State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,488 Oregon births in 1997 across 1,156 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#90Mckennaoutside the national top 200
#42Mckenzie#150 nationally
#98Skyleroutside the national top 200
#93Natasha#189 nationally
#69Levi#156 nationally
#83Hayden#167 nationally
#60Wyatt#137 nationally
#85Kendra#153 nationally
#68Riley#135 nationally
#85Bailey#151 nationally
#76Zoe#135 nationally
#37Taylor#87 nationally

Girls

#1Emily375US #1
#2Hannah336US #5
#3Jessica270US #2
#4Sarah236US #4
#5Madison230US #10
#6Taylor228US #7
#7Ashley226US #3
#8Elizabeth194US #9
#9Samantha189US #6
#10Megan176US #11
#11Rachel155US #13
#12Olivia142US #27
#13Alyssa141US #15
#14Sierra131US #56
#15Alexis130US #8
#16Abigail128US #26
#17Amanda128US #16
#18Emma128US #36
#19Jennifer127US #18
#20Nicole127US #21
#21Kayla117US #12
#22Brittany116US #20
#23Maria113US #38
#24Anna109US #33
#25Courtney105US #28
#26Lauren103US #14
#27Sydney103US #35
#28Rebecca102US #25
#29Victoria100US #19
#30Bailey99US #65
#31Haley99US #31
#32Hailey97US #80
#33Jasmine96US #24
#34Madeline96US #59
#35Brianna95US #17
#36Katherine94US #32
#37Morgan89US #22
#38Alexandra88US #30
#39Natalie88US #48
#40Savannah88US #47
#41Stephanie88US #23
#42Mckenzie87US #150
#43Julia82US #37
#44Mariah81US #67
#45Amber80US #29
#46Melissa80US #44
#47Jordan79US #40
#48Mackenzie79US #71
#49Shelby76US #43
#50Kaitlyn74US #41
#51Katelyn73US #63
#52Paige73US #64
#53Gabrielle72US #51
#54Miranda71US #70
#55Sara71US #50
#56Sophia71US #94
#57Cheyenne70US #68
#58Vanessa70US #54
#59Grace68US #69
#60Allison67US #39
#61Cassandra64US #81
#62Brooke63US #45
#63Kaylee63US #107
#64Danielle62US #34
#65Kelsey62US #57
#66Mary62US #46
#67Chelsea61US #73
#68Erin61US #52
#69Sabrina61US #53
#70Marissa60US #60
#71Kathryn57US #86
#72Laura56US #66
#73Angela55US #93
#74Breanna55US #74
#75Andrea53US #58
#76Zoe53US #135
#77Alicia52US #89
#78Chloe51US #109
#79Katie51US #87
#80Kimberly51US #49
#81Mikayla51US #112
#82Molly51US #98
#83Makayla50US #102
#84Alexandria48US #78
#85Kendra48US #153
#86Kylie48US #116
#87Isabella47US #114
#88Michelle47US #55
#89Caitlin46US #88
#90Mckenna46
#91Monica45US #79
#92Crystal44US #99
#93Natasha44US #189
#94Tiffany44US #61
#95Destiny43US #42
#96Isabel43US #141
#97Lindsey43US #95
#98Diana42US #97
#99Heather41US #90
#100Leah41US #104

Boys

#1Jacob470US #2
#2Austin412US #9
#3Michael345US #1
#4Andrew316US #7
#5Tyler305US #10
#6Joshua293US #5
#7Zachary273US #13
#8Matthew266US #3
#9Nicholas265US #6
#10Brandon263US #8
#11Daniel259US #11
#12Christopher243US #4
#13David242US #14
#14Ryan235US #16
#15Joseph233US #12
#16Alexander222US #22
#17Kyle211US #24
#18Jordan208US #26
#19Samuel200US #27
#20Justin194US #20
#21Anthony189US #18
#22Benjamin186US #29
#23Jonathan180US #21
#24William180US #19
#25James171US #17
#26Cody163US #36
#27Nathan160US #34
#28Dylan159US #30
#29Christian147US #25
#30John146US #15
#31Thomas146US #31
#32Robert143US #23
#33Jose139US #32
#34Caleb128US #47
#35Tanner126US #82
#36Noah125US #38
#37Taylor125US #87
#38Cameron122US #45
#39Cole116US #72
#40Aaron115US #33
#41Gabriel113US #57
#42Dakota111US #66
#43Logan109US #42
#44Hunter106US #44
#45Kevin104US #28
#46Timothy103US #43
#47Ethan102US #46
#48Jesse101US #63
#49Isaac100US #73
#50Jared98US #56
#51Eric95US #35
#52Connor94US #52
#53Sean93US #48
#54Chase92US #77
#55Trevor89US #62
#56Elijah87US #74
#57Juan87US #54
#58Ian85US #70
#59Adam84US #39
#60Wyatt84US #137
#61Devin83US #59
#62Isaiah81US #60
#63Nathaniel81US #65
#64Tristan80US #92
#65Alex79US #55
#66Brian78US #37
#67Jason78US #41
#68Riley77US #135
#69Levi74US #156
#70Blake72US #80
#71Spencer70US #104
#72Steven70US #40
#73Jack69US #76
#74Jeffrey69US #84
#75Evan68US #61
#76Mitchell66US #96
#77Derek65US #106
#78Dustin65US #88
#79Travis65US #81
#80Garrett64US #85
#81Mason63US #89
#82Bryce62US #112
#83Hayden60US #167
#84Luis60US #53
#85Bailey59US #151
#86Richard59US #51
#87Colton58US #108
#88Antonio57US #75
#89Lucas57US #98
#90Jake56US #101
#91Patrick56US #50
#92Charles55US #49
#93Jeremy54US #64
#94Grant53US #115
#95Jesus53US #71
#96Seth53US #97
#97Jackson51US #124
#98Skyler51
#99Joel50US #126
#100Kenneth49US #83

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑33Kaylee#63
↑28Isaac#49
↑26Cole#39
↑26Gabriel#41
↑23Derek#77
↑22Olivia#12
↑22Miranda#54
↑21Sophia#56

Falling

↓36Kelsey#65
↓32Heather#99
↓25Travis#79
↓25Garrett#80
↓25Jeremy#93
↓22Shelby#49
↓21Danielle#64
↓20Michelle#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.