Popular baby names in Oregon, 1961

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1961 were Lisa for girls (373 babies) and David for boys (809). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,141 babies born in Oregon in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1961

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

Girls

Shannon: 54 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Leann: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kristi: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Molly: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelli: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Shelley: 65 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tracie: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tami: 66 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kris: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Traci: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Rod: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mitch: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ron: 71 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ryan: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Monty: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Doug: 62 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Matt: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Monte: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kris: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	373	↑3	2
2	Linda	345	↑1	4
3	Lori	343	↑3	14
4	Susan	336	↓3	3
5	Julie	310	↑2	23
6	Mary	305	↓4	1
7	Karen	287	↓2	5
8	Teresa	217	↑3	18
9	Brenda	208	↑7	11
10	Debbie	195	↓2	31
11	Cindy	193	↓2	33
12	Kathy	192	–	25
13	Debra	186	↓3	13
14	Sandra	181	↑9	9
15	Barbara	177	–	12
16	Nancy	173	↓2	16
17	Michelle	164	↑27	34
18	Laura	162	↑1	21
19	Kelly	158	↑2	45
20	Cheryl	155	↑7	20
21	Kimberly	151	↑1	22
22	Cynthia	149	↓2	8
23	Patricia	148	↑1	6
24	Pamela	142	↓6	15
25	Denise	140	↑8	30
26	Donna	140	↓9	7
27	Laurie	140	↑5	43
28	Elizabeth	136	↑2	19
29	Tammy	135	↓16	28
30	Deborah	134	↑1	10
31	Janet	131	↓3	32
32	Kathleen	130	↓3	29
33	Kim	126	↓8	36
34	Robin	121	↑1	27
35	Tina	120	↑8	41
36	Carol	118	↓10	24
37	Diane	110	↓1	26
38	Sharon	104	↓4	17
39	Tamara	99	↑2	>100
40	Rhonda	93	–	46
41	Terri	93	↓3	51
42	Tracy	91	new	64
43	Jennifer	89	new	47
44	Rebecca	89	↓5	44
45	Connie	79	↓8	50
46	Diana	78	↓1	56
47	Theresa	77	new	35
48	Angela	72	new	38
49	Carolyn	71	new	42
50	Peggy	71	–	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	809	–	2
2	Michael	687	–	1
3	Mark	596	–	6
4	John	525	↑1	3
5	Robert	512	↓1	5
6	James	496	–	4
7	Scott	349	↑2	19
8	Steven	341	–	10
9	Richard	339	↓2	8
10	Kevin	310	↑1	14
11	Jeffrey	299	↑1	11
12	Brian	291	↑5	20
13	William	269	–	7
14	Mike	263	–	36
15	Daniel	236	↓5	17
16	Timothy	233	↑2	15
17	Gary	217	↑5	21
18	Thomas	214	↓2	9
19	Kenneth	209	↓4	16
20	Paul	198	↑9	18
21	Jeff	189	↑4	49
22	Douglas	185	↑1	28
23	Ronald	183	↓2	24
24	Donald	178	↓5	22
25	Gregory	177	↑2	23
26	Randy	168	↓6	33
27	Charles	156	↓3	13
28	Larry	156	↑2	30
29	Patrick	147	↑10	39
30	Steve	146	↓4	45
31	Joseph	138	↑5	12
32	Todd	136	new	46
33	Terry	131	↓5	32
34	Jim	130	↓2	78
35	Craig	119	–	43
36	Eric	118	↓3	38
37	Bruce	115	↑3	40
38	Dennis	108	↓7	34
39	Stephen	107	↑3	27
40	Christopher	105	↓3	26
41	Jerry	103	↓3	37
42	Rick	103	↓1	>100
43	Tim	101	↓9	65
44	Dale	100	–	58
45	Tony	93	new	53
46	Chris	90	↑2	57
47	Dan	89	↓1	>100
48	Edward	89	new	29
49	Roger	88	new	47
50	Greg	87	↓7	77

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