Name Legacy

Baby names in Oregon, 1990s

1990–1999 · 359,507 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Oregon across the 1990s, with 4,607 births in the decade. The state recorded 359,507 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oregon in the 1990s

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
Mc6122×
Unknown48619×
Pavel24
Liliya10
Andrey25
Mckenzie724
Forest79
Jered48

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob4,607
#2Michael4,053
#3Tyler3,843
#4Joshua3,553
#5Jessica3,479
#6Andrew3,335
#7Austin3,308
#8Ashley3,268
#9Christopher3,177
#10Jordan3,174
#11Matthew3,162
#12Emily3,105
#13Taylor3,012
#14Nicholas2,900
#15Brandon2,897
#16Daniel2,889
#17Ryan2,814
#18David2,710
#19Zachary2,706
#20Kyle2,673
#21Cody2,575
#22Sarah2,528
#23Alexander2,493
#24Joseph2,486
#25Hannah2,430

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