State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,446 Oregon births in 1982 across 911 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#60Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#54Chelsea#170 nationally
#97Levioutside the national top 200
#74Caleb#170 nationally
#85Cameron#178 nationally
#87Garrett#180 nationally
#89Hannah#175 nationally
#79Mathew#160 nationally
#52Molly#131 nationally
#69Trevor#146 nationally
#91Marie#154 nationally
#93Noah#154 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer568US #1
#2Sarah491US #4
#3Jessica474US #2
#4Amanda339US #3
#5Melissa296US #5
#6Heather257US #12
#7Amy253US #10
#8Crystal235US #9
#9Nicole234US #6
#10Amber231US #18
#11Rachel222US #21
#12Elizabeth221US #8
#13Emily219US #24
#14Stephanie216US #7
#15Rebecca212US #15
#16Angela211US #16
#17Michelle192US #11
#18Sara185US #28
#19Erin183US #20
#20Tiffany178US #13
#21Lisa172US #23
#22Megan170US #34
#23Kimberly165US #14
#24Andrea156US #27
#25Jamie150US #29
#26Katie135US #45
#27Laura133US #22
#28Christina130US #19
#29Kristin123US #37
#30Lindsay122US #39
#31Lindsey122US #40
#32Mary121US #30
#33Katherine113US #36
#34Danielle112US #31
#35Ashley106US #17
#36Julie103US #41
#37Kelly100US #25
#38Heidi95US #86
#39Shannon95US #38
#40Anna92US #56
#41April89US #32
#42Alicia84US #53
#43Cassandra83US #62
#44Kathryn83US #48
#45Courtney81US #43
#46Holly80US #61
#47Kristen77US #33
#48Tara77US #47
#49Samantha75US #44
#50Kristina72US #70
#51Brandi69US #55
#52Molly67US #131
#53Brandy66US #50
#54Chelsea63US #170
#55Erica63US #35
#56Carrie61US #57
#57Maria58US #42
#58Vanessa58US #49
#59Allison56US #58
#60Kelsey56
#61Stacy56US #72
#62Brittany55US #94
#63Bethany53US #112
#64Jill52US #89
#65Kathleen52US #77
#66Rachael52US #120
#67Leah51US #79
#68Lacey49US #125
#69Alison48US #111
#70Lauren48US #26
#71Nichole48US #99
#72Teresa48US #102
#73Kara47US #113
#74Miranda47US #117
#75Leslie46US #60
#76Misty46US #74
#77Natalie46US #51
#78Christine45US #46
#79Katrina45US #87
#80Catherine44US #73
#81Monica44US #52
#82Candice43US #78
#83Julia43US #84
#84Dawn42US #95
#85Erika42US #81
#86Stacey41US #85
#87Karen40US #68
#88Alisha39US #145
#89Hannah39US #175
#90Kayla39US #133
#91Marie39US #154
#92Tracy39US #88
#93Valerie39US #75
#94Kari38US #136
#95Patricia38US #59
#96Brooke37US #92
#97Jenny36US #121
#98Kristi36US #140
#99Krystal36US #83
#100Sheena36US #149

Boys

#1Christopher695US #2
#2Michael649US #1
#3Matthew548US #3
#4Joshua504US #7
#5Ryan466US #13
#6David460US #5
#7Daniel405US #10
#8Jason403US #4
#9Andrew368US #17
#10James350US #6
#11Robert341US #9
#12Justin340US #12
#13Joseph336US #11
#14Brian316US #14
#15John313US #8
#16Nicholas293US #22
#17Brandon287US #18
#18Aaron275US #30
#19Adam273US #19
#20Jonathan267US #16
#21Benjamin242US #33
#22Jacob242US #41
#23Kevin225US #25
#24Eric224US #20
#25Jeffrey217US #29
#26Jeremy213US #28
#27Travis213US #39
#28William213US #15
#29Nathan212US #36
#30Steven208US #26
#31Jesse201US #43
#32Scott199US #34
#33Timothy184US #24
#34Dustin181US #42
#35Thomas166US #23
#36Kyle161US #47
#37Tyler160US #66
#38Anthony157US #21
#39Richard155US #27
#40Sean145US #44
#41Patrick122US #37
#42Mark117US #32
#43Paul113US #35
#44Zachary112US #55
#45Jared111US #54
#46Charles109US #31
#47Derek105US #50
#48Casey100US #86
#49Kenneth100US #45
#50Stephen99US #38
#51Bryan98US #49
#52Gregory97US #40
#53Shawn92US #52
#54Chad90US #48
#55Jordan90US #85
#56Bradley89US #51
#57Cody83US #95
#58Peter81US #57
#59Joel80US #69
#60Ian78US #83
#61Samuel75US #56
#62Jeremiah74US #89
#63Nathaniel70US #75
#64Alexander69US #65
#65Brett65US #72
#66Lucas61US #106
#67Shane61US #84
#68Cory59US #93
#69Trevor59US #146
#70Brent56US #91
#71Erik56US #80
#72Seth55US #102
#73Donald51US #58
#74Caleb50US #170
#75Gabriel50US #88
#76Corey49US #74
#77Evan48US #108
#78Craig47US #73
#79Mathew47US #160
#80Jeffery45US #92
#81Luke43US #119
#82Todd43US #82
#83Gary42US #64
#84Jose42US #46
#85Cameron41US #178
#86Douglas41US #68
#87Garrett41US #180
#88Troy41US #115
#89Kristopher40US #125
#90Mitchell40US #135
#91Raymond40US #70
#92Blake39US #120
#93Noah38US #154
#94Ronald38US #60
#95Shaun38US #96
#96Isaac37US #151
#97Levi37
#98Phillip37US #67
#99Keith36US #59
#100Edward35US #53

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑50Cassandra#43
↑27Alison#69
↑26Caleb#74
↑20Samantha#49
↑18Kelsey#60
↑18Kathleen#65
↑16Craig#78
↑15Molly#52

Falling

↓48Brooke#96
↓31Misty#76
↓31Kari#94
↓25Christine#78
↓23Keith#99
↓18Phillip#98
↓15Luke#81
↓14Stacey#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.