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Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,047 Oregon births in 1941 across 468 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#58Dick#171 nationally
#92Colleenoutside the national top 200
#97Kathy#199 nationally
#51Joy#150 nationally
#86Claudia#185 nationally
#81Dave#177 nationally
#68Ted#156 nationally
#96Dixie#181 nationally
#57Deanna#137 nationally
#59Pat#134 nationally
#99Sherry#172 nationally
#39Mike#111 nationally

Girls

#1Sharon284US #15
#2Patricia280US #3
#3Linda267US #5
#4Judith257US #6
#5Mary255US #1
#6Barbara234US #2
#7Judy209US #16
#8Carol196US #4
#9Nancy189US #8
#10Sandra189US #9
#11Karen170US #19
#12Donna160US #20
#13Susan134US #27
#14Shirley127US #10
#15Janet117US #18
#16Joyce116US #13
#17Carolyn113US #11
#18Janice107US #22
#19Beverly106US #29
#20Marilyn102US #30
#21Joan97US #17
#22Betty96US #7
#23Darlene83US #76
#24Margaret75US #12
#25Kathleen74US #36
#26Diane72US #40
#27Bonnie64US #33
#28Jean63US #32
#29Virginia62US #23
#30Dorothy59US #14
#31Helen59US #24
#32Alice56US #34
#33Gloria54US #26
#34Sally51US #61
#35Joanne50US #54
#36Elizabeth49US #21
#37Phyllis48US #35
#38Frances47US #31
#39Kay45US #70
#40Peggy40US #39
#41Charlotte39US #55
#42Ruth38US #28
#43Connie36US #79
#44Roberta36US #72
#45Lois35US #43
#46Marjorie35US #71
#47Ann34US #37
#48Carole34US #48
#49Jo34US #66
#50Doris33US #38
#51Joy33US #150
#52Marlene33US #83
#53Suzanne33US #97
#54Evelyn32US #50
#55Kathryn32US #87
#56Sylvia32US #65
#57Deanna31US #137
#58Geraldine31US #45
#59Pat31US #134
#60Gail30US #68
#61Martha30US #25
#62Laura29US #115
#63Norma29US #47
#64Jacqueline27US #73
#65Marie27US #42
#66Charlene26US #125
#67Sue26US #75
#68Dolores25US #57
#69Loretta25US #81
#70Jane24US #46
#71Anne23US #82
#72Delores23US #80
#73Joann23US #58
#74Louise23US #62
#75Anita22US #91
#76Arlene22US #77
#77Elaine22US #44
#78June22US #90
#79Patsy22US #52
#80Rose22US #49
#81Diana21US #100
#82Georgia21US #127
#83Glenda21US #96
#84Katherine21US #85
#85Rosalie21US #152
#86Claudia20US #185
#87Dianne20US #146
#88Jeanette20US #98
#89Juanita20US #84
#90Marcia20US #105
#91Audrey19US #117
#92Colleen19
#93Ellen19US #67
#94Esther19US #138
#95Catherine18US #51
#96Dixie18US #181
#97Kathy18US #199
#98Pauline18US #109
#99Sherry18US #172
#100Anna17US #56

Boys

#1Robert458US #2
#2James387US #1
#3John354US #3
#4Richard327US #5
#5Gary310US #19
#6David282US #7
#7William276US #4
#8Larry262US #11
#9Ronald221US #9
#10Michael195US #16
#11Donald176US #10
#12Jerry161US #14
#13Charles157US #6
#14Kenneth151US #15
#15Dennis131US #23
#16Thomas126US #8
#17Gerald104US #20
#18George103US #13
#19Paul88US #18
#20Jack83US #32
#21Douglas82US #53
#22Jim79US #80
#23Edward74US #17
#24Roger74US #25
#25Raymond67US #22
#26Dale63US #59
#27Frank61US #21
#28Terry60US #64
#29Bruce58US #51
#30Fred54US #43
#31Bill51US #68
#32Walter51US #26
#33Harold50US #24
#34Joseph50US #12
#35Wayne50US #37
#36Daniel49US #31
#37Lawrence49US #34
#38Norman49US #49
#39Mike48US #111
#40Tom48US #88
#41Ralph47US #38
#42Stephen47US #41
#43Carl46US #29
#44Don46US #66
#45Eugene46US #42
#46Melvin42US #56
#47Bob41US #103
#48Clifford41US #94
#49Steven41US #90
#50Arthur40US #33
#51Patrick39US #70
#52Philip39US #52
#53Gordon38US #92
#54Roy37US #39
#55Keith36US #119
#56Marvin36US #63
#57Lloyd35US #96
#58Dick33US #171
#59Gene32US #72
#60Harry32US #48
#61Joe31US #30
#62Peter31US #44
#63Steve31US #112
#64Leroy30US #67
#65Henry29US #28
#66Allen28US #73
#67Ray28US #83
#68Ted28US #156
#69Billy27US #27
#70Ernest27US #61
#71Lee27US #81
#72Dean26US #143
#73Duane26US #129
#74Jimmy26US #45
#75Stanley26US #57
#76Alan24US #84
#77Edwin24US #97
#78Phillip24US #77
#79Rodney24US #127
#80Darrell23US #130
#81Dave23US #177
#82Earl23US #58
#83Dan22US #152
#84Howard22US #47
#85Allan21US #135
#86Ronnie21US #79
#87Russell21US #75
#88Glenn20US #86
#89Leonard19US #54
#90Victor19US #118
#91Clarence18US #62
#92Floyd18US #102
#93Jon18US #128
#94Mark18US #122
#95Timothy18US #121
#96Albert17US #40
#97Alvin17US #107
#98Brian17US #153
#99Danny17US #120
#100Eddie17US #78

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑32Jo#49
↑29Peggy#40
↑29Ted#68
↑25Billy#69
↑23Marie#65
↑22Philip#52
↑21Louise#74
↑21Joseph#34

Falling

↓42Albert#96
↓33Leonard#89
↓26Juanita#89
↓26Howard#84
↓24Sherry#99
↓24Stanley#75
↓23Rose#80
↓23Diana#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.