State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,610 Oregon births in 1935 across 386 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#77Ivanoutside the national top 200
#22Dick#142 nationally
#55Karen#172 nationally
#53Delbert#165 nationally
#89Eldonoutside the national top 200
#91Dianaoutside the national top 200
#91Lorenoutside the national top 200
#52Pat#150 nationally
#65Lyle#156 nationally
#54Judy#143 nationally
#60Rodney#149 nationally
#13Sharon#96 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley297US #2
#2Barbara201US #3
#3Mary190US #1
#4Donna163US #23
#5Patricia159US #5
#6Betty140US #4
#7Carol138US #11
#8Nancy108US #9
#9Beverly98US #20
#10Janet91US #22
#11Dorothy85US #6
#12Joan81US #7
#13Sharon72US #96
#14Helen70US #10
#15Marilyn68US #14
#16Darlene66US #91
#17Phyllis59US #27
#18Marlene58US #39
#19Joanne57US #44
#20Joyce57US #12
#21Margaret57US #8
#22Alice55US #25
#23Janice53US #47
#24Jean53US #18
#25Virginia53US #16
#26Carolyn51US #28
#27Lois48US #21
#28Doris47US #13
#29Geraldine45US #40
#30Arlene44US #59
#31Dolores43US #26
#32Evelyn42US #31
#33Marjorie42US #46
#34Sally42US #58
#35Sandra42US #50
#36Norma41US #29
#37Delores40US #57
#38Gloria39US #32
#39Ruth39US #15
#40Roberta35US #77
#41Charlotte33US #65
#42Elizabeth33US #17
#43Frances33US #19
#44Bonnie30US #62
#45Joann29US #53
#46Diane27US #109
#47Judith27US #54
#48June27US #55
#49Wanda26US #49
#50Ann25US #30
#51Kathleen25US #71
#52Pat25US #150
#53Susan25US #126
#54Judy24US #143
#55Karen24US #172
#56Anna23US #34
#57Loretta23US #69
#58Rose22US #37
#59Carole21US #93
#60Jo21US #73
#61Ellen20US #95
#62Patsy20US #56
#63Peggy20US #36
#64Rita20US #63
#65Esther19US #94
#66Jacqueline19US #79
#67Martha19US #24
#68Yvonne19US #98
#69Lorraine18US #68
#70Marian18US #105
#71Kathryn17US #111
#72Laura17US #101
#73Mildred17US #35
#74Eleanor16US #48
#75Florence16US #74
#76Georgia16US #123
#77Juanita16US #72
#78Margie16US #100
#79Marie16US #33
#80Sylvia16US #60
#81Jane15US #43
#82Jeanne15US #133
#83Kay15US #134
#84Louise15US #45
#85Clara14US #81
#86Jeanette14US #104
#87Anita13US #119
#88Hazel13US #92
#89Wilma13US #70
#90Audrey12US #64
#91Diana12
#92Gladys12US #78
#93Irene12US #52
#94Julia12US #102
#95Marion12US #88
#96Sheila12US #151
#97Sue12US #115
#98Thelma12US #76
#99Anne11US #84
#100Catherine11US #42

Boys

#1Robert346US #1
#2Richard254US #5
#3James235US #2
#4John231US #3
#5Donald207US #7
#6William204US #4
#7David146US #11
#8Ronald142US #12
#9Charles118US #6
#10Jack111US #18
#11Gary104US #44
#12George101US #8
#13Kenneth96US #15
#14Larry92US #33
#15Jerry90US #22
#16Gerald74US #21
#17Thomas71US #9
#18Paul61US #14
#19Frank59US #16
#20Edward55US #13
#21Jim50US #90
#22Dick48US #142
#23Raymond47US #17
#24Bruce46US #77
#25Dale45US #61
#26Wayne45US #49
#27Don43US #51
#28Norman43US #38
#29Bob42US #81
#30Bill41US #60
#31Harold41US #20
#32Eugene40US #26
#33Fred40US #34
#34Walter39US #23
#35Carl38US #28
#36Melvin37US #57
#37Roger36US #36
#38Arthur35US #29
#39Dennis35US #72
#40Gordon35US #70
#41Howard35US #39
#42Ralph34US #32
#43Lawrence33US #35
#44Joseph32US #10
#45Roy32US #40
#46Allen30US #83
#47Douglas30US #75
#48Harry30US #37
#49Stanley30US #56
#50Leroy29US #50
#51Lloyd29US #84
#52Keith28US #125
#53Delbert27US #165
#54Marvin27US #45
#55Vernon27US #94
#56Darrell26US #136
#57Gene26US #66
#58Duane25US #105
#59Glenn25US #78
#60Rodney24US #149
#61Leonard23US #54
#62Tom23US #110
#63Floyd22US #76
#64Jimmy22US #47
#65Lyle22US #156
#66Philip21US #65
#67Albert20US #31
#68Edwin20US #89
#69Peter20US #59
#70Ray20US #64
#71Clifford19US #88
#72Michael19US #41
#73Clarence18US #48
#74Dean18US #120
#75Earl18US #46
#76Glen18US #124
#77Ivan18
#78Henry17US #27
#79Leo17US #92
#80Lewis17US #98
#81Wesley17US #148
#82Daniel16US #43
#83Joe16US #25
#84Alan15US #122
#85Ernest15US #55
#86Martin15US #93
#87Ted15US #144
#88Billy14US #19
#89Eldon14
#90Leslie14US #131
#91Loren14
#92Louis14US #42
#93Russell14US #68
#94Warren14US #97
#95Alvin13US #91
#96Arnold13US #103
#97Chester13US #121
#98Eddie13US #87
#99Harvey13US #99
#100Herbert13US #58

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑47Bruce#24
↑36Duane#58
↑35Jo#60
↑34Susan#53
↑34Jacqueline#66
↑34Dennis#39
↑33Judith#47
↑31Rodney#60

Falling

↓37Louise#84
↓34Audrey#90
↓33Clara#85
↓32Kay#83
↓29Sue#97
↓29Loren#91
↓28Joe#83
↓27Earl#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.