Alan42US #112
#89Jordan41US #160
#90Troy41US #106
#91Isaac40US #150
#92Kristopher40US #138
#93Allen39US #124
#94Dennis39US #80
#95George39US #60
#96Todd39US #75
#97Grant38
#98Wesley38US #95
#99Jose37US #46
#100Micah37

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑46Ashley#48
↑33Bethany#65
↑30Kristin#39
↑24Kara#67
↑23Brett#71
↑21Brandi#60
↑21Derek#45
↑16Leah#52

Falling

↓44Karen#98
↓31Kari#94
↓29Mindy#77
↓28Todd#96
↓23Jenny#85
↓21Wendy#62
↓19Lindsay#61
↓18Leslie#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.