Popular baby names in Oregon, 1962

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1962 were Lisa for girls (367 babies) and David for boys (734). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,605 babies born in Oregon in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1962

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

Girls

Tamera: 27 babies, 6× the national rate
Shannon: 60 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tami: 89 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Molly: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristy: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristi: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Traci: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristin: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelley: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heather: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Grant: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Matt: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ron: 63 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tod: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Doug: 61 babies, 4× the national rate
Darin: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Monty: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rick: 104 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Casey: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Monte: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	367	–	1
2	Susan	311	↑2	3
3	Julie	295	↑2	22
4	Karen	293	↑3	4
5	Lori	291	↓2	11
6	Linda	275	↓4	5
7	Mary	234	↓1	2
8	Teresa	226	–	18
9	Brenda	216	–	12
10	Cindy	207	↑1	34
11	Debra	187	↑2	15
12	Sandra	180	↑2	10
13	Kimberly	177	↑8	16
14	Michelle	172	↑3	31
15	Kelly	167	↑4	38
16	Debbie	165	↓6	32
17	Barbara	155	↓2	14
18	Cheryl	154	↑2	24
19	Patricia	150	↑4	6
20	Kathy	149	↓8	27
21	Cynthia	146	↑1	8
22	Tammy	145	↑7	23
23	Kim	143	↑10	37
24	Laurie	142	↑3	42
25	Laura	137	↓7	21
26	Nancy	137	↓10	19
27	Tina	135	↑8	33
28	Deborah	130	↑2	9
29	Tracy	125	↑13	55
30	Elizabeth	123	↓2	20
31	Rhonda	123	↑9	45
32	Diane	120	↑5	26
33	Kathleen	120	↓1	29
34	Pamela	120	↓10	13
35	Carol	119	↑1	28
36	Denise	117	↓11	30
37	Sharon	116	↑1	17
38	Donna	111	↓12	7
39	Janet	109	↓8	35
40	Jennifer	107	↑3	41
41	Connie	102	↑4	51
42	Robin	102	↓8	25
43	Tamara	90	↓4	>100
44	Rebecca	89	–	47
45	Tami	89	new	>100
46	Theresa	88	↑1	40
47	Angela	87	↑1	36
48	Terri	80	↓7	54
49	Dawn	79	new	50
50	Shelly	77	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	734	–	2
2	Michael	685	–	1
3	John	601	↑1	3
4	Mark	546	↓1	6
5	Robert	513	–	5
6	James	453	–	4
7	Scott	367	–	11
8	Steven	310	–	12
9	Richard	299	–	8
10	Kevin	295	–	14
11	Jeffrey	282	–	10
12	Brian	273	–	20
13	William	266	–	7
14	Daniel	256	↑1	17
15	Mike	233	↓1	39
16	Thomas	225	↑2	9
17	Douglas	222	↑5	27
18	Gary	212	↓1	22
19	Timothy	208	↓3	16
20	Jeff	207	↑1	44
21	Kenneth	191	↓2	18
22	Ronald	190	↑1	25
23	Todd	186	↑9	30
24	Donald	183	–	23
25	Paul	179	↓5	19
26	Gregory	168	↓1	21
27	Steve	150	↑3	46
28	Charles	148	↓1	15
29	Eric	146	↑7	33
30	Joseph	146	↑1	13
31	Randy	145	↓5	35
32	Terry	134	↑1	34
33	Greg	127	↑17	77
34	Dennis	121	↑4	37
35	Larry	121	↓7	31
36	Tim	116	↑7	72
37	Patrick	115	↓8	40
38	Christopher	113	↑2	26
39	Troy	108	new	67
40	Jim	105	↓6	85
41	Rick	104	↑1	>100
42	Jeffery	103	new	45
43	Bruce	101	↓6	41
44	Craig	101	↓9	51
45	Jerry	101	↓4	38
46	Tony	96	↓1	52
47	Edward	94	↑1	29
48	Stephen	92	↓9	28
49	Chris	91	↓3	60
50	Matthew	89	new	56

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