State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,172 Oregon births in 1921 across 423 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#72Donna#189 nationally
#87Lilaoutside the national top 200
#87Eldonoutside the national top 200
#79Beverly#186 nationally
#94Tedoutside the national top 200
#72Leland#171 nationally
#71Bette#169 nationally
#60Delbert#156 nationally
#76Gene#170 nationally
#81Clinton#169 nationally
#68Lyle#150 nationally
#65Joan#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary326US #1
#2Dorothy266US #2
#3Helen206US #3
#4Betty196US #8
#5Margaret165US #4
#6Marjorie160US #16
#7Virginia134US #6
#8Ruth126US #5
#9Evelyn113US #12
#10Doris107US #13
#11Frances102US #9
#12Jean102US #25
#13Barbara91US #40
#14Alice85US #15
#15Lois82US #38
#16Mildred77US #7
#17Maxine76US #77
#18Patricia71US #84
#19Elizabeth68US #10
#20Irene68US #18
#21June65US #50
#22Florence62US #17
#23Marie56US #14
#24Phyllis56US #60
#25Shirley55US #44
#26Lucille51US #31
#27Lillian50US #19
#28Edna48US #27
#29Norma48US #51
#30Edith47US #33
#31Eleanor45US #29
#32Esther44US #42
#33Ethel44US #32
#34Grace44US #35
#35Jeanne40US #109
#36Marian40US #69
#37Violet40US #81
#38Hazel39US #34
#39Geraldine38US #62
#40Gladys38US #24
#41Jane37US #47
#42Bernice36US #39
#43Martha36US #21
#44Thelma36US #30
#45Louise35US #22
#46Pauline35US #37
#47Anna34US #11
#48Ruby34US #26
#49Agnes33US #56
#50Wilma33US #72
#51Charlotte32US #79
#52Clara32US #45
#53Viola32US #66
#54Catherine31US #23
#55Ellen31US #95
#56Josephine31US #28
#57Rose31US #20
#58Gertrude30US #46
#59Myrtle30US #73
#60Vivian30US #68
#61Laura29US #71
#62Lorraine29US #61
#63Elsie28US #55
#64Eva28US #63
#65Joan28US #142
#66Elaine27US #97
#67Janet27US #124
#68Leona27US #92
#69Wanda27US #101
#70Katherine26US #49
#71Bette25US #169
#72Donna25US #189
#73Genevieve25US #90
#74Velma25US #108
#75Arlene24US #138
#76Eileen24US #100
#77Juanita24US #57
#78Roberta24US #148
#79Beverly23US #186
#80Nancy23US #87
#81Audrey22US #82
#82Ida22US #67
#83Margie22US #106
#84Kathleen21US #83
#85Opal21US #103
#86Joyce20US #137
#87Lila20
#88Mabel20US #85
#89Vera20US #76
#90Beulah19US #116
#91Georgia19US #117
#92Marguerite19US #98
#93Emma18US #52
#94Jeanette18US #125
#95Marion18US #43
#96Anne17US #70
#97Bertha17US #59
#98Pearl17US #65
#99Gloria16US #102
#100Harriet16US #114

Boys

#1Robert496US #2
#2William317US #3
#3John280US #1
#4James226US #4
#5Donald196US #13
#6George155US #6
#7Richard148US #10
#8Charles143US #5
#9Jack135US #18
#10Kenneth126US #22
#11Harold102US #12
#12Frank91US #9
#13Edward87US #8
#14Thomas82US #11
#15Walter78US #15
#16Ralph70US #23
#17Joseph69US #7
#18Raymond65US #16
#19Harry64US #21
#20Eugene63US #26
#21Carl61US #30
#22Paul59US #14
#23David58US #25
#24Roy56US #32
#25Albert51US #20
#26Fred48US #33
#27Howard48US #27
#28Melvin48US #53
#29Clarence47US #28
#30Earl47US #31
#31Norman47US #46
#32Henry44US #17
#33Arthur43US #19
#34Clifford43US #62
#35Elmer42US #48
#36Gordon42US #84
#37Wayne40US #81
#38Ernest38US #38
#39Lawrence38US #37
#40Ray36US #67
#41Stanley36US #41
#42Francis35US #35
#43Lloyd35US #58
#44Warren35US #24
#45Vernon34US #68
#46Herbert33US #42
#47Louis33US #29
#48Theodore32US #65
#49Glen31US #119
#50Glenn31US #80
#51Wallace31US #88
#52Alfred30US #43
#53Leonard30US #39
#54Edwin26US #54
#55Lester26US #66
#56Dale24US #93
#57Floyd24US #63
#58Marvin24US #59
#59Wesley24US #127
#60Delbert23US #156
#61Leslie22US #106
#62Clyde21US #69
#63Gerald21US #60
#64Harvey20US #87
#65Joe20US #36
#66Leroy20US #55
#67Lewis20US #71
#68Lyle20US #150
#69Russell20US #52
#70Andrew19US #51
#71Everett19US #95
#72Leland19US #171
#73Wilbur19US #100
#74Bill18US #121
#75Chester18US #56
#76Gene18US #170
#77Ronald18US #154
#78Virgil18US #98
#79Alvin17US #73
#80Cecil17US #79
#81Clinton17US #169
#82Keith17US #153
#83Milton17US #75
#84Roger17US #99
#85Samuel17US #44
#86Willard17US #89
#87Eldon16
#88Frederick16US #61
#89Gilbert16US #103
#90Leo16US #50
#91Benjamin15US #82
#92Jesse15US #77
#93Lee15US #86
#94Ted15
#95Victor15US #83
#96Claude14US #96
#97Don14US #136
#98Marion14US #102
#99Martin14US #78
#100Peter14US #57

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑37Wesley#59
↑35Pauline#46
↑35Clyde#62
↑32Theodore#48
↑31Jane#41
↑30Louis#47
↑27Agnes#49
↑23Violet#37

Falling

↓50Pearl#98
↓40Genevieve#73
↓39Juanita#77
↓32Lee#93
↓30Marion#95
↓29Victor#95
↓28Frederick#88
↓26Roger#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.