Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Oregon, 1953

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	584
2	Debra	580
3	Susan	499
4	Mary	486
5	Patricia	430
6	Deborah	362
7	Karen	334
8	Nancy	325
9	Barbara	316
10	Kathleen	289
11	Pamela	282
12	Sandra	276
13	Carol	253
14	Cynthia	231
15	Sharon	225
16	Donna	194
16	Janet	194
18	Rebecca	178
19	Diane	175
20	Janice	162
21	Cheryl	156
22	Julie	149
23	Judy	146
24	Teresa	141
25	Connie	140
25	Kathy	140
27	Marilyn	133
28	Margaret	130
29	Kathryn	125
30	Elizabeth	123
31	Christine	115
32	Judith	113
33	Diana	110
34	Peggy	109
35	Carolyn	103
36	Katherine	101
37	Laura	100
37	Sally	100
39	Joan	97
40	Catherine	96
41	Shirley	95
42	Laurie	92
42	Vicki	92
44	Bonnie	90
45	Beverly	89
46	Joyce	87
47	Brenda	86
47	Theresa	86
49	Denise	82
50	Marcia	80

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	984
2	David	911
3	Robert	801
4	James	686
5	John	670
6	Richard	645
7	Steven	612
8	William	470
9	Gary	418
10	Mark	404
11	Thomas	378
12	Daniel	371
13	Ronald	362
14	Donald	320
15	Douglas	297
16	Kenneth	294
17	Dennis	256
18	Jeffrey	250
19	Charles	244
20	Stephen	239
21	Gregory	229
22	Paul	225
23	Larry	221
23	Timothy	221
25	Bruce	186
26	Randy	184
27	Scott	176
28	Terry	172
29	George	156
30	Patrick	155
31	Roger	144
32	Jerry	138
33	Dale	130
34	Joseph	121
35	Craig	119
36	Rodney	118
37	Gerald	109
38	Brian	107
39	Alan	91
39	Edward	91
41	Rick	86
42	Jack	85
43	Wayne	84
44	Kevin	80
45	Lawrence	79
46	Keith	78
47	Randall	77
48	Frank	75
48	Micheal	75
48	Raymond	75