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Baby names in Oregon, 1950s

1950–1959 · 335,688 recorded births

David was the most common name given in Oregon across the 1950s, with 8,398 births in the decade. The state recorded 335,688 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oregon in the 1950s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Shannon325
Molly277
Kristi211
Ron293
Traci47
Casey108
Kelli72
Kelly853

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1David8,398
#2Michael8,204
#3Robert6,887
#4James6,358
#5John6,186
#6Linda5,323
#7Steven5,251
#8Richard5,123
#9Susan4,973
#10Mark4,415
#11William4,300
#12Debra4,266
#13Mary4,094
#14Gary3,744
#15Thomas3,465
#16Karen3,378
#17Patricia3,299
#18Ronald3,256
#19Daniel3,245
#20Nancy3,000
#21Donald2,926
#22Barbara2,739
#23Deborah2,736
#24Douglas2,601
#25Kenneth2,582

Other decades in Oregon

All Oregon names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org