State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,442 Oregon births in 1936 across 392 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#55Colleen#198 nationally
#78Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#85Gayleoutside the national top 200
#39Dick#141 nationally
#62Delbert#163 nationally
#34Karen#132 nationally
#61Rodney#152 nationally
#43Darrell#133 nationally
#48Keith#122 nationally
#54Maxine#127 nationally
#71Joy#144 nationally
#54Terry#126 nationally

Girls

#1Mary210US #1
#2Shirley207US #2
#3Barbara190US #3
#4Patricia173US #5
#5Donna136US #22
#6Nancy129US #8
#7Carol126US #10
#8Beverly125US #17
#9Betty112US #4
#10Joan106US #7
#11Sharon106US #60
#12Marilyn91US #13
#13Dorothy86US #6
#14Sandra81US #38
#15Janet80US #21
#16Darlene78US #83
#17Joyce78US #12
#18Margaret77US #9
#19Virginia66US #14
#20Jean64US #20
#21Janice61US #31
#22Phyllis59US #25
#23Marlene58US #39
#24Lois56US #26
#25Joanne55US #48
#26Frances53US #19
#27Helen51US #11
#28Alice47US #27
#29Sally47US #59
#30Carolyn46US #23
#31Ruth46US #16
#32Dolores43US #30
#33Judith43US #43
#34Karen43US #132
#35Carole40US #73
#36Doris40US #15
#37Gloria40US #32
#38Bonnie39US #65
#39Evelyn38US #34
#40Norma38US #29
#41Ann37US #28
#42Arlene36US #54
#43Kathleen35US #67
#44Marjorie35US #49
#45Geraldine32US #41
#46Charlotte31US #61
#47Diane30US #112
#48Susan30US #110
#49Roberta29US #64
#50Delores28US #58
#51Jacqueline27US #66
#52Judy27US #118
#53Louise26US #46
#54Maxine26US #127
#55Colleen25US #198
#56Eleanor25US #47
#57Elizabeth25US #18
#58Lorraine25US #76
#59Yvonne25US #81
#60Elaine23US #50
#61Joann23US #55
#62Marie23US #33
#63Sylvia23US #53
#64Katherine22US #100
#65Kay22US #98
#66Florence21US #80
#67Gail21US #101
#68Jane21US #42
#69Martha21US #24
#70Rose21US #37
#71Joy20US #144
#72Jo19US #72
#73June19US #62
#74Sue19US #109
#75Anna18US #36
#76Anne18US #89
#77Charlene18US #145
#78Claudia18
#79Ellen18US #99
#80Mildred18US #40
#81Myrna18US #149
#82Pat18US #152
#83Suzanne18US #151
#84Wanda18US #56
#85Gayle17
#86Thelma17US #74
#87Kathryn16US #113
#88Laura16US #106
#89Pauline16US #82
#90Peggy16US #35
#91Hazel15US #96
#92Juanita15US #75
#93Linda15US #97
#94Lucille15US #92
#95Marcia15US #138
#96Audrey14US #68
#97Esther14US #107
#98Eva14US #116
#99Georgia14US #128
#100Irene14US #57

Boys

#1Robert379US #1
#2Richard302US #5
#3James270US #2
#4Donald236US #7
#5John229US #3
#6William209US #4
#7Ronald161US #12
#8David145US #10
#9Charles144US #6
#10Larry118US #25
#11Gary115US #38
#12George103US #9
#13Jack102US #20
#14Jerry99US #18
#15Gerald88US #19
#16Kenneth87US #14
#17Raymond73US #17
#18Thomas73US #8
#19Edward71US #13
#20Paul71US #15
#21Norman67US #43
#22Don62US #51
#23Dale59US #59
#24Wayne57US #45
#25Bob55US #77
#26Jim53US #85
#27Walter53US #26
#28Harold51US #21
#29Roger51US #35
#30Frank48US #16
#31Bill47US #61
#32Fred47US #36
#33Michael46US #33
#34Marvin41US #49
#35Ralph41US #31
#36Eugene40US #29
#37Gordon38US #75
#38Lawrence38US #37
#39Dick35US #141
#40Arthur33US #30
#41Carl33US #27
#42Douglas33US #78
#43Darrell31US #133
#44Harry31US #39
#45Vernon31US #93
#46Bruce29US #73
#47Joseph29US #11
#48Keith29US #122
#49Daniel28US #41
#50Dennis28US #74
#51Ray28US #65
#52Roy28US #42
#53Gene27US #66
#54Terry25US #126
#55Glenn24US #80
#56Leroy24US #57
#57Melvin24US #53
#58Clarence23US #52
#59Leonard23US #54
#60Lewis23US #101
#61Rodney23US #152
#62Delbert22US #163
#63Earl22US #47
#64Floyd22US #86
#65Howard22US #40
#66Dean21US #125
#67Edwin21US #84
#68Lloyd21US #88
#69Philip21US #63
#70Warren21US #95
#71Ernest20US #55
#72Joe20US #23
#73Lee20US #76
#74Patrick20US #100
#75Stanley20US #58
#76Tom20US #112
#77Albert19US #34
#78Allen19US #81
#79Clifford19US #90
#80Eddie19US #79
#81Glen19US #119
#82Duane18US #110
#83Harvey18US #97
#84Peter18US #56
#85Wesley18US #145
#86Alan17US #108
#87Phillip17US #102
#88Stephen17US #99
#89Allan16US #138
#90Arnold16US #111
#91Leslie16US #128
#92Lyle16US #159
#93Theodore16US #87
#94Victor16US #116
#95Henry15US #28
#96Dan14US #155
#97Russell14US #69
#98Virgil14US #149
#99Jimmy13US #46
#100Leo13US #94

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑39Michael#33
↑33Daniel#49
↑31Louise#53
↑24Carole#35
↑24Warren#70
↑23Sue#74
↑23Anne#76
↑21Sandra#14

Falling

↓35Wanda#84
↓35Jimmy#99
↓32Esther#97
↓32Allen#78
↓30Pat#82
↓27Peggy#90
↓27Lyle#92
↓26Stanley#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.