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Baby names in Oregon, 1970s

1970–1979 · 302,438 recorded births

Jennifer was the most common name given in Oregon across the 1970s, with 6,780 births in the decade. The state recorded 302,438 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oregon in the 1970s

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
Rian11214×
Marfa5
Jered48
Jedediah40
Tawnya106
Darci82
Levi159
Caleb164

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Jennifer6,780
#2Jason6,469
#3Michael6,467
#4Christopher4,721
#5David4,458
#6James3,847
#7Matthew3,719
#8Brian3,647
#9Robert3,612
#10John3,266
#11Ryan3,170
#12Amy3,107
#13Joshua3,078
#14Angela3,033
#15Heather3,029
#16Michelle2,831
#17Daniel2,819
#18Scott2,587
#19Melissa2,451
#20Jeremy2,433
#21Eric2,432
#22Sarah2,430
#23Jeffrey2,375
#24Aaron2,304
#25Joseph2,292

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