Popular baby names in Oregon, 1997

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1997 were Emily for girls (375 babies) and Jacob for boys (470). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,487 babies born in Oregon in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1997

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

Girls

Mc: 16 babies, 78.4× the national rate
Malia: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Mckenzie: 87 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Annika: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mckenna: 46 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lena: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tayler: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Natasha: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Tessa: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Kylee: 32 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Kai: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tyson: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Skyler: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sage: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cooper: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Levi: 74 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tucker: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wyatt: 84 babies, 3× the national rate
Reed: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Taylor: 125 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	375	–	1
2	Hannah	336	↑1	5
3	Jessica	270	↓1	2
4	Sarah	236	↑1	4
5	Madison	230	↑2	10
6	Taylor	228	↑4	7
7	Ashley	226	↓3	3
8	Elizabeth	194	↑3	9
9	Samantha	189	↓3	6
10	Megan	176	↓2	11
11	Rachel	155	↓2	13
12	Olivia	142	↑22	27
13	Alyssa	141	↑2	15
14	Sierra	131	↑4	56
15	Alexis	130	↓1	8
16	Abigail	128	↑16	26
17	Amanda	128	↓5	16
18	Emma	128	↑1	36
19	Jennifer	127	↑11	18
20	Nicole	127	–	21
21	Kayla	117	↓8	12
22	Brittany	116	↑3	20
23	Maria	113	↑8	38
24	Anna	109	↓8	33
25	Courtney	105	↓8	28
26	Lauren	103	↑18	14
27	Sydney	103	↑14	35
28	Rebecca	102	↓5	25
29	Victoria	100	↓7	19
30	Bailey	99	↑17	65
31	Haley	99	↓10	31
32	Hailey	97	↑17	80
33	Jasmine	96	↑4	24
34	Madeline	96	↓1	59
35	Brianna	95	↓7	17
36	Katherine	94	↓1	32
37	Morgan	89	↑2	22
38	Alexandra	88	↓14	30
39	Natalie	88	new	48
40	Savannah	88	–	47
41	Stephanie	88	↓15	23
42	Mckenzie	87	↓4	>100
43	Julia	82	new	37
44	Mariah	81	↑1	67
45	Amber	80	↓3	29
46	Melissa	80	new	44
47	Jordan	79	new	40
48	Mackenzie	79	↓12	71
49	Shelby	76	↓22	43
50	Kaitlyn	74	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	470	–	2
2	Austin	412	–	9
3	Michael	345	↑1	1
4	Andrew	316	↑1	7
5	Tyler	305	↓2	10
6	Joshua	293	–	5
7	Zachary	273	↑11	13
8	Matthew	266	↑2	3
9	Nicholas	265	↓1	6
10	Brandon	263	↓3	8
11	Daniel	259	↓2	11
12	Christopher	243	–	4
13	David	242	–	14
14	Ryan	235	↓3	16
15	Joseph	233	↑2	12
16	Alexander	222	↓2	22
17	Kyle	211	↑4	24
18	Jordan	208	↑1	26
19	Samuel	200	↑10	27
20	Justin	194	↓5	20
21	Anthony	189	↑4	18
22	Benjamin	186	–	29
23	Jonathan	180	↑1	21
24	William	180	↓1	19
25	James	171	↓5	17
26	Cody	163	↓10	36
27	Nathan	160	↓1	34
28	Dylan	159	↑3	30
29	Christian	147	↑3	25
30	John	146	↓3	15
31	Thomas	146	↑5	31
32	Robert	143	↓4	23
33	Jose	139	↓3	32
34	Caleb	128	↑7	47
35	Tanner	126	↑5	82
36	Noah	125	↑12	38
37	Taylor	125	↑2	87
38	Cameron	122	↓4	45
39	Cole	116	new	72
40	Aaron	115	↓2	33
41	Gabriel	113	new	57
42	Dakota	111	↑3	66
43	Logan	109	↓10	42
44	Hunter	106	↑3	44
45	Kevin	104	↓10	28
46	Timothy	103	↓4	43
47	Ethan	102	new	46
48	Jesse	101	↓11	63
49	Isaac	100	new	73
50	Jared	98	new	56

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