State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,421 Oregon births in 1917 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.

#67Leland#191 nationally
#82Byronoutside the national top 200
#86Irisoutside the national top 200
#38Patricia#147 nationally
#93Eldonoutside the national top 200
#90Faye#197 nationally
#56Delbert#162 nationally
#96Caroloutside the national top 200
#98Elmaoutside the national top 200
#58Lyle#153 nationally
#73Jeanne#166 nationally
#76Ivan#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary249US #1
#2Helen195US #2
#3Dorothy190US #3
#4Margaret146US #4
#5Ruth109US #5
#6Frances101US #9
#7Virginia97US #10
#8Evelyn95US #11
#9Mildred83US #6
#10Marjorie77US #36
#11June71US #73
#12Doris66US #25
#13Lois66US #43
#14Elizabeth65US #8
#15Alice64US #13
#16Marie64US #12
#17Jean62US #40
#18Betty60US #34
#19Florence58US #14
#20Hazel54US #31
#21Barbara53US #67
#22Esther52US #38
#23Gladys49US #23
#24Irene47US #17
#25Maxine46US #93
#26Edna44US #20
#27Thelma42US #32
#28Edith40US #28
#29Grace40US #30
#30Lillian40US #15
#31Eleanor39US #26
#32Louise38US #19
#33Ellen37US #90
#34Elsie35US #50
#35Gertrude32US #37
#36Josephine32US #21
#37Martha32US #22
#38Patricia32US #147
#39Anna31US #7
#40Ethel31US #24
#41Eva31US #54
#42Katherine31US #49
#43Velma30US #99
#44Bernice29US #42
#45Jane29US #55
#46Marian29US #74
#47Rose29US #16
#48Catherine28US #18
#49Ruby27US #27
#50Vivian27US #79
#51Geraldine26US #89
#52Kathryn26US #60
#53Norma26US #108
#54Vera26US #66
#55Violet26US #84
#56Wilma26US #82
#57Genevieve25US #77
#58Viola25US #59
#59Lucille24US #29
#60Jessie23US #70
#61Juanita23US #87
#62Roberta23US #149
#63Emma22US #46
#64Pauline22US #33
#65Clara21US #41
#66Leona21US #80
#67Pearl21US #57
#68Bessie20US #61
#69Laura20US #65
#70Ann19US #44
#71Anne19US #53
#72Charlotte19US #76
#73Jeanne19US #166
#74Marguerite19US #78
#75Marion19US #45
#76Myrtle19US #58
#77Agnes18US #48
#78Bertha18US #51
#79Julia18US #47
#80Elaine17US #160
#81Ella17US #83
#82Nellie17US #64
#83Phyllis17US #92
#84Bonnie16US #171
#85Erma16US #148
#86Iris16
#87Naomi16US #133
#88Beulah15US #102
#89Eileen15US #106
#90Faye15US #197
#91Georgia15US #105
#92Lorraine15US #116
#93Blanche14US #91
#94Eunice14US #111
#95Shirley14US #123
#96Carol13
#97Dolores13US #139
#98Elma13
#99Harriet13US #104
#100Ida13US #56

Boys

#1Robert295US #4
#2John243US #1
#3William218US #2
#4James163US #3
#5George157US #6
#6Charles139US #7
#7Donald126US #20
#8Harold93US #12
#9Frank79US #9
#10Walter79US #11
#11Jack78US #22
#12Edward74US #8
#13Kenneth72US #27
#14Richard63US #14
#15Arthur59US #17
#16Harry59US #19
#17Thomas59US #10
#18Albert56US #18
#19Henry55US #15
#20Ernest53US #37
#21Ralph53US #21
#22Howard52US #26
#23Joseph52US #5
#24Roy50US #33
#25David48US #28
#26Paul48US #13
#27Fred47US #29
#28Raymond43US #16
#29Lloyd42US #53
#30Carl38US #24
#31Earl37US #32
#32Herbert37US #40
#33Leonard37US #41
#34Clarence35US #25
#35Glenn35US #86
#36Chester34US #56
#37Elmer34US #45
#38Lawrence34US #36
#39Francis33US #30
#40Gordon33US #84
#41Clifford32US #59
#42Louis31US #23
#43Norman29US #46
#44Ray28US #74
#45Stanley28US #34
#46Floyd27US #62
#47Gerald27US #69
#48Vernon27US #71
#49Alfred25US #43
#50Virgil24US #103
#51Clyde22US #64
#52Edwin22US #55
#53Eugene22US #39
#54Wayne22US #96
#55Alvin21US #81
#56Delbert21US #162
#57Victor21US #78
#58Lyle20US #153
#59Archie19US #142
#60Lee19US #85
#61Lester19US #61
#62Melvin19US #57
#63Frederick18US #51
#64Theodore18US #63
#65Edgar17US #88
#66Joe17US #35
#67Leland17US #191
#68Lewis17US #70
#69Everett16US #94
#70Glen16US #122
#71Wilbur16US #92
#72Willard16US #80
#73Allen15US #100
#74Dale15US #120
#75Harvey15US #90
#76Ivan15US #168
#77Leo15US #47
#78Samuel15US #42
#79Milton14US #75
#80Andrew13US #48
#81Bruce13US #156
#82Byron13
#83Cecil13US #83
#84Daniel13US #54
#85Gilbert13US #105
#86Homer13US #102
#87Leslie13US #107
#88Marion13US #108
#89Maurice13US #101
#90Peter13US #50
#91Philip13US #66
#92Claude12US #98
#93Eldon12
#94Hugh12US #110
#95Leroy12US #60
#96Russell12US #52
#97Willis12US #140
#98Merle11US #178
#99Orville11US #134
#100Woodrow11US #73

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑52Patricia#38
↑42Ellen#33
↑33Leona#66
↑30Lyle#58
↑30Archie#59
↑29Alvin#55
↑27Velma#43
↑27Juanita#61

Falling

↓41Russell#96
↓39Agnes#77
↓29Melvin#62
↓28Lucille#59
↓26Leroy#95
↓23Willard#72
↓22Marguerite#74
↓22Bertha#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.