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Baby names in Oregon, 2000s

2000–2009 · 359,080 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Oregon across the 2000s, with 3,036 births in the decade. The state recorded 359,080 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oregon in the 2000s

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
Mc3549×
Sahalie1832×
Shasta24
Kellen252
Tabor18
Juniper34
Soren99
Ruvim17

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob3,036
#2Ethan2,578
#3Emily2,569
#4Emma2,483
#5Alexander2,217
#6Daniel2,193
#7Joshua2,184
#8Madison2,172
#9Andrew2,163
#10Hannah2,089
#11Logan2,077
#12Olivia2,037
#13Michael2,025
#14Tyler1,968
#15Benjamin1,902
#16David1,869
#17Samuel1,863
#18Noah1,854
#19William1,803
#20Ryan1,797
#21Alexis1,776
#22Abigail1,772
#23Matthew1,759
#24Gabriel1,757
#25Elizabeth1,744

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