Popular baby names in Oregon, 1976

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (720 babies) and Jason for boys (654). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,973 babies born in Oregon in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1976

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: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tami: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Summer: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelby: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawna: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jolene: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Katie: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Autumn: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lindsey: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jake: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Caleb: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tyson: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Bryce: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyler: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dustin: 111 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cody: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Devin: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jacob: 146 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	720	–	1
2	Amy	377	–	2
3	Heather	342	–	4
4	Angela	326	–	5
5	Sarah	297	↑1	15
6	Melissa	284	↑1	3
7	Jessica	258	↑1	8
8	Michelle	210	↓3	6
9	Lisa	201	–	9
10	Jamie	198	↑40	18
11	Rebecca	187	–	12
12	Sara	181	↑12	27
13	Kimberly	166	↓3	7
14	Stephanie	164	↓2	11
15	Julie	158	↓1	21
16	Amanda	156	↑1	10
17	Shannon	151	↓2	17
18	Amber	139	↑4	49
19	Nicole	139	–	13
20	Elizabeth	134	–	16
21	Christina	131	↓8	14
22	Rachel	126	↓6	23
23	Erin	125	↑6	24
24	Misty	115	↑4	46
25	Andrea	113	–	25
26	Jaime	112	new	29
27	Emily	104	↑12	50
28	Laura	102	↓7	20
29	Carrie	101	↓3	28
30	Heidi	101	↓12	70
31	Mary	94	↓4	22
32	April	93	↓1	30
33	Karen	88	↑13	31
34	Megan	84	↑6	62
35	Tiffany	81	↓2	32
36	Anna	77	–	78
37	Wendy	77	↓14	39
38	Tracy	76	–	37
39	Holly	74	↑6	56
40	Kelly	73	↓8	19
41	Dawn	72	↓4	35
42	Crystal	70	↓1	36
43	Danielle	69	new	33
44	Tammy	68	new	41
45	Tina	68	↓11	48
46	Jill	64	↑3	52
47	Christine	63	↓17	26
48	Stacey	61	↓5	51
49	Brandy	60	↓14	55
50	Kristina	58	new	97

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	654	–	2
2	Michael	626	–	1
3	Christopher	447	–	3
4	Joshua	423	↑4	18
5	Matthew	420	↑1	9
6	Ryan	417	↑1	16
7	David	404	↓3	4
8	James	364	↑1	5
9	Brian	362	↓4	8
10	Jeremy	349	↑3	14
11	Daniel	310	↑1	10
12	Robert	293	↓2	7
13	Eric	276	↑5	13
14	Aaron	264	–	30
15	John	262	↓4	6
16	Justin	248	↑4	33
17	Joseph	247	–	12
18	William	222	↑3	11
19	Benjamin	218	↑6	32
20	Scott	211	↓4	24
21	Andrew	199	↑3	27
22	Jeffrey	198	↓7	17
23	Nathan	192	↑3	39
24	Travis	184	↑5	46
25	Kevin	179	↓6	15
26	Timothy	179	↓4	21
27	Steven	159	↓4	20
28	Richard	151	–	19
29	Mark	149	↓2	25
30	Jacob	146	↑4	63
31	Jesse	145	↑8	55
32	Brandon	139	↑6	40
33	Thomas	138	–	23
34	Anthony	134	↑1	22
35	Paul	125	↑6	28
36	Jonathan	124	↓5	31
37	Adam	122	–	36
38	Charles	119	↓2	26
39	Dustin	111	new	82
40	Chad	107	↓10	29
41	Gregory	104	↓1	35
42	Shawn	104	↓10	34
43	Patrick	94	↑5	41
44	Bryan	93	↑3	43
45	Stephen	91	↓1	37
46	Shane	87	–	57
47	Sean	85	↓4	42
48	Peter	80	new	54
49	Donald	78	new	47
50	Gabriel	75	new	81

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