State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,389 Oregon births in 1934 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.

#62Lorenoutside the national top 200
#63Myrnaoutside the national top 200
#64Nadineoutside the national top 200
#81Donaoutside the national top 200
#32Sharon#150 nationally
#34Dick#138 nationally
#98Eldonoutside the national top 200
#61Pat#162 nationally
#90Leland#190 nationally
#65Delbert#163 nationally
#46Darrell#140 nationally
#51Kay#143 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley207US #4
#2Mary206US #1
#3Barbara193US #3
#4Patricia179US #6
#5Donna158US #23
#6Betty150US #2
#7Joan102US #7
#8Nancy101US #10
#9Beverly99US #22
#10Carol94US #14
#11Dorothy80US #5
#12Joanne79US #45
#13Joyce79US #12
#14Darlene75US #90
#15Janet73US #21
#16Marilyn73US #17
#17Dolores67US #26
#18Jean65US #16
#19Phyllis64US #28
#20Carolyn59US #33
#21Doris59US #11
#22Helen57US #9
#23Lois56US #20
#24Margaret56US #8
#25Ruth55US #13
#26Sally55US #62
#27Virginia49US #15
#28Alice48US #25
#29Bonnie44US #58
#30Delores39US #51
#31Joann38US #50
#32Sharon38US #150
#33Frances37US #19
#34Norma36US #24
#35Gloria34US #30
#36Evelyn33US #29
#37Janice33US #68
#38Marlene33US #57
#39Sandra32US #93
#40Elizabeth31US #18
#41Marjorie30US #41
#42Ann29US #32
#43Carole28US #89
#44Roberta28US #104
#45Geraldine27US #43
#46June27US #46
#47Louise27US #40
#48Arlene25US #53
#49Ellen25US #95
#50Wanda25US #47
#51Kay24US #143
#52Clara23US #76
#53Elaine23US #54
#54Marian23US #97
#55Maxine23US #114
#56Audrey22US #69
#57Bernice22US #82
#58Diane22US #124
#59Eleanor22US #44
#60Mildred22US #35
#61Pat22US #162
#62Suzanne22US #153
#63Myrna21
#64Nadine21
#65Charlotte20US #72
#66Kathleen20US #74
#67Rose20US #37
#68Sue20US #119
#69Wilma20US #73
#70Laura19US #96
#71Lorraine19US #56
#72Sylvia19US #70
#73Edith18US #81
#74Jane18US #48
#75Marie18US #34
#76Anna17US #31
#77Florence17US #61
#78Gladys17US #66
#79Loretta17US #83
#80Judith16US #94
#81Dona15
#82Elsie15US #107
#83Juanita15US #64
#84Katherine15US #101
#85Kathryn15US #108
#86Pauline15US #71
#87Susan15US #138
#88Eileen14US #109
#89Leona14US #140
#90Patsy14US #59
#91Thelma14US #65
#92Edna13US #55
#93Esther13US #91
#94Grace13US #79
#95Jo13US #75
#96Violet13US #148
#97Billie12US #92
#98Catherine12US #42
#99Irene12US #49
#100Jacqueline12US #80

Boys

#1Robert352US #1
#2Richard286US #5
#3James241US #2
#4Donald219US #6
#5John200US #3
#6William173US #4
#7Ronald162US #11
#8Charles128US #7
#9David127US #12
#10George120US #8
#11Jack113US #17
#12Kenneth85US #15
#13Don84US #50
#14Gerald68US #22
#15Thomas67US #9
#16Gary63US #60
#17Larry60US #43
#18Norman59US #38
#19Jerry58US #25
#20Harold57US #18
#21Paul57US #14
#22Dale56US #62
#23Bob55US #75
#24Frank55US #16
#25Bill53US #59
#26Fred53US #33
#27Raymond53US #19
#28Edward51US #13
#29Jim50US #90
#30Roger49US #39
#31Ralph47US #31
#32Walter45US #21
#33Wayne41US #48
#34Dick36US #138
#35Lawrence36US #34
#36Gordon34US #71
#37Arthur32US #29
#38Douglas32US #72
#39Howard31US #37
#40Vernon31US #89
#41Carl30US #28
#42Stanley30US #58
#43Glenn29US #81
#44Melvin29US #55
#45Albert27US #32
#46Darrell27US #140
#47Leroy27US #54
#48Earl26US #41
#49Dean25US #118
#50Eugene25US #24
#51Gene25US #67
#52Marvin25US #44
#53Ray25US #63
#54Roy25US #35
#55Joe24US #26
#56Lee24US #79
#57Allen23US #88
#58Clifford23US #85
#59Michael23US #47
#60Joseph22US #10
#61Keith22US #125
#62Loren22
#63Clarence21US #45
#64Ernest21US #51
#65Delbert20US #163
#66Floyd20US #73
#67Francis20US #49
#68Lloyd20US #82
#69Patrick20US #109
#70Warren20US #96
#71Bruce19US #78
#72Daniel19US #42
#73Dennis19US #95
#74Harry19US #36
#75Edwin18US #80
#76Franklin18US #46
#77Herbert18US #57
#78Ted18US #146
#79Leonard17US #53
#80Peter17US #61
#81Tom17US #112
#82Arnold16US #105
#83Billy16US #20
#84Glen16US #120
#85Henry16US #27
#86Lester16US #110
#87Neil16US #153
#88Theodore16US #74
#89Gilbert15US #106
#90Leland15US #190
#91Rodney15US #160
#92Alan14US #124
#93Alvin14US #93
#94Duane14US #104
#95Martin14US #91
#96Phillip14US #113
#97Russell14US #70
#98Eldon13
#99Lewis13US #94
#100Louis13US #40

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑42Joann#31
↑37Lee#56
↑36Carole#43
↑35Louise#47
↑31Pat#61
↑28Vernon#40
↑22Roger#30
↑22Dean#49

Falling

↓44Jacqueline#100
↓41Duane#94
↓40Irene#99
↓38Florence#77
↓33Juanita#83
↓32Harry#74
↓31Henry#85
↓30Catherine#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.