Popular baby names in Oregon, 1969

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1969 were Michelle for girls (377 babies) and Michael for boys (785). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 29,517 babies born in Oregon in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1969

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

Girls

Marci: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shawna: 49 babies, 5× the national rate
Molly: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Tamera: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tami: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shauna: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Nikki: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Serena: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darcy: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Leann: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lane: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Tyler: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Loren: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Casey: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Bob: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Cameron: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Matt: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trevor: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ken: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Doug: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	377	↑1	2
2	Lisa	367	↓1	1
3	Jennifer	339	↑2	3
4	Kimberly	301	–	4
5	Julie	284	↓2	12
6	Angela	268	–	7
7	Melissa	184	↑4	5
8	Shannon	172	↑4	31
9	Laura	170	↑6	10
10	Amy	164	↑9	6
11	Teresa	161	↓3	32
12	Tina	158	↓5	22
13	Tracy	153	↑5	17
14	Susan	150	↓1	11
15	Lori	148	↑2	20
16	Kelly	140	↓7	15
17	Christine	139	↑14	14
18	Tammy	134	↓8	9
19	Mary	132	↓3	8
20	Wendy	130	↑1	29
21	Christina	127	↑7	37
22	Brenda	125	↓8	38
23	Heather	125	↑25	34
24	Rebecca	122	↓1	28
25	Karen	120	↓5	13
26	Elizabeth	118	↓2	16
27	Heidi	111	↑6	80
28	Patricia	110	↑8	18
29	Stephanie	109	↓7	19
30	Dawn	107	↓5	21
31	Rhonda	98	new	44
32	Cynthia	96	↑2	23
33	Kristin	89	↑12	76
34	Deborah	87	↓5	27
35	Tamara	85	↓8	78
36	Debra	83	↓1	43
37	Andrea	82	↑9	48
38	Pamela	77	–	24
39	Linda	75	↓13	33
40	Theresa	75	new	49
41	Cheryl	74	new	41
42	Kathleen	73	↑7	42
43	Sandra	73	↓13	25
44	Jill	72	↓4	51
45	Barbara	71	↓8	39
46	Tonya	71	↓4	54
47	Denise	69	↓8	35
48	Michele	69	↓16	30
49	Sarah	69	new	72
50	Shelly	69	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	785	–	1
2	David	576	–	2
3	Robert	502	↑1	5
4	James	457	↑1	3
5	John	456	↓2	4
6	Scott	374	↑2	12
7	Mark	341	↓1	8
8	Brian	335	↓1	9
9	Jason	309	↑16	25
10	Jeffrey	297	↓1	11
11	Richard	294	↓1	10
12	Christopher	281	↑2	7
13	Steven	271	↓1	14
14	Kevin	258	↑4	16
15	Daniel	253	↑2	18
16	William	252	↓5	6
17	Eric	235	↓1	21
18	Timothy	219	↓5	17
19	Thomas	213	↑2	13
20	Matthew	204	↓1	24
21	Todd	204	↓6	28
22	Paul	177	–	22
23	Kenneth	162	↑4	23
24	Troy	157	↓4	42
25	Anthony	155	↑8	20
26	Joseph	146	↓3	15
27	Gregory	142	↓3	26
28	Douglas	141	↓2	34
29	Donald	134	↑3	30
30	Charles	132	↑5	19
31	Ronald	127	↓3	29
32	Patrick	125	↓1	31
33	Shawn	124	↑1	41
34	Sean	111	↓4	37
35	Aaron	108	↑7	61
36	Andrew	104	↑2	33
37	Gary	104	↓8	35
38	Stephen	98	↓2	27
39	Craig	95	↓2	39
40	Dennis	94	↓1	44
41	Shane	93	new	87
42	Bradley	91	↓1	53
43	Corey	90	new	58
44	Jeffery	88	–	48
45	Tony	82	↑2	54
46	Bryan	79	new	51
47	Mike	78	↓7	>100
48	Jerry	76	new	45
49	Edward	73	–	32
50	Jon	70	new	68

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