Popular baby names in Oregon, 1981

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (662 babies) and Michael for boys (685). Social Security records list 37,039 babies born in Oregon in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1981

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: 43 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Chelsea: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tera: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laurel: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darcy: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Terra: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Haley: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mandi: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lacey: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katy: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rian: 18 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Jered: 20 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Tyson: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tyler: 136 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eli: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bryce: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dylan: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Casey: 124 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Logan: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cody: 78 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	662	–	1
2	Sarah	508	–	4
3	Jessica	488	↑2	2
4	Melissa	348	↓1	5
5	Amanda	338	↓1	3
6	Amy	297	↑2	6
7	Rebecca	282	↑6	12
8	Stephanie	279	↑8	8
9	Heather	262	↓3	10
10	Nicole	251	↑4	7
11	Angela	240	↓4	15
12	Amber	236	↓3	20
13	Elizabeth	232	↓2	9
14	Erin	227	↑4	19
15	Michelle	203	↓5	11
16	Emily	202	↑11	29
17	Crystal	193	–	16
18	Sara	191	↓6	26
19	Megan	189	↑3	33
20	Tiffany	187	↑1	14
21	Lisa	176	↑3	18
22	Rachel	176	↑1	22
23	Andrea	160	↑2	24
24	Jamie	160	↓5	28
25	Katie	160	↑1	44
26	Kimberly	157	↓11	13
27	Christina	156	↓7	17
28	Laura	139	–	21
29	Shannon	132	↑1	32
30	Kristin	130	↑9	31
31	Julie	119	↑3	37
32	Anna	118	↑3	54
33	Danielle	114	↑12	30
34	Mary	109	↓1	27
35	April	104	↓4	25
36	Kelly	101	↓7	23
37	Katherine	96	↓5	39
38	Tara	96	↓1	45
39	Heidi	94	↓3	84
40	Kristen	92	new	38
41	Lindsay	92	new	47
42	Ashley	89	↑6	34
43	Lindsey	83	new	58
44	Holly	77	↓1	63
45	Misty	77	↓5	61
46	Erica	76	↑3	36
47	Kathryn	76	↓9	48
48	Brooke	71	↓2	52
49	Alicia	70	↓7	46
50	Kristina	69	↓9	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	685	–	1
2	Christopher	612	–	2
3	Joshua	609	–	6
4	Matthew	546	↑1	3
5	Ryan	544	↓1	13
6	David	487	↑1	5
7	Jason	432	↓1	4
8	Justin	391	–	12
9	Robert	379	↑4	9
10	Daniel	351	–	10
11	Brian	350	–	14
12	Andrew	342	↑3	18
13	Joseph	342	↑3	11
14	James	337	↓5	7
15	John	335	↓1	8
16	Nicholas	335	↓4	21
17	Brandon	298	↑8	19
18	Jeremy	288	↓1	22
19	Jesse	277	↑9	37
20	Adam	266	↓2	20
21	Aaron	264	↑2	30
22	Jacob	256	↑2	43
23	Benjamin	246	↓3	32
24	Jonathan	246	↑3	16
25	Nathan	240	↑4	36
26	Eric	233	↓7	17
27	Timothy	233	↓6	24
28	Scott	212	↑5	34
29	Travis	210	↓3	40
30	Kevin	209	↑1	25
31	William	206	↓9	15
32	Jeffrey	199	↓2	29
33	Dustin	184	↑2	42
34	Steven	178	↓2	28
35	Anthony	171	↑2	23
36	Richard	158	↓2	27
37	Thomas	154	↑1	26
38	Mark	151	↓2	33
39	Patrick	144	↑4	38
40	Kyle	143	–	52
41	Tyler	136	–	96
42	Sean	133	↑2	44
43	Paul	125	↓4	35
44	Casey	124	↑3	85
45	Charles	123	↓3	31
46	Jared	110	↑2	57
47	Kenneth	110	↓1	41
48	Bryan	107	new	48
49	Bradley	100	new	50
50	Samuel	99	–	54

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