Popular baby names in Oregon, 1966

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1966 were Lisa for girls (435 babies) and Michael for boys (680). Social Security records list 28,230 babies born in Oregon in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1966

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

Girls

Shelli: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Molly: 46 babies, 6× the national rate
Deena: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Amber: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tamera: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shawna: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kimberlee: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shannon: 99 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tami: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kari: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Casey: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Doug: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Grant: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mathew: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rick: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bob: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tom: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Matt: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trevor: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	435	–	1
2	Michelle	295	↑6	4
3	Julie	288	–	13
4	Kimberly	270	↓2	2
5	Karen	194	↓1	5
6	Brenda	177	↑4	25
7	Teresa	173	↓1	29
8	Susan	172	↓1	6
9	Tina	161	↑4	23
10	Mary	160	↓5	3
11	Tammy	157	↑1	8
12	Lori	156	↓3	21
13	Angela	150	↑4	9
14	Jennifer	148	↓3	10
15	Linda	145	↓1	18
16	Laura	132	–	19
17	Kelly	126	↓2	26
18	Tracy	120	↑6	31
19	Elizabeth	118	↑23	16
20	Sandra	118	↑8	17
21	Wendy	117	↑2	41
22	Dawn	114	↑28	24
23	Patricia	114	↓4	7
24	Debra	110	↓3	35
25	Cynthia	109	↓7	11
26	Deborah	109	↓6	14
27	Christine	108	↑4	20
28	Jill	106	↑12	49
29	Rebecca	106	↓4	40
30	Cindy	103	↓3	56
31	Pamela	102	↓9	15
32	Shannon	99	↑11	>100
33	Donna	94	↑5	12
34	Barbara	91	↑10	27
35	Nancy	90	↓6	33
36	Stephanie	90	new	38
37	Denise	89	↓11	32
38	Melissa	89	new	22
39	Cheryl	87	↓6	34
40	Kim	86	↓10	43
41	Tamara	86	–	98
42	Shelly	84	new	89
43	Debbie	83	↓11	73
44	Rhonda	83	↑2	39
45	Kathleen	81	↓6	37
46	Amy	77	↓12	30
47	Heidi	76	↓2	87
48	Michele	75	new	36
49	Sheila	75	new	51
50	Diana	74	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	680	–	1
2	David	612	–	2
3	John	471	↑1	4
4	Robert	468	↓1	5
5	James	457	–	3
6	Scott	389	↑3	16
7	Mark	321	↓1	7
8	Brian	304	↑5	14
9	Richard	299	↓2	8
10	Jeffrey	286	↓2	9
11	Steven	277	–	13
12	Kevin	267	↓2	17
13	Timothy	256	↓1	11
14	William	253	–	6
15	Daniel	240	–	19
16	Eric	208	↑2	25
17	Christopher	194	↑3	12
18	Thomas	191	↓1	10
19	Kenneth	182	↑2	21
20	Todd	179	↓4	29
21	Ronald	165	↑5	24
22	Paul	154	↓3	18
23	Charles	147	↓1	20
24	Gregory	146	–	23
25	Gary	140	↓2	28
26	Joseph	140	↑4	15
27	Donald	134	–	27
28	Patrick	134	↑1	31
29	Douglas	132	↓1	33
30	Troy	131	↑1	48
31	Matthew	125	↑5	34
32	Jeff	108	↑3	72
33	Anthony	106	↑8	22
34	Mike	103	↓9	69
35	Randy	103	↓2	45
36	Stephen	100	↑11	26
37	Jeffery	98	↑11	42
38	Andrew	93	new	36
39	Terry	93	↓2	40
40	Jerry	85	↑3	41
41	Keith	84	new	32
42	Larry	84	↓8	38
43	Craig	82	↓11	46
44	Rodney	82	↑6	35
45	Shawn	82	new	54
46	Darren	79	↓7	63
47	Sean	79	new	50
48	Tony	77	↓10	49
49	Bradley	72	↓4	68
50	Bryan	72	new	52

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