State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,335 Oregon births in 1986 across 887 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#99Tysonoutside the national top 200
#91Logan#192 nationally
#100Bryceoutside the national top 200
#97Grant#179 nationally
#78Colin#158 nationally
#43Kelsey#112 nationally
#91Rebekah#153 nationally
#93Isaac#155 nationally
#94Brianna#154 nationally
#77Taylor#136 nationally
#75Heidi#131 nationally
#83Cameron#135 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica521US #1
#2Ashley509US #2
#3Amanda372US #3
#4Sarah365US #5
#5Jennifer352US #4
#6Stephanie255US #6
#7Megan244US #11
#8Nicole244US #7
#9Heather238US #9
#10Rachel216US #15
#11Elizabeth213US #10
#12Melissa205US #12
#13Amber203US #13
#14Brittany195US #8
#15Emily184US #24
#16Amy161US #22
#17Kimberly158US #18
#18Tiffany157US #17
#19Danielle152US #16
#20Sara152US #27
#21Rebecca151US #26
#22Christina143US #19
#23Katie140US #38
#24Whitney139US #32
#25Laura138US #20
#26Crystal132US #25
#27Samantha125US #21
#28Michelle123US #23
#29Katherine115US #28
#30Anna111US #51
#31Erin108US #30
#32Jamie106US #34
#33Alicia97US #45
#34Kayla97US #64
#35Angela95US #33
#36Lisa94US #40
#37Andrea93US #36
#38Lindsey93US #39
#39Allison92US #42
#40Cassandra91US #60
#41Courtney89US #35
#42Chelsea84US #73
#43Kelsey79US #112
#44Lindsay78US #46
#45Kristin77US #50
#46Kristina77US #62
#47Lauren75US #14
#48Kathryn73US #48
#49Kelly73US #29
#50Erica70US #31
#51Bethany69US #91
#52Shannon69US #44
#53Mary68US #37
#54Natalie68US #52
#55Hannah66US #82
#56Vanessa65US #43
#57Tara64US #56
#58Jenna62US #55
#59Kristen62US #41
#60Caitlin59US #69
#61Christine59US #47
#62Holly59US #63
#63Nichole57US #105
#64Maria56US #49
#65Brittney53US #65
#66Julie52US #58
#67Krista52US #93
#68Krystal51US #61
#69Molly51US #110
#70April50US #53
#71Kathleen47US #68
#72Monica47US #59
#73Katrina46US #99
#74Kendra46US #101
#75Heidi45US #131
#76Alyssa44US #85
#77Brandy41US #84
#78Kara41US #102
#79Stacy41US #87
#80Victoria41US #54
#81Rachael40US #103
#82Stacey40US #94
#83Alexandra39US #72
#84Lacey39US #121
#85Mallory39US #83
#86Alisha38US #125
#87Carrie38US #109
#88Leah38US #78
#89Catherine37US #67
#90Patricia37US #66
#91Rebekah37US #153
#92Julia36US #88
#93Natasha36US #70
#94Brianna35US #154
#95Felicia35US #89
#96Valerie35US #76
#97Alison34US #96
#98Brandi34US #79
#99Meghan33US #71
#100Desiree32US #141

Boys

#1Michael607US #1
#2Christopher566US #2
#3Matthew488US #3
#4Andrew463US #8
#5Joshua441US #4
#6David402US #5
#7Ryan390US #11
#8Nicholas368US #17
#9Daniel367US #6
#10Kyle345US #23
#11Brandon317US #13
#12James297US #7
#13Joseph293US #12
#14Robert288US #9
#15Tyler262US #40
#16Justin260US #14
#17Jason253US #18
#18Jacob251US #31
#19Benjamin228US #30
#20Brian228US #20
#21John226US #10
#22Kevin223US #21
#23Timothy207US #27
#24Anthony205US #19
#25Steven194US #25
#26Eric191US #22
#27Jonathan191US #16
#28Sean183US #37
#29William181US #15
#30Adam180US #24
#31Thomas176US #26
#32Alexander174US #41
#33Jeremy172US #28
#34Aaron171US #33
#35Cody166US #56
#36Jordan166US #53
#37Jesse162US #48
#38Jeffrey159US #32
#39Nathan157US #43
#40Zachary148US #38
#41Dustin144US #42
#42Travis141US #49
#43Scott140US #44
#44Richard136US #29
#45Samuel129US #52
#46Mark112US #35
#47Charles106US #34
#48Derek102US #57
#49Paul99US #45
#50Bradley96US #54
#51Joel96US #72
#52Bryan95US #47
#53Patrick95US #39
#54Stephen95US #36
#55Gregory93US #46
#56Jared92US #58
#57Casey87US #83
#58Shawn81US #55
#59Cory79US #68
#60Kenneth78US #50
#61Chad77US #59
#62Trevor71US #98
#63Peter66US #60
#64Shane66US #67
#65Alex65US #64
#66Ian65US #85
#67Evan60US #81
#68Nathaniel59US #78
#69Seth57US #97
#70Erik55US #92
#71Austin53US #90
#72Douglas52US #82
#73Corey50US #62
#74Brett49US #69
#75Lucas47US #126
#76Gabriel46US #95
#77Taylor46US #136
#78Colin43US #158
#79Craig43US #80
#80Jeremiah42US #118
#81Devin41US #113
#82Keith41US #66
#83Cameron40US #135
#84Curtis40US #100
#85Garrett40US #117
#86Jeffery40US #102
#87Caleb39US #131
#88Marcus39US #63
#89Jose38US #51
#90Brent37US #94
#91Logan37US #192
#92Blake36US #101
#93Isaac36US #155
#94Philip36US #86
#95Todd36US #110
#96Wesley36US #96
#97Grant35US #179
#98Mitchell35US #105
#99Tyson35
#100Bryce34

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑49Whitney#24
↑29Kayla#34
↑23Maria#64
↑23Austin#71
↑23Douglas#72
↑21Stacy#79
↑18Kendra#74
↑17Victoria#80

Falling

↓26Heidi#75
↓24Meghan#99
↓23Lacey#84
↓21Julia#92
↓19Holly#62
↓17Krystal#68
↓14Brandi#98
↓14Ian#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.