State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,330 Oregon births in 1919 across 391 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#81Eldonoutside the national top 200
#92Boboutside the national top 200
#93Darrelloutside the national top 200
#93Carol#200 nationally
#98Altaoutside the national top 200
#62Bonnie#163 nationally
#80Dean#181 nationally
#95Leland#192 nationally
#75Ronald#171 nationally
#19Patricia#114 nationally
#99Keith#194 nationally
#70Delbert#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary256US #1
#2Dorothy211US #3
#3Helen186US #2
#4Margaret172US #4
#5Ruth168US #5
#6Virginia127US #7
#7Frances99US #9
#8Marjorie99US #33
#9Betty89US #15
#10Doris89US #18
#11Alice87US #13
#12Evelyn86US #11
#13June86US #64
#14Jean82US #37
#15Mildred79US #6
#16Lois76US #40
#17Elizabeth66US #8
#18Florence63US #14
#19Patricia59US #114
#20Maxine57US #85
#21Barbara51US #60
#22Edna51US #22
#23Gladys51US #21
#24Lucille50US #27
#25Hazel49US #32
#26Edith48US #29
#27Irene47US #16
#28Thelma43US #31
#29Esther42US #38
#30Marie42US #12
#31Shirley40US #89
#32Eleanor39US #30
#33Anna38US #10
#34Lillian38US #17
#35Wilma38US #86
#36Grace35US #34
#37Louise34US #20
#38Marian34US #82
#39Phyllis33US #84
#40Genevieve31US #88
#41Geraldine31US #68
#42Gertrude30US #39
#43Jane30US #53
#44Norma30US #83
#45Bernice29US #42
#46Ruby29US #24
#47Vera29US #65
#48Violet29US #74
#49Juanita28US #73
#50Martha28US #25
#51Vivian28US #72
#52Ellen27US #92
#53Elsie27US #47
#54Agnes26US #50
#55Catherine26US #23
#56Pauline26US #36
#57Ethel25US #28
#58Josephine25US #26
#59Audrey24US #115
#60Elaine24US #136
#61Velma24US #104
#62Bonnie23US #163
#63Jeanne23US #130
#64Leona23US #90
#65Myrtle23US #67
#66Clara22US #43
#67Lorraine22US #62
#68Rose22US #19
#69Eva21US #55
#70Georgia21US #106
#71Harriet21US #113
#72Kathryn21US #66
#73Laura21US #71
#74Marguerite21US #96
#75Verna21US #131
#76Viola21US #58
#77Bessie20US #59
#78Charlotte20US #79
#79Eileen20US #103
#80Janet20US #126
#81Jessie20US #75
#82Katherine20US #51
#83Nellie20US #69
#84Pearl20US #56
#85Roberta19US #144
#86Bertha18US #52
#87Jeanette18US #135
#88Sylvia18US #77
#89Alma17US #76
#90Beatrice17US #41
#91Emma17US #45
#92Blanche16US #97
#93Carol16US #200
#94Joan16US #174
#95Kathleen16US #101
#96Lola16US #142
#97Wanda16US #128
#98Alta15
#99Della15US #175
#100Marion15US #44

Boys

#1Robert402US #4
#2William254US #2
#3John222US #1
#4James170US #3
#5George151US #6
#6Charles135US #5
#7Donald126US #17
#8Richard122US #12
#9Jack107US #21
#10Harold102US #13
#11Frank80US #9
#12Kenneth76US #26
#13Walter75US #11
#14Raymond70US #14
#15Joseph68US #7
#16Thomas68US #10
#17Edward63US #8
#18Ralph62US #22
#19Arthur55US #19
#20Harry53US #20
#21Paul53US #15
#22Roy52US #32
#23David50US #27
#24Howard50US #24
#25Fred46US #30
#26Henry46US #16
#27Melvin46US #56
#28Albert45US #18
#29Carl45US #29
#30Vernon43US #65
#31Lloyd40US #58
#32Earl38US #31
#33Leonard38US #39
#34Floyd37US #59
#35Eugene36US #33
#36Stanley36US #37
#37Alfred34US #42
#38Herbert34US #40
#39Lawrence34US #38
#40Norman34US #48
#41Clarence33US #25
#42Clifford32US #60
#43Francis32US #34
#44Ray32US #69
#45Ernest31US #36
#46Chester30US #53
#47Gordon30US #86
#48Lester30US #62
#49Elmer29US #44
#50Glenn29US #84
#51Gerald28US #70
#52Marvin26US #63
#53Cecil25US #78
#54Victor23US #68
#55Arnold22US #94
#56Lewis22US #74
#57Dale21US #112
#58Edwin21US #52
#59Orville21US #133
#60Russell20US #50
#61Willard20US #87
#62Philip19US #71
#63Willis19US #131
#64Alvin18US #76
#65Clyde18US #67
#66Edgar18US #89
#67Leslie18US #105
#68Louis17US #28
#69Wayne17US #90
#70Delbert16US #157
#71Theodore16US #54
#72Virgil16US #103
#73Don15US #145
#74Everett15US #93
#75Ronald15US #171
#76Benjamin14US #79
#77Bill14US #130
#78Bruce14US #151
#79Daniel14US #51
#80Dean14US #181
#81Eldon14
#82Leroy14US #55
#83Lyle14US #153
#84Warren14US #83
#85Wilbur14US #98
#86Allen13US #101
#87Andrew13US #47
#88Glen13US #116
#89Leo13US #49
#90Martin13US #81
#91Peter13US #57
#92Bob12
#93Darrell12
#94Franklin12US #129
#95Leland12US #192
#96Maurice12US #108
#97Claude11US #92
#98Harvey11US #85
#99Keith11US #194
#100Lee11US #82

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑42Edwin#58
↑40Audrey#59
↑39Juanita#49
↑34Patricia#19
↑34Vera#47
↑33Edgar#66
↑26Wilma#35
↑22Lorraine#67

Falling

↓46Pearl#84
↓35Marion#100
↓32Charlotte#78
↓31Lyle#83
↓30Ethel#57
↓27Leona#64
↓25Viola#76
↓24Virgil#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.