Popular baby names in Oregon, 2008

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 2008 were Olivia for girls (246 babies) and Ethan for boys (232). Olivia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,723 babies born in Oregon in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 2008

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

Girls

Finley: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Malia: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Yaretzi: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hazel: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ayla: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mila: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Penelope: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Annika: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aria: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eleanor: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rowan: 45 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kellen: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maxim: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Finn: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Milo: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elliott: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cyrus: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
River: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Orion: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Porter: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Olivia	246	↑4	4
2	Emma	234	↓1	1
3	Ava	203	↑6	5
4	Isabella	198	↓1	2
5	Emily	190	↓1	3
6	Sophia	183	↓4	7
7	Abigail	182	↑1	8
8	Madison	178	↑2	6
9	Elizabeth	140	↓3	9
10	Ella	136	↑4	19
11	Grace	134	↑2	21
12	Addison	132	–	12
13	Chloe	131	↑3	10
14	Natalie	125	↓3	13
15	Hannah	122	↓8	17
16	Lily	122	↑4	24
17	Lillian	117	↑7	29
18	Samantha	117	↓1	11
19	Taylor	115	↓1	22
20	Alexis	109	↓5	15
21	Hailey	99	↓2	25
22	Mia	99	–	14
23	Amelia	98	↑12	68
24	Audrey	97	↑7	44
25	Alyssa	94	↑4	16
26	Nevaeh	90	↑4	34
27	Brooklyn	84	↓2	48
28	Sarah	84	↓2	20
29	Evelyn	82	↑4	54
30	Jasmine	81	↓2	43
31	Ashley	80	↓10	18
32	Kaylee	78	↑15	31
33	Avery	76	↑4	38
34	Anna	75	↓11	26
35	Lucy	75	new	>100
36	Kylie	73	↑4	51
37	Lauren	71	new	30
38	Riley	71	↑10	39
39	Ruby	71	↑2	>100
40	Brianna	69	new	23
41	Savannah	68	↓5	33
42	Zoe	67	new	58
43	Jessica	66	new	59
44	Maya	66	–	71
45	Bailey	65	↑1	82
46	Madeline	65	↓14	56
47	Sydney	65	↓13	49
48	Alexa	64	new	50
49	Claire	64	↓11	62
50	Jocelyn	63	↓7	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ethan	232	↑4	3
2	Alexander	228	–	6
3	Logan	206	–	19
4	Jacob	205	↓3	1
5	Aiden	204	↑11	16
6	Benjamin	201	↑5	25
7	Noah	193	↓1	15
8	Wyatt	186	↑21	62
9	Andrew	185	↓1	12
10	Daniel	184	↓6	5
11	William	179	↓2	8
12	Samuel	177	↑3	27
13	Michael	171	↑4	2
14	David	168	↓7	14
15	Gabriel	166	↓1	24
16	James	162	↑4	17
17	Elijah	160	↓4	22
18	Isaac	158	↑18	37
19	Mason	153	↑8	35
20	Anthony	151	↓10	7
21	Joseph	150	↑11	13
22	Gavin	149	↑4	30
23	Joshua	144	↓11	4
24	Evan	140	↑11	38
25	Matthew	138	↓1	10
26	Tyler	138	↑5	28
27	Jackson	135	↓6	32
28	Nathan	135	↑10	21
29	Jack	134	↓10	39
30	Angel	133	↑3	36
31	Liam	132	new	75
32	Lucas	131	↑12	46
33	Ryan	131	↓15	18
34	Jonathan	127	↑14	26
35	Zachary	126	↑4	47
36	Henry	125	new	78
37	Jayden	124	↓9	11
38	Owen	123	↓15	58
39	Austin	120	↓5	55
40	Caleb	117	↓3	34
41	Dylan	117	↓16	31
42	Brandon	116	new	33
43	Christopher	116	↓13	9
44	Hunter	115	↓3	54
45	Isaiah	115	new	42
46	Jose	113	↓24	40
47	Luke	113	↑3	43
48	Carter	112	new	65
49	Jordan	110	new	48
50	Luis	106	new	64

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