State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,419 Oregon births in 1918 across 402 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#76Carol#196 nationally
#75Leland#187 nationally
#54Delbert#164 nationally
#93Keithoutside the national top 200
#94Lorenoutside the national top 200
#72Merle#170 nationally
#52Lyle#145 nationally
#85Ronald#176 nationally
#89Ivan#177 nationally
#98Bert#186 nationally
#91Forrest#175 nationally
#53Patricia#133 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy235US #3
#2Mary230US #1
#3Helen205US #2
#4Margaret188US #4
#5Ruth148US #5
#6Frances116US #8
#7Virginia102US #7
#8Marjorie98US #34
#9Doris92US #19
#10Evelyn90US #11
#11Jean90US #37
#12Lois79US #42
#13Mildred79US #6
#14Betty74US #21
#15Hazel73US #33
#16June69US #66
#17Irene68US #16
#18Elizabeth63US #9
#19Maxine62US #87
#20Alice60US #13
#21Florence60US #14
#22Esther56US #38
#23Edna54US #23
#24Marie54US #12
#25Barbara53US #60
#26Bernice49US #41
#27Ethel48US #28
#28Louise47US #18
#29Lillian42US #15
#30Gladys41US #22
#31Edith40US #30
#32Phyllis40US #80
#33Thelma39US #32
#34Grace38US #31
#35Lucille37US #29
#36Anna36US #10
#37Leona36US #79
#38Pearl36US #56
#39Eleanor35US #26
#40Violet34US #83
#41Jane33US #53
#42Marian33US #76
#43Agnes32US #47
#44Elsie32US #49
#45Shirley32US #97
#46Charlotte31US #78
#47Geraldine31US #77
#48Martha31US #25
#49Genevieve30US #81
#50Jeanne30US #126
#51Viola30US #59
#52Norma29US #98
#53Patricia29US #133
#54Rose29US #17
#55Velma29US #103
#56Catherine28US #20
#57Josephine28US #24
#58Kathryn28US #63
#59Ruby28US #27
#60Vivian27US #72
#61Wilma27US #82
#62Ellen26US #92
#63Gertrude26US #39
#64Laura26US #64
#65Marion26US #45
#66Roberta26US #142
#67Georgia24US #107
#68Katherine23US #50
#69Marguerite23US #86
#70Clara22US #43
#71Eva22US #55
#72Nellie22US #65
#73Pauline22US #35
#74Beatrice21US #40
#75Bertha21US #51
#76Carol21US #196
#77Mabel21US #74
#78Myrtle21US #62
#79Anne19US #54
#80Bessie19US #61
#81Vera19US #68
#82Verna19US #125
#83Eileen18US #110
#84Erma18US #153
#85Muriel18US #130
#86Nancy18US #102
#87Harriet17US #106
#88Juanita17US #85
#89Lorraine17US #69
#90Olive17US #143
#91Alma16US #73
#92Emma16US #46
#93Joan16US #160
#94Ella15US #84
#95Jessie15US #75
#96Kathleen15US #99
#97Opal15US #94
#98Wanda15US #128
#99Audrey14US #118
#100Dolores14US #127

Boys

#1Robert372US #4
#2John266US #1
#3William232US #2
#4James189US #3
#5Charles154US #5
#6George146US #6
#7Donald109US #18
#8Harold105US #13
#9Richard102US #12
#10Jack101US #21
#11Frank88US #9
#12Walter78US #11
#13Kenneth76US #27
#14Edward74US #8
#15Joseph73US #7
#16Raymond71US #15
#17Harry66US #20
#18Ralph58US #22
#19Howard55US #26
#20Albert54US #19
#21Arthur51US #17
#22Thomas51US #10
#23Earl50US #31
#24Carl48US #25
#25David48US #28
#26Paul48US #14
#27Fred45US #33
#28Roy44US #32
#29Clarence43US #23
#30Lloyd43US #51
#31Francis42US #30
#32Lawrence41US #38
#33Melvin41US #56
#34Leonard39US #41
#35Norman38US #49
#36Vernon37US #66
#37Floyd35US #61
#38Chester34US #54
#39Clifford34US #60
#40Ernest33US #37
#41Gordon33US #85
#42Alfred32US #42
#43Dale32US #111
#44Henry32US #16
#45Glenn31US #84
#46Herbert31US #40
#47Elmer30US #44
#48Virgil29US #99
#49Ray28US #69
#50Gerald26US #72
#51Stanley25US #36
#52Lyle24US #145
#53Cecil23US #82
#54Delbert23US #164
#55Eugene22US #35
#56Russell22US #50
#57Victor22US #63
#58Lewis21US #74
#59Joe20US #34
#60Lester20US #62
#61Daniel19US #52
#62Louis19US #24
#63Theodore19US #64
#64Wayne19US #91
#65Alvin18US #80
#66Bernard18US #47
#67Clyde18US #67
#68Gilbert18US #105
#69Marvin18US #68
#70Everett17US #93
#71Frederick17US #59
#72Merle17US #170
#73Warren17US #90
#74Bruce16US #146
#75Leland16US #187
#76Leo16US #48
#77Wallace16US #124
#78Woodrow16US #58
#79Don15US #153
#80Hugh15US #112
#81Leslie15US #102
#82Philip15US #71
#83Willard15US #83
#84Lee14US #86
#85Ronald14US #176
#86Allen13US #98
#87Douglas13US #115
#88Harvey13US #88
#89Ivan13US #177
#90Claude12US #95
#91Forrest12US #175
#92Herman12US #65
#93Keith12
#94Loren12
#95Marion12US #107
#96Milton12US #76
#97Wilbur12US #97
#98Bert11US #186
#99Edgar11US #89
#100Edwin11US #55

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑51Phyllis#32
↑50Shirley#45
↑40Russell#56
↑34Agnes#43
↑31Dale#43
↑30Cecil#53
↑29Leona#37
↑29Pearl#38

Falling

↓48Edwin#100
↓35Jessie#95
↓34Edgar#99
↓30Eva#71
↓29Ellen#62
↓29Emma#92
↓28Gertrude#63
↓27Vera#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.