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Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,918 Oregon births in 1939 across 437 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#51Dick#169 nationally
#83Colleenoutside the national top 200
#93Darreloutside the national top 200
#93Dianne#192 nationally
#39Deanna#133 nationally
#83Delbert#174 nationally
#90Lyle#175 nationally
#65Pat#142 nationally
#53Mike#129 nationally
#69Myrna#144 nationally
#76Ted#149 nationally
#45Keith#117 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara236US #2
#2Mary235US #1
#3Sharon224US #23
#4Carol207US #6
#5Patricia206US #3
#6Donna175US #20
#7Nancy169US #7
#8Judith149US #8
#9Judy134US #28
#10Linda115US #15
#11Betty113US #4
#12Sandra111US #13
#13Shirley111US #5
#14Marilyn104US #19
#15Janet98US #17
#16Janice96US #24
#17Margaret94US #10
#18Darlene92US #75
#19Joyce91US #12
#20Joan89US #11
#21Dorothy87US #9
#22Karen86US #39
#23Carolyn83US #14
#24Beverly82US #25
#25Joanne65US #53
#26Jean63US #32
#27Virginia63US #21
#28Sally62US #52
#29Kathleen61US #48
#30Susan60US #44
#31Phyllis59US #30
#32Alice56US #31
#33Diane48US #51
#34Frances47US #26
#35Helen45US #16
#36Bonnie43US #61
#37Norma41US #38
#38Lois40US #35
#39Deanna38US #133
#40Jeanette38US #82
#41Kay37US #76
#42Marie37US #37
#43Marjorie37US #60
#44Rose36US #42
#45Ruth36US #22
#46Carole35US #47
#47Elizabeth35US #18
#48Marlene35US #64
#49Joann33US #57
#50Charlotte31US #66
#51Gloria31US #36
#52Loretta31US #65
#53Roberta31US #71
#54Ann30US #33
#55Gail30US #73
#56Doris29US #29
#57Arlene28US #69
#58Evelyn28US #40
#59Jacqueline28US #72
#60Sylvia28US #62
#61Geraldine27US #41
#62Jo27US #70
#63Suzanne27US #122
#64Wanda27US #50
#65Pat26US #142
#66Diana25US #138
#67Ellen25US #80
#68Maxine25US #137
#69Myrna25US #144
#70Peggy25US #34
#71Charlene24US #139
#72Glenda24US #112
#73Elaine23US #45
#74Juanita23US #77
#75Katherine23US #101
#76Martha23US #27
#77Kathryn22US #106
#78Louise22US #59
#79Mildred22US #55
#80Delores21US #79
#81Dolores21US #58
#82Rita21US #78
#83Colleen20
#84Connie20US #111
#85June20US #83
#86Marian20US #130
#87Jane19US #46
#88Julia19US #91
#89Marcia19US #109
#90Sue19US #92
#91Anna18US #43
#92Rosalie18US #114
#93Dianne17US #192
#94Gladys17US #104
#95Irene17US #74
#96Yvonne17US #90
#97Anne16US #85
#98Catherine16US #49
#99Constance16US #123
#100Edith16US #102

Boys

#1Robert414US #1
#2James322US #2
#3John299US #3
#4Richard284US #5
#5David252US #7
#6William245US #4
#7Gary233US #21
#8Larry203US #14
#9Donald188US #8
#10Ronald182US #10
#11Charles156US #6
#12Jerry129US #16
#13Kenneth127US #13
#14Michael115US #18
#15Thomas115US #9
#16George108US #11
#17Dennis102US #34
#18Gerald97US #19
#19Jack88US #26
#20Edward75US #15
#21Raymond75US #22
#22Roger74US #28
#23Paul70US #17
#24Dale69US #59
#25Jim67US #75
#26Harold60US #23
#27Lawrence59US #36
#28Bob58US #89
#29Bill57US #67
#30Wayne55US #39
#31Don54US #56
#32Carl53US #30
#33Frank52US #20
#34Douglas49US #58
#35Norman46US #44
#36Walter42US #25
#37Melvin40US #51
#38Ralph40US #35
#39Arthur39US #32
#40Daniel38US #38
#41Terry38US #83
#42Clifford37US #88
#43Fred37US #40
#44Roy37US #42
#45Keith36US #117
#46Leroy36US #61
#47Marvin36US #52
#48Patrick36US #79
#49Jon33US #121
#50Stanley33US #57
#51Dick32US #169
#52Duane32US #118
#53Mike32US #129
#54Rodney32US #122
#55Allen31US #72
#56Bruce31US #64
#57Eugene31US #37
#58Gene31US #69
#59Alan30US #85
#60Gordon30US #82
#61Lloyd29US #95
#62Ray29US #74
#63Howard28US #47
#64Vernon28US #100
#65Ernest27US #55
#66Joe27US #27
#67Darrell26US #130
#68Earl26US #50
#69Lee26US #78
#70Leonard26US #54
#71Harry25US #45
#72Joseph25US #12
#73Philip25US #66
#74Stephen25US #65
#75Tom25US #97
#76Ted24US #149
#77Allan23US #125
#78Clarence23US #60
#79Phillip23US #92
#80Peter22US #46
#81Dean21US #134
#82Wesley21US #146
#83Delbert20US #174
#84Edwin20US #96
#85Francis20US #53
#86Warren20US #104
#87Glenn19US #87
#88Glen18US #123
#89Lester18US #116
#90Lyle18US #175
#91Steve18US #139
#92Albert17US #41
#93Darrel17
#94Steven17US #144
#95Billy16US #24
#96Dan16US #161
#97Claude15US #141
#98Lynn15US #167
#99Ronnie15US #109
#100Theodore15US #90

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑32Patrick#48
↑29Jon#49
↑27Gail#55
↑26Jeanette#40
↑26Rose#44
↑26Arthur#39
↑26Mike#53
↑26Lloyd#61

Falling

↓38Rosalie#92
↓33Albert#92
↓31Dolores#81
↓28Gordon#60
↓27Joseph#72
↓26Joe#66
↓25Jane#87
↓24Phillip#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.