State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,412 Oregon births in 1927 across 391 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#70Eldonoutside the national top 200
#76Dick#186 nationally
#97Darrelloutside the national top 200
#99Lorenoutside the national top 200
#88Joanne#181 nationally
#90Joy#183 nationally
#99Colleen#192 nationally
#88Larry#176 nationally
#49Jim#136 nationally
#76Janice#159 nationally
#53Dean#133 nationally
#22Bob#100 nationally

Girls

#1Betty325US #3
#2Mary259US #1
#3Dorothy203US #2
#4Barbara184US #10
#5Patricia151US #18
#6Shirley143US #9
#7Helen124US #4
#8Margaret120US #5
#9Virginia116US #8
#10Lois103US #19
#11Jean102US #14
#12Doris95US #7
#13Ruth93US #6
#14Beverly90US #57
#15Phyllis87US #29
#16Marjorie82US #25
#17Gloria73US #22
#18Donna72US #70
#19Evelyn61US #15
#20Frances58US #12
#21Joyce57US #35
#22Alice55US #17
#23Dolores55US #34
#24Norma52US #26
#25Maxine51US #87
#26Elizabeth49US #13
#27Mildred48US #11
#28Marian47US #74
#29June43US #43
#30Joan41US #41
#31Irene40US #21
#32Eleanor39US #33
#33Wilma37US #68
#34Gladys36US #37
#35Marie35US #20
#36Rose35US #23
#37Anna33US #16
#38Bonnie33US #100
#39Charlotte33US #75
#40Hazel33US #53
#41Audrey32US #62
#42Florence32US #28
#43Geraldine32US #58
#44Lorraine31US #44
#45Ellen30US #93
#46Jeanne30US #85
#47Juanita30US #55
#48Carol29US #106
#49Laura28US #82
#50Lucille28US #45
#51Nancy28US #56
#52Pauline28US #42
#53Vivian28US #77
#54Esther27US #65
#55Eileen26US #91
#56Louise26US #27
#57Thelma26US #38
#58Martha25US #24
#59Ethel24US #47
#60Velma24US #118
#61Arlene23US #108
#62Catherine23US #31
#63Marilyn23US #46
#64Vera23US #89
#65Ann22US #59
#66Edith22US #48
#67Elsie22US #72
#68Grace22US #50
#69Roberta22US #122
#70Bernice21US #49
#71Carolyn21US #99
#72Ella21US #98
#73Jane21US #60
#74Janet21US #111
#75Edna20US #40
#76Janice20US #159
#77Peggy20US #96
#78Ruby20US #30
#79Wanda20US #66
#80Katherine19US #73
#81Violet19US #103
#82Clara18US #63
#83Jacqueline18US #115
#84Lillian18US #32
#85Leona17US #121
#86Verna17US #153
#87Gertrude16US #78
#88Joanne16US #181
#89Josephine16US #39
#90Joy16US #183
#91Kathleen16US #83
#92Rosemary16US #86
#93Elaine15US #69
#94Eva15US #79
#95Kathryn15US #90
#96Viola15US #101
#97Bertha14US #80
#98Billie14US #109
#99Colleen14US #192
#100Genevieve14US #126

Boys

#1Robert475US #1
#2William269US #4
#3Donald261US #8
#4John241US #2
#5James240US #3
#6Richard217US #6
#7George152US #7
#8Jack139US #16
#9Charles134US #5
#10Kenneth116US #18
#11Harold98US #14
#12David80US #21
#13Edward72US #10
#14Walter67US #17
#15Ralph63US #24
#16Thomas62US #11
#17Frank58US #12
#18Raymond58US #15
#19Joseph55US #9
#20Paul55US #13
#21Gerald53US #38
#22Bob52US #100
#23Fred51US #35
#24Norman50US #39
#25Roy50US #34
#26Don49US #90
#27Dale48US #81
#28Howard48US #28
#29Albert47US #23
#30Eugene47US #20
#31Ronald47US #63
#32Harry45US #25
#33Arthur43US #22
#34Earl41US #33
#35Lawrence41US #37
#36Carl40US #26
#37Wayne40US #67
#38Lloyd39US #58
#39Leonard38US #40
#40Henry37US #19
#41Glenn36US #76
#42Gordon35US #74
#43Melvin35US #48
#44Bill34US #69
#45Stanley34US #44
#46Gene33US #72
#47Joe33US #30
#48Jerry32US #93
#49Jim31US #136
#50Ray31US #60
#51Clifford30US #65
#52Wallace30US #96
#53Dean29US #133
#54Floyd29US #53
#55Bruce27US #123
#56Clarence27US #32
#57Louis26US #29
#58Marvin25US #47
#59Alfred24US #45
#60Elmer24US #61
#61Allen23US #95
#62Edwin23US #57
#63Francis23US #36
#64Russell23US #54
#65Glen22US #115
#66Lester22US #83
#67Philip22US #75
#68Vernon22US #71
#69Douglas21US #104
#70Eldon21
#71Leroy21US #51
#72Theodore21US #62
#73Calvin20US #73
#74Lee20US #86
#75Leslie20US #126
#76Dick19US #186
#77Frederick19US #64
#78Herbert19US #42
#79Keith19US #141
#80Billy18US #31
#81Chester18US #85
#82Ernest18US #41
#83Harvey18US #94
#84Leo18US #55
#85Virgil18US #121
#86Wesley18US #134
#87Jimmie17US #108
#88Larry17US #176
#89Peter17US #59
#90Roger17US #84
#91Alvin16US #66
#92Gilbert16US #99
#93Patrick16US #140
#94Victor16US #98
#95Arnold15US #97
#96Clyde15US #68
#97Darrell15
#98Duane15US #147
#99Loren15
#100Lyle15US #151

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑35Marian#28
↑35Velma#60
↑35Arlene#61
↑33Ellen#45
↑32Bruce#55
↑29Eileen#55
↑29Lester#66
↑29Eldon#70

Falling

↓51Lillian#84
↓39Kathleen#91
↓36Violet#81
↓35Clyde#96
↓33Ernest#82
↓32Grace#68
↓29Marilyn#63
↓29Josephine#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.