Popular baby names in Oregon, 1960

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1960 were Susan for girls (380 babies) and David for boys (855). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 34,230 babies born in Oregon in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1960

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: 44 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Shannon: 46 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Deana: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kari: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Deanne: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tracie: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dena: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tami: 72 babies, 4× the national rate
Kellie: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelli: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Toby: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cory: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Rod: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Grant: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ron: 66 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Monty: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelly: 91 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brad: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Doug: 51 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Susan	380	–	2
2	Mary	323	↑2	1
3	Linda	318	↓1	3
4	Lisa	312	↑3	6
5	Karen	305	↓2	4
6	Lori	300	↑5	20
7	Julie	292	↓2	28
8	Debbie	261	↑2	24
9	Cindy	252	–	30
10	Debra	249	↓4	8
11	Teresa	238	↓3	19
12	Kathy	193	–	21
13	Tammy	187	↑10	31
14	Nancy	179	–	15
15	Barbara	175	–	12
16	Brenda	171	↑8	13
17	Donna	171	↑2	5
18	Pamela	168	↑4	14
19	Laura	167	↑6	25
20	Cynthia	164	↓7	9
21	Kelly	164	↑13	52
22	Kimberly	164	↑9	26
23	Sandra	163	↓7	11
24	Patricia	158	↓7	7
25	Kim	154	↑3	34
26	Carol	151	–	23
27	Cheryl	151	↓9	17
28	Janet	143	↓1	32
29	Kathleen	135	↓8	27
30	Elizabeth	128	↑2	18
31	Deborah	125	↓11	10
32	Laurie	124	↓3	37
33	Denise	122	↓3	29
34	Sharon	121	↑1	16
35	Robin	120	↑1	33
36	Diane	117	↓3	22
37	Connie	110	↑3	47
38	Terri	108	↑1	49
39	Rebecca	98	↓2	38
40	Rhonda	96	↑4	44
41	Tamara	95	↑4	>100
42	Cathy	94	↑1	46
43	Tina	93	↓2	45
44	Michelle	88	↑3	39
45	Diana	86	new	53
46	Vicki	86	↓8	73
47	Jill	83	↑1	76
48	Becky	82	↓6	>100
49	Judy	81	↓3	48
50	Peggy	78	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	855	–	1
2	Michael	668	–	2
3	Mark	644	–	6
4	Robert	517	–	5
5	John	511	–	4
6	James	492	–	3
7	Richard	361	–	8
8	Steven	338	–	10
9	Scott	311	↑2	23
10	Daniel	297	↑3	17
11	Kevin	292	↓1	15
12	Jeffrey	281	↑3	14
13	William	280	↓4	7
14	Mike	272	↑3	36
15	Kenneth	264	↑4	16
16	Thomas	260	↑4	9
17	Brian	241	↓5	20
18	Timothy	241	–	11
19	Donald	225	↑4	19
20	Randy	225	↓6	32
21	Ronald	217	–	21
22	Gary	206	↓6	22
23	Douglas	185	↓1	30
24	Charles	182	↑3	13
25	Jeff	179	↑5	49
26	Steve	179	↑3	43
27	Gregory	173	↓2	24
28	Terry	171	↑3	34
29	Paul	170	↓5	18
30	Larry	168	↓4	28
31	Dennis	137	↓3	31
32	Jim	136	↑1	75
33	Eric	129	↑9	44
34	Tim	128	↑4	60
35	Craig	127	↓1	41
36	Joseph	118	↑3	12
37	Christopher	116	↑4	29
38	Jerry	115	↓6	37
39	Patrick	114	↓3	45
40	Bruce	112	↓5	39
41	Rick	112	↓4	>100
42	Stephen	112	↑1	27
43	Greg	108	new	83
44	Dale	107	↓4	54
45	Anthony	102	new	25
46	Dan	102	↓2	>100
47	Alan	100	new	50
48	Chris	93	new	63
49	Tom	93	↓3	86
50	Kelly	91	new	>100

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