State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,846 Oregon births in 1985 across 884 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#50Kelsey#168 nationally
#93Levioutside the national top 200
#97Tysonoutside the national top 200
#96Dylan#188 nationally
#80Kari#166 nationally
#73Cameron#154 nationally
#49Heidi#125 nationally
#61Lacey#124 nationally
#74Caleb#136 nationally
#92Kendra#154 nationally
#89Mathew#148 nationally
#81Krista#134 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica527US #1
#2Jennifer429US #3
#3Amanda428US #4
#4Ashley421US #2
#5Sarah356US #5
#6Nicole282US #7
#7Megan277US #10
#8Stephanie253US #6
#9Melissa225US #11
#10Elizabeth213US #9
#11Heather209US #8
#12Rachel208US #13
#13Amy201US #20
#14Amber193US #16
#15Laura177US #14
#16Emily176US #24
#17Christina167US #12
#18Michelle161US #22
#19Crystal157US #21
#20Kimberly155US #19
#21Brittany153US #17
#22Danielle153US #18
#23Rebecca151US #25
#24Sara146US #30
#25Jamie143US #27
#26Erin142US #26
#27Katie139US #39
#28Andrea128US #33
#29Angela127US #31
#30Tiffany121US #23
#31Katherine112US #32
#32Lindsay111US #40
#33Chelsea107US #75
#34Lisa105US #36
#35Anna102US #54
#36Kristin99US #49
#37Samantha99US #29
#38Lindsey95US #37
#39Shannon94US #41
#40Kristina83US #57
#41Mary82US #35
#42Allison80US #46
#43Holly78US #56
#44Kelly78US #28
#45Erica77US #34
#46Kathryn74US #48
#47Alicia71US #45
#48Courtney71US #43
#49Heidi70US #125
#50Kelsey70US #168
#51Krystal70US #53
#52Cassandra66US #62
#53Christine66US #44
#54Kristen66US #38
#55Tara65US #51
#56Jenna64US #50
#57Lauren64US #15
#58Caitlin63US #77
#59Julie63US #55
#60Nichole62US #95
#61Lacey55US #124
#62Vanessa55US #42
#63Kayla53US #109
#64Natalie50US #58
#65April49US #47
#66Bethany49US #94
#67Hannah49US #117
#68Kara49US #98
#69Katrina49US #93
#70Molly49US #119
#71Julia48US #85
#72Monica47US #61
#73Whitney46US #73
#74Brittney45US #84
#75Meghan45US #63
#76Rachael45US #100
#77Catherine44US #65
#78Kathleen44US #68
#79Alisha43US #131
#80Kari43US #166
#81Krista43US #134
#82Teresa43US #132
#83Erika42US #80
#84Brandi41US #69
#85Brandy41US #70
#86Leslie41US #76
#87Maria40US #52
#88Alexandra39US #92
#89Sheena39US #91
#90Carrie38US #96
#91Alyssa37US #130
#92Kendra37US #154
#93Leah37US #78
#94Natasha37US #79
#95Valerie37US #71
#96Karen36US #87
#97Victoria36US #59
#98Alison35US #97
#99Misty35US #121
#100Stacy35US #67

Boys

#1Christopher628US #2
#2Michael582US #1
#3Matthew484US #3
#4Joshua444US #4
#5Andrew432US #11
#6Ryan431US #12
#7Daniel394US #5
#8David389US #6
#9Brandon361US #13
#10Kyle315US #27
#11James310US #7
#12Nicholas310US #19
#13Joseph298US #10
#14Justin283US #15
#15Robert283US #8
#16Jason263US #14
#17Tyler258US #43
#18John247US #9
#19Brian246US #18
#20Jacob233US #35
#21Adam226US #22
#22Aaron224US #33
#23Jonathan216US #17
#24Benjamin211US #31
#25Kevin206US #23
#26Eric203US #21
#27Timothy203US #26
#28William198US #16
#29Steven196US #24
#30Anthony189US #20
#31Nathan188US #40
#32Jeffrey183US #29
#33Jesse175US #51
#34Zachary173US #39
#35Cody170US #52
#36Sean162US #38
#37Thomas162US #25
#38Jeremy157US #30
#39Scott153US #44
#40Travis142US #46
#41Dustin141US #41
#42Richard131US #28
#43Alexander128US #50
#44Patrick121US #37
#45Samuel116US #54
#46Charles113US #34
#47Jordan102US #62
#48Mark100US #32
#49Bryan97US #48
#50Paul90US #42
#51Joel89US #67
#52Ian87US #78
#53Jared87US #58
#54Stephen87US #36
#55Derek86US #56
#56Kenneth86US #47
#57Shawn84US #55
#58Casey82US #86
#59Bradley74US #53
#60Nathaniel73US #77
#61Gregory70US #45
#62Chad69US #57
#63Peter69US #60
#64Corey66US #63
#65Trevor66US #105
#66Erik65US #87
#67Evan64US #91
#68Shane61US #68
#69Seth58US #104
#70Cory57US #81
#71Brett54US #70
#72Keith53US #64
#73Cameron52US #154
#74Caleb50US #136
#75Craig50US #79
#76Donald49US #66
#77Jeremiah49US #111
#78Luke48US #106
#79Marcus47US #61
#80Phillip46US #69
#81Alex45US #80
#82Brent44US #89
#83Lucas44US #122
#84Devin42US #121
#85Jose41US #49
#86Mitchell40US #115
#87Drew39US #126
#88Edward39US #59
#89Mathew39US #148
#90Gabriel38US #92
#91Todd38US #99
#92Blake37US #100
#93Levi37
#94Austin36US #107
#95Douglas36US #76
#96Dylan36US #188
#97Tyson36
#98Kristopher35US #134
#99Curtis33US #98
#100Garrett33US #138

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑28Nichole#60
↑21Corey#64
↑19Krystal#51
↑19Jeremiah#77
↑18Nathaniel#60
↑17Allison#42
↑17Katrina#69
↑16Caitlin#58

Falling

↓33Maria#87
↓30Misty#99
↓28Stacy#100
↓24Sheena#89
↓18Victoria#97
↓18Devin#84
↓18Curtis#99
↓17Brandi#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.