Popular baby names in Oregon, 1989

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1989 were Ashley for girls (503 babies) and Michael for boys (609). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 35,520 babies born in Oregon in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1989

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

Girls

Unknown: 50 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Mckenzie: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mariah: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kylee: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelsi: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mackenzie: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rachelle: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kira: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kassandra: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shayla: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 47 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Levi: 85 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Skyler: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wyatt: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kasey: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kody: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Beau: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Riley: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kory: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Grant: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	503	↑2	2
2	Jessica	498	↓1	1
3	Amanda	405	↓1	4
4	Sarah	354	–	5
5	Brittany	304	↑2	3
6	Kayla	259	–	20
7	Megan	255	↑1	11
8	Samantha	245	↑5	6
9	Jennifer	243	↓4	7
10	Nicole	234	–	12
11	Emily	231	↓2	13
12	Stephanie	212	↓1	8
13	Elizabeth	206	↓1	10
14	Amber	182	↑5	14
15	Danielle	182	↑2	17
16	Rachel	176	–	18
17	Melissa	171	↓2	19
18	Kelsey	170	↑13	31
19	Heather	167	↓5	15
20	Rebecca	163	↑5	24
21	Chelsea	152	↑5	27
22	Tiffany	151	↓4	16
23	Michelle	150	↓3	22
24	Lauren	137	↑5	9
25	Hannah	131	↑17	42
26	Katie	127	↓5	45
27	Sara	126	↓4	29
28	Christina	125	–	23
29	Katherine	122	↓5	26
30	Laura	119	↑3	25
31	Courtney	117	↓1	21
32	Cassandra	115	↑5	54
33	Amy	114	↓6	35
34	Alyssa	108	↑9	33
35	Andrea	108	↓3	39
36	Alicia	96	↓2	53
37	Anna	96	↑4	51
38	Crystal	94	–	32
39	Brittney	93	new	41
40	Erin	93	↑6	40
41	Kimberly	92	↓19	28
42	Caitlin	87	↓7	49
43	Natalie	85	new	62
44	Angela	81	↓8	47
45	Lindsey	81	↓1	48
46	Kathryn	79	new	58
47	Allison	78	↑3	46
48	Jamie	76	↓8	52
49	Alexandra	73	↓2	43
50	Erica	72	↓2	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	609	–	1
2	Christopher	496	–	2
3	Joshua	463	↑1	4
4	Andrew	462	↓1	7
5	Matthew	422	–	3
6	Nicholas	365	↑5	14
7	Daniel	363	↓1	6
8	Justin	360	↑2	8
9	Jacob	345	↑5	26
10	David	341	↓3	5
11	Kyle	323	↓3	20
12	Ryan	322	↓3	13
13	Joseph	305	↑4	11
14	James	304	↑2	9
15	Tyler	304	–	30
16	Robert	301	↓3	10
17	Anthony	279	↑1	16
18	Brandon	273	↓6	18
19	John	266	–	12
20	Jordan	225	↑19	44
21	Aaron	220	↑2	31
22	Alexander	219	↑8	32
23	Zachary	219	↑5	25
24	Kevin	207	↓2	19
25	Jonathan	206	↑6	17
26	Brian	204	↑7	24
27	Benjamin	203	↓7	29
28	Steven	198	↑6	22
29	Cody	193	↓8	45
30	William	192	↓4	15
31	Nathan	180	↑5	43
32	Thomas	177	–	23
33	Timothy	171	↓9	28
34	Sean	166	↑6	39
35	Jesse	165	↑6	50
36	Samuel	164	↑6	47
37	Travis	163	↓8	41
38	Adam	159	↓11	27
39	Jeffrey	159	↓1	37
40	Eric	155	↓3	21
41	Jason	145	↓16	35
42	Austin	127	↑8	59
43	Trevor	125	new	83
44	Dustin	122	↑1	48
45	Scott	114	↓1	51
46	Jeremy	113	↓11	34
47	Charles	109	–	36
48	Richard	107	↓5	33
49	Derek	106	↓3	54
50	Cameron	105	new	64

← Oregon 1988 Oregon: all years · US 1989 Oregon 1990 →