Popular baby names in Oregon, 1954

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1954 were Debra for girls (636 babies) and Michael for boys (919). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 34,147 babies born in Oregon in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1954

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

Girls

Molly: 37 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Shannon: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tamara: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Teri: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Lori: 103 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sherrie: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jana: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lorna: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Karla: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelly: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rick: 118 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Grant: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Brad: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lance: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gordon: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jim: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	636	↑1	6
2	Susan	581	↑1	5
3	Linda	485	↓2	2
4	Mary	459	–	1
5	Karen	349	↑2	8
6	Patricia	330	↓1	4
7	Deborah	325	↓1	3
8	Nancy	317	–	9
9	Barbara	296	–	7
10	Pamela	277	↑1	12
11	Sandra	261	↑1	13
12	Cynthia	258	↑2	10
13	Kathleen	246	↓3	14
14	Diane	223	↑5	17
15	Carol	214	↓2	15
16	Janet	198	↑1	19
17	Sharon	181	↓2	16
18	Rebecca	172	–	26
19	Donna	161	↓3	11
20	Teresa	160	↑4	34
21	Cheryl	157	–	22
22	Julie	156	–	70
23	Janice	135	↓3	25
24	Kathy	129	↑2	23
25	Elizabeth	127	↑5	20
26	Kathryn	127	↑3	51
27	Judy	126	↓4	29
28	Connie	123	↓3	39
29	Denise	121	↑20	24
30	Vicki	116	↑13	50
31	Beverly	113	↑14	31
32	Marilyn	107	↓5	35
33	Katherine	105	↑3	64
34	Lori	103	new	>100
35	Margaret	100	↓7	21
36	Laurie	97	↑6	98
37	Laura	96	–	45
38	Catherine	95	↑2	32
39	Judith	94	↓7	30
40	Sally	92	↓2	84
41	Shirley	92	–	33
42	Paula	90	new	38
43	Brenda	84	↑4	18
44	Peggy	84	↓10	48
45	Diana	81	↓12	57
46	Lisa	80	new	73
47	Carolyn	79	↓12	27
48	Robin	78	new	41
49	Bonnie	77	↓5	52
50	Joan	75	↓11	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	919	–	1
2	David	888	–	5
3	Robert	722	–	2
4	James	674	–	3
5	John	654	–	4
6	Steven	611	↑1	11
7	Richard	549	↓1	7
8	William	464	–	6
9	Gary	425	–	9
10	Mark	423	–	12
11	Thomas	389	–	8
12	Daniel	369	–	18
13	Ronald	357	–	15
14	Donald	287	–	14
15	Douglas	262	–	29
16	Kenneth	249	–	17
17	Charles	239	↑2	10
18	Larry	227	↑5	19
19	Jeffrey	222	↓1	23
20	Dennis	219	↓3	21
21	Paul	216	↑1	16
22	Randy	216	↑4	33
23	Gregory	213	↓2	25
24	Scott	195	↑3	40
25	Stephen	190	↓5	20
26	Timothy	188	↓2	26
27	Terry	175	↑1	27
28	Bruce	169	↓3	30
29	Joseph	162	↑5	13
30	Patrick	156	–	38
31	Jerry	137	↑1	31
32	Craig	129	↑3	51
33	Edward	129	↑7	22
34	Roger	121	↓3	34
35	George	119	↓6	24
36	Rick	118	↑5	>100
37	Rodney	108	↓1	66
38	Kevin	106	↑6	28
39	Dale	104	↓6	50
40	Gerald	99	↓3	44
41	Alan	96	↓2	43
42	Randall	91	↑5	55
43	Brian	85	↓5	48
44	Danny	82	new	42
45	Jack	82	↓3	57
46	Raymond	75	↑4	35
47	Jeffery	73	new	90
48	Lawrence	72	↓3	39
49	Wayne	72	↓6	41
50	Keith	71	↓4	45

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