Popular baby names in Oregon, 1971

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (583 babies) and Michael for boys (677). Social Security records list 29,004 babies born in Oregon in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1971

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: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shauna: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Molly: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tami: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Shawna: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Brooke: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rebekah: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kari: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brandi: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marci: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tyler: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Justin: 96 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mathew: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Grant: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ty: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ian: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Geoffrey: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Casey: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Travis: 135 babies, 3× the national rate
Dustin: 39 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	583	–	1
2	Michelle	357	–	2
3	Angela	279	↑2	6
4	Lisa	269	↓1	3
5	Kimberly	259	↓1	4
6	Heather	224	↑3	12
7	Amy	221	–	5
8	Julie	209	↓2	10
9	Shannon	190	↓1	21
10	Melissa	171	–	7
11	Rebecca	148	↑7	23
12	Tina	141	↓1	20
13	Dawn	130	↑2	14
14	Lori	122	↑7	25
15	Christine	120	↑5	18
16	Wendy	120	↑6	29
17	Tracy	119	↓4	13
18	Christina	118	↑6	30
19	Stephanie	118	↓3	11
20	Laura	116	↓8	16
21	Tammy	112	↓7	8
22	Mary	110	↑3	9
23	Susan	108	–	17
24	Heidi	107	↓7	77
25	Elizabeth	99	↑4	19
26	Andrea	98	↑10	35
27	Teresa	97	–	34
28	Carrie	95	↑14	55
29	Brenda	93	↓10	43
30	Tamara	93	↑4	80
31	Karen	89	↓3	15
32	Nicole	89	↓2	27
33	Cynthia	86	–	24
34	Rachel	81	new	54
35	Kelly	78	↓9	22
36	Sandra	73	↑8	31
37	Sarah	73	↑11	58
38	Tonya	70	new	45
39	Kristin	66	↓7	71
40	Denise	65	↓2	36
41	Holly	64	↑5	76
42	Kristina	64	new	>100
43	Deborah	61	↓6	33
44	Pamela	61	↓4	28
45	Patricia	61	↓10	26
46	Jodi	60	new	94
47	Kristi	60	new	>100
48	Shelly	60	new	>100
49	Michele	59	↓6	39
50	Cindy	58	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	677	–	1
2	Jason	658	↑1	8
3	David	502	↓1	3
4	James	468	–	2
5	Robert	457	–	5
6	Christopher	418	↑3	6
7	Scott	396	↑1	10
8	John	387	↓2	4
9	Brian	313	↓2	9
10	Matthew	292	↑8	19
11	Kevin	268	↑5	14
12	Jeffrey	255	↓2	12
13	Eric	248	↑4	18
14	Steven	243	↓2	16
15	William	238	–	7
16	Daniel	224	↓3	20
17	Mark	218	↓6	13
18	Richard	216	↓4	11
19	Aaron	191	↑12	41
20	Timothy	189	↓1	21
21	Shawn	180	↑4	28
22	Thomas	168	–	17
23	Joseph	161	↑1	15
24	Paul	160	↓4	24
25	Todd	144	↓4	30
26	Gregory	142	↑1	26
27	Jeremy	140	↑20	45
28	Travis	135	↑12	61
29	Anthony	134	↓3	23
30	Troy	133	↓7	46
31	Chad	132	new	29
32	Charles	130	↑4	22
33	Douglas	125	↓3	39
34	Ryan	120	new	51
35	Donald	115	↓7	34
36	Andrew	114	↓1	33
37	Kenneth	114	↓8	25
38	Stephen	108	↑5	27
39	Craig	101	↓5	43
40	Patrick	101	↓7	35
41	Justin	96	new	>100
42	Shane	94	↓3	60
43	Sean	93	↓6	36
44	Ronald	92	↓6	31
45	Gary	91	↓13	38
46	Jeffery	84	↓4	53
47	Joshua	84	new	80
48	Jonathan	83	new	40
49	Adam	70	new	57
50	Dennis	70	↓6	49

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