State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,583 Oregon births in 1922 across 399 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#81Mayoutside the national top 200
#86Lorenoutside the national top 200
#80Ivan#186 nationally
#97Eldonoutside the national top 200
#99Alanoutside the national top 200
#64Delbert#162 nationally
#66Beverly#163 nationally
#70Bette#160 nationally
#48Bonnie#137 nationally
#78Donna#166 nationally
#60Gene#144 nationally
#74Carol#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary271US #1
#2Dorothy255US #2
#3Betty245US #6
#4Margaret185US #4
#5Helen176US #3
#6Virginia171US #7
#7Ruth118US #5
#8Jean116US #20
#9Barbara106US #40
#10Doris106US #11
#11Marjorie106US #16
#12Evelyn98US #13
#13June83US #45
#14Patricia82US #69
#15Alice80US #15
#16Florence78US #18
#17Frances74US #10
#18Lois73US #35
#19Mildred73US #8
#20Elizabeth71US #9
#21Shirley65US #39
#22Maxine60US #82
#23Phyllis57US #53
#24Irene56US #17
#25Marie56US #14
#26Eleanor47US #28
#27Edna45US #29
#28Lucille44US #33
#29Wilma44US #77
#30Geraldine42US #58
#31Norma40US #46
#32Louise39US #22
#33Bernice37US #41
#34Ellen37US #95
#35Lillian37US #19
#36Anna36US #12
#37Edith35US #34
#38Gloria35US #61
#39Grace34US #38
#40Jeanne34US #97
#41Esther33US #44
#42Gladys32US #25
#43Wanda32US #92
#44Lorraine31US #56
#45Thelma31US #31
#46Vivian31US #74
#47Audrey30US #89
#48Bonnie30US #137
#49Hazel30US #37
#50Juanita30US #57
#51Katherine30US #54
#52Pauline30US #36
#53Rose30US #23
#54Ruby30US #26
#55Marian29US #67
#56Martha29US #21
#57Charlotte28US #76
#58Clara28US #47
#59Elsie28US #59
#60Genevieve28US #98
#61Vera28US #79
#62Ann27US #49
#63Gertrude27US #48
#64Nancy27US #78
#65Violet27US #86
#66Beverly26US #163
#67Kathleen26US #80
#68Leona26US #101
#69Viola25US #72
#70Bette24US #160
#71Eileen24US #96
#72Ethel24US #32
#73Velma24US #113
#74Carol23US #158
#75Catherine23US #24
#76Jane23US #55
#77Dolores21US #104
#78Donna21US #166
#79Emma20US #50
#80Joan20US #127
#81May20
#82Anita19US #141
#83Beatrice19US #43
#84Georgia19US #114
#85Kathryn19US #73
#86Muriel19US #112
#87Nellie19US #83
#88Sylvia19US #94
#89Agnes18US #62
#90Elaine18US #102
#91Ida18US #65
#92Janet17US #129
#93Josephine17US #27
#94Myrtle17US #75
#95Rita17US #52
#96Ada16US #148
#97Bertha16US #63
#98Eva16US #64
#99Laura16US #68
#100Mabel16US #99

Boys

#1Robert488US #2
#2John290US #1
#3William270US #3
#4James228US #4
#5Donald200US #12
#6Richard170US #9
#7George151US #6
#8Charles146US #5
#9Jack144US #18
#10Kenneth106US #21
#11Harold91US #13
#12Frank79US #10
#13Edward73US #8
#14David72US #24
#15Raymond72US #16
#16Walter71US #15
#17Joseph63US #7
#18Paul63US #14
#19Albert58US #20
#20Eugene58US #25
#21Ralph57US #23
#22Thomas56US #11
#23Lawrence51US #36
#24Henry49US #17
#25Roy48US #32
#26Arthur47US #19
#27Howard47US #26
#28Norman46US #44
#29Carl41US #30
#30Gordon41US #76
#31Wayne41US #78
#32Stanley40US #41
#33Warren40US #45
#34Earl39US #31
#35Francis38US #34
#36Melvin38US #50
#37Harry37US #22
#38Vernon37US #68
#39Ernest35US #37
#40Fred35US #33
#41Glenn35US #79
#42Leonard34US #38
#43Alfred33US #42
#44Clarence32US #29
#45Edwin32US #52
#46Marvin32US #56
#47Ray31US #65
#48Dale30US #89
#49Elmer30US #54
#50Lloyd30US #59
#51Alvin29US #73
#52Gerald29US #58
#53Herbert29US #40
#54Lester28US #69
#55Russell26US #49
#56Wilbur26US #102
#57Allen25US #95
#58Daniel25US #47
#59Floyd25US #61
#60Gene25US #144
#61Louis25US #27
#62Victor25US #86
#63Frederick24US #60
#64Delbert23US #162
#65Lewis23US #75
#66Wallace23US #87
#67Ronald22US #147
#68Theodore22US #62
#69Douglas21US #106
#70Everett21US #98
#71Leroy21US #55
#72Bill20US #104
#73Clifford20US #63
#74Clyde20US #67
#75Don20US #136
#76Glen20US #123
#77Philip20US #70
#78Lyle19US #146
#79Gilbert18US #100
#80Ivan18US #186
#81Leo18US #51
#82Leslie18US #114
#83Chester17US #64
#84Harvey16US #88
#85Joe16US #35
#86Loren16
#87Benjamin15US #82
#88Dean15US #158
#89Virgil15US #99
#90Willard15US #91
#91Hugh14US #120
#92Keith14US #157
#93Marion14US #107
#94Max14US #117
#95Roger14US #96
#96Wesley14US #127
#97Eldon13
#98Merle13US #172
#99Alan12
#100Billy12US #90

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑61Gloria#38
↑34Audrey#47
↑33Victor#62
↑28Vera#61
↑28Alvin#51
↑27Juanita#50
↑26Wanda#43
↑25Frederick#63

Falling

↓40Agnes#89
↓39Ethel#72
↓39Clifford#73
↓38Laura#99
↓37Josephine#93
↓37Wesley#96
↓35Jane#76
↓35Myrtle#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.