Popular baby names in Oregon, 1953

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1953 were Linda for girls (584 babies) and Michael for boys (984). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,276 babies born in Oregon in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1953

Names given at least 15 times in Oregon that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Terrie: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shannon: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Christie: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lori: 61 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Teri: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tamara: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kathi: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sherri: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeri: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Monte: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Loren: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darrel: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Grant: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Robin: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Rick: 86 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brad: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Greg: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Linda	584	–	2
2	Debra	580	↑1	7
3	Susan	499	↓1	5
4	Mary	486	–	1
5	Patricia	430	–	4
6	Deborah	362	–	3
7	Karen	334	↑1	9
8	Nancy	325	↑1	8
9	Barbara	316	↑1	6
10	Kathleen	289	↓3	14
11	Pamela	282	↑3	10
12	Sandra	276	–	11
13	Carol	253	↓2	16
14	Cynthia	231	↑4	12
15	Sharon	225	↑1	15
16	Donna	194	↑1	13
17	Janet	194	↓4	19
18	Rebecca	178	↑6	24
19	Diane	175	–	17
20	Janice	162	–	22
21	Cheryl	156	↑4	28
22	Julie	149	↑6	74
23	Judy	146	↓2	27
24	Teresa	141	↑7	42
25	Connie	140	↑8	47
26	Kathy	140	–	23
27	Marilyn	133	↓4	36
28	Margaret	130	↓1	20
29	Kathryn	125	–	48
30	Elizabeth	123	↑4	21
31	Christine	115	↓16	32
32	Judith	113	↓10	30
33	Diana	110	↑12	55
34	Peggy	109	↑4	44
35	Carolyn	103	–	25
36	Katherine	101	new	63
37	Laura	100	–	51
38	Sally	100	↑3	81
39	Joan	97	new	37
40	Catherine	96	↑6	35
41	Shirley	95	↓11	29
42	Laurie	92	new	>100
43	Vicki	92	↓7	61
44	Bonnie	90	↓5	45
45	Beverly	89	↓13	34
46	Joyce	87	↓6	26
47	Brenda	86	–	18
48	Theresa	86	new	50
49	Denise	82	↓1	31
50	Marcia	80	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	984	↑1	3
2	David	911	↓1	5
3	Robert	801	↑1	1
4	James	686	↓1	2
5	John	670	–	4
6	Richard	645	↑1	7
7	Steven	612	↓1	11
8	William	470	↑1	6
9	Gary	418	↓1	10
10	Mark	404	↑4	12
11	Thomas	378	↓1	8
12	Daniel	371	↑1	20
13	Ronald	362	↓2	15
14	Donald	320	↓2	14
15	Douglas	297	↑1	27
16	Kenneth	294	↑2	17
17	Dennis	256	↑5	19
18	Jeffrey	250	↑8	25
19	Charles	244	↓2	9
20	Stephen	239	↓1	21
21	Gregory	229	↓1	24
22	Paul	225	↓1	16
23	Larry	221	↓8	18
24	Timothy	221	↑1	26
25	Bruce	186	↓2	28
26	Randy	184	↑1	35
27	Scott	176	↑2	46
28	Terry	172	↓4	30
29	George	156	↑2	22
30	Patrick	155	–	39
31	Roger	144	↑4	31
32	Jerry	138	↓4	29
33	Dale	130	↓1	48
34	Joseph	121	↑2	13
35	Craig	119	↑2	60
36	Rodney	118	↑2	58
37	Gerald	109	↓4	42
38	Brian	107	new	53
39	Alan	91	↑6	43
40	Edward	91	↓6	23
41	Rick	86	new	>100
42	Jack	85	↓3	57
43	Wayne	84	–	40
44	Kevin	80	new	36
45	Lawrence	79	↓4	37
46	Keith	78	↑2	47
47	Randall	77	↓3	64
48	Frank	75	new	33
49	Micheal	75	↓3	88
50	Raymond	75	↓10	34

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