Most popular boys’ names in Oregon, 1981
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 685 |
| 2 | Christopher | 612 |
| 3 | Joshua | 609 |
| 4 | Matthew | 546 |
| 5 | Ryan | 544 |
| 6 | David | 487 |
| 7 | Jason | 432 |
| 8 | Justin | 391 |
| 9 | Robert | 379 |
| 10 | Daniel | 351 |
| 11 | Brian | 350 |
| 12 | Andrew | 342 |
| 12 | Joseph | 342 |
| 14 | James | 337 |
| 15 | John | 335 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 335 |
| 17 | Brandon | 298 |
| 18 | Jeremy | 288 |
| 19 | Jesse | 277 |
| 20 | Adam | 266 |
| 21 | Aaron | 264 |
| 22 | Jacob | 256 |
| 23 | Benjamin | 246 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 246 |
| 25 | Nathan | 240 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Eric | 233 |
| 26 | Timothy | 233 |
| 28 | Scott | 212 |
| 29 | Travis | 210 |
| 30 | Kevin | 209 |
| 31 | William | 206 |
| 32 | Jeffrey | 199 |
| 33 | Dustin | 184 |
| 34 | Steven | 178 |
| 35 | Anthony | 171 |
| 36 | Richard | 158 |
| 37 | Thomas | 154 |
| 38 | Mark | 151 |
| 39 | Patrick | 144 |
| 40 | Kyle | 143 |
| 41 | Tyler | 136 |
| 42 | Sean | 133 |
| 43 | Paul | 125 |
| 44 | Casey | 124 |
| 45 | Charles | 123 |
| 46 | Jared | 110 |
| 46 | Kenneth | 110 |
| 48 | Bryan | 107 |
| 49 | Bradley | 100 |
| 50 | Samuel | 99 |
| 51 | Zachary | 98 |
| 52 | Chad | 95 |
| 53 | Derek | 93 |
| 53 | Stephen | 93 |
| 55 | Shawn | 90 |
| 56 | Joel | 85 |
| 57 | Cody | 78 |
| 57 | Nathaniel | 78 |
| 59 | Peter | 77 |
| 60 | Gregory | 75 |
| 61 | Jeremiah | 73 |
| 61 | Jordan | 73 |
| 61 | Shane | 73 |
| 64 | Erik | 72 |
| 64 | Seth | 72 |
| 66 | Luke | 71 |
| 67 | Gabriel | 70 |
| 68 | Alexander | 68 |
| 69 | Donald | 67 |
| 69 | Lucas | 67 |
| 71 | Ian | 65 |
| 72 | Cory | 61 |
| 73 | Jeffery | 60 |
| 74 | Douglas | 56 |
| 75 | Corey | 54 |
| 75 | Keith | 54 |
| 77 | Brent | 51 |
| 78 | Brett | 50 |
| 79 | Gary | 49 |
| 79 | Phillip | 49 |
| 79 | Todd | 49 |
| 79 | Trevor | 49 |
| 83 | Isaac | 48 |
| 83 | Marcus | 48 |
| 85 | Tyson | 46 |
| 86 | Shaun | 45 |
| 87 | Kristopher | 44 |
| 87 | Levi | 44 |
| 89 | Curtis | 43 |
| 89 | Evan | 43 |
| 89 | Randy | 43 |
| 89 | Troy | 43 |
| 93 | Cameron | 41 |
| 93 | Craig | 41 |
| 93 | Philip | 41 |
| 96 | Alan | 40 |
| 96 | Raymond | 40 |
| 98 | Carl | 39 |
| 98 | Noah | 39 |
| 100 | Caleb | 38 |
| 100 | George | 38 |
| 100 | Wesley | 38 |