Popular baby names in Oregon, 1980

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (764 babies) and Michael for boys (703). Social Security records list 37,153 babies born in Oregon in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1980

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

Girls

Trista: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Chelsea: 40 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kelsey: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kimberlee: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brook: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mariah: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laurel: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darcy: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawna: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carly: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 62 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tyler: 126 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eli: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyson: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Micah: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Morgan: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Robin: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Grant: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Graham: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Casey: 102 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	764	–	1
2	Sarah	492	–	5
3	Melissa	397	–	4
4	Amanda	395	↑3	2
5	Jessica	386	↓1	3
6	Heather	311	↓1	6
7	Angela	284	↓1	12
8	Amy	259	–	8
9	Amber	249	↑3	22
10	Michelle	249	↓1	10
11	Elizabeth	242	–	9
12	Sara	233	↑10	27
13	Rebecca	231	↑2	17
14	Nicole	229	↓4	7
15	Kimberly	214	↑2	11
16	Stephanie	208	↓2	13
17	Crystal	201	↓1	18
18	Erin	199	↑1	20
19	Jamie	199	↓1	24
20	Christina	198	–	15
21	Tiffany	185	↑10	14
22	Megan	184	↑1	30
23	Rachel	184	↑3	23
24	Lisa	182	↓11	16
25	Andrea	168	↓4	28
26	Katie	167	↑6	44
27	Emily	161	↓2	31
28	Laura	141	–	21
29	Kelly	128	–	19
30	Shannon	121	↓6	29
31	April	119	↓1	26
32	Katherine	118	↑1	35
33	Mary	118	↑1	25
34	Julie	116	↓7	32
35	Anna	113	↑3	55
36	Heidi	103	–	79
37	Tara	103	↑2	43
38	Kathryn	98	↑2	50
39	Kristin	91	new	37
40	Misty	87	↓3	49
41	Kristina	85	↑4	73
42	Alicia	84	↑8	47
43	Holly	82	↑4	52
44	Carrie	81	↓9	46
45	Danielle	81	↑4	33
46	Brooke	80	new	57
47	Brandy	78	↓3	42
48	Ashley	72	new	40
49	Erica	70	↓6	34
50	Allison	68	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	703	–	1
2	Christopher	636	↑1	2
3	Joshua	605	↓1	7
4	Ryan	531	↑2	15
5	Matthew	518	↑2	6
6	Jason	505	↓2	3
7	David	502	↓2	4
8	Justin	426	↑9	13
9	James	397	–	5
10	Daniel	396	–	11
11	Brian	362	–	12
12	Nicholas	356	↑3	17
13	Robert	344	↓5	9
14	John	333	–	8
15	Andrew	329	↑1	19
16	Joseph	309	↓4	10
17	Jeremy	298	↓4	18
18	Adam	265	–	22
19	Eric	265	↑10	16
20	Benjamin	261	–	32
21	Timothy	256	↑1	20
22	William	255	↑2	14
23	Aaron	249	↓4	34
24	Jacob	237	↑1	43
25	Brandon	225	↑8	31
26	Travis	223	↓3	37
27	Jonathan	222	↑3	21
28	Jesse	219	↑4	45
29	Nathan	213	↓3	36
30	Jeffrey	207	↓9	27
31	Kevin	206	↓3	23
32	Steven	193	↓1	28
33	Scott	180	↓6	33
34	Richard	158	↑3	26
35	Dustin	156	–	44
36	Mark	156	–	30
37	Anthony	147	↓3	24
38	Thomas	143	–	25
39	Paul	135	↑3	35
40	Kyle	129	↑1	57
41	Tyler	126	↑6	>100
42	Charles	120	↓3	29
43	Patrick	119	↑1	38
44	Sean	115	↑1	48
45	Derek	110	new	50
46	Kenneth	103	new	41
47	Casey	102	new	93
48	Jared	95	↑1	61
49	Shawn	94	↓3	47
50	Samuel	92	new	54

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