State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,216 Oregon births in 1924 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.

#88Allanoutside the national top 200
#97Eldonoutside the national top 200
#72Lowell#175 nationally
#86Ivan#183 nationally
#65Delbert#161 nationally
#64Lyle#159 nationally
#59Bette#151 nationally
#39Ronald#130 nationally
#49Donna#131 nationally
#63Bob#142 nationally
#55Carol#132 nationally
#42Bonnie#117 nationally

Girls

#1Betty311US #4
#2Mary291US #1
#3Dorothy279US #2
#4Helen186US #3
#5Patricia169US #35
#6Virginia133US #7
#7Doris131US #9
#8Barbara129US #28
#9Ruth129US #6
#10Margaret128US #5
#11Lois118US #22
#12Marjorie116US #17
#13Frances89US #10
#14Jean88US #16
#15Shirley79US #19
#16June77US #45
#17Evelyn74US #12
#18Phyllis74US #44
#19Alice72US #15
#20Elizabeth65US #11
#21Mildred58US #8
#22Maxine57US #77
#23Norma57US #40
#24Eleanor51US #29
#25Gloria51US #41
#26Irene50US #18
#27Florence49US #20
#28Esther46US #51
#29Geraldine43US #58
#30Martha41US #21
#31Anna39US #13
#32Marie39US #14
#33Gladys37US #30
#34Louise37US #24
#35Lucille37US #37
#36Hazel36US #42
#37Marian36US #64
#38Edna35US #31
#39Lorraine35US #52
#40Wilma35US #67
#41Grace34US #43
#42Bonnie33US #117
#43Laura33US #72
#44Lillian33US #23
#45Nancy33US #69
#46Viola33US #82
#47Wanda33US #74
#48Ellen32US #99
#49Donna31US #131
#50Janet31US #118
#51Juanita31US #48
#52Beverly30US #121
#53Rose30US #25
#54Thelma30US #33
#55Carol29US #132
#56Edith29US #36
#57Elaine29US #73
#58Vivian29US #71
#59Bette28US #151
#60Vera28US #85
#61Eileen27US #93
#62Ethel27US #39
#63Catherine26US #27
#64Dolores26US #75
#65Eva26US #66
#66Marion26US #46
#67Audrey25US #84
#68Bernice25US #47
#69Charlotte25US #80
#70Emma24US #57
#71Jeanne24US #90
#72Joyce24US #83
#73Kathleen24US #76
#74Kathryn24US #81
#75Leona23US #103
#76Pauline23US #38
#77Peggy23US #133
#78Velma23US #123
#79Elsie22US #61
#80Myrtle22US #89
#81Katherine21US #59
#82Violet21US #88
#83Agnes20US #63
#84Jane20US #53
#85Josephine20US #34
#86Clara19US #56
#87Genevieve19US #107
#88Jacqueline19US #148
#89Margie19US #102
#90Pearl19US #78
#91Rosemary19US #106
#92Naomi18US #140
#93Roberta18US #147
#94Arlene17US #122
#95Bertha17US #65
#96Georgia17US #113
#97Gertrude17US #60
#98Joan17US #95
#99Nellie17US #92
#100Sarah17US #54

Boys

#1Robert502US #1
#2William316US #3
#3John288US #2
#4James264US #4
#5Donald249US #10
#6Richard191US #8
#7George155US #6
#8Charles147US #5
#9Jack141US #17
#10Kenneth124US #19
#11Harold101US #13
#12Frank86US #12
#13Walter85US #16
#14Raymond80US #15
#15Edward78US #9
#16Thomas69US #11
#17Harry62US #22
#18David58US #24
#19Paul58US #14
#20Ralph57US #23
#21Joseph56US #7
#22Roy56US #31
#23Albert53US #21
#24Carl51US #27
#25Eugene50US #25
#26Melvin50US #48
#27Fred47US #32
#28Arthur46US #20
#29Howard46US #26
#30Norman45US #42
#31Henry42US #18
#32Wayne42US #74
#33Dale41US #84
#34Gordon41US #75
#35Clifford40US #64
#36Francis40US #34
#37Earl39US #33
#38Lawrence38US #36
#39Ronald38US #130
#40Gerald37US #49
#41Glenn37US #79
#42Lloyd36US #61
#43Theodore36US #65
#44Alfred34US #43
#45Clarence33US #29
#46Calvin32US #44
#47Leonard32US #38
#48Marvin32US #50
#49Stanley31US #40
#50Ray29US #60
#51Bill28US #92
#52Floyd28US #66
#53Warren28US #58
#54Vernon26US #68
#55Ernest25US #37
#56Herbert25US #41
#57Wallace24US #87
#58Don23US #125
#59Louis23US #28
#60Elmer22US #57
#61Leo22US #51
#62Allen21US #94
#63Bob21US #142
#64Lyle21US #159
#65Delbert20US #161
#66Glen20US #118
#67Joe20US #35
#68Bernard19US #46
#69Clyde19US #69
#70Dean19US #144
#71Gene19US #135
#72Lowell19US #175
#73Wesley19US #131
#74Edwin18US #55
#75Lester18US #72
#76Lewis18US #77
#77Marion18US #112
#78Cecil17US #85
#79Daniel17US #47
#80Gilbert17US #100
#81Hugh17US #116
#82Keith17US #150
#83Leroy17US #53
#84Victor17US #90
#85Everett16US #104
#86Ivan16US #183
#87Roger16US #93
#88Allan15
#89Alvin15US #73
#90Bruce15US #133
#91Harvey15US #88
#92Wilbur15US #106
#93Arnold14US #95
#94Billy14US #63
#95Douglas14US #105
#96Edgar14US #96
#97Eldon14
#98Lee14US #83
#99Leslie14US #107
#100Peter14US #59

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑60Ronald#39
↑56Laura#43
↑41Calvin#46
↑35Delbert#65
↑34Eileen#61
↑30Dolores#64
↑29Allen#62
↑26Bonnie#42

Falling

↓42Jane#84
↓38Bernice#68
↓38Elsie#79
↓35Jeanne#71
↓29Genevieve#87
↓29Wilbur#92
↓29Lee#98
↓27Rose#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.