Popular baby names in Oregon, 1977

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (727 babies) and Michael for boys (622). Social Security records list 32,216 babies born in Oregon in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1977

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

Girls

Tami: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chelsea: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mandi: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Hillary: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wendi: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sonja: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Molly: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terra: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawna: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katie: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Rian: 24 babies, 27.2× the national rate
Forrest: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jake: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Levi: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyler: 64 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ty: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dylan: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Casey: 100 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Caleb: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jeff: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	727	–	1
2	Sarah	380	↑3	11
3	Amy	340	↓1	3
4	Jessica	334	↑3	4
5	Angela	321	↓1	6
6	Heather	311	↓3	5
7	Melissa	307	↓1	2
8	Michelle	243	–	7
9	Lisa	210	–	12
10	Sara	193	↑2	27
11	Amanda	191	↑5	9
12	Kimberly	183	↑1	8
13	Rebecca	179	↓2	17
14	Jamie	173	↓4	18
15	Nicole	165	↑4	15
16	Amber	164	↑2	33
17	Christina	161	↑4	16
18	Andrea	151	↑7	24
19	Elizabeth	150	↑1	13
20	Rachel	149	↑2	26
21	Kelly	148	↑19	10
22	Stephanie	148	↓8	14
23	Shannon	137	↓6	19
24	Emily	131	↑3	37
25	Erin	120	↓2	23
26	Julie	119	↓11	22
27	Carrie	118	↑2	28
28	Misty	118	↓4	40
29	Laura	103	↓1	20
30	Crystal	97	↑12	25
31	Heidi	95	↓1	81
32	April	88	–	29
33	Mary	84	↓2	21
34	Megan	82	–	54
35	Tiffany	82	–	34
36	Wendy	78	↑1	49
37	Christine	74	↑10	30
38	Tara	74	new	35
39	Jaime	73	↓13	46
40	Mandy	69	new	94
41	Anna	68	↓5	74
42	Jill	67	↑4	41
43	Katie	67	new	>100
44	Katherine	66	new	44
45	Kristina	66	↑5	83
46	Summer	65	new	>100
47	Danielle	62	↓4	31
48	Holly	62	↓9	52
49	Maria	62	new	36
50	Molly	62	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	622	↑1	1
2	Jason	581	↓1	2
3	Christopher	531	–	3
4	Joshua	494	–	14
5	Matthew	465	–	9
6	Ryan	425	–	16
7	David	423	–	4
8	Brian	409	↑1	8
9	James	407	↓1	5
10	Robert	334	↑2	6
11	Jeremy	330	↓1	15
12	John	317	↑3	7
13	Daniel	307	↓2	11
14	Joseph	296	↑3	10
15	Aaron	287	↓1	32
16	Eric	254	↓3	17
17	Justin	250	↓1	30
18	Benjamin	232	↑1	29
19	Jeffrey	226	↑3	19
20	Kevin	223	↑5	13
21	Andrew	222	–	24
22	Nathan	220	↑1	36
23	Timothy	211	↑3	18
24	Travis	210	–	44
25	William	208	↓7	12
26	Scott	195	↓6	27
27	Steven	167	–	23
28	Jacob	163	↑2	56
29	Richard	159	↓1	20
30	Mark	157	↓1	25
31	Jonathan	155	↑5	28
32	Adam	154	↑5	33
33	Jesse	142	↓2	54
34	Thomas	140	↓1	22
35	Brandon	134	↓3	41
36	Anthony	132	↓2	21
37	Paul	131	↓2	31
38	Charles	128	–	26
39	Shawn	110	↑3	37
40	Dustin	109	↓1	81
41	Gregory	108	–	35
42	Chad	105	↓2	34
43	Jeremiah	102	new	69
44	Casey	100	new	>100
45	Bryan	98	↓1	42
46	Shane	98	–	61
47	Kenneth	94	new	39
48	Samuel	93	new	60
49	Sean	93	↓2	43
50	Nicholas	92	new	51

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