State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,205 Oregon births in 1932 across 380 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#54Sharonoutside the national top 200
#46Pat#177 nationally
#36Darrell#154 nationally
#42Dick#149 nationally
#95Suzanneoutside the national top 200
#97Delmaroutside the national top 200
#98Eldonoutside the national top 200
#30Darlene#122 nationally
#46Keith#133 nationally
#71Delbert#151 nationally
#63Diane#142 nationally
#68Wesley#144 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara224US #3
#2Betty215US #2
#3Mary198US #1
#4Patricia184US #6
#5Donna145US #29
#6Shirley136US #9
#7Beverly110US #28
#8Dorothy109US #4
#9Joan97US #5
#10Joyce91US #12
#11Nancy83US #13
#12Helen79US #8
#13Dolores78US #18
#14Margaret71US #7
#15Virginia71US #14
#16Carol67US #32
#17Janet67US #35
#18Ruth67US #11
#19Marilyn63US #16
#20Phyllis63US #30
#21Jean61US #15
#22Marjorie55US #37
#23Bonnie54US #64
#24Lois54US #20
#25Alice48US #21
#26Doris48US #10
#27Evelyn47US #23
#28Frances46US #19
#29Joanne45US #62
#30Darlene41US #122
#31Marlene41US #78
#32Carolyn39US #46
#33Norma39US #22
#34Charlotte38US #74
#35Elizabeth38US #17
#36Delores37US #56
#37Gloria37US #25
#38Sally35US #84
#39June32US #44
#40Maxine32US #110
#41Marie30US #31
#42Janice29US #94
#43Florence27US #47
#44Geraldine27US #42
#45Hazel26US #75
#46Pat26US #177
#47Marian25US #86
#48Audrey24US #61
#49Elaine24US #68
#50Louise24US #36
#51Martha24US #27
#52Jane23US #49
#53Joann23US #79
#54Sharon23
#55Vivian23US #90
#56Eleanor22US #45
#57Arlene21US #80
#58Irene21US #43
#59Kathleen21US #83
#60Patsy21US #77
#61Peggy21US #40
#62Wanda21US #52
#63Diane20US #142
#64Mildred20US #26
#65Anna19US #24
#66Ellen19US #104
#67Elsie19US #97
#68Lorraine19US #55
#69Rose19US #33
#70Ann18US #34
#71Anita17US #116
#72Edna17US #50
#73Jacqueline17US #85
#74Roberta17US #109
#75Sylvia17US #96
#76Lillian16US #48
#77Lucille16US #63
#78Vera16US #121
#79Anne15US #81
#80Jeanne15US #112
#81Laura15US #88
#82Rita15US #53
#83Rosemary15US #100
#84Connie14US #153
#85Esther14US #82
#86Jeanette14US #106
#87Juanita14US #58
#88Billie13US #93
#89Clara13US #70
#90Eva13US #98
#91Gladys13US #54
#92Katherine13US #95
#93Leona13US #134
#94Pauline13US #59
#95Suzanne13
#96Thelma13US #51
#97Carole12US #151
#98Eileen12US #114
#99Faye12US #159
#100Georgia12US #118

Boys

#1Robert376US #1
#2Donald263US #7
#3Richard246US #5
#4James225US #2
#5John209US #3
#6William191US #4
#7Ronald153US #16
#8Charles123US #6
#9George116US #8
#10Jack113US #17
#11Kenneth107US #14
#12David93US #12
#13Thomas65US #10
#14Gerald61US #24
#15Norman57US #37
#16Edward55US #11
#17Raymond55US #19
#18Don53US #55
#19Harold52US #18
#20Larry52US #65
#21Paul51US #13
#22Dale49US #61
#23Frank47US #15
#24Ralph46US #27
#25Gordon44US #81
#26Bill42US #58
#27Wayne41US #57
#28Jerry40US #34
#29Melvin40US #51
#30Albert39US #26
#31Bob39US #79
#32Carl39US #28
#33Jim35US #104
#34Lawrence35US #35
#35Walter35US #21
#36Darrell34US #154
#37Joseph34US #9
#38Arthur33US #25
#39Harry33US #32
#40Fred31US #33
#41Marvin31US #46
#42Dick30US #149
#43Eugene29US #22
#44Gene28US #64
#45Joe28US #29
#46Keith28US #133
#47Henry27US #23
#48Howard27US #36
#49Douglas26US #85
#50Lloyd26US #71
#51Roger26US #50
#52Ernest25US #47
#53Floyd25US #68
#54Daniel24US #42
#55Glen24US #118
#56Roy24US #38
#57Stanley24US #52
#58Vernon24US #78
#59Allen23US #80
#60Dean23US #123
#61Edwin23US #72
#62Leroy23US #53
#63Ray23US #59
#64Bruce22US #98
#65Duane22US #105
#66Glenn22US #77
#67Leonard22US #48
#68Wesley22US #144
#69Billy21US #20
#70Clarence21US #40
#71Delbert21US #151
#72Alfred20US #49
#73Russell20US #63
#74Clifford19US #84
#75Earl19US #41
#76Lee19US #86
#77Ted19US #147
#78Peter18US #62
#79Francis17US #43
#80Gary17US #136
#81Louis17US #39
#82Lyle17US #155
#83Elmer16US #94
#84Leslie15US #142
#85Theodore15US #67
#86Victor15US #110
#87Jimmy14US #76
#88Leon14US #83
#89Lester14US #101
#90Alvin13US #87
#91Gilbert13US #97
#92Michael13US #54
#93Philip13US #70
#94Wallace13US #117
#95Arnold12US #100
#96Chester12US #112
#97Delmar12
#98Eldon12
#99Harvey12US #95
#100Herbert12US #44

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑54Darrell#36
↑35Sally#38
↑33Pat#46
↑32Douglas#49
↑31Diane#63
↑30Edwin#61
↑29Wayne#27
↑26Kathleen#59

Falling

↓44Juanita#87
↓37Earl#75
↓35Jacqueline#73
↓32Roberta#74
↓30Roy#56
↓30Louis#81
↓29Clara#89
↓28Stanley#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.