Popular baby names in Oregon, 1968

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1968 were Lisa for girls (427 babies) and Michael for boys (697). Social Security records list 28,041 babies born in Oregon in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1968

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

Girls

Tamra: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Molly: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shawna: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kris: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marci: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janelle: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Kari: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tami: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tiffany: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darcy: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Daren: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Casey: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rick: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Matt: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nick: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ryan: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trevor: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mike: 83 babies, 3× the national rate
Trent: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	427	–	1
2	Michelle	373	–	2
3	Julie	268	↑1	16
4	Kimberly	245	↓1	3
5	Jennifer	236	–	4
6	Angela	233	↑4	7
7	Tina	183	↑2	18
8	Teresa	158	↑7	30
9	Kelly	153	↑13	12
10	Tammy	153	↑2	8
11	Melissa	150	↑8	5
12	Shannon	149	↑14	53
13	Susan	149	↓6	10
14	Brenda	148	–	34
15	Laura	146	↑9	11
16	Mary	144	↓8	6
17	Lori	139	↓6	22
18	Tracy	133	↑17	25
19	Amy	126	↓6	13
20	Karen	126	↓14	9
21	Wendy	123	↑11	31
22	Stephanie	122	↑7	23
23	Rebecca	119	↓6	33
24	Elizabeth	110	↓6	17
25	Dawn	109	↑8	21
26	Linda	106	↓1	28
27	Tamara	100	↑9	80
28	Christina	99	↑18	44
29	Deborah	98	↓9	27
30	Sandra	98	↓7	26
31	Christine	97	↓15	14
32	Michele	97	↑10	29
33	Heidi	96	↓6	89
34	Cynthia	92	↓13	19
35	Debra	92	↓1	38
36	Patricia	88	↓5	15
37	Barbara	85	new	36
38	Pamela	84	↓1	20
39	Denise	82	↑2	35
40	Jill	81	↓10	46
41	Gina	78	new	58
42	Tonya	78	new	60
43	Donna	76	new	24
44	Leslie	75	new	66
45	Kristin	72	new	84
46	Andrea	71	new	48
47	Nancy	71	↓8	39
48	Heather	70	↑1	62
49	Kathleen	68	↓6	40
50	Carrie	67	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	697	–	1
2	David	582	–	2
3	John	482	↑1	3
4	Robert	458	↓1	5
5	James	446	–	4
6	Mark	387	↑1	7
7	Brian	371	↓1	10
8	Scott	337	–	14
9	Jeffrey	306	↑1	11
10	Richard	287	↓1	8
11	William	283	↑4	6
12	Steven	277	↓1	15
13	Timothy	245	↓1	13
14	Christopher	235	↓1	9
15	Todd	231	↑1	28
16	Eric	226	↑3	22
17	Daniel	220	–	18
18	Kevin	208	↓4	17
19	Matthew	188	↑7	24
20	Troy	183	↑1	40
21	Thomas	172	↓3	12
22	Paul	169	↓2	19
23	Joseph	162	↑9	16
24	Gregory	153	↑3	26
25	Jason	144	↑14	47
26	Douglas	142	↑2	33
27	Kenneth	141	↓3	23
28	Ronald	139	↓6	25
29	Gary	127	↓6	32
30	Sean	125	↑14	37
31	Patrick	124	↓6	30
32	Donald	120	↓3	29
33	Anthony	114	↓3	21
34	Shawn	108	↓1	43
35	Charles	104	↓4	20
36	Stephen	100	–	27
37	Craig	98	↑6	41
38	Andrew	90	–	34
39	Dennis	86	new	45
40	Mike	83	↓6	93
41	Bradley	82	↑9	57
42	Aaron	81	new	87
43	Larry	80	↓3	38
44	Jeffery	79	↓7	46
45	Jeff	78	↓4	90
46	Peter	75	new	39
47	Tony	75	↓5	52
48	Darren	73	new	60
49	Edward	72	new	31
50	Kelly	71	↓2	97

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