Popular baby names in Oregon, 1975

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (685 babies) and Jason for boys (655). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,788 babies born in Oregon in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1975

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: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leanne: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 135 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katie: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tia: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rachelle: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mandi: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bobbi: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawna: 45 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Jake: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Levi: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ty: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Caleb: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tyler: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
Jacob: 125 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cody: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lucas: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tyson: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ian: 51 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	685	–	1
2	Amy	458	↑1	2
3	Heather	355	↓1	3
4	Angela	332	–	5
5	Michelle	272	–	6
6	Sarah	264	–	17
7	Melissa	221	↑3	4
8	Jessica	195	↑7	13
9	Lisa	182	↓2	8
10	Kimberly	178	↓2	7
11	Rebecca	170	↓2	11
12	Stephanie	163	↓1	9
13	Christina	152	↑1	12
14	Julie	149	↓2	18
15	Shannon	138	↓2	21
16	Rachel	136	↑2	26
17	Amanda	135	↑11	14
18	Heidi	135	↓2	66
19	Nicole	135	↓2	10
20	Elizabeth	122	↑2	15
21	Laura	114	↑2	20
22	Amber	108	↑16	59
23	Wendy	106	↓3	33
24	Sara	105	–	54
25	Andrea	102	↓6	28
26	Carrie	102	↓5	29
27	Mary	94	↑5	19
28	Misty	93	↑14	47
29	Erin	92	–	38
30	Christine	91	↓3	22
31	April	88	↓1	25
32	Kelly	88	↓7	16
33	Tiffany	88	↑10	37
34	Tina	85	↓3	35
35	Brandy	77	↑11	57
36	Anna	76	↑14	79
37	Dawn	76	↓11	23
38	Tracy	76	↓3	24
39	Emily	75	↑2	48
40	Megan	70	new	69
41	Crystal	66	new	43
42	Brenda	64	↑2	67
43	Stacey	64	new	44
44	Stacy	64	new	34
45	Holly	62	↓6	55
46	Karen	61	↓10	27
47	Susan	61	new	32
48	Tara	60	↓14	41
49	Jill	59	↓2	46
50	Jamie	56	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	655	–	2
2	Michael	618	–	1
3	Christopher	473	–	3
4	David	413	–	5
5	Brian	392	–	8
6	Matthew	383	–	9
7	Ryan	377	↑1	23
8	Joshua	348	↑3	26
9	James	326	–	4
10	Robert	320	↓3	6
11	John	307	↓1	7
12	Daniel	289	↑1	11
13	Jeremy	263	↓1	24
14	Aaron	240	↑2	32
15	Jeffrey	235	↓1	14
16	Scott	233	↓1	17
17	Joseph	223	↑3	12
18	Eric	219	–	13
19	Kevin	209	↓2	15
20	Justin	207	↑2	37
21	William	202	↓2	10
22	Timothy	197	↑2	22
23	Steven	193	↓2	18
24	Andrew	190	↑3	28
25	Benjamin	182	↑6	36
26	Nathan	166	↑2	45
27	Mark	161	↓4	19
28	Richard	158	↓3	16
29	Travis	152	↓3	51
30	Chad	139	↓1	27
31	Jonathan	137	↑4	30
32	Shawn	129	↑5	31
33	Thomas	128	↓1	20
34	Jacob	125	↑10	75
35	Anthony	121	↓5	21
36	Charles	119	↑9	25
37	Adam	109	↑1	38
38	Brandon	107	↑1	44
39	Jesse	104	↑7	64
40	Gregory	96	↓7	33
41	Paul	96	↓5	29
42	Kenneth	95	↓1	35
43	Sean	92	↓1	40
44	Stephen	89	new	34
45	Troy	89	↑2	69
46	Shane	87	↓12	57
47	Bryan	81	↓4	47
48	Patrick	81	new	39
49	Todd	77	↓9	43
50	Brent	74	new	79

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