State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,767 Oregon births in 1930 across 370 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#48Colleenoutside the national top 200
#72Nadineoutside the national top 200
#86Patoutside the national top 200
#84Gary#194 nationally
#95Eldonoutside the national top 200
#98Rodneyoutside the national top 200
#77Darrell#173 nationally
#35Jim#125 nationally
#66Delbert#151 nationally
#43Janice#126 nationally
#92Rosalie#175 nationally
#81Dick#161 nationally

Girls

#1Betty272US #2
#2Mary268US #1
#3Patricia196US #7
#4Barbara186US #6
#5Dorothy174US #3
#6Shirley154US #11
#7Donna127US #37
#8Dolores101US #13
#9Beverly92US #34
#10Margaret88US #5
#11Virginia86US #12
#12Joan85US #8
#13Doris80US #9
#14Lois78US #17
#15Helen77US #4
#16Jean71US #14
#17Joyce70US #18
#18Phyllis66US #28
#19Nancy63US #24
#20Ruth62US #10
#21Carol59US #54
#22Marjorie59US #32
#23Alice56US #20
#24Norma55US #25
#25Evelyn53US #19
#26Geraldine51US #43
#27Marilyn51US #22
#28Gloria50US #30
#29Frances48US #16
#30June48US #47
#31Elizabeth45US #15
#32Joanne43US #81
#33Bonnie40US #78
#34Janet40US #53
#35Florence36US #38
#36Delores35US #66
#37Mildred34US #21
#38Marian32US #80
#39Rose32US #29
#40Irene30US #33
#41Juanita30US #57
#42Carolyn29US #72
#43Janice29US #126
#44Maxine29US #93
#45Charlotte28US #75
#46Lorraine28US #46
#47Louise28US #31
#48Colleen27
#49Marie27US #26
#50Audrey25US #63
#51Eleanor25US #39
#52Thelma25US #45
#53Ann24US #41
#54Martha24US #27
#55Patsy24US #97
#56Anna23US #23
#57Clara23US #64
#58Elaine23US #69
#59Sally23US #98
#60Lillian22US #44
#61Roberta22US #125
#62Ruby22US #36
#63Wilma22US #68
#64Gladys21US #48
#65Jacqueline21US #74
#66Darlene20US #141
#67Edna20US #51
#68Esther20US #77
#69Jeanne20US #92
#70Kathleen20US #84
#71Laura20US #89
#72Nadine20
#73Rosemary20US #82
#74Bernice19US #58
#75Edith19US #61
#76Leona19US #130
#77Eileen18US #110
#78Katherine18US #85
#79Kathryn18US #101
#80Georgia17US #117
#81Hazel17US #71
#82Lucille17US #59
#83Peggy17US #67
#84Josephine16US #49
#85Joy16US #163
#86Pat16
#87Vera16US #104
#88Arlene15US #103
#89Billie15US #79
#90Jeanette15US #106
#91Ramona15US #149
#92Rosalie15US #175
#93Viola15US #116
#94Eva14US #86
#95Grace14US #62
#96Pauline14US #52
#97Vivian14US #91
#98Anita13US #115
#99Catherine13US #35
#100Constance13US #147

Boys

#1Robert395US #1
#2Donald266US #7
#3Richard266US #5
#4James227US #2
#5William217US #4
#6John208US #3
#7Charles155US #6
#8Jack118US #14
#9Kenneth111US #17
#10George105US #8
#11David103US #15
#12Ronald87US #37
#13Raymond86US #16
#14Harold81US #18
#15Thomas78US #11
#16Ralph71US #25
#17Gerald63US #30
#18Don53US #68
#19Edward53US #10
#20Norman53US #40
#21Walter52US #19
#22Paul51US #12
#23Harry49US #28
#24Bill47US #59
#25Dale46US #64
#26Vernon44US #72
#27Roy43US #33
#28Albert42US #24
#29Gordon42US #77
#30Jerry42US #51
#31Eugene41US #21
#32Wayne40US #65
#33Howard39US #31
#34Joseph39US #9
#35Jim38US #125
#36Lawrence38US #36
#37Lloyd38US #69
#38Melvin38US #50
#39Arthur37US #23
#40Bob37US #88
#41Fred37US #32
#42Marvin36US #48
#43Stanley36US #49
#44Earl33US #38
#45Larry33US #108
#46Carl32US #26
#47Glenn32US #71
#48Frank30US #13
#49Louis30US #34
#50Leonard29US #45
#51Clifford28US #73
#52Gene28US #70
#53Leroy26US #53
#54Roger26US #58
#55Henry25US #22
#56Joe25US #27
#57Alan24US #136
#58Billy24US #20
#59Douglas24US #89
#60Keith24US #130
#61Ray24US #57
#62Clarence23US #39
#63Daniel23US #47
#64Dean23US #129
#65Edwin23US #66
#66Delbert22US #151
#67Elmer22US #80
#68Lee22US #82
#69Bruce21US #109
#70Duane20US #120
#71Everett20US #134
#72Glen20US #114
#73Herbert20US #35
#74Theodore20US #67
#75Clyde19US #76
#76Ernest19US #43
#77Darrell18US #173
#78Francis18US #42
#79Leo17US #63
#80Wallace17US #112
#81Dick16US #161
#82Wesley16US #142
#83Alfred15US #46
#84Gary15US #194
#85Jimmy15US #102
#86Milton15US #93
#87Ted15US #156
#88Dennis14US #145
#89Harvey14US #92
#90Jimmie14US #86
#91Lewis14US #87
#92Lyle14US #160
#93Philip14US #75
#94Allan13US #155
#95Eldon13
#96Floyd13US #61
#97Michael13US #54
#98Rodney13
#99Allen12US #85
#100Alvin12US #79

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑40Louis#49
↑37Colleen#48
↑33Alan#57
↑29Carolyn#42
↑27Janice#43
↑27Larry#45
↑26Jim#35
↑24Ann#53

Falling

↓34Bernice#74
↓34Allen#99
↓34Alvin#100
↓32Lucille#82
↓29Frank#48
↓27Alfred#83
↓25Edna#67
↓23Ramona#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.