State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,020 Oregon births in 1913 across 261 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#85Eldonoutside the national top 200
#63Don#176 nationally
#92Altaoutside the national top 200
#84Jeannette#192 nationally
#96Rexoutside the national top 200
#99Inaoutside the national top 200
#100Bert#197 nationally
#86Ellis#174 nationally
#78Douglas#163 nationally
#88Forrest#173 nationally
#84Elbert#168 nationally
#99Alton#183 nationally

Girls

#1Mary136US #1
#2Helen131US #2
#3Dorothy109US #3
#4Margaret96US #4
#5Ruth73US #5
#6Mildred64US #6
#7Frances61US #9
#8Alice51US #11
#9Evelyn45US #12
#10Hazel41US #27
#11Elizabeth40US #8
#12Lois40US #59
#13Marie40US #10
#14Jean39US #60
#15Virginia39US #15
#16Marjorie37US #48
#17Esther36US #32
#18Florence33US #13
#19Gladys32US #19
#20Doris31US #44
#21Edith30US #29
#22Edna30US #18
#23Grace27US #25
#24Thelma27US #26
#25Lillian26US #16
#26Anna25US #7
#27Eleanor25US #34
#28Martha25US #28
#29Rose25US #14
#30Ethel23US #20
#31Barbara22US #94
#32Lucille22US #31
#33Vera22US #68
#34Clara21US #36
#35Gertrude21US #33
#36Irene21US #21
#37Katherine21US #54
#38Elsie20US #40
#39Ann19US #46
#40Nellie19US #58
#41Ruby19US #23
#42Betty18US #67
#43Jessie18US #61
#44Louise18US #17
#45Mabel18US #56
#46Maxine18US #119
#47Pearl18US #55
#48Agnes17US #41
#49Bernice17US #45
#50Eva17US #50
#51Josephine17US #24
#52Kathryn17US #66
#53Bertha16US #39
#54Catherine16US #22
#55Marion16US #51
#56Pauline16US #35
#57Phyllis16US #122
#58Viola16US #52
#59Vivian16US #83
#60Beatrice15US #37
#61Ellen14US #88
#62Georgia14US #100
#63Juanita14US #95
#64Marian14US #93
#65Violet14US #82
#66Anne13US #57
#67Charlotte13US #87
#68Erma13US #140
#69Laura13US #62
#70Sylvia13US #72
#71Velma13US #89
#72Wilma13US #92
#73Beulah12US #85
#74Geraldine12US #121
#75Jane12US #81
#76Mae12US #79
#77Myrtle12US #53
#78Harriet11US #125
#79Lucile11US #128
#80Verna10US #126
#81Blanche9US #76
#82Genevieve9US #84
#83Inez9US #98
#84Jeannette9US #192
#85Julia9US #42
#86June9US #163
#87Kathleen9US #110
#88Marguerite9US #78
#89Naomi9US #142
#90Opal9US #86
#91Alma8US #64
#92Alta8
#93Bessie8US #47
#94Dolores8US #165
#95Emma8US #38
#96Leona8US #74
#97Norma8US #139
#98Sally8US #138
#99Ina7
#100Irma7US #144

Boys

#1John129US #1
#2William127US #2
#3Robert108US #4
#4James91US #3
#5George85US #6
#6Charles78US #7
#7Frank64US #9
#8Harold64US #13
#9Donald63US #25
#10Howard44US #26
#11Arthur42US #17
#12Kenneth42US #33
#13Richard39US #19
#14Edward37US #8
#15Thomas36US #10
#16Walter36US #11
#17Fred35US #27
#18Henry35US #12
#19Jack34US #28
#20Joseph34US #5
#21Ralph34US #22
#22Raymond34US #18
#23Carl33US #23
#24Paul32US #14
#25Albert29US #16
#26Clarence26US #21
#27Earl25US #31
#28Harry24US #15
#29Elmer22US #45
#30David21US #29
#31Clifford20US #68
#32Ernest20US #34
#33Gerald19US #84
#34Edwin18US #55
#35Lloyd18US #67
#36Norman18US #57
#37Vernon18US #83
#38Lawrence17US #35
#39Leonard16US #46
#40Roy16US #32
#41Chester15US #56
#42Herbert15US #39
#43Melvin15US #61
#44Ray15US #73
#45Willard15US #99
#46Frederick14US #49
#47Leslie14US #105
#48Victor14US #80
#49Virgil14US #107
#50Eugene13US #43
#51Francis13US #30
#52Leo13US #48
#53Louis13US #20
#54Philip13US #69
#55Stanley13US #41
#56Alfred12US #42
#57Cecil12US #74
#58Glenn12US #85
#59Herman12US #53
#60Arnold11US #92
#61Samuel11US #36
#62Alvin10US #82
#63Don10US #176
#64Lester10US #59
#65Maurice10US #95
#66Orville10US #120
#67Theodore10US #60
#68Wilbur10US #91
#69Bernard9US #52
#70Daniel9US #54
#71Edgar9US #87
#72Floyd9US #58
#73Gilbert9US #103
#74Glen9US #129
#75Max9US #101
#76Russell9US #50
#77Wesley9US #133
#78Douglas8US #163
#79Homer8US #96
#80Sam8US #65
#81Andrew7US #47
#82Archie7US #134
#83Benjamin7US #70
#84Elbert7US #168
#85Eldon7
#86Ellis7US #174
#87Everett7US #97
#88Forrest7US #173
#89Gordon7US #94
#90Joe7US #37
#91Lee7US #78
#92Michael7US #40
#93Milton7US #71
#94Oliver7US #124
#95Peter7US #51
#96Rex7
#97Vincent7US #66
#98Wayne7US #113
#99Alton6US #183
#100Bert6US #197

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑37Viola#58
↑36Leslie#47
↑33Theodore#67
↑32Willard#45
↑30Orville#66
↑29Vernon#37
↑28Marion#55
↑28Norman#36

Falling

↓51Wilma#72
↓43Alta#92
↓41Joe#90
↓38Lee#91
↓37Bessie#93
↓36Leona#96
↓34Andrew#81
↓33Bernice#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.