Popular baby names in Oregon, 1973

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (685 babies) and Jason for boys (716). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,632 babies born in Oregon in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1973

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

Girls

Brooke: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Rachelle: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Casey: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Amie: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rebekah: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kari: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawna: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tami: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dena: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Amber: 55 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Caleb: 16 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Ty: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Casey: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luke: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Cameron: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jacob: 69 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trevor: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tim: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tyler: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nathan: 130 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	685	–	1
2	Heather	330	↑5	8
3	Amy	285	–	2
4	Michelle	283	↓2	3
5	Angela	268	–	7
6	Lisa	217	↓2	5
7	Kimberly	213	↓1	4
8	Melissa	193	–	6
9	Julie	189	–	12
10	Rebecca	163	↑2	10
11	Stephanie	151	↓1	9
12	Sarah	149	↑8	35
13	Shannon	138	↓2	22
14	Christina	129	↑2	16
15	Nicole	124	↓2	11
16	Elizabeth	118	↑9	13
17	Tina	118	↑1	24
18	Heidi	108	↓4	65
19	Tracy	99	–	20
20	Wendy	99	↑4	29
21	Andrea	92	↑2	30
22	Dawn	92	↓7	21
23	Mary	90	↓1	14
24	Christine	87	↑2	17
25	Lori	87	↑2	28
26	Kelly	83	↑4	18
27	April	81	↑13	33
28	Jessica	81	↑6	34
29	Teresa	81	↓8	45
30	Carrie	80	↑14	46
31	Rachel	80	↑5	42
32	Brenda	77	↓1	53
33	Tammy	77	↓5	15
34	Laura	74	↓17	19
35	Tamara	74	–	66
36	Crystal	72	new	48
37	Tiffany	72	new	52
38	Tanya	70	↑5	50
39	Cynthia	69	↓7	26
40	Karen	69	↓11	23
41	Tara	67	↑8	37
42	Brandy	66	new	82
43	Susan	64	↓6	25
44	Erin	63	↑3	79
45	Kristin	61	↑3	78
46	Patricia	59	new	27
47	Holly	58	new	54
48	Katherine	58	new	64
49	Kristina	58	↓11	97
50	Melanie	58	↓17	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	716	–	3
2	Michael	587	–	1
3	Christopher	477	↑1	2
4	David	398	↓1	5
5	Brian	380	↑1	8
6	Robert	355	↑1	7
7	Matthew	339	↑2	10
8	James	323	↓3	4
9	John	293	↓1	6
10	Scott	248	–	18
11	Daniel	246	↑2	11
12	Ryan	246	↑3	30
13	Eric	245	↓2	13
14	Aaron	242	↑6	34
15	Jeffrey	217	↓3	17
16	William	206	↑2	9
17	Mark	187	↑2	15
18	Kevin	182	↓4	14
19	Richard	180	↓2	16
20	Steven	178	↓4	20
21	Jeremy	176	↑2	33
22	Joseph	172	–	12
23	Joshua	169	↑10	42
24	Timothy	164	↓3	22
25	Travis	156	–	53
26	Justin	155	↑1	51
27	Shawn	154	↑1	27
28	Chad	138	↓2	25
29	Andrew	135	↑12	29
30	Nathan	130	↑16	63
31	Thomas	120	↓7	19
32	Gregory	119	↓2	26
33	Jonathan	119	↑6	31
34	Anthony	115	↓5	21
35	Shane	114	↑5	54
36	Troy	108	↓4	59
37	Paul	101	↓6	24
38	Todd	99	↓4	35
39	Sean	91	↓2	36
40	Brandon	89	↑8	58
41	Benjamin	88	new	55
42	Charles	88	↓4	23
43	Douglas	86	↑4	47
44	Adam	81	↑6	45
45	Kenneth	80	↓10	28
46	Patrick	80	↓4	37
47	Bryan	79	↓3	43
48	Stephen	79	↓5	32
49	Donald	72	↓13	38
50	Erik	72	new	86

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