State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,040 Oregon births in 1981 across 935 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#78Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#85Tysonoutside the national top 200
#79Lacey#194 nationally
#97Shawna#198 nationally
#93Cameron#189 nationally
#88Levi#182 nationally
#63Kari#145 nationally
#99Noah#180 nationally
#100Caleb#175 nationally
#90Trisha#164 nationally
#82Trevor#155 nationally
#67Molly#135 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer662US #1
#2Sarah508US #4
#3Jessica488US #2
#4Melissa348US #5
#5Amanda338US #3
#6Amy297US #6
#7Rebecca282US #12
#8Stephanie279US #8
#9Heather262US #10
#10Nicole252US #7
#11Angela240US #15
#12Amber236US #20
#13Elizabeth232US #9
#14Erin227US #19
#15Michelle203US #11
#16Emily202US #29
#17Crystal193US #16
#18Sara191US #26
#19Megan189US #33
#20Tiffany187US #14
#21Lisa176US #18
#22Rachel176US #22
#23Andrea160US #24
#24Jamie160US #28
#25Katie160US #44
#26Kimberly157US #13
#27Christina156US #17
#28Laura139US #21
#29Shannon132US #32
#30Kristin130US #31
#31Julie119US #37
#32Anna118US #54
#33Danielle114US #30
#34Mary109US #27
#35April104US #25
#36Kelly101US #23
#37Katherine96US #39
#38Tara96US #45
#39Heidi94US #84
#40Kristen92US #38
#41Lindsay92US #47
#42Ashley89US #34
#43Lindsey83US #58
#44Holly77US #63
#45Misty77US #61
#46Erica76US #36
#47Kathryn76US #48
#48Brooke71US #52
#49Alicia70US #46
#50Kristina69US #72
#51Carrie67US #55
#52Bethany66US #114
#53Christine65US #42
#54Brandy64US #41
#55Allison63US #57
#56Leah62US #81
#57Maria62US #40
#58Courtney61US #43
#59Nichole60US #109
#60Kara55US #121
#61Brandi53US #50
#62Jill53US #78
#63Kari52US #145
#64Lauren52US #35
#65Leslie52US #56
#66Stacy52US #65
#67Molly51US #135
#68Katrina50US #95
#69Samantha50US #51
#70Mandy49US #136
#71Rachael49US #132
#72Stacey46US #83
#73Vanessa46US #62
#74Alisha45US #142
#75Kristy45US #94
#76Wendy45US #90
#77Karen43US #64
#78Kelsey43
#79Lacey43US #194
#80Anne42US #105
#81Monica42US #49
#82Julia41US #88
#83Kathleen41US #82
#84Patricia41US #53
#85Rebekah41US #149
#86Melanie40US #66
#87Mindy40US #155
#88Natalie40US #60
#89Tracy40US #77
#90Trisha40US #164
#91Tanya39US #92
#92Jaime38US #124
#93Cassandra37US #104
#94Erika37US #93
#95Morgan37US #162
#96Alison36US #113
#97Shawna36US #198
#98Valerie36US #89
#99Dawn35US #79
#100Sandra35US #74

Boys

#1Michael685US #1
#2Christopher612US #2
#3Joshua609US #6
#4Matthew546US #3
#5Ryan544US #13
#6David487US #5
#7Jason432US #4
#8Justin391US #12
#9Robert379US #9
#10Daniel351US #10
#11Brian350US #14
#12Andrew342US #18
#13Joseph342US #11
#14James337US #7
#15John335US #8
#16Nicholas335US #21
#17Brandon298US #19
#18Jeremy288US #22
#19Jesse277US #37
#20Adam266US #20
#21Aaron264US #30
#22Jacob256US #43
#23Benjamin246US #32
#24Jonathan246US #16
#25Nathan240US #36
#26Eric233US #17
#27Timothy233US #24
#28Scott212US #34
#29Travis210US #40
#30Kevin209US #25
#31William206US #15
#32Jeffrey199US #29
#33Dustin184US #42
#34Steven179US #28
#35Anthony171US #23
#36Richard158US #27
#37Thomas154US #26
#38Mark151US #33
#39Patrick144US #38
#40Kyle143US #52
#41Tyler136US #96
#42Sean133US #44
#43Paul125US #35
#44Casey124US #85
#45Charles123US #31
#46Jared110US #57
#47Kenneth110US #41
#48Bryan107US #48
#49Bradley100US #50
#50Samuel99US #54
#51Zachary98US #63
#52Chad95US #47
#53Derek93US #53
#54Stephen93US #39
#55Shawn90US #49
#56Joel85US #65
#57Cody78US #119
#58Nathaniel78US #80
#59Peter77US #55
#60Gregory75US #46
#61Jeremiah73US #77
#62Jordan73US #102
#63Shane73US #81
#64Erik72US #76
#65Seth72US #95
#66Luke71US #100
#67Gabriel70US #87
#68Alexander68US #70
#69Donald67US #56
#70Lucas67US #89
#71Ian65US #101
#72Cory61US #90
#73Jeffery60US #93
#74Douglas56US #64
#75Corey54US #69
#76Keith54US #58
#77Brent51US #88
#78Brett50US #79
#79Gary49US #62
#80Phillip49US #66
#81Todd49US #74
#82Trevor49US #155
#83Isaac48US #150
#84Marcus48US #67
#85Tyson46
#86Shaun45US #86
#87Kristopher44US #146
#88Levi44US #182
#89Curtis43US #94
#90Evan43US #139
#91Randy43US #91
#92Troy43US #114
#93Cameron41US #189
#94Craig41US #72
#95Philip41US #84
#96Alan40US #112
#97Raymond40US #68
#98Carl39US #106
#99Noah39US #180
#100Caleb38US #175

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑31Kari#63
↑30Lindsey#43
↑30Cody#57
↑27Jordan#62
↑24Rachael#71
↑23Leslie#65
↑21Karen#77
↑20Lindsay#41

Falling

↓32Tracy#89
↓20Jaime#92
↓20Erika#94
↓19Shawna#97
↓19Dawn#99
↓19Levi#88
↓16Craig#94
↓14Molly#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.