State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,330 Oregon births in 1911 across 166 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Oregon more than they say America.

#58Rexoutside the national top 200
#63Altaoutside the national top 200
#49Don#184 nationally
#62Wanda#189 nationally
#79Dolores#196 nationally
#91Cleo#200 nationally
#93Dorrisoutside the national top 200
#39Glen#145 nationally
#97Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#80Fern#172 nationally
#75Nina#165 nationally
#92Dorothea#182 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy90US #4
#2Helen86US #2
#3Mary73US #1
#4Ruth53US #5
#5Margaret49US #3
#6Mildred44US #8
#7Elizabeth34US #7
#8Evelyn34US #16
#9Marjorie34US #59
#10Alice32US #11
#11Hazel30US #25
#12Thelma29US #27
#13Gladys28US #18
#14Frances26US #10
#15Ethel23US #15
#16Edna22US #17
#17Esther22US #34
#18Florence22US #12
#19Doris21US #56
#20Louise21US #19
#21Marie19US #9
#22Violet19US #83
#23Ruby18US #22
#24Grace17US #23
#25Anna16US #6
#26Catherine16US #20
#27Irene16US #21
#28Lucille16US #32
#29Virginia16US #26
#30Bernice15US #51
#31Lillian15US #13
#32Martha15US #28
#33Opal15US #81
#34Elsie14US #41
#35Eva14US #46
#36Edith13US #31
#37Laura13US #57
#38Lois13US #68
#39Velma13US #90
#40Vera13US #67
#41Wilma13US #102
#42Ella12US #63
#43Ellen12US #84
#44Jane12US #98
#45Pauline12US #38
#46Beatrice11US #37
#47Mabel11US #43
#48Nellie11US #54
#49Agnes10US #39
#50Bertha10US #36
#51Bessie10US #40
#52Emma10US #35
#53Ida10US #45
#54Katherine10US #55
#55Marguerite10US #87
#56Viola10US #47
#57Vivian10US #80
#58Juanita9US #107
#59Lena9US #70
#60Myrtle9US #50
#61Rose9US #14
#62Wanda9US #189
#63Alta8
#64Anne8US #64
#65Charlotte8US #95
#66Clara8US #33
#67Inez8US #99
#68Barbara7US #119
#69Genevieve7US #93
#70Gertrude7US #30
#71Irma7US #137
#72Jean7US #74
#73Kathleen7US #126
#74Lola7US #120
#75Nina7US #165
#76Alma6US #62
#77Audrey6US #154
#78Beulah6US #79
#79Dolores6US #196
#80Fern6US #172
#81Josephine6US #29
#82Leona6US #76
#83Lucile6US #128
#84Lydia6US #142
#85Maxine6US #152
#86Norma6US #153
#87Olive6US #121
#88Sylvia6US #82
#89Ada5US #97
#90Ann5US #53
#91Cleo5US #200
#92Dorothea5US #182
#93Dorris5
#94Eleanor5US #49
#95Geneva5US #122
#96Georgia5US #96
#97Gwendolyn5
#98Iva5US #180
#99Jessie5US #66
#100Julia5US #44

Boys

#1John53US #1
#2James39US #3
#3William39US #2
#4Robert38US #5
#5George37US #4
#6Charles29US #7
#7Harold27US #16
#8Jack25US #25
#9Donald23US #36
#10Edward22US #9
#11Frank22US #8
#12Paul21US #17
#13Walter20US #12
#14Henry18US #11
#15Kenneth16US #40
#16Raymond16US #19
#17Joseph14US #6
#18Ralph14US #24
#19Thomas14US #10
#20Harry12US #13
#21Howard11US #28
#22Richard11US #20
#23Melvin10US #73
#24Carl9US #26
#25Louis9US #21
#26Vernon9US #96
#27Earl8US #34
#28Elmer8US #48
#29Fred8US #22
#30Roy8US #31
#31David7US #27
#32Eugene7US #43
#33Lawrence7US #37
#34Ray7US #71
#35Theodore7US #56
#36Alvin6US #89
#37Arthur6US #18
#38Edwin6US #60
#39Glen6US #145
#40Stanley6US #44
#41Tom6US #105
#42Wayne6US #126
#43Willard6US #114
#44Albert5US #15
#45Alfred5US #39
#46Allen5US #98
#47Cecil5US #76
#48Clarence5US #23
#49Don5US #184
#50Ernest5US #32
#51Francis5US #33
#52Gordon5US #97
#53Herbert5US #41
#54Lester5US #65
#55Marvin5US #82
#56Norman5US #63
#57Oscar5US #68
#58Rex5
#59Virgil5US #107

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑57Bernice#30
↑55Eva#35
↑49Jane#44
↑46Ella#42
↑41Opal#33
↑34Laura#37
↑30Pauline#45
↑28Ida#53

Falling

↓61Eleanor#94
↓50Gertrude#70
↓44Sylvia#88
↓38Jessie#99
↓36Myrtle#60
↓35Josephine#81
↓32Norma#86
↓27Alma#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.