Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1953
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| 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 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 51 | Stanley | 72 |
| 52 | Danny | 70 |
| 53 | Curtis | 69 |
| 54 | Peter | 66 |
| 55 | Bradley | 63 |
| 55 | Russell | 63 |
| 57 | Allen | 62 |
| 57 | Steve | 62 |
| 59 | Christopher | 59 |
| 59 | Philip | 59 |
| 61 | Eric | 58 |
| 62 | Dan | 56 |
| 62 | Dean | 56 |
| 64 | Carl | 55 |
| 64 | Marvin | 55 |
| 66 | Harold | 54 |
| 66 | Norman | 54 |
| 66 | Ricky | 54 |
| 69 | Arthur | 53 |
| 69 | Roy | 53 |
| 71 | Duane | 52 |
| 72 | Robin | 49 |
| 73 | Clifford | 48 |
| 73 | Gordon | 48 |
| 73 | Jeffery | 48 |
| 73 | Jon | 48 |
| 73 | Walter | 48 |
| 78 | Anthony | 46 |
| 78 | Brad | 46 |
| 80 | Mike | 45 |
| 81 | Samuel | 42 |
| 82 | Glenn | 41 |
| 83 | Eugene | 39 |
| 83 | Fred | 39 |
| 85 | Howard | 38 |
| 85 | Jim | 38 |
| 85 | Leslie | 38 |
| 85 | Phillip | 38 |
| 89 | Kim | 37 |
| 89 | Lee | 37 |
| 89 | Martin | 37 |
| 92 | Matthew | 36 |
| 92 | Ralph | 36 |
| 94 | Harry | 35 |
| 94 | Jay | 35 |
| 96 | Darrell | 34 |
| 96 | Guy | 34 |
| 96 | Lloyd | 34 |
| 96 | Ray | 34 |
| 100 | Allan | 32 |
| 100 | Andrew | 32 |
| 100 | Leonard | 32 |
| 100 | Lonnie | 32 |