Popular baby names in Oregon, 1986

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1986 were Jessica for girls (521 babies) and Michael for boys (607). Social Security records list 33,328 babies born in Oregon in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1986

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

Girls

Mckenzie: 19 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Mariah: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Terra: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Kassandra: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelsey: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kira: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ariel: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Madeline: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Kirsten: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawna: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Jered: 16 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Skyler: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyson: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chance: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Zachariah: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nolan: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Morgan: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Logan: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bryce: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Isaiah: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	521	–	1
2	Ashley	509	↑2	2
3	Amanda	372	–	3
4	Sarah	365	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	352	↓3	4
6	Stephanie	255	↑2	6
7	Megan	244	–	11
8	Nicole	244	↓2	7
9	Heather	238	↑2	9
10	Rachel	216	↑2	15
11	Elizabeth	213	↓1	10
12	Melissa	205	↓3	12
13	Amber	203	↑1	13
14	Brittany	195	↑7	8
15	Emily	184	↑1	24
16	Amy	161	↓3	22
17	Kimberly	158	↑3	18
18	Tiffany	157	↑12	17
19	Danielle	152	↑3	16
20	Sara	152	↑4	27
21	Rebecca	151	↑2	26
22	Christina	142	↓5	19
23	Katie	140	↑4	38
24	Whitney	139	new	32
25	Laura	138	↓10	20
26	Crystal	132	↓7	25
27	Samantha	125	↑10	21
28	Michelle	123	↓10	23
29	Katherine	115	↑2	28
30	Anna	111	↑5	51
31	Erin	108	↓5	30
32	Jamie	106	↓7	34
33	Alicia	97	↑14	45
34	Kayla	97	new	64
35	Angela	95	↓6	33
36	Lisa	94	↓2	40
37	Andrea	93	↓9	36
38	Lindsey	93	–	39
39	Allison	92	↑3	42
40	Cassandra	91	new	60
41	Courtney	89	↑7	35
42	Chelsea	84	↓9	73
43	Kelsey	79	↑7	>100
44	Lindsay	78	↓12	46
45	Kristin	77	↓9	50
46	Kristina	77	↓6	62
47	Lauren	75	new	14
48	Kathryn	73	↓2	48
49	Kelly	73	↓5	29
50	Erica	70	↓5	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	607	↑1	1
2	Christopher	566	↓1	2
3	Matthew	488	–	3
4	Andrew	463	↑1	8
5	Joshua	441	↓1	4
6	David	402	↑2	5
7	Ryan	390	↓1	11
8	Daniel	368	↓1	6
9	Nicholas	367	↑3	17
10	Kyle	345	–	23
11	Brandon	317	↓2	13
12	James	297	↓1	7
13	Joseph	293	–	12
14	Robert	288	↑1	9
15	Tyler	262	↑2	40
16	Justin	260	↓2	14
17	Jason	253	↓1	18
18	Jacob	251	↑2	31
19	Benjamin	228	↑5	30
20	Brian	228	↓1	20
21	John	225	↓3	10
22	Kevin	223	↑3	21
23	Timothy	207	↑4	27
24	Anthony	205	↑6	19
25	Steven	194	↑4	25
26	Eric	191	–	22
27	Jonathan	191	↓4	16
28	Sean	183	↑8	37
29	William	181	↓1	15
30	Adam	180	↓9	24
31	Thomas	176	↑6	26
32	Alexander	174	↑11	41
33	Jeremy	172	↑5	28
34	Aaron	171	↓12	33
35	Cody	166	–	56
36	Jordan	166	↑11	53
37	Jesse	162	↓4	48
38	Jeffrey	160	↓6	32
39	Nathan	157	↓8	43
40	Zachary	148	↓6	38
41	Dustin	144	–	42
42	Travis	141	↓2	49
43	Scott	140	↓4	44
44	Richard	136	↓2	29
45	Samuel	129	–	52
46	Mark	112	↑2	35
47	Charles	106	↓1	34
48	Derek	102	new	57
49	Paul	99	↑1	45
50	Bradley	96	new	54

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