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Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,560 Oregon births in 1914 across 315 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#84Elaineoutside the national top 200
#77Ivan#193 nationally
#90Patriciaoutside the national top 200
#96Rexoutside the national top 200
#98Lilaoutside the national top 200
#18Maxine#114 nationally
#100Bert#191 nationally
#83Wanda#164 nationally
#94Carolyn#169 nationally
#55Wallace#127 nationally
#99August#166 nationally
#97Janet#163 nationally

Girls

#1Helen160US #2
#2Dorothy155US #3
#3Mary149US #1
#4Margaret129US #4
#5Ruth111US #5
#6Mildred70US #7
#7Virginia65US #14
#8Frances60US #9
#9Doris57US #36
#10Elizabeth56US #8
#11Marjorie53US #45
#12Alice52US #12
#13Evelyn50US #11
#14Florence45US #13
#15Marie43US #10
#16Edna42US #19
#17Irene42US #22
#18Maxine42US #114
#19Esther41US #35
#20Edith39US #31
#21Hazel39US #29
#22Gladys37US #20
#23Thelma37US #26
#24Eleanor35US #28
#25Jean35US #54
#26Lois33US #51
#27Eva32US #52
#28Louise32US #17
#29Lucille32US #30
#30Rose31US #15
#31Wilma31US #95
#32Anna30US #6
#33Lillian30US #16
#34Katherine29US #48
#35Barbara27US #82
#36Martha27US #27
#37Velma27US #92
#38Ethel26US #21
#39Grace25US #25
#40Mabel25US #58
#41Ellen22US #86
#42Elsie22US #46
#43Pearl22US #56
#44Vera22US #68
#45Gertrude21US #32
#46Jane21US #71
#47Myrtle21US #60
#48Laura20US #59
#49Violet20US #83
#50Marian19US #90
#51Ruby19US #24
#52Bernice18US #43
#53Betty18US #62
#54Kathryn18US #63
#55Viola18US #57
#56Bertha17US #41
#57Clara17US #37
#58Genevieve17US #76
#59Juanita17US #94
#60Sylvia17US #70
#61Agnes16US #44
#62Catherine16US #18
#63Charlotte16US #88
#64Ida16US #49
#65Jessie16US #64
#66Marguerite16US #84
#67Marion16US #50
#68Alma15US #69
#69Ann15US #40
#70Blanche15US #80
#71Josephine15US #23
#72Emma14US #39
#73June14US #132
#74Lena14US #75
#75Leona14US #79
#76Opal14US #89
#77Georgia13US #107
#78Pauline13US #34
#79Vivian13US #81
#80Anne12US #53
#81Audrey12US #138
#82Bessie12US #55
#83Wanda12US #164
#84Elaine11
#85Nancy11US #102
#86Nellie11US #61
#87Eunice10US #109
#88Kathleen10US #110
#89Norma10US #128
#90Patricia10
#91Phyllis10US #113
#92Ada9US #106
#93Beulah9US #96
#94Carolyn9US #169
#95Dolores9US #155
#96Erma9US #147
#97Janet9US #163
#98Lila9
#99Nora9US #143
#100Rachel9US #151

Boys

#1Robert182US #4
#2John170US #1
#3William168US #2
#4James109US #3
#5George107US #6
#6Charles87US #7
#7Donald82US #23
#8Harold75US #14
#9Jack58US #27
#10Raymond58US #16
#11Richard58US #17
#12Frank56US #9
#13Ralph53US #21
#14Walter53US #10
#15Edward52US #8
#16Kenneth48US #30
#17Carl42US #24
#18Arthur41US #18
#19Paul41US #13
#20Albert39US #15
#21Henry39US #12
#22Fred38US #28
#23Roy36US #32
#24Thomas36US #11
#25Joseph35US #5
#26Howard33US #26
#27Lloyd32US #66
#28Clifford31US #62
#29Clarence30US #22
#30Earl29US #33
#31Elmer27US #46
#32Lawrence27US #35
#33Francis25US #31
#34Edwin24US #53
#35Melvin24US #59
#36David23US #29
#37Ernest23US #38
#38Alfred21US #41
#39Harry21US #19
#40Leonard21US #45
#41Herbert20US #42
#42Herman20US #51
#43Louis19US #20
#44Ray19US #74
#45Vernon19US #83
#46Clyde18US #63
#47Daniel18US #55
#48Gordon18US #88
#49Eugene17US #43
#50Floyd17US #58
#51Lewis17US #72
#52Stanley17US #39
#53Glenn16US #91
#54Norman16US #54
#55Wallace16US #127
#56Lester15US #57
#57Wilbur15US #96
#58Chester14US #56
#59Frederick14US #52
#60Gilbert14US #104
#61Maurice14US #94
#62Russell14US #49
#63Lee13US #84
#64Vincent13US #61
#65Wayne13US #111
#66Willard13US #92
#67Claude12US #93
#68Harvey12US #95
#69Milton12US #69
#70Theodore12US #64
#71Everett11US #90
#72Gerald11US #81
#73Leo11US #47
#74Philip11US #68
#75Andrew10US #44
#76Arnold10US #97
#77Ivan10US #193
#78Leslie10US #103
#79Peter10US #48
#80Victor10US #76
#81Virgil10US #107
#82Wesley10US #132
#83Alvin9US #78
#84Dale9US #142
#85Glen9US #123
#86Joe9US #34
#87Leroy9US #60
#88Martin9US #73
#89Oscar9US #77
#90Ben8US #110
#91Cecil8US #79
#92Edgar8US #87
#93Homer8US #101
#94Marion8US #115
#95Marvin8US #75
#96Rex8
#97Samuel8US #36
#98Allen7US #105
#99August7US #166
#100Bert7US #191

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑41Wilma#31
↑41Gordon#48
↑34Velma#37
↑33Vincent#64
↑33Wayne#65
↑30Myrtle#47
↑29Jane#46
↑28Maxine#18

Falling

↓46Nellie#86
↓39Gerald#72
↓36Samuel#97
↓34Phyllis#91
↓34Cecil#91
↓32Victor#80
↓32Virgil#81
↓31Leslie#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.