State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,607 Oregon births in 1929 across 387 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#89Patoutside the national top 200
#85Darrell#194 nationally
#93Elvaoutside the national top 200
#85Colleen#186 nationally
#100Eldonoutside the national top 200
#46Keith#138 nationally
#67Delbert#157 nationally
#83Yvonne#168 nationally
#92Dan#175 nationally
#93Dick#168 nationally
#70Wesley#143 nationally
#79Lyle#152 nationally

Girls

#1Betty258US #2
#2Mary243US #1
#3Patricia192US #10
#4Barbara191US #7
#5Dorothy160US #3
#6Shirley157US #9
#7Beverly117US #39
#8Donna96US #47
#9Helen94US #4
#10Margaret94US #5
#11Phyllis94US #24
#12Virginia84US #11
#13Dolores82US #14
#14Doris70US #6
#15Lois70US #17
#16Jean69US #12
#17Joan68US #13
#18Ruth67US #8
#19Marjorie66US #30
#20Joyce55US #23
#21Evelyn53US #19
#22Frances53US #16
#23June51US #48
#24Alice50US #21
#25Gloria50US #28
#26Elizabeth48US #15
#27Nancy48US #32
#28Carol47US #63
#29Norma41US #25
#30Marilyn40US #33
#31Irene38US #29
#32Eleanor37US #38
#33Geraldine37US #43
#34Bonnie35US #86
#35Mildred34US #18
#36Rose34US #26
#37Janet31US #82
#38Lorraine31US #42
#39Joanne30US #101
#40Bernice29US #55
#41Charlotte28US #73
#42Edna27US #51
#43Louise27US #31
#44Maxine27US #85
#45Ruby27US #36
#46Marian26US #75
#47Marion26US #53
#48Anna25US #20
#49Florence25US #35
#50Lucille25US #57
#51Elaine24US #67
#52Esther24US #71
#53Kathleen24US #89
#54Marie24US #22
#55Sally24US #112
#56Thelma24US #41
#57Delores23US #74
#58Juanita23US #60
#59Lillian23US #40
#60Audrey22US #58
#61Ethel22US #56
#62Hazel22US #64
#63Martha22US #27
#64Clara21US #65
#65Gladys21US #44
#66Jacqueline21US #87
#67Jeanne21US #92
#68Ramona21US #120
#69Wilma21US #66
#70Janice20US #136
#71Carolyn19US #77
#72Edith19US #59
#73Roberta19US #126
#74Vivian19US #81
#75Patsy18US #118
#76Peggy18US #70
#77Ann17US #46
#78Arlene17US #105
#79Elsie17US #78
#80Laura17US #90
#81Pauline17US #50
#82Rosemary17US #80
#83Yvonne17US #168
#84Catherine16US #34
#85Colleen16US #186
#86Ella16US #102
#87Grace16US #54
#88Jane16US #62
#89Pat16
#90Georgia15US #115
#91Eileen14US #98
#92Ellen14US #97
#93Elva14
#94Leona14US #122
#95Loretta14US #127
#96Vera14US #99
#97Verna14US #156
#98Wanda14US #61
#99Agnes13US #94
#100Anita13US #125

Boys

#1Robert423US #1
#2Richard279US #6
#3Donald275US #7
#4John233US #3
#5William231US #4
#6James227US #2
#7Jack133US #14
#8Charles126US #5
#9George119US #8
#10Kenneth95US #18
#11David94US #17
#12Ronald80US #45
#13Harold69US #16
#14Gerald62US #33
#15Bill61US #63
#16Thomas60US #11
#17Don58US #78
#18Eugene52US #20
#19Frank51US #12
#20Raymond51US #15
#21Arthur50US #22
#22Edward50US #10
#23Fred49US #34
#24Paul49US #13
#25Ralph48US #26
#26Norman47US #40
#27Roy47US #35
#28Carl46US #28
#29Dale44US #73
#30Joseph41US #9
#31Wayne40US #69
#32Albert38US #24
#33Bob38US #89
#34Leonard38US #42
#35Walter37US #19
#36Melvin36US #49
#37Lawrence35US #38
#38Stanley35US #48
#39Henry34US #21
#40Howard34US #31
#41Marvin34US #46
#42Gordon33US #79
#43Vernon33US #71
#44Glenn29US #80
#45Harry29US #27
#46Keith29US #138
#47Jerry28US #61
#48Joe28US #30
#49Billy27US #23
#50Clifford27US #72
#51Herbert26US #25
#52Lloyd26US #62
#53Clarence25US #37
#54Daniel25US #47
#55Douglas25US #97
#56Alfred24US #41
#57Earl24US #36
#58Ernest24US #43
#59Gene24US #68
#60Leroy24US #51
#61Jim23US #132
#62Ray22US #57
#63Russell22US #56
#64Bruce20US #112
#65Allen19US #86
#66Alvin19US #77
#67Delbert19US #157
#68Elmer19US #70
#69Roger19US #64
#70Wesley19US #143
#71Chester18US #96
#72Larry18US #135
#73Lee18US #85
#74Warren18US #92
#75Willard18US #114
#76Cecil17US #101
#77Dean17US #133
#78Lester17US #88
#79Lyle17US #152
#80Milton17US #94
#81Theodore17US #65
#82Tom17US #134
#83Virgil17US #127
#84Bernard16US #52
#85Darrell16US #194
#86Floyd16US #58
#87Gilbert16US #91
#88Glen16US #123
#89Louis16US #32
#90Alan15US #146
#91Clyde15US #74
#92Dan15US #175
#93Dick15US #168
#94Jimmie15US #98
#95Jimmy15US #115
#96Peter15US #55
#97Victor15US #100
#98Arnold14US #95
#99Wallace14US #106
#100Eldon13

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑55Joanne#39
↑55Edna#42
↑48Bernice#40
↑34Keith#46
↑30Eleanor#32
↑26Thelma#56
↑26Warren#74
↑25Marvin#41

Falling

↓56Wanda#98
↓51Wallace#99
↓39Alan#90
↓31Floyd#86
↓30Colleen#85
↓28Vivian#74
↓25Dick#93
↓24Louis#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.