State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,038 Oregon births in 1940 across 455 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#45Dick#171 nationally
#75Sherryoutside the national top 200
#75Dave#186 nationally
#91Lorenoutside the national top 200
#87Julie#180 nationally
#42Pat#134 nationally
#44Deanna#136 nationally
#33Mike#122 nationally
#91Gayle#177 nationally
#71Neil#156 nationally
#89Lyle#173 nationally
#46Keith#125 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia260US #3
#2Mary250US #1
#3Judith231US #4
#4Barbara223US #2
#5Sharon219US #17
#6Linda211US #8
#7Carol202US #6
#8Judy179US #16
#9Nancy154US #7
#10Sandra151US #10
#11Donna148US #23
#12Betty123US #5
#13Janice110US #22
#14Shirley105US #9
#15Carolyn103US #15
#16Marilyn99US #25
#17Joyce98US #13
#18Karen98US #34
#19Beverly97US #27
#20Susan96US #36
#21Janet91US #19
#22Joan91US #14
#23Jean86US #29
#24Margaret83US #11
#25Dorothy80US #12
#26Darlene77US #79
#27Bonnie71US #39
#28Phyllis71US #33
#29Virginia63US #21
#30Kathleen61US #40
#31Helen58US #18
#32Joanne55US #54
#33Sally54US #61
#34Gloria52US #30
#35Roberta50US #71
#36Lois49US #38
#37Diane48US #45
#38Ruth47US #24
#39Marlene43US #80
#40Ann42US #35
#41Marjorie41US #64
#42Pat41US #134
#43Alice39US #32
#44Deanna35US #136
#45Carole33US #49
#46Martha33US #26
#47Doris32US #31
#48Connie31US #88
#49Frances30US #28
#50Norma30US #43
#51Suzanne30US #109
#52Kay29US #77
#53Laura29US #108
#54Loretta29US #69
#55Charlotte28US #55
#56Elizabeth28US #20
#57Rose28US #44
#58Diana27US #117
#59Gail27US #65
#60Kathryn27US #103
#61Delores26US #83
#62Joann26US #63
#63Juanita26US #78
#64Patsy26US #57
#65Arlene25US #75
#66Evelyn25US #48
#67Geraldine25US #46
#68Brenda24US #42
#69Peggy24US #37
#70Charlene23US #145
#71Elaine23US #50
#72Ellen23US #74
#73Marcia23US #112
#74Mildred22US #58
#75Sherry22
#76Sue22US #81
#77Wilma22US #93
#78Dolores21US #67
#79Jacqueline21US #76
#80Jeanne21US #129
#81Jo21US #72
#82Myrna21US #150
#83Rosalie21US #139
#84Anita20US #87
#85Irene20US #73
#86Jane20US #47
#87Julie20US #180
#88Marie20US #41
#89Wanda20US #52
#90Eileen19US #125
#91Gayle19US #177
#92Glenda19US #107
#93Jeanette19US #90
#94Lorraine19US #95
#95Louise19US #59
#96Patty19US #175
#97Anna18US #51
#98Eleanor17US #68
#99Pauline17US #104
#100Rita17US #70

Boys

#1Robert439US #2
#2Richard375US #5
#3James372US #1
#4John327US #3
#5William278US #4
#6David268US #7
#7Gary228US #19
#8Larry213US #13
#9Ronald183US #10
#10Donald181US #9
#11Michael169US #18
#12Jerry161US #14
#13Charles158US #6
#14Thomas129US #8
#15Dennis124US #24
#16Kenneth119US #15
#17Gerald94US #21
#18Roger85US #26
#19George82US #11
#20Jack81US #29
#21Jim78US #78
#22Wayne74US #39
#23Edward72US #16
#24Bill70US #67
#25Douglas70US #56
#26Raymond62US #22
#27Paul61US #17
#28Bob60US #99
#29Fred60US #40
#30Frank59US #20
#31Terry58US #73
#32Don56US #62
#33Mike51US #122
#34Stephen51US #49
#35Carl50US #32
#36Bruce48US #55
#37Gordon48US #91
#38Harold47US #23
#39Norman45US #48
#40Dale44US #57
#41Lawrence44US #36
#42Walter41US #25
#43Ralph40US #37
#44Arthur39US #33
#45Dick39US #171
#46Keith39US #125
#47Melvin39US #53
#48Roy39US #42
#49Patrick37US #74
#50Tom35US #92
#51Stanley34US #59
#52Allen33US #71
#53Daniel33US #34
#54Albert32US #41
#55Joseph32US #12
#56Leonard32US #54
#57Henry31US #31
#58Howard31US #45
#59Steven31US #119
#60Duane30US #134
#61Leroy30US #66
#62Lloyd30US #100
#63Eugene29US #38
#64Gene29US #70
#65Harry29US #47
#66Marvin29US #63
#67Clifford28US #94
#68Joe28US #28
#69Dean27US #143
#70Jon25US #123
#71Neil25US #156
#72Peter25US #43
#73Phillip25US #79
#74Philip24US #60
#75Dave23US #186
#76Frederick23US #68
#77Lee23US #80
#78Darrell22US #131
#79Leslie22US #136
#80Steve22US #121
#81Ernest21US #58
#82Lynn21US #160
#83Ray21US #77
#84Edwin20US #96
#85Alan19US #88
#86Allan19US #115
#87Earl19US #52
#88Glenn19US #83
#89Lyle19US #173
#90Tommy19US #76
#91Loren18
#92Rodney18US #133
#93Warren18US #110
#94Billy17US #27
#95Danny17US #126
#96Russell17US #72
#97Ted17US #159
#98Theodore17US #90
#99Vernon17US #105
#100Wallace17US #146

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑40Stephen#34
↑38Albert#54
↑36Connie#48
↑35Steven#59
↑30Martha#46
↑25Tom#50
↑23Pat#42
↑23Gordon#37

Falling

↓53Jeanette#93
↓46Marie#88
↓38Rodney#92
↓35Vernon#99
↓26Alan#85
↓25Wanda#89
↓25Clifford#67
↓21Jon#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.