Popular baby names in Oregon, 1987

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1987 were Ashley for girls (595 babies) and Michael for boys (586). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 33,056 babies born in Oregon in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1987

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: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Kaylee: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Larissa: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kelsey: 139 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mindy: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Chelsie: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shawna: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Hillary: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kirsten: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Madeline: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Riley: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Skyler: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Josiah: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Levi: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nickolas: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elijah: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bryce: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Casey: 103 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Branden: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	595	↑1	2
2	Jessica	510	↓1	1
3	Amanda	453	–	3
4	Sarah	363	–	5
5	Jennifer	354	–	4
6	Megan	261	↑1	12
7	Stephanie	248	↓1	6
8	Nicole	243	–	8
9	Rachel	222	↑1	17
10	Heather	220	↓1	9
11	Brittany	204	↑3	7
12	Kayla	200	↑22	27
13	Emily	195	↑2	19
14	Danielle	185	↑5	14
15	Amber	183	↓2	15
16	Melissa	172	↓4	13
17	Amy	166	↓1	24
18	Elizabeth	166	↓7	10
19	Samantha	161	↑8	11
20	Kimberly	147	↓3	23
21	Kelsey	139	↑22	67
22	Michelle	139	↑6	21
23	Rebecca	133	↓2	25
24	Chelsea	130	↑18	47
25	Christina	129	↓3	20
26	Crystal	128	–	26
27	Katie	126	↓4	38
28	Tiffany	126	↓10	18
29	Katherine	123	–	28
30	Sara	122	↓10	29
31	Laura	121	↓6	22
32	Whitney	116	↓8	32
33	Andrea	114	↑4	36
34	Angela	106	↑1	35
35	Jamie	105	↓3	39
36	Erin	99	↓5	34
37	Courtney	93	↑4	33
38	Cassandra	91	↑2	68
39	Kristina	90	↑7	62
40	Anna	89	↓10	52
41	Hannah	88	new	66
42	Lauren	87	↑5	16
43	Allison	80	↓4	44
44	Alicia	79	↓11	46
45	Caitlin	79	new	63
46	Kathryn	75	↑2	51
47	Lindsey	75	↓9	41
48	Lindsay	74	↓4	49
49	Erica	72	↑1	31
50	Shannon	70	new	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	586	–	1
2	Christopher	531	–	2
3	Andrew	477	↑1	6
4	Matthew	464	↓1	3
5	Joshua	421	–	4
6	Daniel	378	↑2	7
7	David	358	↓1	5
8	Ryan	338	↓1	13
9	Justin	330	↑7	9
10	Kyle	328	–	22
11	Nicholas	316	↓2	16
12	James	304	–	8
13	Tyler	285	↑2	39
14	Brandon	283	↓3	14
15	Jacob	277	↑3	31
16	Joseph	277	↓3	12
17	Robert	253	↓3	10
18	John	242	↑3	11
19	Kevin	225	↑3	19
20	Brian	219	–	20
21	Eric	203	↑5	21
22	Jason	202	↓5	23
23	Jonathan	202	↑4	18
24	Anthony	198	–	17
25	Aaron	186	↑9	34
26	Benjamin	182	↓7	28
27	Timothy	178	↓4	26
28	Steven	177	↓3	25
29	Thomas	171	↑2	24
30	Cody	170	↑5	49
31	Jeffrey	170	↑7	32
32	Alexander	167	–	37
33	Zachary	162	↑7	33
34	Adam	161	↓4	27
35	William	158	↓6	15
36	Travis	151	↑6	42
37	Nathan	150	↑2	45
38	Jeremy	149	↓5	29
39	Richard	148	↑5	30
40	Sean	145	↓12	40
41	Jordan	143	↓5	52
42	Jesse	140	↓5	55
43	Dustin	138	↓2	44
44	Scott	137	↓1	43
45	Samuel	121	–	50
46	Derek	107	↑2	54
47	Casey	103	new	80
48	Stephen	101	new	38
49	Bradley	97	↑1	56
50	Jared	92	new	58

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