State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,210 Oregon births in 1928 across 404 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#55Colleen#185 nationally
#82Lorenoutside the national top 200
#51Alan#157 nationally
#68Dick#172 nationally
#100Donaoutside the national top 200
#81Leland#181 nationally
#57Delbert#154 nationally
#90Darlene#176 nationally
#62Jim#137 nationally
#98Flora#173 nationally
#21Bob#95 nationally
#76Wesley#143 nationally

Girls

#1Betty322US #2
#2Mary253US #1
#3Barbara192US #8
#4Patricia190US #11
#5Dorothy174US #3
#6Shirley166US #10
#7Helen127US #4
#8Virginia111US #9
#9Margaret108US #5
#10Donna103US #61
#11Phyllis94US #26
#12Jean88US #12
#13Doris87US #7
#14Ruth87US #6
#15Beverly83US #46
#16Lois76US #18
#17Dolores69US #20
#18Frances64US #13
#19Marjorie63US #29
#20Carol53US #77
#21Alice52US #19
#22Joyce52US #30
#23Evelyn51US #17
#24June51US #44
#25Nancy49US #43
#26Norma48US #23
#27Maxine47US #84
#28Bonnie42US #89
#29Mildred42US #15
#30Joan41US #27
#31Gloria39US #25
#32Irene37US #28
#33Lorraine36US #39
#34Esther33US #66
#35Florence33US #32
#36Janet33US #95
#37Marian33US #71
#38Marie32US #21
#39Marilyn32US #38
#40Charlotte31US #72
#41Louise31US #31
#42Wanda31US #63
#43Anna30US #16
#44Elizabeth30US #14
#45Geraldine30US #50
#46Vivian30US #78
#47Jacqueline29US #97
#48Lucille29US #51
#49Rose29US #24
#50Juanita28US #58
#51Carolyn27US #91
#52Ruby27US #34
#53Wilma27US #69
#54Martha26US #22
#55Colleen25US #185
#56Ethel25US #55
#57Hazel25US #59
#58Clara24US #65
#59Laura24US #83
#60Rosemary24US #88
#61Velma24US #114
#62Eleanor22US #36
#63Lillian22US #35
#64Pauline22US #48
#65Violet22US #113
#66Beatrice21US #70
#67Delores21US #94
#68Elaine21US #68
#69Roberta21US #127
#70Gladys20US #41
#71Jeanne20US #90
#72Peggy20US #76
#73Audrey19US #60
#74Grace19US #52
#75Josephine19US #42
#76Kathleen19US #82
#77Edith18US #56
#78Ellen18US #98
#79Eva18US #79
#80Leona18US #122
#81Arlene17US #106
#82Thelma17US #40
#83Viola17US #103
#84Anita16US #137
#85Patsy16US #145
#86Ramona16US #117
#87Ann15US #54
#88Bernice15US #53
#89Catherine15US #33
#90Darlene15US #176
#91Elsie15US #73
#92Ida15US #87
#93Jane15US #62
#94Joanne15US #142
#95Katherine15US #75
#96Vera15US #92
#97Edna14US #45
#98Flora14US #173
#99Georgia14US #115
#100Dona13

Boys

#1Robert400US #1
#2Donald261US #7
#3William238US #4
#4Richard230US #6
#5John225US #2
#6James216US #3
#7Charles162US #5
#8George145US #8
#9Jack123US #15
#10Kenneth108US #17
#11Harold85US #14
#12David82US #19
#13Raymond77US #16
#14Edward76US #10
#15Thomas67US #11
#16Norman65US #39
#17Ronald64US #50
#18Frank60US #12
#19Don58US #84
#20Ralph55US #24
#21Bob53US #95
#22Eugene53US #20
#23Paul52US #13
#24Arthur51US #22
#25Carl50US #28
#26Dale46US #75
#27Joseph46US #9
#28Walter46US #18
#29Albert45US #23
#30Howard45US #31
#31Gerald44US #41
#32Bill42US #64
#33Gordon42US #77
#34Stanley41US #45
#35Roy40US #34
#36Wayne40US #69
#37Gene36US #62
#38Lawrence36US #38
#39Joe35US #30
#40Melvin34US #48
#41Alfred33US #33
#42Fred33US #36
#43Harry33US #26
#44Clifford31US #68
#45Earl31US #37
#46Leonard31US #42
#47Ray30US #57
#48Wallace30US #104
#49Clarence29US #35
#50Herbert29US #25
#51Alan28US #157
#52Alvin28US #72
#53Henry28US #21
#54Ernest27US #43
#55Floyd26US #54
#56Glenn26US #76
#57Delbert25US #154
#58Elmer25US #63
#59Jerry25US #79
#60Vernon25US #70
#61Billy24US #27
#62Jim24US #137
#63Leroy24US #51
#64Lloyd24US #59
#65Louis24US #32
#66Marvin24US #46
#67Bruce22US #112
#68Dick22US #172
#69Edwin22US #58
#70Philip22US #73
#71Douglas21US #102
#72Dean20US #136
#73Lester20US #89
#74Roger20US #71
#75Theodore20US #66
#76Wesley20US #143
#77Allen19US #93
#78Daniel18US #47
#79Frederick18US #67
#80Keith18US #139
#81Leland18US #181
#82Loren18
#83Russell18US #55
#84Everett17US #123
#85Francis17US #40
#86Lee17US #87
#87Phillip17US #149
#88Victor17US #99
#89Duane16US #141
#90Glen16US #115
#91Jimmy16US #138
#92Peter16US #56
#93Virgil16US #126
#94Cecil15US #97
#95Leo15US #61
#96Leslie15US #128
#97Bernard14US #49
#98Harvey14US #90
#99Roland14US #107
#100Warren14US #85

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑44Colleen#55
↑39Alvin#52
↑38Janet#36
↑37Wanda#42
↑36Jacqueline#47
↑32Rosemary#60
↑28Carol#20
↑28Herbert#50

Falling

↓36Gladys#70
↓33Ellen#78
↓32Audrey#73
↓32Vera#96
↓30Eleanor#62
↓27Catherine#89
↓26Lloyd#64
↓25Jeanne#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.