Popular baby names in Oregon, 1970

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (486 babies) and Michael for boys (814). Social Security records list 30,955 babies born in Oregon in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1970

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

Girls

Tawnya: 19 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Darcy: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Molly: 48 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tamera: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shawna: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tami: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 129 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kirsten: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kimberlee: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Ty: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cameron: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Doug: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Casey: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mathew: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyler: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dustin: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cory: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Justin: 62 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	486	↑2	1
2	Michelle	385	↓1	4
3	Lisa	314	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	302	–	3
5	Angela	286	↑1	6
6	Julie	240	↓1	11
7	Amy	224	↑3	5
8	Shannon	211	–	22
9	Heather	210	↑14	19
10	Melissa	173	↓3	7
11	Tina	165	↑1	21
12	Laura	152	↓3	13
13	Tracy	151	–	10
14	Tammy	150	↑4	8
15	Dawn	144	↑15	16
16	Stephanie	138	↑13	17
17	Heidi	129	↑10	81
18	Rebecca	128	↑6	29
19	Brenda	127	↑3	40
20	Christine	127	↓3	14
21	Lori	127	↓6	23
22	Wendy	127	↓2	28
23	Susan	124	↓9	15
24	Christina	123	↓3	35
25	Mary	122	↓6	9
26	Kelly	119	↓10	20
27	Teresa	117	↓16	34
28	Karen	116	↓3	12
29	Elizabeth	105	↓3	18
30	Nicole	105	new	30
31	Jill	99	↑13	52
32	Kristin	98	↑1	63
33	Cynthia	92	↓1	25
34	Tamara	90	↑1	79
35	Patricia	89	↓7	24
36	Andrea	85	↑1	43
37	Deborah	85	↓3	33
38	Denise	85	↑9	36
39	Debra	79	↓3	47
40	Pamela	78	↓2	26
41	Traci	76	new	100
42	Carrie	75	new	73
43	Michele	74	↑5	31
44	Sandra	72	↓1	27
45	Barbara	71	–	41
46	Holly	70	new	74
47	Rhonda	70	↓16	46
48	Sarah	70	↑1	65
49	Kathleen	68	↓7	45
50	Dana	66	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	814	–	1
2	David	561	–	3
3	Jason	545	↑6	13
4	James	493	–	2
5	Robert	483	↓2	5
6	John	443	↓1	4
7	Brian	365	↑1	8
8	Scott	351	↓2	12
9	Christopher	340	↑3	6
10	Jeffrey	310	–	11
11	Mark	291	↓4	9
12	Steven	282	↑1	15
13	Daniel	276	↑2	19
14	Richard	276	↓3	10
15	William	275	↑1	7
16	Kevin	264	↓2	14
17	Eric	261	–	18
18	Matthew	217	↑2	24
19	Timothy	210	↓1	20
20	Paul	208	↑2	23
21	Todd	196	–	28
22	Thomas	194	↓3	17
23	Troy	191	↑1	41
24	Joseph	184	↑2	16
25	Shawn	177	↑8	34
26	Anthony	156	↓1	22
27	Gregory	152	–	26
28	Donald	137	↑1	30
29	Kenneth	135	↓6	25
30	Douglas	134	↓2	36
31	Aaron	131	↑4	52
32	Gary	122	↑5	35
33	Patrick	122	↓1	33
34	Craig	115	↑5	39
35	Andrew	114	↑1	32
36	Charles	114	↓6	21
37	Sean	114	↓3	37
38	Ronald	112	↓7	29
39	Shane	106	↑2	64
40	Travis	102	new	69
41	Bradley	97	↑1	47
42	Jeffery	87	↑2	50
43	Stephen	87	↓5	27
44	Dennis	86	↓4	46
45	Jon	84	↑5	68
46	Brent	79	new	74
47	Jeremy	79	new	70
48	Lance	79	new	76
49	Larry	78	new	43
50	Jeff	71	new	>100

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