Popular baby names in Oregon, 1978

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (694 babies) and Michael for boys (645). Social Security records list 33,557 babies born in Oregon in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1978

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

Girls

Kelsey: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Brianna: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mariah: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rachelle: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lacey: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsea: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Molly: 66 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 115 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hannah: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Haley: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rian: 15 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Tyson: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Caleb: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyler: 75 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Robin: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elijah: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Levi: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Jesse: 194 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cody: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jacob: 192 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	694	–	1
2	Sarah	429	–	8
3	Jessica	354	↑1	3
4	Heather	327	↑2	5
5	Angela	308	–	7
6	Melissa	307	↑1	2
7	Amy	291	↓4	4
8	Michelle	243	–	9
9	Amanda	235	↑2	6
10	Rebecca	218	↑3	17
11	Stephanie	213	↑11	16
12	Lisa	192	↓3	11
13	Sara	190	↓3	28
14	Amber	188	↑2	30
15	Nicole	172	–	10
16	Elizabeth	165	↑3	14
17	Rachel	164	↑3	25
18	Kimberly	163	↓6	13
19	Christina	161	↓2	15
20	Crystal	159	↑10	18
21	Erin	154	↑4	21
22	Andrea	148	↓4	23
23	Jamie	138	↓9	20
24	Kelly	136	↓3	12
25	Emily	135	↓1	33
26	Laura	135	↑3	19
27	Julie	129	↓1	26
28	Megan	126	↑6	41
29	Shannon	121	↓6	22
30	Heidi	115	↑1	83
31	April	109	↑1	27
32	Misty	103	↓4	43
33	Mary	97	–	24
34	Carrie	94	↓7	35
35	Tiffany	94	–	32
36	Kristina	90	↑9	64
37	Anna	87	↑4	65
38	Katherine	87	↑6	38
39	Christine	84	↓2	29
40	Katie	82	↑3	90
41	Tara	78	↓3	40
42	Brandy	77	new	37
43	Kathryn	74	new	57
44	Danielle	70	↑3	31
45	Lindsay	70	new	95
46	Holly	68	↑2	55
47	Dawn	67	new	52
48	Molly	66	↑2	>100
49	Erica	65	new	34
50	Wendy	65	↓14	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	645	–	1
2	Jason	610	–	2
3	Christopher	549	–	3
4	Ryan	494	↑2	14
5	Joshua	486	↓1	12
6	Matthew	481	↓1	6
7	David	421	–	4
8	James	411	↑1	5
9	Brian	352	↓1	9
10	Robert	338	–	8
11	Jeremy	328	–	18
12	Daniel	326	↑1	11
13	Joseph	306	↑1	10
14	Nicholas	293	↑36	25
15	John	284	↓3	7
16	Andrew	282	↑5	22
17	Justin	281	–	28
18	Aaron	263	↓3	32
19	Timothy	251	↑4	17
20	Eric	235	↓4	16
21	Nathan	230	↑1	36
22	Scott	222	↑4	30
23	William	219	↑2	13
24	Jeffrey	210	↓5	19
25	Benjamin	208	↓7	34
26	Kevin	208	↓6	15
27	Adam	201	↑5	29
28	Jesse	194	↑5	51
29	Jacob	192	↓1	50
30	Travis	180	↓6	46
31	Jonathan	174	–	31
32	Steven	171	↓5	24
33	Mark	164	↓3	26
34	Brandon	159	↑1	40
35	Richard	155	↓6	21
36	Shawn	154	↑3	39
37	Thomas	147	↓3	23
38	Anthony	142	↓2	20
39	Paul	119	↓2	33
40	Chad	116	↑2	35
41	Dustin	108	↓1	68
42	Charles	102	↓4	27
43	Kenneth	98	↑4	41
44	Sean	98	↑5	45
45	Patrick	97	new	42
46	Stephen	93	new	37
47	Bryan	92	↓2	43
48	Gregory	91	↓7	38
49	Kyle	86	new	63
50	Cory	84	new	73

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