Popular baby names in Oregon, 1965

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1965 were Lisa for girls (421 babies) and Michael for boys (696). Social Security records list 28,851 babies born in Oregon in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1965

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

Girls

Darcy: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Marci: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Kari: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tami: 58 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Molly: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shannon: 82 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tamera: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Leann: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cheri: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Teri: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Rod: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lyle: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Casey: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Corey: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dave: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Daren: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Pat: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Ron: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dan: 60 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Matt: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	421	–	1
2	Kimberly	277	↑5	4
3	Julie	264	↓1	14
4	Karen	233	↑1	3
5	Mary	229	↓2	2
6	Teresa	209	–	24
7	Susan	194	↓3	5
8	Michelle	177	–	18
9	Lori	174	↑1	19
10	Brenda	163	↑1	23
11	Jennifer	161	↑18	20
12	Tammy	158	↑1	11
13	Tina	156	↑13	29
14	Linda	155	↓5	8
15	Kelly	150	↓1	30
16	Laura	145	↓4	17
17	Angela	143	↑7	10
18	Cynthia	142	–	9
19	Patricia	134	↓3	6
20	Deborah	128	↓5	13
21	Debra	124	↑2	27
22	Pamela	117	↓3	12
23	Wendy	116	↑23	39
24	Tracy	115	↑3	36
25	Rebecca	114	↑12	41
26	Denise	113	↑17	28
27	Cindy	109	↓7	53
28	Sandra	109	↓11	15
29	Nancy	105	↓4	32
30	Kim	102	↓8	43
31	Christine	100	↑16	21
32	Debbie	100	↓11	62
33	Cheryl	93	↑1	31
34	Amy	88	new	35
35	Diane	88	–	40
36	Laurie	87	–	60
37	Robin	87	↓6	33
38	Donna	85	↓6	7
39	Kathleen	85	↓6	34
40	Jill	84	–	51
41	Tamara	83	↑3	>100
42	Elizabeth	82	↓14	16
43	Shannon	82	↑7	>100
44	Barbara	81	↓14	25
45	Heidi	81	new	>100
46	Rhonda	80	↑2	37
47	Kathy	79	↓6	54
48	Connie	78	new	61
49	Carol	75	↓11	42
50	Dawn	75	↓8	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	696	↑1	1
2	David	598	↓1	3
3	Robert	525	–	5
4	John	498	–	2
5	James	435	–	4
6	Mark	357	–	7
7	Richard	326	–	8
8	Jeffrey	300	↑3	10
9	Scott	297	–	15
10	Kevin	289	↑2	13
11	Steven	285	↓1	14
12	Timothy	267	↑3	12
13	Brian	263	↓5	19
14	William	243	↓1	6
15	Daniel	237	↓1	17
16	Todd	217	↑2	30
17	Thomas	189	–	9
18	Eric	188	↑4	25
19	Paul	188	↓3	16
20	Christopher	185	↑11	18
21	Kenneth	181	–	21
22	Charles	156	↑6	20
23	Gary	155	↑2	27
24	Gregory	155	↑2	23
25	Mike	154	↓1	51
26	Ronald	152	↓3	24
27	Donald	151	↓8	26
28	Douglas	140	↓8	32
29	Patrick	135	–	31
30	Joseph	128	↓3	11
31	Troy	127	↑1	53
32	Craig	116	↑4	46
33	Randy	116	↑1	42
34	Larry	112	↑1	38
35	Jeff	108	↓5	62
36	Matthew	102	↑2	36
37	Terry	97	↑2	40
38	Tony	96	new	48
39	Darren	95	new	52
40	Steve	93	↓7	55
41	Anthony	92	↓4	22
42	Chris	91	↑2	60
43	Jerry	88	↓3	41
44	Tim	87	↓2	97
45	Bradley	79	new	72
46	Dennis	79	↓5	44
47	Stephen	79	↓4	28
48	Jeffery	78	new	47
49	Edward	75	↓2	29
50	Rodney	75	new	33

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