State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,718 Oregon births in 1923 across 396 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#72Darrelloutside the national top 200
#81Lila#196 nationally
#97Irisoutside the national top 200
#51Lyle#154 nationally
#89Duane#190 nationally
#62Peggy#155 nationally
#64Donna#156 nationally
#48Carol#139 nationally
#61Bette#148 nationally
#46Don#130 nationally
#70Roberta#152 nationally
#82Bob#164 nationally

Girls

#1Mary321US #1
#2Betty280US #5
#3Dorothy245US #2
#4Margaret161US #4
#5Virginia158US #7
#6Helen150US #3
#7Marjorie131US #16
#8Barbara109US #33
#9Patricia108US #56
#10Jean107US #19
#11Frances99US #10
#12Doris91US #11
#13Ruth91US #6
#14Lois79US #27
#15Phyllis79US #45
#16Shirley79US #26
#17June77US #42
#18Elizabeth72US #9
#19Norma68US #41
#20Evelyn66US #12
#21Alice64US #15
#22Marie60US #14
#23Maxine58US #76
#24Florence53US #18
#25Mildred51US #8
#26Rose49US #23
#27Irene46US #17
#28Edna45US #32
#29Gladys45US #29
#30Bernice43US #43
#31Louise42US #22
#32Esther41US #47
#33Thelma41US #31
#34Hazel40US #40
#35Edith39US #36
#36Jeanne39US #90
#37Vivian38US #69
#38Eleanor37US #28
#39Gloria37US #48
#40Lillian37US #20
#41Elsie36US #61
#42Jane36US #55
#43Lorraine35US #57
#44Juanita34US #51
#45Ruby34US #25
#46Charlotte33US #77
#47Geraldine33US #58
#48Carol32US #139
#49Lucille32US #35
#50Marian32US #65
#51Martha32US #21
#52Nancy32US #75
#53Anna31US #13
#54Catherine29US #24
#55Ethel29US #38
#56Grace29US #39
#57Wilma29US #74
#58Genevieve28US #97
#59Kathryn28US #72
#60Audrey27US #85
#61Bette27US #148
#62Peggy26US #155
#63Wanda26US #80
#64Donna25US #156
#65Elaine25US #87
#66Pauline25US #37
#67Velma25US #116
#68Bonnie24US #126
#69Janet24US #121
#70Roberta24US #152
#71Josephine23US #30
#72Katherine23US #60
#73Clara22US #49
#74Ellen22US #103
#75Georgia22US #112
#76Anita21US #138
#77Beatrice21US #46
#78Joyce21US #104
#79Vera21US #82
#80Eva20US #66
#81Lila20US #196
#82Lola20US #157
#83Marilyn20US #118
#84Marion20US #44
#85Violet20US #86
#86Constance19US #150
#87Gertrude19US #59
#88Kathleen19US #70
#89Agnes18US #63
#90Anne18US #71
#91Arlene18US #127
#92Bertha18US #64
#93Carolyn18US #132
#94Dolores18US #83
#95Eileen18US #95
#96Emma18US #53
#97Iris18
#98Joan18US #117
#99Laura18US #73
#100Marguerite18US #115

Boys

#1Robert516US #2
#2William278US #3
#3John244US #1
#4Donald237US #10
#5James189US #4
#6George175US #6
#7Richard150US #9
#8Charles148US #5
#9Jack135US #17
#10Kenneth109US #21
#11Harold102US #13
#12Edward90US #8
#13Thomas79US #12
#14David70US #24
#15Frank70US #11
#16Raymond67US #15
#17Harry66US #22
#18Paul66US #14
#19Walter63US #16
#20Arthur62US #19
#21Howard60US #26
#22Joseph56US #7
#23Albert51US #20
#24Norman51US #44
#25Ralph49US #23
#26Carl48US #28
#27Roy46US #32
#28Ernest45US #38
#29Fred45US #33
#30Gordon45US #76
#31Henry44US #18
#32Earl40US #31
#33Wallace40US #69
#34Clarence39US #29
#35Eugene39US #25
#36Vernon39US #67
#37Lawrence38US #36
#38Francis37US #34
#39Gerald37US #54
#40Leonard37US #37
#41Lloyd36US #59
#42Melvin36US #48
#43Warren36US #43
#44Glenn35US #84
#45Stanley35US #41
#46Don33US #130
#47Marvin33US #51
#48Dale32US #90
#49Clifford30US #65
#50Ray29US #61
#51Lyle28US #154
#52Wayne28US #75
#53Wesley28US #125
#54Edwin27US #56
#55Herbert27US #40
#56Theodore27US #62
#57Elmer25US #57
#58Willard25US #92
#59Lester24US #71
#60Victor24US #88
#61Alfred23US #42
#62Bill23US #98
#63Wilbur23US #105
#64Alvin22US #73
#65Daniel22US #47
#66Joe22US #35
#67Leo22US #49
#68Virgil22US #100
#69Lee21US #85
#70Cecil20US #87
#71Louis20US #27
#72Darrell19
#73Floyd19US #64
#74Lewis19US #74
#75Frederick18US #60
#76Glen18US #121
#77Milton18US #81
#78Keith17US #145
#79Leroy17US #55
#80Leslie17US #112
#81Russell17US #52
#82Bob16US #164
#83Gene16US #140
#84Samuel16US #45
#85Andrew15US #53
#86Bruce15US #135
#87Calvin15US #82
#88Dean15US #153
#89Duane15US #190
#90Michael15US #50
#91Allen14US #97
#92Chester14US #63
#93Clyde14US #68
#94Harvey14US #91
#95Leland14US #174
#96Orville14US #152
#97Philip14US #70
#98Roland14US #104
#99Ronald14US #142
#100Delbert13US #156

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑43Wesley#53
↑34Jane#42
↑33Wallace#33
↑32Willard#58
↑29Don#46
↑27Rose#26
↑27Lyle#51
↑26Carol#48

Falling

↓40Ellen#74
↓36Delbert#100
↓34Allen#91
↓32Ronald#99
↓28Wilma#57
↓26Russell#81
↓24Gertrude#87
↓24Eileen#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.