Popular baby names in Oregon, 1959

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1959 were Susan for girls (397 babies) and David for boys (773). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,405 babies born in Oregon in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1959

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

Girls

Candice: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Molly: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Traci: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shannon: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Tamera: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Kristi: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kellie: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kari: 23 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leann: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shawn: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Casey: 23 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Shannon: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Blake: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ron: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rod: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Stan: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Matt: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Pat: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bret: 56 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Susan	397	↑2	2
2	Linda	335	↑3	3
3	Karen	302	↑3	4
4	Mary	295	–	1
5	Julie	285	↓4	26
6	Debra	264	↓4	7
7	Lisa	256	↑7	10
8	Teresa	254	↑2	24
9	Cindy	246	↑2	25
10	Debbie	241	↑6	20
11	Lori	235	↓4	27
12	Kathy	229	↓4	15
13	Cynthia	204	–	8
14	Nancy	196	↓5	14
15	Barbara	194	–	11
16	Sandra	194	↑6	13
17	Patricia	183	↓5	6
18	Cheryl	181	↑2	18
19	Donna	173	↑8	5
20	Deborah	172	↑3	9
21	Kathleen	162	↓3	23
22	Pamela	156	↓5	12
23	Tammy	152	↑5	31
24	Brenda	146	↑2	16
25	Laura	146	↑7	30
26	Carol	144	↓7	22
27	Janet	138	↓2	28
28	Kim	135	↑1	35
29	Laurie	131	↑14	56
30	Denise	126	↑3	29
31	Kimberly	126	↑3	33
32	Elizabeth	122	↓2	21
33	Diane	121	↓12	19
34	Kelly	121	↓3	74
35	Sharon	110	↓11	17
36	Robin	103	↑2	32
37	Rebecca	97	↓2	38
38	Vicki	89	↑1	73
39	Terri	87	↑3	46
40	Connie	86	↑4	48
41	Tina	86	new	53
42	Becky	85	↑7	>100
43	Cathy	83	new	39
44	Rhonda	82	↑3	45
45	Tamara	82	new	>100
46	Judy	81	↓9	41
47	Michelle	80	↑3	47
48	Jill	78	new	86
49	Janice	76	↓4	37
50	Dawn	74	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	773	–	2
2	Michael	637	–	1
3	Mark	585	↑1	6
4	Robert	579	↑2	5
5	John	546	↓2	4
6	James	478	↓1	3
7	Richard	391	–	8
8	Steven	342	–	10
9	William	320	–	7
10	Kevin	286	↑7	14
11	Scott	267	↓1	24
12	Brian	242	↑10	22
13	Daniel	242	↓2	18
14	Randy	241	↑4	31
15	Jeffrey	240	↓1	16
16	Gary	225	–	20
17	Mike	223	↑7	37
18	Timothy	223	↓3	12
19	Kenneth	221	↑2	15
20	Thomas	218	↓7	9
21	Ronald	216	↓9	21
22	Douglas	210	↓3	30
23	Donald	192	↓3	19
24	Paul	187	↑1	17
25	Gregory	184	↑1	23
26	Larry	163	↑1	25
27	Charles	148	↓4	11
28	Dennis	148	↑1	29
29	Steve	141	↑6	41
30	Jeff	138	↑11	52
31	Terry	138	↓3	33
32	Jerry	136	–	36
33	Jim	130	↑6	70
34	Craig	129	↑6	44
35	Bruce	127	↓2	38
36	Patrick	120	–	43
37	Rick	119	↓7	89
38	Tim	116	↑6	60
39	Joseph	112	↓5	13
40	Dale	107	↓2	49
41	Christopher	103	new	35
42	Eric	100	↑3	46
43	Stephen	99	↓12	28
44	Dan	96	↓7	>100
45	Matthew	91	new	63
46	Tom	90	new	82
47	Edward	89	↓5	27
48	Jeffery	88	new	55
49	Randall	85	↓2	59
50	Rodney	81	new	67

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