Popular baby names in Oregon, 1957

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1957 were Susan for girls (478 babies) and David for boys (803). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,582 babies born in Oregon in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1957

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

Girls

Kari: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Shannon: 36 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kristi: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kelly: 72 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Molly: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jodi: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tami: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tamara: 57 babies, 4× the national rate
Leann: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ronda: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Casey: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelly: 82 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jeffry: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ron: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rick: 118 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brad: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lance: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Grant: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wade: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	478	↑1	2
2	Debra	416	↓1	4
3	Mary	383	↑2	1
4	Linda	380	↓1	3
5	Karen	350	↓1	5
6	Cynthia	303	↑4	7
7	Nancy	292	–	11
8	Julie	280	↑7	28
9	Cindy	271	↑15	19
10	Patricia	252	↓4	8
11	Teresa	245	↓2	24
12	Deborah	235	↓4	6
13	Barbara	222	↓2	9
14	Pamela	222	↓2	12
15	Sandra	212	↓2	15
16	Carol	197	–	18
17	Cheryl	190	↓3	16
18	Diane	189	↑1	17
19	Lori	187	↑4	45
20	Kathy	181	↑1	20
21	Kathleen	172	↓3	21
22	Lisa	169	↑7	26
23	Janet	165	↓1	23
24	Sharon	161	↓4	14
25	Donna	154	↓8	10
26	Brenda	141	↑6	13
27	Laura	139	↑8	31
28	Debbie	129	–	27
29	Kim	122	↑8	35
30	Rebecca	122	↓4	34
31	Denise	120	↓6	25
32	Judy	119	↓1	38
33	Laurie	112	↓3	73
34	Janice	107	↓7	32
35	Elizabeth	105	↑5	22
36	Peggy	105	↑13	62
37	Kimberly	103	↑1	42
38	Robin	97	↑6	30
39	Catherine	95	↓3	37
40	Leslie	89	new	77
41	Rhonda	89	↑7	52
42	Vicki	88	↓3	51
43	Connie	87	↓9	47
44	Terri	85	↓3	68
45	Diana	82	↓3	43
46	Vickie	78	new	70
47	Kathryn	77	↓14	65
48	Theresa	77	↓2	36
49	Ann	74	new	44
50	Cathy	74	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	David	803	↑1	3
2	Michael	716	↓1	1
3	James	627	–	2
4	Robert	620	–	4
5	Mark	578	↑2	7
6	John	561	↓1	5
7	Steven	521	↓1	10
8	Richard	463	–	8
9	Daniel	335	↑2	16
10	William	329	↓1	6
11	Gary	319	↑2	13
12	Donald	303	↑2	15
13	Ronald	299	↓1	17
14	Thomas	296	↓4	9
15	Timothy	277	↑5	19
16	Jeffrey	273	–	21
17	Kenneth	257	–	14
18	Scott	250	↑3	32
19	Douglas	245	↓4	30
20	Kevin	243	↑3	20
21	Randy	228	↓3	31
22	Gregory	220	↓3	23
23	Paul	201	↑6	18
24	Brian	199	↑1	26
25	Larry	179	↓1	22
26	Charles	178	↓4	11
27	Terry	170	↑3	33
28	Dennis	165	↓1	28
29	Joseph	160	↑2	12
30	Bruce	142	↓4	34
31	Stephen	141	↓3	24
32	Jerry	126	↑1	35
33	Patrick	121	↓1	41
34	Rick	118	↑5	87
35	Jeffery	109	↓1	52
36	Dale	106	↓1	50
37	Craig	105	↓1	55
38	Mike	105	new	53
39	Steve	105	new	44
40	Roger	99	↑2	42
41	Alan	98	↓1	48
42	Rodney	95	↓5	70
43	Randall	88	new	59
44	Edward	85	↓1	25
45	Keith	83	↓7	36
46	Kelly	82	new	>100
47	Eric	81	new	60
48	George	81	↓7	29
49	Russell	81	new	54
50	Jeff	79	new	96

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