State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,291 Oregon births in 1938 across 423 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#37Dick#165 nationally
#75Colleenoutside the national top 200
#89Daveoutside the national top 200
#90Eldonoutside the national top 200
#96Darreloutside the national top 200
#47Pat#149 nationally
#99Gayleoutside the national top 200
#73Delbert#169 nationally
#29Deanna#115 nationally
#50Darrell#128 nationally
#79Mike#154 nationally
#92Dixie#167 nationally

Girls

#1Mary253US #1
#2Barbara237US #2
#3Carol225US #6
#4Patricia203US #3
#5Sharon187US #30
#6Shirley139US #5
#7Donna135US #20
#8Nancy134US #7
#9Beverly123US #18
#10Janice117US #24
#11Betty114US #4
#12Janet113US #16
#13Judith113US #12
#14Joan105US #10
#15Dorothy99US #8
#16Sandra95US #14
#17Margaret89US #9
#18Marilyn87US #19
#19Darlene80US #76
#20Karen76US #50
#21Carolyn75US #15
#22Judy69US #41
#23Jean66US #27
#24Joyce65US #11
#25Linda64US #31
#26Virginia61US #22
#27Lois58US #33
#28Joanne54US #57
#29Deanna53US #115
#30Marlene53US #51
#31Phyllis52US #28
#32Frances50US #23
#33Sally50US #54
#34Diane48US #64
#35Susan48US #71
#36Alice46US #29
#37Helen43US #13
#38Roberta42US #73
#39Kathleen41US #58
#40Marjorie41US #53
#41Norma40US #34
#42Ann39US #32
#43Gloria38US #36
#44Arlene37US #63
#45Bonnie36US #65
#46Kay34US #81
#47Pat34US #149
#48Ruth34US #21
#49Carole32US #46
#50Dolores32US #43
#51Doris32US #25
#52Elizabeth31US #17
#53Evelyn31US #38
#54Rosalie31US #66
#55Charlotte30US #70
#56Jacqueline30US #69
#57Delores29US #75
#58Marie28US #37
#59Wanda28US #49
#60Eleanor27US #60
#61Juanita27US #80
#62Jane26US #44
#63Loretta26US #62
#64Sylvia26US #56
#65Peggy24US #35
#66Jeanette23US #91
#67Myrna23US #134
#68Anita22US #99
#69Joann22US #68
#70Rose22US #39
#71Suzanne22US #133
#72Geraldine21US #45
#73Anna20US #40
#74Charlene20US #143
#75Colleen20
#76Connie20US #110
#77Jo20US #78
#78Laura20US #108
#79Patsy20US #55
#80Wilma20US #85
#81Yvonne20US #101
#82Gail19US #77
#83Georgia19US #138
#84June19US #79
#85Kathryn19US #114
#86Martha19US #26
#87Irene18US #72
#88Mildred18US #52
#89Catherine17US #48
#90Marian17US #128
#91Rosemary17US #95
#92Dixie16US #167
#93Elaine16US #42
#94Esther16US #120
#95Florence16US #90
#96Joy16US #159
#97Marcia16US #116
#98Annette15US #119
#99Gayle15
#100Louise15US #59

Boys

#1Robert407US #1
#2Richard333US #5
#3James326US #2
#4John267US #3
#5Donald226US #7
#6William214US #4
#7David200US #8
#8Gary195US #22
#9Larry190US #16
#10Ronald183US #10
#11Charles161US #6
#12Kenneth125US #14
#13Jerry123US #17
#14George97US #11
#15Thomas92US #9
#16Michael90US #21
#17Jack89US #25
#18Dennis86US #49
#19Edward76US #13
#20Gerald75US #19
#21Roger69US #31
#22Paul67US #15
#23Don66US #52
#24Dale63US #56
#25Raymond62US #20
#26Frank57US #18
#27Jim57US #81
#28Norman57US #43
#29Harold56US #23
#30Lawrence56US #36
#31Bill53US #67
#32Gordon51US #78
#33Bob49US #94
#34Douglas49US #60
#35Carl46US #29
#36Wayne46US #40
#37Dick45US #165
#38Fred43US #38
#39Terry41US #86
#40Joe39US #28
#41Ralph39US #35
#42Bruce38US #66
#43Duane38US #114
#44Gene37US #65
#45Joseph37US #12
#46Keith37US #120
#47Marvin37US #53
#48Eugene35US #33
#49Walter35US #26
#50Darrell34US #128
#51Alan32US #91
#52Stanley32US #59
#53Harry31US #44
#54Leroy31US #61
#55Phillip31US #95
#56Daniel30US #39
#57Melvin30US #54
#58Tom30US #106
#59Albert29US #37
#60Allen29US #73
#61Howard29US #42
#62Roy29US #41
#63Glenn28US #83
#64Leonard28US #57
#65Arthur27US #32
#66Clifford25US #89
#67Earl25US #50
#68Ray25US #72
#69Rodney25US #133
#70Lee24US #80
#71Peter24US #48
#72Henry23US #30
#73Delbert22US #169
#74Philip22US #64
#75Vernon22US #103
#76Francis21US #51
#77Frederick21US #71
#78Jon21US #126
#79Mike21US #154
#80Patrick20US #88
#81Ted20US #147
#82Theodore20US #84
#83Dean19US #129
#84Glen19US #121
#85Jimmy18US #45
#86Leslie18US #135
#87Lloyd18US #92
#88Wesley18US #150
#89Dave17
#90Eldon17
#91Harvey17US #99
#92Russell17US #70
#93Stephen17US #74
#94Victor17US #117
#95Warren17US #102
#96Darrel16
#97Lewis16US #109
#98Clarence15US #58
#99Clyde15US #97
#100Dan15US #156

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑37Deanna#29
↑36Phillip#55
↑30Joe#40
↑27Linda#25
↑27Allen#60
↑26Susan#35
↑24Anita#68
↑23Rodney#69

Falling

↓31Clarence#98
↓27Louise#100
↓22Melvin#57
↓20Evelyn#53
↓20June#84
↓20Arthur#65
↓19Bonnie#45
↓18Geraldine#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.