State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,571 Oregon births in 1937 across 418 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#82Colleenoutside the national top 200
#39Dick#153 nationally
#89Lorenoutside the national top 200
#42Pat#147 nationally
#64Mike#168 nationally
#97Daveoutside the national top 200
#77Dixie#174 nationally
#38Darrell#130 nationally
#69Delbert#161 nationally
#82Lyle#167 nationally
#56Myrna#137 nationally
#34Karen#113 nationally

Girls

#1Mary238US #1
#2Patricia208US #3
#3Barbara200US #2
#4Carol168US #6
#5Sharon163US #41
#6Nancy161US #7
#7Shirley161US #4
#8Donna144US #21
#9Betty126US #5
#10Janet114US #18
#11Sandra112US #26
#12Joan109US #9
#13Beverly101US #14
#14Dorothy95US #8
#15Darlene92US #72
#16Janice91US #25
#17Joyce91US #11
#18Marilyn87US #13
#19Margaret82US #10
#20Carolyn71US #20
#21Jean71US #23
#22Lois68US #29
#23Judith65US #34
#24Helen59US #12
#25Joanne59US #51
#26Bonnie58US #64
#27Virginia55US #16
#28Phyllis53US #27
#29Alice47US #28
#30Marlene47US #40
#31Ruth45US #15
#32Frances42US #19
#33Evelyn39US #36
#34Karen39US #113
#35Doris38US #22
#36Kay38US #79
#37Marjorie37US #57
#38Sally37US #59
#39Dolores36US #37
#40Judy36US #91
#41Norma36US #33
#42Pat35US #147
#43Gloria34US #32
#44Roberta34US #66
#45Ann33US #30
#46Arlene33US #60
#47Delores33US #68
#48Diane32US #76
#49Elizabeth32US #17
#50Kathleen32US #61
#51Carole31US #56
#52Linda31US #49
#53Peggy30US #31
#54Geraldine29US #44
#55Jeanette29US #90
#56Myrna29US #137
#57Wanda28US #55
#58Jacqueline26US #70
#59Loretta26US #63
#60Marie26US #35
#61Susan26US #97
#62Joann25US #58
#63Juanita25US #75
#64June25US #71
#65Wilma25US #80
#66Deanna24US #139
#67Eleanor24US #53
#68Laura24US #105
#69Anna23US #39
#70Jane23US #42
#71Charlotte22US #67
#72Connie22US #128
#73Louise22US #48
#74Yvonne22US #77
#75Martha21US #24
#76Sylvia21US #50
#77Dixie20US #174
#78Florence20US #81
#79Kathryn20US #108
#80Suzanne20US #145
#81Charlene19US #141
#82Colleen19
#83Diana19US #157
#84Mildred19US #43
#85Anne18US #92
#86Elaine18US #45
#87Ellen18US #102
#88Katherine18US #103
#89Jo17US #73
#90Lucille17US #98
#91Rose17US #38
#92Anita16US #93
#93Edna16US #74
#94Gail16US #99
#95Maxine16US #136
#96Bernice15US #104
#97Jeanne15US #149
#98Patsy15US #54
#99Sue15US #101
#100Audrey14US #85

Boys

#1Robert416US #1
#2James304US #2
#3Richard304US #5
#4John267US #3
#5William239US #4
#6Donald229US #7
#7David208US #8
#8Ronald189US #11
#9Larry170US #16
#10Gary156US #29
#11Charles137US #6
#12Kenneth122US #14
#13George114US #10
#14Jack98US #23
#15Jerry94US #17
#16Gerald90US #20
#17Thomas86US #9
#18Raymond74US #19
#19Edward67US #13
#20Harold64US #21
#21Roger61US #36
#22Paul60US #15
#23Don58US #51
#24Michael58US #27
#25Dale56US #59
#26Jim55US #82
#27Dennis51US #63
#28Frank51US #18
#29Carl50US #28
#30Gordon50US #75
#31Bob46US #81
#32Norman46US #43
#33Bill45US #64
#34Lawrence44US #38
#35Melvin43US #50
#36Fred41US #35
#37Stanley40US #57
#38Darrell39US #130
#39Dick39US #153
#40Walter39US #26
#41Marvin38US #49
#42Ralph38US #34
#43Eugene37US #33
#44Joseph36US #12
#45Arthur35US #31
#46Duane35US #115
#47Glenn34US #88
#48Keith34US #123
#49Douglas33US #74
#50Wayne33US #44
#51Roy32US #40
#52Daniel31US #39
#53Leroy31US #56
#54Bruce30US #70
#55Lee29US #78
#56Terry27US #113
#57Albert26US #37
#58Peter26US #52
#59Vernon26US #96
#60Ernest25US #53
#61Harry25US #41
#62Earl24US #48
#63Gene24US #61
#64Mike24US #168
#65Philip24US #62
#66Alan23US #103
#67Clarence22US #54
#68Clifford22US #90
#69Delbert22US #161
#70Joe22US #25
#71Tom22US #108
#72Lloyd21US #91
#73Dean20US #127
#74Edwin20US #89
#75Floyd20US #80
#76Henry20US #30
#77Howard20US #42
#78Ted20US #147
#79Billy19US #22
#80Patrick19US #94
#81Russell19US #67
#82Lyle18US #167
#83Ray18US #71
#84Glen17US #122
#85Leonard17US #58
#86Leslie17US #131
#87Allen16US #76
#88Jon16US #150
#89Loren16
#90Louis16US #46
#91Phillip16US #98
#92Rodney16US #151
#93Victor16US #117
#94Leo15US #97
#95Stephen14US #92
#96Alvin13US #99
#97Dave13
#98Everett13US #156
#99Francis13US #55
#100Harvey13US #95

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑41Linda#52
↑40Pat#42
↑38Stanley#37
↑37Peggy#53
↑36Duane#46
↑29Kay#36
↑29Juanita#63
↑27Wanda#57

Falling

↓41Maxine#95
↓32Ray#83
↓31Rodney#92
↓27Colleen#82
↓27Gail#94
↓26Elaine#86
↓26Wayne#50
↓26Leonard#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.