Popular baby names in Oregon, 1979

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (725 babies) and Michael for boys (674). Social Security records list 36,148 babies born in Oregon in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1979

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

Girls

Haley: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darcy: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Katy: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Malinda: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jessie: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Morgan: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brittany: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trisha: 55 babies, 3× the national rate
Hannah: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Tia: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Rian: 19 babies, 18× the national rate
Jered: 16 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Bryce: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Colby: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Forrest: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Levi: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tyler: 96 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyson: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Morgan: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	725	–	1
2	Sarah	450	–	6
3	Melissa	428	↑3	2
4	Jessica	410	↓1	4
5	Heather	342	↓1	7
6	Angela	312	↓1	8
7	Amanda	304	↑2	3
8	Amy	294	↓1	5
9	Michelle	252	↓1	10
10	Nicole	214	↑5	9
11	Elizabeth	209	↑5	11
12	Amber	208	↑2	22
13	Lisa	207	↓1	13
14	Stephanie	203	↓3	15
15	Rebecca	202	↓5	17
16	Crystal	187	↑4	18
17	Kimberly	182	↑1	12
18	Jamie	176	↑5	19
19	Erin	175	↑2	21
20	Christina	172	↓1	14
21	Andrea	161	↑1	26
22	Sara	160	↓9	30
23	Megan	159	↑5	31
24	Shannon	159	↑5	25
25	Emily	151	–	34
26	Rachel	150	↓9	27
27	Julie	137	–	29
28	Laura	134	↓2	20
29	Kelly	120	↓5	16
30	April	112	↑1	23
31	Tiffany	112	↑4	28
32	Katie	108	↑8	63
33	Katherine	100	↑5	36
34	Mary	97	↓1	24
35	Carrie	94	↓1	41
36	Heidi	88	↓6	83
37	Misty	85	↓5	42
38	Anna	84	↓1	59
39	Tara	84	↑2	38
40	Kathryn	81	↑3	50
41	Wendy	78	↑9	64
42	Lindsay	77	↑3	88
43	Erica	76	↑6	32
44	Brandy	75	↓2	39
45	Kristina	74	↓9	74
46	Christine	73	↓7	35
47	Holly	73	↓1	48
48	Mindy	73	new	81
49	Danielle	71	↓5	33
50	Alicia	68	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	674	–	1
2	Joshua	614	↑3	9
3	Christopher	561	–	2
4	Jason	557	↓2	3
5	David	492	↑2	4
6	Ryan	489	↓2	14
7	Matthew	475	↓1	6
8	Robert	369	↑2	8
9	James	367	↓1	5
10	Daniel	352	↑2	12
11	Brian	348	↓2	10
12	Joseph	344	↑1	11
13	Jeremy	340	↓2	16
14	John	339	↑1	7
15	Nicholas	338	↓1	15
16	Andrew	314	–	20
17	Justin	306	–	22
18	Adam	283	↑9	23
19	Aaron	279	↓1	32
20	Benjamin	278	↑5	33
21	Jeffrey	258	↑3	24
22	Timothy	246	↓3	18
23	Travis	242	↑7	36
24	William	229	↓1	13
25	Jacob	227	↑4	45
26	Nathan	225	↓5	37
27	Scott	224	↓5	29
28	Kevin	222	↓2	19
29	Eric	214	↓9	17
30	Jonathan	191	↑1	31
31	Steven	189	↑1	27
32	Jesse	188	↓4	50
33	Brandon	183	↑1	35
34	Anthony	168	↑4	21
35	Dustin	145	↑6	62
36	Mark	145	↓3	30
37	Richard	136	↓2	25
38	Thomas	132	↓1	26
39	Charles	120	↑3	28
40	Chad	117	–	38
41	Kyle	114	↑8	56
42	Paul	112	↓3	34
43	Bryan	110	↑4	46
44	Patrick	110	↑1	39
45	Sean	106	↓1	49
46	Shawn	98	↓10	43
47	Tyler	96	new	>100
48	Zachary	93	new	74
49	Jared	92	new	65
50	Gregory	90	↓2	42

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