Popular baby names in Oregon, 1990

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1990 were Jessica for girls (493 babies) and Michael for boys (580). Social Security records list 37,001 babies born in Oregon in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1990

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: 36 babies, 25.1× the national rate
Mckenzie: 29 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kylee: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sadie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Shayla: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rachelle: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lacey: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lacy: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nichole: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Katelynn: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 48 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Josiah: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kody: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Skyler: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chance: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyson: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Forrest: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryce: 59 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Levi: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brady: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	493	↑1	1
2	Ashley	450	↓1	2
3	Amanda	436	–	4
4	Sarah	296	–	6
5	Brittany	295	–	3
6	Stephanie	280	↑6	7
7	Kayla	278	↓1	14
8	Samantha	267	–	5
9	Megan	254	↓2	11
10	Emily	242	↑1	12
11	Elizabeth	212	↑2	9
12	Nicole	208	↓2	13
13	Rachel	196	↑3	16
14	Jennifer	193	↓5	8
15	Kelsey	186	↑3	32
16	Chelsea	182	↑5	24
17	Heather	181	↑2	19
18	Rebecca	176	↑2	21
19	Hannah	161	↑6	30
20	Melissa	156	↓3	20
21	Michelle	154	↑2	22
22	Danielle	149	↓7	18
23	Courtney	143	↑8	17
24	Lauren	135	–	10
25	Amber	134	↓11	15
26	Alyssa	133	↑8	27
27	Amy	130	↑6	38
28	Tiffany	127	↓6	23
29	Katherine	119	–	26
30	Cassandra	111	↑2	49
31	Sara	110	↓4	34
32	Brittney	99	↑7	44
33	Anna	97	↑4	45
34	Taylor	97	new	46
35	Christina	95	↓7	25
36	Jamie	94	↑12	55
37	Andrea	93	↓2	40
38	Erin	92	↑2	43
39	Laura	92	↓9	29
40	Alicia	88	↓4	54
41	Jordan	86	new	59
42	Kimberly	86	↓1	31
43	Katie	85	↓17	53
44	Mary	85	new	35
45	Allison	84	↑2	48
46	Whitney	84	new	60
47	Molly	83	new	80
48	Kathryn	79	↓2	57
49	Crystal	77	↓11	39
50	Maria	75	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	580	–	1
2	Joshua	503	↑1	4
3	Christopher	474	↓1	2
4	Jacob	426	↑5	20
5	Matthew	425	–	3
6	Andrew	413	↓2	7
7	Tyler	384	↑8	21
8	David	356	↑2	6
9	Ryan	354	↑3	11
10	Daniel	352	↓3	5
11	Kyle	347	–	18
12	Justin	340	↓4	9
13	Nicholas	339	↓7	14
14	Jordan	330	↑6	29
15	Cody	320	↑14	31
16	James	282	↓2	8
17	Robert	279	↓1	13
18	Zachary	270	↑5	22
19	Joseph	268	↓6	10
20	Brandon	266	↓2	19
21	Alexander	236	↑1	28
22	John	233	↓3	12
23	Benjamin	216	↑4	33
24	Anthony	206	↓7	15
25	Kevin	200	↓1	23
26	William	199	↑4	16
27	Steven	195	↑1	25
28	Travis	192	↑9	42
29	Timothy	191	↑4	30
30	Aaron	188	↓9	34
31	Nathan	185	–	44
32	Eric	170	↑8	24
33	Jesse	170	↑2	48
34	Thomas	169	↓2	26
35	Jonathan	165	↓10	17
36	Brian	159	↓10	27
37	Samuel	153	↓1	45
38	Adam	151	–	32
39	Jeffrey	148	–	43
40	Sean	146	↓6	37
41	Austin	145	↑1	55
42	Jason	140	↓1	46
43	Dustin	127	↑1	50
44	Jeremy	126	↑2	40
45	Taylor	123	new	64
46	Richard	116	↑2	35
47	Derek	111	↑2	54
48	Cameron	108	↑2	62
49	Charles	107	↓2	38
50	Patrick	105	new	36

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