Popular baby names in Oregon, 1983

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (566 babies) and Michael for boys (688). Social Security records list 34,360 babies born in Oregon in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1983

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: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chelsea: 114 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Laurel: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brianne: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Breanna: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kira: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carly: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelby: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Leanne: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Elise: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Josiah: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyson: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tyler: 205 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Isaiah: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Caleb: 52 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Levi: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colby: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Casey: 88 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	566	–	1
2	Sarah	465	–	5
3	Jessica	452	–	2
4	Amanda	339	–	3
5	Ashley	293	↑30	4
6	Melissa	275	↓1	6
7	Stephanie	270	↑7	8
8	Nicole	260	↑1	7
9	Heather	248	↓3	9
10	Michelle	229	↑7	13
11	Megan	219	↑11	21
12	Elizabeth	218	–	10
13	Amy	206	↓6	12
14	Erin	202	↑5	18
15	Amber	194	↓5	17
16	Crystal	194	↓8	11
17	Emily	193	↓4	25
18	Rachel	189	↓7	20
19	Angela	179	↓3	22
20	Rebecca	179	↓5	19
21	Sara	175	↓3	31
22	Jamie	162	↑3	28
23	Tiffany	154	↓3	14
24	Kimberly	153	↓1	15
25	Katie	150	↑1	45
26	Christina	143	↑2	16
27	Laura	139	–	23
28	Lindsay	135	↑2	36
29	Lindsey	133	↑2	35
30	Andrea	126	↓6	30
31	Lisa	124	↓10	27
32	Katherine	116	↑1	34
33	Chelsea	114	new	>100
34	Alicia	108	↑8	41
35	Kristin	108	↓6	42
36	Holly	100	↑10	48
37	Shannon	100	↑2	38
38	Tara	96	↑10	51
39	Kelly	95	↓2	26
40	Danielle	94	↓6	29
41	Kathryn	92	↑3	50
42	Anna	86	↓2	55
43	Kristen	84	↑4	37
44	Kristina	84	↑6	63
45	Mary	80	↓13	32
46	Julie	78	↓10	46
47	Lauren	78	new	24
48	Courtney	72	↓3	44
49	Kayla	72	new	81
50	Heidi	66	↓12	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	688	↑1	1
2	Christopher	668	↓1	2
3	Matthew	627	–	3
4	Joshua	459	–	5
5	Ryan	457	–	13
6	David	456	–	4
7	Daniel	432	–	8
8	Andrew	389	↑1	15
9	Robert	348	↑2	10
10	Justin	340	↑2	12
11	Jason	322	↓3	7
12	Brian	320	↑2	14
13	Nicholas	317	↑3	21
14	Joseph	311	↓1	11
15	James	310	↓5	6
16	Adam	291	↑3	18
17	Brandon	287	–	17
18	John	269	↓3	9
19	Aaron	259	↓1	29
20	Jacob	245	↑1	36
21	Kyle	241	↑15	34
22	Benjamin	232	–	32
23	Jonathan	230	↓3	19
24	Tyler	205	↑13	57
25	Eric	204	↓1	20
26	Jeffrey	199	↓1	28
27	William	197	↑1	16
28	Kevin	194	↓5	25
29	Travis	194	↓2	41
30	Nathan	193	↓1	40
31	Steven	190	↓1	23
32	Timothy	184	↑1	26
33	Thomas	182	↑2	24
34	Anthony	172	↑4	22
35	Jeremy	172	↓9	30
36	Scott	170	↓4	38
37	Jesse	163	↓6	46
38	Sean	151	↑2	44
39	Dustin	136	↓5	43
40	Richard	128	↓1	27
41	Patrick	119	–	37
42	Paul	112	↑1	39
43	Zachary	112	↑1	50
44	Mark	108	↓2	31
45	Gregory	99	new	42
46	Chad	97	new	49
47	Jared	96	↓2	56
48	Bryan	95	↑2	47
49	Kenneth	95	–	45
50	Stephen	95	new	35

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