Popular baby names in Oregon, 1956

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1956 were Debra for girls (562 babies) and Michael for boys (844). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 34,008 babies born in Oregon in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1956

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: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Shannon: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Shawn: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tracey: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cheri: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Kristi: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lorrie: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kimberley: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Jeffry: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelly: 55 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Brad: 74 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Monte: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Grant: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ron: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rick: 102 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ken: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	562	–	2
2	Susan	515	–	5
3	Linda	408	–	3
4	Karen	394	↑2	7
5	Mary	374	↓1	1
6	Patricia	329	↓1	6
7	Nancy	302	–	11
8	Deborah	295	↑1	4
9	Teresa	266	↑11	24
10	Cynthia	249	↑2	8
11	Barbara	243	↓1	9
12	Pamela	240	↓4	12
13	Sandra	230	↑5	14
14	Cheryl	210	–	18
15	Julie	201	↑8	48
16	Carol	191	↓1	16
17	Donna	187	↓1	10
18	Kathleen	187	↓7	17
19	Diane	186	↓2	15
20	Sharon	174	↓1	13
21	Kathy	171	↑7	20
22	Janet	167	↓9	21
23	Lori	153	↑3	66
24	Cindy	150	↑10	37
25	Denise	145	↓3	23
26	Rebecca	144	↓5	27
27	Janice	127	↓3	26
28	Debbie	119	↑14	39
29	Lisa	119	↑7	31
30	Laurie	118	↑11	76
31	Judy	114	↓2	35
32	Brenda	113	↑13	19
33	Kathryn	109	↑5	60
34	Connie	108	↓7	43
35	Laura	108	↓2	34
36	Catherine	105	↓6	28
37	Kim	103	new	38
38	Kimberly	103	new	74
39	Vicki	101	↓2	57
40	Elizabeth	100	↓15	22
41	Terri	99	↑3	81
42	Diana	94	↑6	56
43	Lynn	92	new	58
44	Robin	92	↑3	29
45	Margaret	91	↓14	25
46	Theresa	88	new	32
47	Katherine	85	↓7	67
48	Rhonda	81	new	62
49	Peggy	77	↓17	63
50	Gail	76	↓1	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	844	↑1	1
2	David	815	↓1	4
3	James	653	↑1	2
4	Robert	647	↓1	3
5	John	569	–	5
6	Steven	559	–	10
7	Mark	549	↑1	8
8	Richard	526	↓1	7
9	William	449	–	6
10	Thomas	356	↑2	9
11	Daniel	332	–	18
12	Ronald	331	↑1	15
13	Gary	320	↓3	13
14	Donald	294	↑1	14
15	Douglas	288	↑1	29
16	Jeffrey	266	↑1	20
17	Kenneth	249	↓3	16
18	Randy	247	↑2	28
19	Gregory	236	↓1	24
20	Timothy	223	↑1	19
21	Scott	218	↑3	34
22	Charles	206	↑1	11
23	Kevin	201	↑7	22
24	Larry	198	↓2	21
25	Brian	184	↑7	32
26	Bruce	173	↑2	33
27	Dennis	173	↓1	26
28	Stephen	172	↓3	23
29	Paul	165	↓10	17
30	Terry	149	↓3	31
31	Joseph	139	↓2	12
32	Patrick	139	↓1	40
33	Jerry	128	↑1	35
34	Jeffery	124	↑6	57
35	Dale	120	↑1	50
36	Craig	105	↑3	51
37	Rodney	103	↑1	65
38	Keith	102	↑4	36
39	Rick	102	↑4	100
40	Alan	98	↑1	44
41	George	98	↑3	27
42	Roger	98	↓7	41
43	Edward	90	↓10	25
44	Peter	85	new	37
45	Bradley	80	new	>100
46	Jay	79	new	92
47	Raymond	77	new	39
48	Matthew	76	new	90
49	Brad	74	new	>100
50	Gerald	74	↓5	49

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