Popular baby names in Oregon, 1982

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (568 babies) and Christopher for boys (695). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,439 babies born in Oregon in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1982

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: 56 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Mariah: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Chelsea: 63 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Molly: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Heidi: 95 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Amelia: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Caitlin: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Hannah: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brianna: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rachelle: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jered: 22 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Ty: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyson: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyler: 160 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Levi: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caleb: 50 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 59 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Casey: 100 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cameron: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Garrett: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	568	–	1
2	Sarah	491	–	4
3	Jessica	474	–	2
4	Amanda	339	↑1	3
5	Melissa	296	↓1	5
6	Heather	257	↑3	12
7	Amy	253	↓1	10
8	Crystal	235	↑9	9
9	Nicole	234	↑1	6
10	Amber	231	↑2	18
11	Rachel	222	↑11	21
12	Elizabeth	221	↑1	8
13	Emily	219	↑3	24
14	Stephanie	216	↓6	7
15	Rebecca	212	↓8	15
16	Angela	211	↓5	16
17	Michelle	192	↓2	11
18	Sara	185	–	28
19	Erin	183	↓5	20
20	Tiffany	178	–	13
21	Lisa	172	–	23
22	Megan	170	↓3	34
23	Kimberly	165	↑3	14
24	Andrea	156	↓1	27
25	Jamie	150	↓1	29
26	Katie	135	↓1	45
27	Laura	133	↑1	22
28	Christina	130	↓1	19
29	Kristin	123	↑1	37
30	Lindsay	122	↑11	39
31	Lindsey	122	↑12	40
32	Mary	121	↑2	30
33	Katherine	113	↑4	36
34	Danielle	112	↓1	31
35	Ashley	106	↑7	17
36	Julie	103	↓5	41
37	Kelly	100	↓1	25
38	Heidi	95	↑1	86
39	Shannon	95	↓10	38
40	Anna	92	↓8	56
41	April	89	↓6	32
42	Alicia	84	↑7	53
43	Cassandra	83	new	62
44	Kathryn	83	↑3	48
45	Courtney	81	new	43
46	Holly	80	↓2	61
47	Kristen	77	↓7	33
48	Tara	77	↓10	47
49	Samantha	75	new	44
50	Kristina	72	–	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	695	↑1	2
2	Michael	649	↓1	1
3	Matthew	548	↑1	3
4	Joshua	504	↓1	7
5	Ryan	466	–	13
6	David	460	–	5
7	Daniel	405	↑3	10
8	Jason	403	↓1	4
9	Andrew	368	↑3	17
10	James	350	↑4	6
11	Robert	341	↓2	9
12	Justin	340	↓4	12
13	Joseph	335	–	11
14	Brian	316	↓3	14
15	John	313	–	8
16	Nicholas	293	–	22
17	Brandon	287	–	18
18	Aaron	275	↑3	30
19	Adam	273	↑1	19
20	Jonathan	267	↑4	16
21	Jacob	242	↑1	41
22	Benjamin	241	↑1	33
23	Kevin	225	↑7	25
24	Eric	223	↑2	20
25	Jeffrey	217	↑7	29
26	Jeremy	213	↓8	28
27	Travis	213	↑2	39
28	William	213	↑3	15
29	Nathan	212	↓4	36
30	Steven	208	↑4	26
31	Jesse	201	↓12	43
32	Scott	199	↓4	34
33	Timothy	184	↓6	24
34	Dustin	181	↓1	42
35	Thomas	165	↑2	23
36	Kyle	161	↑4	47
37	Tyler	160	↑4	66
38	Anthony	157	↓3	21
39	Richard	155	↓3	27
40	Sean	145	↑2	44
41	Patrick	122	↓2	37
42	Mark	117	↓4	32
43	Paul	113	–	35
44	Zachary	112	new	55
45	Jared	111	↑1	54
46	Charles	109	↓1	31
47	Derek	105	new	50
48	Casey	100	↓4	86
49	Kenneth	100	↓2	45
50	Bryan	98	↓2	49

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