Popular baby names in Oregon, 1988

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1988 were Jessica for girls (537 babies) and Michael for boys (658). Social Security records list 34,043 babies born in Oregon in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1988

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: 31 babies, 10× the national rate
Katelynn: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelsie: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tessa: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rachelle: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Alisa: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kassandra: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Savannah: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kyla: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jessie: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Beau: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kory: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Levi: 55 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Skyler: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Grant: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brady: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Zackary: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Riley: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	537	↑1	1
2	Amanda	489	↑1	3
3	Ashley	456	↓2	2
4	Sarah	374	–	4
5	Jennifer	269	–	5
6	Kayla	259	↑6	20
7	Brittany	231	↑4	6
8	Megan	229	↓2	12
9	Emily	216	↑4	18
10	Nicole	216	↓2	9
11	Stephanie	214	↓4	7
12	Elizabeth	209	↑6	10
13	Samantha	206	↑6	8
14	Heather	196	↓4	14
15	Melissa	193	↑1	16
16	Rachel	188	↓7	19
17	Danielle	183	↓3	17
18	Tiffany	176	↑10	13
19	Amber	166	↓4	15
20	Michelle	166	↑2	21
21	Katie	150	↑6	40
22	Kimberly	144	↓2	25
23	Sara	142	↑7	30
24	Katherine	138	↑5	27
25	Rebecca	135	↓2	26
26	Chelsea	131	↓2	33
27	Amy	129	↓10	29
28	Christina	117	↓3	22
29	Lauren	113	↑13	11
30	Courtney	112	↑7	24
31	Kelsey	111	↓10	64
32	Andrea	110	↑1	35
33	Laura	108	↓2	23
34	Alicia	104	↑10	50
35	Caitlin	102	↑10	44
36	Angela	101	↓2	38
37	Cassandra	98	↑1	59
38	Crystal	98	↓12	28
39	Whitney	96	↓7	39
40	Jamie	94	↓5	45
41	Anna	93	↓1	54
42	Hannah	89	↓1	61
43	Alyssa	87	new	47
44	Lindsey	84	↑3	48
45	Lisa	81	new	43
46	Erin	80	↓10	37
47	Alexandra	78	new	49
48	Erica	75	↑1	31
49	Lindsay	72	↓1	57
50	Allison	70	↓7	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	658	–	1
2	Christopher	541	–	2
3	Andrew	477	–	5
4	Joshua	462	↑1	4
5	Matthew	435	↓1	3
6	Daniel	372	–	8
7	David	353	–	6
8	Kyle	347	↑2	21
9	Ryan	346	↓1	13
10	Justin	336	↓1	7
11	Nicholas	310	–	14
12	Brandon	298	↑2	17
13	Robert	288	↑4	10
14	Jacob	276	↑1	28
15	Tyler	266	↓2	33
16	James	260	↓4	9
17	Joseph	260	↓1	12
18	Anthony	233	↑6	18
19	John	231	↓1	11
20	Benjamin	209	↑6	30
21	Cody	207	↑9	43
22	Kevin	200	↓3	20
23	Aaron	198	↑2	31
24	Timothy	195	↑3	25
25	Jason	190	↓3	27
26	William	188	↑9	16
27	Adam	187	↑7	26
28	Zachary	185	↑5	29
29	Travis	183	↑7	41
30	Alexander	180	↑2	34
31	Jonathan	179	↓8	15
32	Thomas	176	↓3	23
33	Brian	174	↓13	22
34	Steven	172	↓6	24
35	Jeremy	161	↑3	35
36	Nathan	161	↑1	44
37	Eric	158	↓16	19
38	Jeffrey	158	↓7	36
39	Jordan	152	↑2	52
40	Sean	148	–	38
41	Jesse	147	↑1	55
42	Samuel	137	↑3	45
43	Richard	135	↓4	32
44	Scott	134	–	47
45	Dustin	132	↓2	48
46	Derek	114	–	53
47	Charles	106	new	37
48	Mark	104	new	39
49	Alex	101	new	58
50	Austin	97	new	63

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