State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,911 Oregon births in 1925 across 405 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#77Colleenoutside the national top 200
#42Lyle#154 nationally
#100Tedoutside the national top 200
#99Lowell#196 nationally
#76Delbert#167 nationally
#85Leland#173 nationally
#25Donna#110 nationally
#72Bette#155 nationally
#48Bob#129 nationally
#65Keith#146 nationally
#26Beverly#105 nationally
#40Carol#119 nationally

Girls

#1Betty345US #3
#2Mary274US #1
#3Dorothy211US #2
#4Patricia169US #28
#5Margaret147US #5
#6Helen139US #4
#7Virginia133US #7
#8Barbara126US #22
#9Jean120US #14
#10Ruth105US #6
#11Shirley104US #17
#12Phyllis101US #40
#13Lois92US #18
#14Doris91US #8
#15Alice81US #15
#16Marjorie80US #21
#17Frances78US #11
#18Evelyn76US #12
#19Elizabeth64US #10
#20Gloria64US #20
#21June64US #39
#22Maxine60US #79
#23Mildred60US #9
#24Norma51US #34
#25Donna50US #110
#26Beverly46US #105
#27Eleanor46US #31
#28Lillian46US #25
#29Florence45US #24
#30Irene44US #19
#31Louise43US #27
#32Lucille42US #41
#33Marie42US #16
#34Anna40US #13
#35Geraldine40US #54
#36Joyce39US #59
#37Esther37US #56
#38Juanita37US #49
#39Lorraine36US #51
#40Carol35US #119
#41Rose35US #26
#42Wilma35US #62
#43Edna34US #37
#44Grace34US #44
#45Jeanne33US #89
#46Pauline33US #38
#47Dolores32US #64
#48Thelma32US #35
#49Hazel31US #45
#50Martha31US #23
#51Viola31US #84
#52Violet31US #92
#53Bonnie30US #107
#54Ellen30US #101
#55Marian30US #67
#56Vivian30US #76
#57Edith29US #42
#58Joan29US #66
#59Elsie28US #63
#60Gladys28US #33
#61Janet28US #111
#62Nancy27US #60
#63Kathleen26US #81
#64Agnes25US #69
#65Ethel25US #43
#66Ruby25US #30
#67Velma25US #128
#68Audrey24US #78
#69Peggy24US #117
#70Bernice23US #46
#71Laura23US #75
#72Bette22US #155
#73Catherine22US #29
#74Emma22US #57
#75Josephine22US #36
#76Wanda22US #72
#77Colleen21
#78Eunice21US #130
#79Elaine20US #73
#80Jane20US #53
#81Katherine20US #61
#82Rosemary20US #103
#83Leona19US #108
#84Roberta19US #147
#85Clara18US #55
#86Marilyn18US #83
#87Pearl18US #90
#88Erma17US #162
#89Eva17US #71
#90Genevieve17US #113
#91Jacqueline17US #135
#92Marion17US #47
#93Myrtle17US #95
#94Naomi17US #144
#95Opal17US #129
#96Arlene16US #120
#97Janice16US #157
#98Lila16US #175
#99Bertha15US #74
#100Charlotte15US #77

Boys

#1Robert524US #1
#2William305US #3
#3John286US #2
#4Donald235US #10
#5James234US #4
#6Richard216US #8
#7Charles158US #5
#8George152US #6
#9Jack146US #17
#10Harold110US #14
#11Kenneth101US #19
#12Raymond95US #15
#13Edward84US #9
#14Thomas82US #11
#15Frank79US #12
#16David66US #22
#17Joseph63US #7
#18Ralph62US #25
#19Walter62US #16
#20Norman61US #41
#21Harry60US #23
#22Arthur59US #20
#23Earl59US #31
#24Albert57US #21
#25Paul55US #13
#26Carl53US #28
#27Stanley49US #40
#28Howard48US #26
#29Fred46US #33
#30Gordon44US #72
#31Leonard44US #38
#32Vernon42US #67
#33Dale41US #86
#34Roy41US #32
#35Ernest40US #37
#36Henry38US #18
#37Gerald37US #45
#38Bill36US #84
#39Eugene34US #24
#40Calvin33US #47
#41Lloyd33US #62
#42Lyle33US #154
#43Clarence32US #30
#44Clifford32US #59
#45Elmer32US #61
#46Melvin31US #50
#47Ray31US #64
#48Bob29US #129
#49Edwin29US #57
#50Floyd28US #58
#51Lawrence28US #36
#52Wayne28US #74
#53Louis26US #29
#54Wallace26US #92
#55Warren26US #66
#56Bruce25US #130
#57Alfred24US #43
#58Clyde24US #68
#59Glenn24US #77
#60Marvin24US #51
#61Don23US #106
#62Herbert23US #42
#63Victor23US #89
#64Joe22US #34
#65Keith22US #146
#66Leroy22US #52
#67Lewis22US #79
#68Allen21US #94
#69Francis21US #35
#70Leo21US #54
#71Ronald21US #104
#72Theodore21US #63
#73Daniel20US #44
#74Gene20US #112
#75Alvin18US #70
#76Delbert18US #167
#77Everett18US #108
#78Lester18US #81
#79Glen17US #117
#80Peter17US #60
#81Wilbur17US #110
#82Dean16US #140
#83Hugh16US #127
#84Jim16US #147
#85Leland16US #173
#86Leslie16US #119
#87Milton16US #80
#88Russell16US #53
#89Harvey15US #88
#90Lee15US #82
#91Philip15US #75
#92Wesley15US #135
#93Willard15US #97
#94Billy14US #49
#95Chester14US #73
#96Frederick14US #65
#97Bernard13US #48
#98Douglas13US #103
#99Lowell13US #196
#100Ted13

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑40Joan#58
↑36Joyce#36
↑34Bruce#56
↑30Pauline#46
↑30Violet#52
↑26Beverly#26
↑26Jeanne#45
↑25Edwin#49

Falling

↓33Francis#69
↓32Ronald#71
↓31Charlotte#100
↓29Wanda#76
↓29Theodore#72
↓29Bernard#97
↓28Laura#71
↓27Gladys#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.