State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,297 Oregon births in 1916 across 377 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#76Irisoutside the national top 200
#85Deanoutside the national top 200
#87Elmaoutside the national top 200
#54Ivan#165 nationally
#87Leland#198 nationally
#92Eldonoutside the national top 200
#74Cleo#180 nationally
#95Altaoutside the national top 200
#98Joyceoutside the national top 200
#98Fredrickoutside the national top 200
#70Ronald#167 nationally
#65Delbert#161 nationally

Girls

#1Helen211US #2
#2Dorothy206US #3
#3Mary198US #1
#4Margaret177US #4
#5Ruth134US #5
#6Mildred98US #6
#7Virginia88US #10
#8Frances87US #9
#9Marjorie87US #37
#10Elizabeth78US #8
#11Evelyn74US #11
#12Marie70US #12
#13Hazel69US #31
#14Doris64US #32
#15Alice61US #13
#16Jean61US #45
#17Florence59US #14
#18Thelma57US #29
#19June56US #86
#20Maxine55US #96
#21Lois52US #43
#22Edna51US #19
#23Irene49US #17
#24Louise48US #18
#25Anna47US #7
#26Esther47US #34
#27Betty42US #44
#28Barbara40US #74
#29Edith40US #28
#30Eleanor40US #27
#31Lucille39US #30
#32Gertrude36US #35
#33Lillian36US #16
#34Marian36US #72
#35Wilma36US #82
#36Gladys35US #22
#37Grace34US #26
#38Agnes31US #50
#39Eva31US #55
#40Genevieve31US #76
#41Violet31US #83
#42Catherine30US #20
#43Ruby30US #23
#44Rose29US #15
#45Bernice28US #42
#46Elsie28US #48
#47Ethel28US #25
#48Martha28US #24
#49Norma28US #111
#50Emma27US #41
#51Josephine27US #21
#52Marguerite27US #78
#53Geraldine26US #94
#54Jane26US #62
#55Katherine26US #51
#56Bertha25US #49
#57Kathryn25US #60
#58Vera25US #66
#59Viola25US #59
#60Clara23US #39
#61Vivian23US #77
#62Pauline22US #33
#63Audrey21US #119
#64Charlotte21US #80
#65Ella21US #81
#66Laura21US #64
#67Mabel21US #65
#68Marion21US #47
#69Phyllis21US #95
#70Velma21US #99
#71Jessie20US #68
#72Myrtle20US #58
#73Pearl20US #57
#74Cleo19US #180
#75Ellen19US #87
#76Iris19
#77Nancy19US #102
#78Naomi19US #130
#79Nellie19US #61
#80Roberta19US #155
#81Blanche18US #89
#82Georgia18US #108
#83Jeanne18US #176
#84Julia18US #46
#85Verna16US #125
#86Ann15US #40
#87Elma15
#88Juanita15US #90
#89Muriel15US #134
#90Patricia15US #174
#91Anne14US #53
#92Beatrice14US #38
#93Eileen14US #118
#94Erma14US #145
#95Alta13
#96Bonnie13US #185
#97Ida13US #54
#98Joyce13
#99Leona13US #75
#100Lucile13US #139

Boys

#1Robert265US #4
#2William215US #2
#3John209US #1
#4George157US #7
#5James149US #3
#6Charles126US #6
#7Harold115US #13
#8Donald106US #20
#9Frank93US #9
#10Richard87US #15
#11Kenneth82US #27
#12Edward80US #8
#13Jack79US #26
#14Walter67US #11
#15Paul65US #12
#16Thomas63US #10
#17Arthur61US #18
#18Raymond60US #16
#19Joseph58US #5
#20Harry55US #19
#21Ralph53US #21
#22Roy53US #33
#23Albert50US #17
#24Howard49US #25
#25Fred47US #29
#26Carl45US #23
#27Earl45US #32
#28Clarence44US #24
#29David43US #28
#30Henry41US #14
#31Ernest39US #36
#32Leonard39US #42
#33Melvin37US #57
#34Norman37US #48
#35Lawrence35US #38
#36Lloyd35US #58
#37Eugene33US #39
#38Alfred31US #43
#39Floyd31US #60
#40Edwin28US #53
#41Elmer28US #45
#42Francis28US #31
#43Gordon27US #90
#44Lester26US #59
#45Stanley26US #34
#46Herbert25US #40
#47Chester23US #54
#48Clifford23US #61
#49Willard23US #69
#50Glenn22US #84
#51Ray22US #73
#52Wayne22US #98
#53Louis21US #22
#54Ivan20US #165
#55Russell20US #51
#56Frederick19US #52
#57Clyde18US #62
#58Milton18US #72
#59Virgil18US #104
#60Wilbur18US #94
#61Arnold17US #89
#62Bernard17US #49
#63Daniel17US #55
#64Vernon17US #75
#65Delbert16US #161
#66Lewis16US #71
#67Marvin16US #66
#68Leo15US #47
#69Leroy15US #63
#70Ronald15US #167
#71Cecil14US #80
#72Don14US #160
#73Edgar14US #88
#74Gerald14US #76
#75Leslie14US #112
#76Maurice14US #100
#77Theodore14US #65
#78Victor14US #78
#79Dale13US #121
#80Everett13US #91
#81Herman13US #56
#82Philip13US #70
#83Wallace13US #124
#84Alvin12US #82
#85Dean12
#86Hugh12US #96
#87Leland12US #198
#88Lyle12US #153
#89Archie11US #152
#90Benjamin11US #79
#91Bruce11US #162
#92Eldon11
#93Gilbert11US #106
#94Homer11US #103
#95Marion11US #110
#96Roger11US #129
#97Wesley11US #135
#98Fredrick10
#99Vincent10US #67
#100Warren10US #102

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑36Virgil#59
↑36Wilbur#60
↑35Jane#54
↑33Ella#65
↑28Audrey#63
↑27Clara#60
↑24Daniel#63
↑23Emma#50

Falling

↓54Leona#99
↓46Ida#97
↓35Charlotte#64
↓32Everett#80
↓31Wesley#97
↓30Alta#95
↓29Dale#79
↓27Vernon#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.