Popular baby names in Oregon, 1958

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1958 were Julie for girls (398 babies) and David for boys (731). Julie ranked #23 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,051 babies born in Oregon in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1958

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

Girls

Traci: 17 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Darcy: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Shannon: 46 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kelli: 28 babies, 7× the national rate
Kellie: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lorri: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tami: 65 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Molly: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristi: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Debi: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 61 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lyle: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Monty: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelly: 69 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dan: 109 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brad: 63 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rick: 144 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doug: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cary: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Julie	398	↑7	23
2	Debra	383	–	6
3	Susan	379	↓2	2
4	Mary	362	↓1	1
5	Linda	351	↓1	3
6	Karen	323	↓1	4
7	Lori	246	↑12	30
8	Kathy	240	↑12	14
9	Nancy	234	↓2	12
10	Teresa	218	↑1	26
11	Cindy	215	↓2	25
12	Patricia	207	↓2	5
13	Cynthia	204	↓7	8
14	Lisa	195	↑8	19
15	Barbara	189	↓2	9
16	Debbie	188	↑12	24
17	Pamela	187	↓3	11
18	Kathleen	179	↑3	21
19	Carol	174	↓3	20
20	Cheryl	169	↓3	13
21	Diane	167	↓3	18
22	Sandra	158	↓7	15
23	Deborah	156	↓11	7
24	Sharon	145	–	17
25	Janet	137	↓2	28
26	Brenda	134	–	16
27	Donna	130	↓2	10
28	Tammy	127	new	44
29	Kim	123	–	40
30	Elizabeth	119	↑5	22
31	Kelly	116	new	>100
32	Laura	116	↓5	29
33	Denise	114	↓2	27
34	Kimberly	114	↑3	39
35	Rebecca	113	↓5	41
36	Peggy	99	–	42
37	Judy	98	↓5	36
38	Robin	98	–	32
39	Vicki	98	↑3	57
40	Leslie	96	–	79
41	Kathryn	95	↑6	58
42	Terri	95	↑2	51
43	Laurie	92	↓10	70
44	Connie	91	↓1	50
45	Janice	87	↓11	35
46	Diana	86	↓1	45
47	Rhonda	82	↓6	48
48	Margaret	79	new	31
49	Becky	77	new	>100
50	Michelle	77	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	731	–	2
2	Michael	688	–	1
3	John	543	↑3	5
4	Mark	542	↑1	7
5	James	516	↓2	3
6	Robert	494	↓2	4
7	Richard	418	↑1	8
8	Steven	390	↓1	10
9	William	365	↑1	6
10	Scott	297	↑8	25
11	Daniel	294	↓2	16
12	Ronald	279	↑1	19
13	Thomas	279	↑1	9
14	Jeffrey	251	↑2	21
15	Timothy	243	–	13
16	Gary	239	↓5	17
17	Kevin	230	↑3	20
18	Randy	230	↑3	32
19	Douglas	228	–	30
20	Donald	222	↓8	18
21	Kenneth	212	↓4	14
22	Brian	209	↑2	24
23	Charles	199	↑3	11
24	Mike	179	↑14	40
25	Paul	177	↓2	15
26	Gregory	165	↓4	23
27	Larry	159	↓2	22
28	Terry	159	↓1	33
29	Dennis	152	↓1	29
30	Rick	144	↑4	77
31	Stephen	135	–	26
32	Jerry	132	–	35
33	Bruce	128	↓3	36
34	Joseph	123	↓5	12
35	Steve	123	↑4	44
36	Patrick	114	↓3	42
37	Dan	109	new	>100
38	Dale	103	↓2	46
39	Jim	100	new	87
40	Craig	98	↓3	53
41	Jeff	97	↑9	68
42	Edward	93	↑2	28
43	Keith	90	↑2	37
44	Tim	88	new	74
45	Eric	86	↑2	50
46	Alan	85	↓5	49
47	Randall	85	↓4	62
48	Jon	83	new	>100
49	Roger	78	↓9	47
50	Anthony	74	new	27

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