State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,960 Oregon births in 1915 across 371 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#65Altaoutside the national top 200
#80Elmaoutside the national top 200
#67Leland#185 nationally
#88Darrelloutside the national top 200
#69Delbert#179 nationally
#92Jeanne#198 nationally
#100Orvaloutside the national top 200
#85Wilfred#181 nationally
#93Phillip#180 nationally
#74Don#156 nationally
#50Dale#125 nationally
#90Janet#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary248US #1
#2Helen208US #2
#3Dorothy202US #3
#4Margaret143US #4
#5Ruth114US #5
#6Virginia91US #12
#7Frances88US #9
#8Alice82US #13
#9Mildred79US #6
#10Marjorie67US #39
#11Lois66US #47
#12Evelyn65US #10
#13Marie65US #11
#14Elizabeth62US #8
#15Hazel60US #26
#16Doris54US #34
#17Jean54US #48
#18Lucille53US #29
#19Gladys52US #21
#20Florence51US #14
#21Eleanor48US #28
#22Esther46US #33
#23Irene45US #17
#24Thelma45US #30
#25Edna41US #20
#26Grace41US #27
#27Betty39US #53
#28Lillian38US #15
#29Charlotte37US #81
#30Eva37US #55
#31Gertrude36US #35
#32Louise36US #18
#33Maxine36US #98
#34Rose36US #16
#35June35US #96
#36Anna34US #7
#37Agnes33US #45
#38Violet32US #82
#39Edith31US #31
#40Katherine31US #49
#41Ruby31US #24
#42Ethel30US #23
#43Viola30US #59
#44Catherine28US #19
#45Leona28US #74
#46Bernice27US #42
#47Mabel27US #62
#48Wilma27US #80
#49Barbara26US #83
#50Genevieve26US #76
#51Ida26US #54
#52Marian26US #86
#53Velma26US #94
#54Pearl25US #56
#55Laura24US #61
#56Phyllis24US #100
#57Jessie23US #66
#58Marion23US #50
#59Vera23US #65
#60Bertha22US #46
#61Elsie22US #41
#62Martha22US #25
#63Pauline22US #32
#64Georgia21US #111
#65Alta20
#66Norma20US #118
#67Sylvia20US #67
#68Ellen19US #88
#69Josephine19US #22
#70Juanita19US #92
#71Myrtle19US #58
#72Beatrice18US #37
#73Emma18US #40
#74Kathryn18US #60
#75Marguerite18US #85
#76Naomi18US #128
#77Nellie18US #63
#78Vivian18US #78
#79Ann17US #43
#80Elma17
#81Harriet17US #112
#82Lucile17US #135
#83Muriel17US #134
#84Opal17US #90
#85Beulah16US #95
#86Blanche16US #87
#87Clara16US #38
#88Erma16US #139
#89Jane16US #69
#90Janet16US #158
#91Audrey15US #127
#92Jeanne15US #198
#93Kathleen15US #104
#94Irma14US #142
#95Roberta14US #161
#96Wanda14US #154
#97Anne13US #52
#98Ella13US #75
#99Eunice13US #109
#100Verna13US #126

Boys

#1John241US #1
#2Robert225US #4
#3William218US #2
#4James145US #3
#5George134US #6
#6Charles119US #7
#7Donald88US #20
#8Edward85US #8
#9Harold84US #12
#10Kenneth83US #28
#11Walter69US #11
#12Richard68US #15
#13Raymond67US #16
#14Joseph66US #5
#15Arthur65US #18
#16Frank65US #9
#17Jack65US #27
#18Carl63US #22
#19Harry57US #19
#20Albert55US #17
#21Thomas53US #10
#22Howard52US #25
#23Henry49US #14
#24Roy46US #32
#25Paul45US #13
#26Fred42US #26
#27Ralph40US #21
#28Ernest39US #35
#29Earl38US #33
#30Lloyd36US #62
#31Francis35US #29
#32Elmer34US #45
#33Clarence33US #24
#34Melvin32US #60
#35David30US #31
#36Lawrence30US #37
#37Vernon30US #80
#38Willard30US #58
#39Clifford29US #61
#40Eugene29US #41
#41Glenn29US #87
#42Ray29US #67
#43Alfred28US #42
#44Norman27US #50
#45Stanley26US #34
#46Edwin25US #53
#47Chester24US #54
#48Everett23US #89
#49Floyd23US #59
#50Dale22US #125
#51Gordon22US #90
#52Herbert22US #40
#53Leonard22US #44
#54Louis22US #23
#55Wayne22US #97
#56Gerald21US #78
#57Clyde20US #63
#58Leslie20US #106
#59Lester20US #57
#60Russell19US #51
#61Lee18US #84
#62Arnold17US #91
#63Joe17US #38
#64Lewis17US #70
#65Samuel17US #39
#66Wesley17US #133
#67Leland16US #185
#68Victor16US #74
#69Delbert15US #179
#70Gilbert15US #100
#71Marion15US #112
#72Vincent15US #65
#73Bernard14US #48
#74Don14US #156
#75Frederick14US #52
#76Harvey14US #95
#77Herman13US #56
#78Marvin13US #72
#79Peter13US #49
#80Theodore13US #64
#81Wallace13US #126
#82Glen12US #123
#83Max12US #102
#84Philip12US #69
#85Wilfred12US #181
#86Cecil11US #76
#87Daniel11US #55
#88Darrell11
#89Edgar11US #85
#90Leo11US #47
#91Lyle11US #159
#92Maurice11US #101
#93Phillip11US #180
#94Roger11US #124
#95Virgil11US #108
#96Wilbur11US #92
#97Willis11US #137
#98Anthony10US #36
#99Jesse10US #77
#100Orval10

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑38June#35
↑35Phyllis#56
↑34Charlotte#29
↑34Dale#50
↑32Samuel#65
↑30Leona#45
↑28Willard#38
↑26Betty#27

Falling

↓43Jane#89
↓40Daniel#87
↓39Wilbur#96
↓35Herman#77
↓31Maurice#92
↓30Clara#87
↓27Ellen#68
↓26Martha#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.