Popular baby names in Oregon, 1984

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (562 babies) and Michael for boys (685). Social Security records list 34,344 babies born in Oregon in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1984

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

Girls

Chelsie: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 67 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brenna: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Molly: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawna: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chelsey: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Tessa: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shelby: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Savannah: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Jered: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Josiah: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tyson: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ty: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Levi: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colby: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryce: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trevor: 76 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cameron: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brady: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	562	–	1
2	Jessica	469	↑1	2
3	Sarah	397	↓1	5
4	Ashley	393	↑1	3
5	Amanda	386	↓1	4
6	Melissa	284	–	8
7	Stephanie	274	–	6
8	Nicole	250	–	7
9	Heather	230	–	9
10	Megan	228	↑1	11
11	Amy	226	↑2	13
12	Emily	226	↑5	24
13	Elizabeth	222	↓1	10
14	Rachel	212	↑4	15
15	Amber	197	–	18
16	Michelle	189	↓6	17
17	Crystal	186	↓1	12
18	Erin	176	↓4	25
19	Angela	161	–	26
20	Kimberly	160	↑4	22
21	Sara	157	–	32
22	Danielle	154	↑18	16
23	Laura	150	↑4	19
24	Rebecca	149	↓4	23
25	Christina	146	↑1	20
26	Tiffany	144	↓3	14
27	Lisa	135	↑4	29
28	Jamie	133	↓6	31
29	Lindsay	133	↓1	36
30	Andrea	131	–	28
31	Lindsey	131	↓2	35
32	Katie	119	↓7	44
33	Katherine	112	↓1	30
34	Anna	97	↑8	57
35	Brittany	94	new	41
36	Holly	93	–	53
37	Chelsea	88	↓4	84
38	Mary	87	↑7	33
39	Kelly	84	–	27
40	Samantha	82	new	39
41	Alicia	79	↓7	40
42	Tara	79	↓4	49
43	Kristina	77	↑1	68
44	Cassandra	74	new	63
45	Kristin	74	↓10	47
46	Lauren	73	↑1	21
47	Shannon	73	↓10	37
48	Kathryn	72	↓7	48
49	Courtney	71	↓1	46
50	Julie	71	↓4	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	685	–	1
2	Christopher	670	–	2
3	Matthew	569	–	3
4	Joshua	500	–	4
5	Ryan	478	–	12
6	Daniel	413	↑1	6
7	David	402	↓1	5
8	Andrew	391	–	14
9	Joseph	348	↑5	10
10	Jason	331	↑1	11
11	Adam	322	↑5	18
12	James	314	↑3	7
13	Brandon	307	↑4	15
14	Nicholas	307	↓1	20
15	Brian	299	↓3	17
16	Justin	295	↓6	13
17	Robert	280	↓8	9
18	Jacob	271	↑2	37
19	John	264	↓1	8
20	Tyler	252	↑4	47
21	Kyle	241	–	34
22	Eric	222	↑3	22
23	Jonathan	217	–	19
24	Aaron	215	↓5	29
25	Jeffrey	211	↑1	28
26	Benjamin	198	↓4	30
27	Kevin	197	↑1	24
28	Travis	194	↑1	42
29	William	193	↓2	16
30	Anthony	192	↑4	21
31	Timothy	191	↑1	26
32	Steven	186	↓1	23
33	Thomas	181	–	25
34	Nathan	179	↓4	38
35	Dustin	172	↑4	41
36	Jeremy	169	↓1	31
37	Scott	164	↓1	39
38	Jesse	159	↓1	50
39	Zachary	156	↑4	45
40	Richard	143	–	27
41	Cody	141	new	62
42	Alexander	131	new	54
43	Sean	131	↓5	43
44	Patrick	125	↓3	36
45	Stephen	108	↑5	35
46	Paul	105	↓4	40
47	Jared	99	–	59
48	Charles	97	new	33
49	Samuel	97	new	55
50	Casey	96	new	82

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