Popular baby names in Oregon, 1974

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (745 babies) and Jason for boys (772). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,013 babies born in Oregon in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1974

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

Girls

Chelsea: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hilary: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Terra: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tami: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kari: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Molly: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darcy: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katie: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 125 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawna: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Rian: 15 babies, 29.7× the national rate
Caleb: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bryce: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trevor: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyson: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jacob: 91 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Toby: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Casey: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cameron: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	745	–	1
2	Heather	345	–	4
3	Amy	341	–	2
4	Angela	335	↑1	5
5	Michelle	258	↓1	3
6	Sarah	216	↑6	20
7	Lisa	215	↓1	8
8	Kimberly	199	↓1	6
9	Rebecca	195	↑1	10
10	Melissa	189	↓2	7
11	Stephanie	183	–	9
12	Julie	172	↓3	14
13	Shannon	166	–	18
14	Christina	143	–	16
15	Jessica	137	↑13	17
16	Heidi	125	↑2	60
17	Nicole	120	↓2	11
18	Rachel	108	↑13	36
19	Andrea	103	↑2	35
20	Wendy	101	–	32
21	Carrie	98	↑9	42
22	Elizabeth	98	↓6	12
23	Laura	96	↑11	21
24	Sara	96	new	61
25	Kelly	95	↑1	15
26	Dawn	92	↓4	22
27	Christine	91	↓3	19
28	Amanda	90	new	34
29	Erin	89	↑15	47
30	April	86	↓3	28
31	Tina	84	↓14	25
32	Mary	83	↓9	13
33	Tammy	78	–	24
34	Tara	77	↑7	39
35	Tracy	77	↓16	23
36	Karen	75	↑4	26
37	Lori	75	↓12	30
38	Amber	74	new	92
39	Holly	74	↑8	56
40	Tonya	74	new	37
41	Emily	71	new	69
42	Misty	70	new	66
43	Tiffany	70	↓6	41
44	Brenda	68	↓12	59
45	Katherine	68	↑3	62
46	Brandy	66	↓4	80
47	Jill	66	new	58
48	Kristin	66	↓3	72
49	Teresa	65	↓20	52
50	Anna	63	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	772	–	2
2	Michael	533	–	1
3	Christopher	500	–	3
4	David	383	–	4
5	Brian	371	–	8
6	Matthew	360	↑1	9
7	Robert	325	↓1	7
8	Ryan	314	↑4	25
9	James	313	↓1	5
10	John	306	↓1	6
11	Joshua	289	↑12	29
12	Jeremy	262	↑9	24
13	Daniel	259	↓2	11
14	Jeffrey	226	↑1	15
15	Scott	221	↓5	18
16	Aaron	218	↓2	32
17	Kevin	218	↑1	14
18	Eric	206	↓5	13
19	William	197	↓3	10
20	Joseph	194	↑2	12
21	Steven	187	↓1	19
22	Justin	177	↑4	43
23	Mark	177	↓6	16
24	Timothy	173	–	22
25	Richard	166	↓6	17
26	Travis	152	↓1	54
27	Andrew	149	↑2	28
28	Nathan	144	↑2	52
29	Chad	137	↓1	26
30	Anthony	131	↑4	21
31	Benjamin	127	↑10	46
32	Thomas	127	↓1	20
33	Gregory	123	↓1	31
34	Shane	123	↑1	56
35	Jonathan	116	↓2	33
36	Paul	116	↑1	27
37	Shawn	114	↓10	30
38	Adam	113	↑6	36
39	Brandon	110	↑1	51
40	Todd	105	↓2	39
41	Kenneth	102	↑4	34
42	Sean	99	↓3	37
43	Bryan	97	↑4	45
44	Jacob	91	new	88
45	Charles	90	↓3	23
46	Jesse	82	new	67
47	Troy	82	↓11	63
48	Douglas	81	↓5	53
49	Peter	73	new	50
50	Gary	72	new	48

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