State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,370 Oregon births in 1983 across 865 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#62Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#90Carlyoutside the national top 200
#85Cameron#177 nationally
#70Caleb#159 nationally
#84Noah#169 nationally
#82Colin#166 nationally
#76Caitlin#153 nationally
#92Morgan#167 nationally
#55Molly#129 nationally
#79Isaac#151 nationally
#95Grant#167 nationally
#33Chelsea#102 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer567US #1
#2Sarah465US #5
#3Jessica452US #2
#4Amanda339US #3
#5Ashley293US #4
#6Melissa275US #6
#7Stephanie270US #8
#8Nicole260US #7
#9Heather248US #9
#10Michelle229US #13
#11Megan219US #21
#12Elizabeth218US #10
#13Amy206US #12
#14Erin202US #18
#15Amber194US #17
#16Crystal194US #11
#17Emily193US #25
#18Rachel189US #20
#19Angela179US #22
#20Rebecca179US #19
#21Sara175US #31
#22Jamie162US #28
#23Tiffany154US #14
#24Kimberly153US #15
#25Katie150US #45
#26Christina143US #16
#27Laura139US #23
#28Lindsay135US #36
#29Lindsey133US #35
#30Andrea126US #30
#31Lisa124US #27
#32Katherine116US #34
#33Chelsea114US #102
#34Alicia108US #41
#35Kristin108US #42
#36Holly100US #48
#37Shannon100US #38
#38Tara96US #51
#39Kelly95US #26
#40Danielle94US #29
#41Kathryn92US #50
#42Anna86US #55
#43Kristen84US #37
#44Kristina84US #63
#45Mary80US #32
#46Julie78US #46
#47Lauren78US #24
#48Courtney72US #44
#49Kayla72US #81
#50Heidi66US #95
#51Natalie64US #52
#52Cassandra63US #70
#53Samantha63US #40
#54Brittany62US #64
#55Molly60US #129
#56April59US #39
#57Bethany58US #99
#58Leah58US #82
#59Allison56US #59
#60Desiree56US #94
#61Erica56US #33
#62Kelsey54
#63Stacy54US #61
#64Lacey53US #128
#65Krystal52US #78
#66Brandi51US #56
#67Nichole51US #93
#68Carrie50US #65
#69Hannah50US #124
#70Katrina50US #108
#71Misty50US #87
#72Christine49US #47
#73Monica49US #54
#74Maria48US #43
#75Brandy46US #57
#76Caitlin45US #153
#77Rachael45US #123
#78Vanessa45US #49
#79Brooke44US #96
#80Meghan43US #75
#81Stacey43US #76
#82Kara42US #101
#83Krista42US #142
#84Cynthia39US #62
#85Jill39US #98
#86Melanie39US #79
#87Sheena39US #107
#88Miranda38US #118
#89Tanya38US #134
#90Carly37
#91Julia37US #85
#92Morgan37US #167
#93Veronica37US #68
#94Jacqueline36US #53
#95Tasha36US #156
#96Alisha35US #141
#97Kari35US #145
#98Leslie35US #67
#99Natasha35US #71
#100Rebekah35US #152

Boys

#1Michael689US #1
#2Christopher669US #2
#3Matthew627US #3
#4Joshua459US #5
#5David457US #4
#6Ryan457US #13
#7Daniel432US #8
#8Andrew389US #15
#9Robert348US #10
#10Justin340US #12
#11Jason323US #7
#12Brian320US #14
#13Nicholas317US #21
#14Joseph311US #11
#15James310US #6
#16Adam291US #18
#17Brandon287US #17
#18John269US #9
#19Aaron259US #29
#20Jacob245US #36
#21Kyle241US #34
#22Benjamin233US #32
#23Jonathan230US #19
#24Tyler205US #57
#25Eric204US #20
#26Jeffrey199US #28
#27William197US #16
#28Kevin194US #25
#29Travis194US #41
#30Nathan193US #40
#31Steven190US #23
#32Timothy184US #26
#33Thomas183US #24
#34Anthony172US #22
#35Jeremy172US #30
#36Scott170US #38
#37Jesse163US #46
#38Sean151US #44
#39Dustin136US #43
#40Richard128US #27
#41Patrick119US #37
#42Paul112US #39
#43Zachary112US #50
#44Mark109US #31
#45Gregory99US #42
#46Chad97US #49
#47Jared96US #56
#48Bryan95US #47
#49Kenneth95US #45
#50Stephen95US #35
#51Bradley93US #52
#52Shawn93US #53
#53Samuel92US #54
#54Cody89US #81
#55Casey88US #90
#56Charles87US #33
#57Jordan87US #72
#58Derek85US #51
#59Alexander84US #63
#60Ian81US #77
#61Joel70US #67
#62Nathaniel68US #79
#63Peter68US #59
#64Evan66US #93
#65Erik64US #80
#66Seth62US #98
#67Trevor60US #130
#68Cory56US #83
#69Donald56US #60
#70Caleb52US #159
#71Douglas52US #69
#72Brett51US #73
#73Keith51US #61
#74Brent50US #94
#75Lucas50US #117
#76Gary49US #68
#77Phillip49US #66
#78Gabriel46US #89
#79Isaac46US #151
#80Shane46US #84
#81Luke45US #105
#82Colin42US #166
#83Devin42US #142
#84Noah41US #169
#85Cameron40US #177
#86Blake39US #109
#87Todd39US #87
#88Troy39US #113
#89Jeffery38US #91
#90Mathew38US #146
#91Marcus37US #58
#92Jeremiah36US #99
#93Kristopher35US #134
#94Edward34US #55
#95Grant34US #167
#96Philip34US #82
#97Craig33US #70
#98Ronald33US #64
#99Austin32US #131
#100Russell32US #104

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑41Kayla#49
↑34Krystal#65
↑30Ashley#5
↑26Natalie#51
↑26Keith#73
↑23Lauren#47
↑21Chelsea#33
↑21Phillip#77

Falling

↓30Jeremiah#92
↓23Leslie#98
↓22Brandy#75
↓21Jill#85
↓20Vanessa#78
↓19Craig#97
↓17Maria#74
↓15April#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.