Popular baby names in Oregon, 2012

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 2012 were Emma for girls (266 babies) and Liam for boys (244). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,918 babies born in Oregon in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 2012

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: 20 babies, 37.1× the national rate
Ramona: 15 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Juniper: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Temperance: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Daphne: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
June: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Elsa: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ayla: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Elsie: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Eleanor: 70 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 26 babies, 27.6× the national rate
Soren: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Malakai: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kellen: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Milo: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Asa: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
River: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Orion: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Finley: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Everett: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	266	↑1	2
2	Sophia	264	↓1	1
3	Olivia	187	–	4
4	Isabella	170	↑1	3
5	Abigail	162	↑1	7
6	Emily	154	↑1	6
7	Amelia	148	↑16	23
8	Ava	132	↓4	5
9	Addison	128	↑2	14
10	Elizabeth	126	↓1	10
11	Ella	125	↑5	12
12	Evelyn	119	↓2	27
13	Natalie	117	↓5	17
14	Lillian	115	↑4	25
15	Chloe	112	↓1	11
16	Mia	112	↑5	8
17	Avery	105	↑3	13
18	Grace	105	↓1	21
19	Madison	105	↓4	9
20	Audrey	104	↑6	41
21	Lily	104	↓9	16
22	Brooklyn	102	↓9	29
23	Zoey	102	↓4	20
24	Harper	94	↑15	24
25	Hannah	93	↓3	22
26	Samantha	91	↓1	26
27	Sofia	91	↓3	18
28	Charlotte	82	↓1	19
29	Lucy	77	↑2	66
30	Stella	76	↑12	62
31	Ruby	72	↓3	>100
32	Eleanor	70	new	>100
33	Zoe	69	↑2	30
34	Taylor	64	↑11	46
35	Violet	64	↑2	89
36	Alexis	61	↑2	40
37	Allison	61	↑11	38
38	Bailey	61	new	81
39	Savannah	61	↑8	43
40	Claire	60	↓10	45
41	Hailey	60	↓12	32
42	Penelope	58	new	>100
43	Piper	58	–	98
44	Nevaeh	57	↓12	39
45	Peyton	57	↓12	53
46	Aubrey	56	↑4	15
47	Ellie	54	new	85
48	Anna	52	↓14	34
49	Arianna	52	new	49
50	Leah	52	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Liam	244	↑1	6
2	Mason	197	↓1	2
3	Alexander	196	↑2	9
4	William	185	↑7	5
5	Henry	180	↑8	44
6	Samuel	177	↑1	25
7	Ethan	173	↑2	3
8	Daniel	172	↓2	11
9	Benjamin	170	↑7	16
10	Logan	165	↓7	22
11	Jacob	163	↓7	1
12	Jackson	161	↓4	21
13	Wyatt	159	↑2	41
14	Noah	157	↓4	4
15	Elijah	151	↑2	13
16	Owen	147	↑4	38
17	Isaac	145	↑1	30
18	Oliver	145	↑4	73
19	Lucas	142	↑9	27
20	Anthony	134	↑5	15
21	James	132	↓9	14
22	Gabriel	130	↓8	24
23	Andrew	128	↑6	18
24	David	126	↓3	20
25	Hunter	124	↑1	45
26	Michael	122	↓3	7
27	Aiden	121	↓8	10
28	Jayden	118	↑8	8
29	Carter	116	↑4	36
30	Jack	113	–	46
31	Caleb	112	↓4	32
32	Dylan	111	↑9	31
33	Colton	105	new	65
34	Joshua	104	↓10	17
35	Landon	104	–	35
36	Matthew	103	↓4	12
37	Luke	101	new	37
38	Austin	100	new	58
39	Jaxon	96	new	66
40	Joseph	95	↓6	19
41	Eli	94	↑2	43
42	Ryan	94	↓2	26
43	Nathan	91	↓1	29
44	Christopher	90	↑3	23
45	Levi	90	new	55
46	Charles	89	new	62
47	Jonathan	89	↓10	34
48	Blake	86	new	71
49	Ryder	86	↓4	100
50	Angel	83	↓4	57

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