Popular baby names in Oregon, 1985

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1985 were Jessica for girls (526 babies) and Christopher for boys (628). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,833 babies born in Oregon in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1985

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

Girls

Kylie: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelsey: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Chelsea: 107 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 70 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Serena: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kira: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trista: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shelby: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kirsten: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ariel: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Mychal: 15 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Kody: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Josiah: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyson: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Miles: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Levi: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Logan: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elijah: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bryce: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelly: 26 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	526	↑1	1
2	Jennifer	429	↓1	3
3	Amanda	428	↑2	4
4	Ashley	421	–	2
5	Sarah	356	↓2	5
6	Nicole	282	↑2	7
7	Megan	277	↑3	10
8	Stephanie	253	↓1	6
9	Melissa	225	↓3	11
10	Elizabeth	213	↑3	9
11	Heather	209	↓2	8
12	Rachel	208	↑2	13
13	Amy	201	↓2	20
14	Amber	193	↑1	16
15	Laura	177	↑8	14
16	Emily	176	↓4	24
17	Christina	167	↑8	12
18	Michelle	161	↓2	22
19	Crystal	157	↓2	21
20	Kimberly	155	–	19
21	Brittany	153	↑14	17
22	Danielle	153	–	18
23	Rebecca	151	↑1	25
24	Sara	146	↓3	30
25	Jamie	143	↑3	27
26	Erin	142	↓8	26
27	Katie	139	↑5	39
28	Andrea	128	↑2	33
29	Angela	127	↓10	31
30	Tiffany	121	↓4	23
31	Katherine	112	↑2	32
32	Lindsay	111	↓3	40
33	Chelsea	107	↑4	75
34	Lisa	105	↓7	36
35	Anna	102	↓1	54
36	Kristin	99	↑9	49
37	Samantha	99	↑3	29
38	Lindsey	95	↓7	37
39	Shannon	94	↑8	41
40	Kristina	83	↑3	57
41	Mary	82	↓3	35
42	Allison	80	new	46
43	Holly	78	↓7	56
44	Kelly	78	↓5	28
45	Erica	77	new	34
46	Kathryn	74	↑2	48
47	Alicia	71	↓6	45
48	Courtney	71	↑1	43
49	Heidi	70	new	>100
50	Kelsey	70	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	628	↑1	2
2	Michael	582	↓1	1
3	Matthew	484	–	3
4	Joshua	444	–	4
5	Andrew	431	↑3	11
6	Ryan	431	↓1	12
7	Daniel	393	↓1	5
8	David	389	↓1	6
9	Brandon	361	↑4	13
10	Kyle	315	↑11	27
11	James	310	↑1	7
12	Nicholas	310	↑2	19
13	Joseph	298	↓4	10
14	Justin	283	↑2	15
15	Robert	283	↑2	8
16	Jason	263	↓6	14
17	Tyler	258	↑3	43
18	John	247	↑1	9
19	Brian	246	↓4	18
20	Jacob	233	↓2	35
21	Adam	226	↓10	22
22	Aaron	224	↑2	33
23	Jonathan	215	–	17
24	Benjamin	211	↑2	31
25	Kevin	206	↑2	23
26	Eric	203	↓4	21
27	Timothy	203	↑4	26
28	William	198	↑1	16
29	Steven	196	↑3	24
30	Anthony	189	–	20
31	Nathan	188	↑3	40
32	Jeffrey	183	↓7	29
33	Jesse	175	↑5	51
34	Zachary	173	↑5	39
35	Cody	170	↑6	52
36	Sean	162	↑7	38
37	Thomas	162	↓4	25
38	Jeremy	157	↓2	30
39	Scott	153	↓2	44
40	Travis	142	↓12	46
41	Dustin	141	↓6	41
42	Richard	131	↓2	28
43	Alexander	127	↓1	50
44	Patrick	121	–	37
45	Samuel	116	↑4	54
46	Charles	113	↑2	34
47	Jordan	102	new	62
48	Mark	100	new	32
49	Bryan	97	new	48
50	Paul	90	↓4	42

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