State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,435 Oregon births in 1926 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.

#68Dickoutside the national top 200
#70Colleenoutside the national top 200
#80Ted#191 nationally
#91Darrelloutside the national top 200
#82Lila#190 nationally
#98Joanneoutside the national top 200
#99Eldonoutside the national top 200
#81Allan#182 nationally
#53Keith#148 nationally
#97Merle#180 nationally
#85Delbert#163 nationally
#62Dean#139 nationally

Girls

#1Betty309US #3
#2Mary238US #1
#3Dorothy200US #2
#4Barbara162US #16
#5Patricia149US #23
#6Virginia134US #8
#7Helen126US #4
#8Shirley115US #14
#9Lois106US #19
#10Margaret103US #5
#11Doris97US #7
#12Ruth89US #6
#13Jean86US #12
#14Marjorie77US #22
#15Evelyn72US #13
#16Phyllis72US #33
#17Frances70US #10
#18Donna66US #90
#19Norma65US #29
#20Beverly64US #74
#21June63US #40
#22Maxine63US #85
#23Joyce62US #44
#24Elizabeth58US #11
#25Gloria55US #20
#26Alice52US #17
#27Joan49US #51
#28Wilma48US #67
#29Dolores47US #49
#30Nancy45US #57
#31Mildred44US #9
#32Geraldine43US #54
#33Lillian41US #28
#34Marilyn39US #65
#35Florence38US #26
#36Grace38US #46
#37Irene38US #21
#38Audrey37US #60
#39Lorraine37US #53
#40Hazel36US #48
#41Anna35US #15
#42Carol34US #113
#43Louise33US #27
#44Thelma33US #36
#45Violet33US #94
#46Vivian33US #80
#47Eleanor32US #32
#48Lucille32US #43
#49Bonnie31US #105
#50Jeanne31US #88
#51Juanita31US #52
#52Kathleen31US #83
#53Jane30US #56
#54Laura29US #81
#55Rose29US #25
#56Edna28US #38
#57Esther28US #62
#58Charlotte26US #78
#59Gladys25US #35
#60Josephine25US #37
#61Marie25US #18
#62Janet24US #110
#63Marian24US #70
#64Ann23US #55
#65Ethel23US #41
#66Kathryn23US #87
#67Marion23US #47
#68Wanda23US #66
#69Catherine22US #31
#70Colleen22
#71Elaine22US #68
#72Martha22US #24
#73Pauline22US #39
#74Peggy22US #104
#75Edith21US #42
#76Leona21US #112
#77Carolyn19US #114
#78Ellen19US #100
#79Katherine19US #72
#80Beatrice18US #58
#81Bernice18US #45
#82Lila18US #190
#83Viola18US #97
#84Eileen17US #92
#85Jacqueline17US #119
#86Jessie17US #93
#87Ruby17US #30
#88Vera17US #84
#89Verna17US #152
#90Anne16US #86
#91Emma16US #59
#92Roberta16US #135
#93Elsie15US #69
#94Julia15US #75
#95Velma15US #124
#96Arlene14US #108
#97Clara14US #61
#98Joanne14
#99Rosemary14US #95
#100Sylvia14US #107

Boys

#1Robert484US #1
#2John267US #2
#3Donald258US #9
#4James231US #3
#5William231US #4
#6Richard206US #7
#7Jack137US #16
#8Charles128US #5
#9Kenneth116US #18
#10George111US #6
#11Harold92US #14
#12Edward80US #10
#13Raymond76US #15
#14David71US #22
#15Frank70US #12
#16Walter64US #17
#17Thomas62US #11
#18Norman60US #39
#19Arthur56US #20
#20Paul56US #13
#21Joseph54US #8
#22Ralph54US #24
#23Gerald53US #41
#24Don50US #96
#25Roy50US #34
#26Dale49US #84
#27Earl48US #32
#28Eugene48US #23
#29Stanley47US #43
#30Wayne46US #68
#31Albert45US #21
#32Fred45US #31
#33Melvin45US #47
#34Howard44US #27
#35Lloyd42US #60
#36Harry41US #25
#37Carl40US #26
#38Bob39US #102
#39Bill38US #74
#40Leonard35US #38
#41Ronald35US #88
#42Marvin34US #50
#43Gordon33US #76
#44Clifford32US #62
#45Elmer32US #61
#46Ray32US #57
#47Henry31US #19
#48Clarence30US #29
#49Ernest30US #37
#50Gene29US #91
#51Leroy29US #51
#52Joe28US #33
#53Keith28US #148
#54Theodore28US #63
#55Francis27US #35
#56Louis27US #30
#57Alfred25US #45
#58Jerry25US #97
#59Lawrence25US #36
#60Vernon25US #66
#61Clyde24US #67
#62Dean24US #139
#63Allen23US #93
#64Glenn23US #75
#65Russell23US #52
#66Wallace23US #95
#67Calvin22US #65
#68Dick22
#69Floyd22US #53
#70Warren22US #71
#71Wesley22US #132
#72Wilbur22US #122
#73Cecil21US #86
#74Everett21US #119
#75Herbert21US #44
#76Roger21US #89
#77Victor21US #94
#78Daniel19US #46
#79Edwin19US #55
#80Ted19US #191
#81Allan18US #182
#82Glen18US #121
#83Alvin17US #72
#84Billy17US #40
#85Delbert17US #163
#86Milton17US #83
#87Bruce16US #127
#88Douglas16US #103
#89Lee16US #85
#90Lyle16US #152
#91Darrell15
#92Leo15US #54
#93Philip15US #70
#94Bernard14US #49
#95Lester14US #78
#96Marion14US #113
#97Merle14US #180
#98Claude13US #106
#99Eldon13
#100Frederick13US #64

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑52Marilyn#34
↑42Charlotte#58
↑37Don#24
↑32Nancy#30
↑31Joan#27
↑30Audrey#38
↑30Ronald#41
↑27Jane#53

Falling

↓48Lyle#90
↓34Elsie#93
↓32Viola#83
↓31Bruce#87
↓30Edwin#79
↓28Marie#61
↓28Velma#95
↓28Vernon#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.