Popular baby names in Oregon, 1972

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (725 babies) and Jason for boys (700). Jason ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,152 babies born in Oregon in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1972

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: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Corina: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Molly: 45 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darcy: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Janelle: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shawna: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wendi: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marci: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rebekah: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tami: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Ty: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Mathew: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rick: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Casey: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Matt: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Grant: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Travis: 141 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Justin: 134 babies, 3× the national rate
Jared: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 29 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	725	–	1
2	Michelle	328	–	2
3	Amy	276	↑4	5
4	Lisa	267	–	3
5	Angela	266	↓2	6
6	Kimberly	251	↓1	4
7	Heather	243	↓1	9
8	Melissa	178	↑2	7
9	Julie	172	↓1	12
10	Stephanie	155	↑9	8
11	Shannon	153	↓2	22
12	Rebecca	150	↓1	14
13	Nicole	136	↑19	10
14	Heidi	120	↑10	64
15	Dawn	113	↓2	20
16	Christina	105	↑2	26
17	Laura	103	↑3	17
18	Tina	103	↓6	18
19	Tracy	103	↓2	19
20	Sarah	102	↑17	49
21	Teresa	102	↑6	39
22	Mary	98	–	13
23	Andrea	97	↑3	30
24	Wendy	96	↓8	29
25	Elizabeth	90	–	15
26	Christine	89	↓11	16
27	Lori	88	↓13	28
28	Tammy	88	↓7	11
29	Karen	80	↑2	21
30	Kelly	78	↑5	23
31	Brenda	77	↓2	44
32	Cynthia	77	↑1	25
33	Melanie	76	new	42
34	Jessica	73	new	46
35	Tamara	72	↓5	84
36	Rachel	71	↓2	40
37	Susan	70	↓14	24
38	Kristina	66	↑4	>100
39	Sara	66	new	>100
40	April	65	new	48
41	Michele	65	↑8	36
42	Tonya	63	↓4	37
43	Tanya	61	new	54
44	Carrie	60	↓16	53
45	Denise	60	↓5	35
46	Jill	60	new	62
47	Erin	59	new	93
48	Kristin	58	↓9	67
49	Tara	57	new	38
50	Kathleen	56	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jason	700	↑1	7
2	Michael	631	↓1	1
3	David	461	–	4
4	Christopher	425	↑2	2
5	James	359	↓1	3
6	Brian	355	↑3	8
7	Robert	332	↓2	6
8	John	323	–	5
9	Matthew	287	↑1	10
10	Scott	280	↓3	11
11	Eric	274	↑2	16
12	Jeffrey	240	–	17
13	Daniel	230	↑3	15
14	Kevin	222	↓3	13
15	Ryan	214	↑19	39
16	Steven	211	↓2	19
17	Richard	209	↑1	14
18	William	209	↓3	9
19	Mark	201	↓2	18
20	Aaron	189	↓1	40
21	Timothy	186	↓1	21
22	Joseph	165	↑1	12
23	Jeremy	154	↑4	42
24	Thomas	147	↓2	20
25	Travis	141	↑3	57
26	Chad	134	↑5	25
27	Justin	134	↑14	60
28	Shawn	134	↓7	28
29	Anthony	131	–	22
30	Gregory	129	↓4	26
31	Paul	127	↓7	24
32	Troy	121	↓2	49
33	Joshua	119	↑14	59
34	Todd	115	↓9	31
35	Kenneth	110	↑2	27
36	Donald	108	↓1	36
37	Sean	103	↑6	33
38	Charles	100	↓6	23
39	Jonathan	100	↑9	37
40	Shane	100	↑2	55
41	Andrew	97	↓5	30
42	Patrick	95	↓2	35
43	Stephen	90	↓5	29
44	Bryan	88	new	45
45	Craig	83	↓6	46
46	Nathan	81	new	79
47	Douglas	79	↓14	43
48	Brandon	77	new	63
49	Gary	71	↓4	41
50	Adam	70	↓1	51

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