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Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,593 Oregon births in 1920 across 421 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#67Bob#189 nationally
#82Alanoutside the national top 200
#92Eldonoutside the national top 200
#85Ivan#179 nationally
#79Merle#171 nationally
#63Delbert#150 nationally
#67Bonnie#154 nationally
#94Leland#177 nationally
#99Carol#182 nationally
#22Patricia#104 nationally
#88Ronald#168 nationally
#93Gene#173 nationally

Girls

#1Dorothy274US #2
#2Mary271US #1
#3Helen211US #3
#4Margaret194US #4
#5Betty152US #11
#6Ruth121US #5
#7Virginia118US #7
#8Marjorie116US #24
#9Frances112US #9
#10Jean104US #33
#11Doris99US #14
#12Mildred96US #6
#13Evelyn88US #12
#14Lois82US #38
#15Maxine82US #81
#16Elizabeth78US #8
#17Alice75US #15
#18June75US #53
#19Barbara72US #47
#20Florence63US #16
#21Marie61US #13
#22Patricia61US #104
#23Hazel60US #34
#24Eleanor57US #25
#25Esther54US #39
#26Gladys52US #22
#27Shirley52US #56
#28Norma50US #69
#29Lucille48US #29
#30Phyllis48US #72
#31Thelma47US #31
#32Irene46US #17
#33Genevieve44US #86
#34Edith42US #32
#35Geraldine42US #60
#36Louise41US #19
#37Anna39US #10
#38Juanita36US #61
#39Lillian36US #18
#40Rose36US #20
#41Jeanne35US #114
#42Marian34US #73
#43Edna33US #27
#44Laura33US #63
#45Ruby33US #26
#46Ethel32US #30
#47Kathryn32US #67
#48Pearl32US #62
#49Charlotte31US #79
#50Grace31US #37
#51Wilma31US #78
#52Bernice30US #40
#53Clara30US #44
#54Lorraine30US #70
#55Martha30US #23
#56Vivian29US #64
#57Eileen28US #100
#58Eva28US #58
#59Viola28US #59
#60Violet28US #77
#61Catherine27US #21
#62Elsie27US #51
#63Janet27US #124
#64Josephine27US #28
#65Marion26US #43
#66Vera26US #75
#67Bonnie25US #154
#68Gertrude25US #42
#69Nancy25US #95
#70Ellen24US #92
#71Emma24US #46
#72Jane24US #48
#73Sylvia24US #85
#74Katherine23US #45
#75Leona23US #89
#76Agnes22US #54
#77Joan22US #143
#78Marguerite22US #93
#79Myrtle22US #68
#80Kathleen21US #91
#81Pauline21US #36
#82Verna21US #135
#83Anne20US #65
#84Beatrice20US #41
#85Opal20US #101
#86Roberta20US #144
#87Ida19US #66
#88Nellie19US #76
#89Velma19US #105
#90Bertha18US #57
#91Dolores18US #110
#92Erma18US #152
#93Jeanette18US #126
#94Jessie18US #84
#95Mae18US #99
#96Inez17US #122
#97Alma16US #80
#98Ann16US #49
#99Carol16US #182
#100Bessie15US #71

Boys

#1Robert442US #3
#2William302US #2
#3John265US #1
#4James218US #4
#5George166US #6
#6Charles161US #5
#7Donald158US #16
#8Richard131US #10
#9Jack124US #20
#10Harold104US #12
#11Kenneth96US #23
#12Raymond85US #15
#13Walter84US #13
#14Frank80US #9
#15Edward76US #8
#16Arthur70US #18
#17Harry69US #21
#18Ralph67US #22
#19Thomas64US #11
#20Howard61US #24
#21David59US #25
#22Carl53US #27
#23Roy53US #32
#24Joseph51US #7
#25Paul50US #14
#26Earl46US #31
#27Henry46US #17
#28Clarence45US #26
#29Fred45US #33
#30Leonard45US #38
#31Melvin45US #54
#32Albert41US #19
#33Francis41US #34
#34Norman41US #47
#35Lloyd40US #58
#36Eugene39US #30
#37Vernon39US #65
#38Warren39US #39
#39Herbert38US #41
#40Gordon37US #85
#41Glenn36US #80
#42Lester35US #69
#43Dale33US #105
#44Elmer33US #45
#45Ray30US #67
#46Wayne30US #86
#47Wallace29US #93
#48Lawrence28US #36
#49Stanley28US #40
#50Chester27US #55
#51Marvin27US #62
#52Clifford25US #59
#53Lewis25US #72
#54Floyd24US #61
#55Alvin23US #76
#56Ernest23US #37
#57Gerald23US #64
#58Roger23US #103
#59Alfred22US #42
#60Frederick22US #60
#61Lee22US #82
#62Leroy22US #56
#63Delbert21US #150
#64Edwin21US #53
#65Leslie21US #110
#66Victor21US #81
#67Bob20US #189
#68Cecil20US #77
#69Everett19US #95
#70Milton19US #74
#71Wilbur19US #98
#72Willard19US #88
#73Allen18US #94
#74Don18US #148
#75Harvey18US #87
#76Leo18US #48
#77Louis18US #28
#78Lyle18US #151
#79Merle18US #171
#80Theodore18US #63
#81Bruce17US #149
#82Alan16
#83Arnold16US #91
#84Homer16US #100
#85Ivan16US #179
#86Joe16US #35
#87Maurice16US #102
#88Ronald16US #168
#89Virgil16US #101
#90Bill15US #121
#91Daniel15US #52
#92Eldon15
#93Gene15US #173
#94Leland15US #177
#95Philip15US #71
#96Wesley15US #129
#97Clyde14US #68
#98Orville14US #134
#99Roland14US #114
#100Gilbert13US #97

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑46Warren#38
↑39Lee#61
↑36Pearl#48
↑35Marion#65
↑29Laura#44
↑29Charlotte#49
↑28Rose#40
↑25Kathryn#47

Falling

↓39Orville#98
↓33Philip#95
↓32Clyde#97
↓29Jane#72
↓28Velma#89
↓28Arnold#83
↓26Gertrude#68
↓25Pauline#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.