Popular baby names in Oregon, 1955

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1955 were Debra for girls (645 babies) and David for boys (902). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,239 babies born in Oregon in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1955

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

Girls

Kelly: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Leann: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kristi: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Shannon: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Molly: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Janelle: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shawn: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Deanna: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jeri: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Teri: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Casey: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ron: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelly: 47 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Loren: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lyle: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Darrel: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Grant: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Delbert: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rick: 89 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Robin: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	645	–	4
2	Susan	541	–	5
3	Linda	509	–	3
4	Mary	416	–	1
5	Patricia	349	↑1	6
6	Karen	348	↓1	8
7	Nancy	317	↑1	9
8	Pamela	285	↑2	12
9	Deborah	261	↓2	2
10	Barbara	249	↓1	7
11	Kathleen	237	↑2	17
12	Cynthia	236	–	11
13	Janet	224	↑3	20
14	Cheryl	219	↑7	19
15	Carol	210	–	15
16	Donna	210	↑3	10
17	Diane	204	↓3	14
18	Sandra	202	↓7	13
19	Sharon	185	↓2	16
20	Teresa	183	–	26
21	Rebecca	176	↓3	27
22	Denise	152	↑7	23
23	Julie	148	↓1	67
24	Janice	146	↓1	25
25	Elizabeth	128	–	21
26	Lori	120	↑8	89
27	Connie	119	↑1	35
28	Kathy	116	↓4	22
29	Judy	112	↓2	32
30	Catherine	107	↑8	28
31	Margaret	104	↑4	24
32	Peggy	103	↑12	51
33	Laura	101	↑4	41
34	Cindy	99	new	79
35	Vickie	98	new	68
36	Lisa	97	↑10	48
37	Vicki	97	↓7	52
38	Kathryn	92	↓12	59
39	Beverly	91	↓8	34
40	Katherine	91	↓7	65
41	Laurie	89	↓5	91
42	Debbie	88	new	63
43	Judith	88	↓4	31
44	Terri	87	new	85
45	Brenda	86	↓2	18
46	Sherry	86	new	56
47	Robin	84	↑1	33
48	Diana	81	↓3	55
49	Gail	81	new	42
50	Joan	81	–	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	902	↑1	2
2	Michael	877	↓1	1
3	Robert	688	–	4
4	James	644	–	3
5	John	626	–	5
6	Steven	528	–	10
7	Richard	495	–	7
8	Mark	483	↑2	9
9	William	431	↓1	6
10	Gary	374	↓1	12
11	Daniel	354	↑1	17
12	Thomas	354	↓1	8
13	Ronald	315	–	18
14	Kenneth	306	↑2	15
15	Donald	295	↓1	14
16	Douglas	274	↓1	29
17	Jeffrey	271	↑2	20
18	Gregory	254	↑5	24
19	Paul	235	↑2	16
20	Randy	228	↑2	30
21	Timothy	218	↑5	22
22	Larry	203	↓4	19
23	Charles	196	↓6	11
24	Scott	195	–	38
25	Stephen	189	–	21
26	Dennis	175	↓6	23
27	Terry	172	–	28
28	Bruce	167	–	32
29	Joseph	163	–	13
30	Kevin	151	↑8	27
31	Patrick	140	↓1	41
32	Brian	132	↑11	40
33	Edward	129	–	25
34	Jerry	122	↓3	33
35	Roger	122	↓1	37
36	Dale	117	↑3	52
37	Randall	113	↑5	53
38	Rodney	113	↓1	65
39	Craig	112	↓7	50
40	Jeffery	102	↑7	73
41	Alan	91	–	43
42	Keith	89	↑8	39
43	Rick	89	↓7	>100
44	George	88	↓9	26
45	Gerald	83	↓5	48
46	Lawrence	77	↑2	42
47	Russell	76	new	57
48	Wayne	75	↑1	44
49	Jack	73	↓4	60
50	Micheal	71	new	87

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