State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,468 Oregon births in 1931 across 371 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#70Suzanneoutside the national top 200
#73Lorenoutside the national top 200
#33Dick#152 nationally
#79Pat#198 nationally
#94Dianeoutside the national top 200
#94Rodney#187 nationally
#59Yvonne#151 nationally
#98Leland#189 nationally
#45Darlene#128 nationally
#74Lyle#157 nationally
#42Roberta#121 nationally
#80Delbert#159 nationally

Girls

#1Betty247US #2
#2Mary217US #1
#3Patricia183US #8
#4Barbara177US #4
#5Donna142US #32
#6Shirley141US #9
#7Dorothy133US #3
#8Beverly116US #31
#9Joan98US #5
#10Virginia89US #12
#11Helen83US #6
#12Dolores73US #14
#13Joyce71US #15
#14Doris69US #10
#15Jean69US #13
#16Margaret68US #7
#17Lois66US #20
#18Ruth65US #11
#19Marilyn64US #19
#20Joanne63US #68
#21Nancy62US #17
#22Carol53US #46
#23Evelyn53US #24
#24Phyllis53US #29
#25Norma52US #22
#26Alice48US #21
#27Janet48US #45
#28Delores43US #58
#29Florence42US #43
#30Marjorie42US #34
#31Bonnie41US #73
#32Carolyn41US #60
#33Geraldine41US #38
#34Gloria41US #23
#35Frances39US #18
#36Elizabeth35US #16
#37June35US #44
#38Jacqueline33US #78
#39Louise33US #33
#40Mildred33US #26
#41Marlene32US #95
#42Roberta31US #121
#43Juanita30US #57
#44Anna29US #25
#45Darlene29US #128
#46Hazel29US #74
#47Peggy29US #42
#48Rose29US #30
#49Charlotte28US #75
#50Janice28US #104
#51Patsy27US #83
#52Maxine26US #101
#53Lorraine25US #49
#54Ann24US #35
#55Arlene24US #77
#56Ellen24US #99
#57Kathryn24US #108
#58Eleanor23US #40
#59Yvonne23US #151
#60Clara22US #61
#61Marian22US #84
#62Marie22US #27
#63Elsie21US #86
#64Irene21US #37
#65Joann20US #90
#66Elaine19US #72
#67Jane19US #50
#68Martha19US #28
#69Pauline19US #56
#70Suzanne19
#71Audrey18US #64
#72Rita18US #48
#73Sally18US #97
#74Wanda18US #54
#75Georgia17US #120
#76Gladys17US #55
#77Grace17US #70
#78Laura17US #89
#79Pat17US #198
#80Naomi16US #140
#81Thelma16US #53
#82Anne15US #80
#83Bernice15US #63
#84Edith15US #65
#85Kathleen15US #87
#86Lucille15US #62
#87Velma15US #131
#88Esther14US #79
#89Ethel14US #67
#90Jeanette14US #105
#91Leona14US #133
#92Lola14US #156
#93Loretta14US #96
#94Diane13
#95Jeanne13US #98
#96Jo13US #116
#97Joy13US #152
#98Marion13US #66
#99Rosemary13US #88
#100Violet13US #132

Boys

#1Robert433US #1
#2James274US #2
#3Donald271US #7
#4Richard256US #5
#5John214US #3
#6William203US #4
#7Jack136US #15
#8David119US #13
#9Kenneth112US #14
#10Charles108US #6
#11George107US #8
#12Ronald98US #27
#13Raymond74US #17
#14Don68US #59
#15Thomas68US #10
#16Frank67US #16
#17Edward64US #11
#18Harold60US #18
#19Gerald54US #26
#20Bob48US #78
#21Ralph48US #25
#22Joseph45US #9
#23Norman44US #36
#24Walter44US #20
#25Bill42US #57
#26Roy42US #35
#27Jerry41US #43
#28Marvin41US #45
#29Stanley41US #49
#30Dale40US #62
#31Arthur38US #23
#32Lawrence37US #38
#33Dick36US #152
#34Eugene36US #21
#35Leroy35US #52
#36Melvin35US #51
#37Paul35US #12
#38Earl34US #40
#39Larry34US #88
#40Albert33US #24
#41Carl33US #28
#42Fred33US #33
#43Gordon32US #76
#44Jim32US #116
#45Vernon31US #74
#46Gene30US #64
#47Lloyd29US #68
#48Harry28US #30
#49Keith28US #123
#50Leonard28US #48
#51Louis27US #37
#52Alfred25US #50
#53Glenn25US #72
#54Howard25US #34
#55Roger25US #53
#56Wayne25US #58
#57Billy24US #19
#58Bruce24US #101
#59Ernest23US #47
#60Henry23US #22
#61Clarence22US #39
#62Clifford22US #75
#63Floyd22US #66
#64Joe22US #29
#65Daniel21US #44
#66Lee21US #90
#67Tom21US #125
#68Dean20US #127
#69Allen19US #79
#70Glen19US #112
#71Philip19US #71
#72Duane18US #104
#73Loren18
#74Lyle18US #157
#75Alan17US #120
#76Alvin17US #80
#77Dennis17US #138
#78Ray17US #60
#79Victor17US #109
#80Delbert16US #159
#81Douglas16US #85
#82Gary16US #153
#83Arnold15US #98
#84Jimmie15US #81
#85Milton15US #99
#86Patrick15US #111
#87Wallace15US #114
#88Bernard14US #54
#89Bobby14US #32
#90Darrell14US #167
#91Edwin14US #67
#92Elmer14US #82
#93Herbert14US #41
#94Rodney14US #187
#95Theodore14US #70
#96Tommy14US #115
#97Jimmy13US #89
#98Leland13US #189
#99Lester13US #96
#100Martin13US #91

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑48Dick#33
↑36Peggy#47
↑35Hazel#46
↑33Arlene#55
↑33Floyd#63
↑32Frank#16
↑31Alfred#52
↑30Allen#69

Falling

↓29Thelma#81
↓26Jeanne#95
↓26Rosemary#99
↓26Edwin#91
↓25Harry#48
↓25Elmer#92
↓24Irene#64
↓24Wayne#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.