Popular baby names in Oregon, 2009

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 2009 were Emma for girls (236 babies) and Alexander for boys (243). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Alexander ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,951 babies born in Oregon in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 2009

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

Girls

Elsa: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Olive: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dahlia: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hazel: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
June: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Jane: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Annika: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Paisley: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Madalynn: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Violet: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 16 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Arlo: 15 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Finley: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kellen: 35 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Soren: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Uriah: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Malakai: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Urijah: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jasper: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
River: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Emma	236	↑1	2
2	Olivia	231	↓1	3
3	Isabella	230	↑1	1
4	Emily	205	↑1	6
5	Sophia	191	↑1	4
6	Madison	175	↑2	7
7	Abigail	171	–	8
8	Ava	162	↓5	5
9	Elizabeth	142	–	11
10	Chloe	132	↑3	9
11	Addison	130	↑1	12
12	Ella	127	↓2	15
13	Hannah	126	↑2	23
14	Lily	124	↑2	18
15	Natalie	124	↓1	16
16	Alexis	114	↑4	13
17	Grace	112	↓6	17
18	Hailey	110	↑3	25
19	Mia	100	↑3	10
20	Samantha	99	↓2	14
21	Amelia	90	↑2	55
22	Taylor	90	↓3	22
23	Brooklyn	88	↑4	37
24	Audrey	82	–	49
25	Peyton	81	new	42
26	Evelyn	80	↑3	40
27	Kaylee	80	↑5	26
28	Lillian	78	↓11	27
29	Sarah	77	↓1	21
30	Ruby	76	↑9	>100
31	Lucy	73	↑4	>100
32	Maya	73	↑12	61
33	Claire	72	↑16	53
34	Ashley	71	↓3	20
35	Avery	70	↓2	32
36	Zoe	68	↑6	47
37	Sophie	66	new	65
38	Victoria	66	new	31
39	Sofia	65	new	36
40	Alyssa	63	↓15	19
41	Allison	61	new	30
42	Anna	61	↓8	28
43	Naomi	60	new	>100
44	Riley	60	↓6	38
45	Violet	60	new	>100
46	Julia	59	new	50
47	Sydney	59	–	48
48	Bella	58	new	58
49	Nevaeh	57	↓23	34
50	Savannah	57	↓9	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Alexander	243	↑1	4
2	Logan	206	↑1	17
3	Jacob	201	↑1	1
4	Daniel	195	↑6	7
5	Ethan	191	↓4	2
6	Gabriel	188	↑9	22
7	Noah	185	–	9
8	Elijah	179	↑9	21
9	William	178	↑2	5
10	Benjamin	173	↓4	19
11	Aiden	168	↓6	12
12	Samuel	165	–	24
13	Joshua	164	↑10	6
14	Jackson	160	↑13	27
15	Wyatt	158	↓7	60
16	Isaac	152	↑2	40
17	Mason	148	↑2	34
18	Andrew	147	↓9	16
19	David	147	↓5	14
20	Michael	145	↓7	3
21	James	141	↓5	18
22	Matthew	138	↑3	13
23	Owen	137	↑15	51
24	Henry	130	↑12	71
25	Liam	130	↑6	49
26	Christopher	129	↑17	10
27	Anthony	128	↓7	11
28	Evan	126	↓4	35
29	Lucas	126	↑3	39
30	Jack	125	↓1	42
31	Hunter	124	↑13	56
32	Jayden	124	↑5	8
33	Joseph	124	↓12	15
34	Nathan	124	↓6	25
35	Ryan	124	↓2	20
36	Tyler	121	↓10	28
37	Jonathan	118	↓3	29
38	Gavin	116	↓16	33
39	Carter	115	↑9	50
40	Caleb	111	–	31
41	Brandon	104	↑1	38
42	Jose	103	↑4	43
43	Dylan	102	↓2	30
44	Landon	102	new	36
45	Angel	101	↓15	37
46	Connor	101	new	52
47	Luke	101	–	47
48	Oliver	100	new	98
49	Julian	95	new	62
50	Isaiah	94	↓5	41

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