State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,051 Oregon births in 1943 across 546 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#70Dick#188 nationally
#87Janoutside the national top 200
#72Vicki#179 nationally
#100Lorenoutside the national top 200
#61Deanna#160 nationally
#97Leslie#191 nationally
#93Penny#184 nationally
#67Julie#156 nationally
#97Lyle#185 nationally
#79Craig#164 nationally
#68Pat#145 nationally
#26Cheryl#102 nationally

Girls

#1Linda441US #4
#2Sharon441US #8
#3Mary395US #1
#4Patricia318US #3
#5Barbara309US #2
#6Carol303US #5
#7Judy285US #13
#8Judith260US #7
#9Karen257US #15
#10Sandra252US #6
#11Nancy222US #9
#12Donna206US #17
#13Susan203US #18
#14Shirley162US #12
#15Janet154US #20
#16Janice150US #26
#17Carolyn142US #11
#18Diane128US #24
#19Marilyn128US #27
#20Kathleen126US #22
#21Betty120US #10
#22Joyce107US #16
#23Margaret107US #14
#24Joan95US #21
#25Bonnie89US #34
#26Cheryl87US #102
#27Virginia87US #25
#28Dorothy80US #19
#29Beverly76US #32
#30Sally73US #57
#31Ruth72US #33
#32Darlene71US #73
#33Carole68US #42
#34Elizabeth68US #23
#35Pamela68US #54
#36Jean61US #36
#37Joanne60US #49
#38Ann59US #37
#39Helen58US #28
#40Roberta57US #66
#41Charlotte55US #47
#42Peggy54US #41
#43Lois53US #43
#44Alice51US #38
#45Diana51US #62
#46Kay51US #81
#47Connie49US #59
#48Phyllis47US #39
#49Gloria46US #30
#50Suzanne46US #86
#51Doris45US #40
#52Frances45US #31
#53Gail43US #55
#54Dianne41US #88
#55Elaine38US #46
#56Evelyn38US #53
#57Kathryn38US #75
#58Sue38US #72
#59Anne37US #80
#60Jo37US #63
#61Deanna36US #160
#62Marjorie36US #79
#63Marie35US #45
#64Martha35US #29
#65Jane34US #44
#66Marcia34US #96
#67Julie33US #156
#68Pat33US #145
#69Kathy32US #136
#70Marlene32US #104
#71Paula32US #93
#72Vicki32US #179
#73Geraldine31US #51
#74Jacqueline31US #65
#75Norma31US #58
#76Sherry31US #123
#77Charlene30US #121
#78Anita29US #98
#79Arlene29US #90
#80Georgia29US #119
#81Joann29US #60
#82Laura29US #117
#83Lynda29US #115
#84Catherine28US #48
#85Katherine28US #78
#86Anna27US #64
#87Jan27
#88Marian27US #149
#89Rose27US #50
#90Wanda27US #56
#91Eileen26US #68
#92Glenda26US #83
#93Penny26US #184
#94Rita26US #52
#95Delores25US #99
#96Ellen25US #67
#97Leslie25US #191
#98Patsy25US #61
#99Sylvia25US #77
#100Claudia24US #159

Boys

#1Robert631US #2
#2James569US #1
#3John487US #3
#4Richard476US #5
#5David419US #6
#6William383US #4
#7Michael355US #10
#8Larry342US #12
#9Ronald317US #9
#10Gary312US #16
#11Dennis246US #20
#12Donald242US #11
#13Thomas233US #8
#14Charles209US #7
#15Kenneth202US #15
#16Jerry180US #17
#17George134US #14
#18Roger125US #24
#19Douglas116US #28
#20Jack110US #34
#21Jim107US #75
#22Gerald105US #23
#23Terry103US #49
#24Paul100US #19
#25Stephen98US #29
#26Edward90US #18
#27Steven83US #58
#28Frank82US #21
#29Daniel81US #25
#30Mike77US #90
#31Wayne76US #41
#32Dale75US #59
#33Joseph75US #13
#34Bill71US #65
#35Raymond67US #22
#36Bruce65US #51
#37Norman64US #56
#38Harold61US #27
#39Walter59US #26
#40Lawrence58US #32
#41Fred57US #45
#42Bob56US #110
#43Ralph55US #40
#44Arthur54US #30
#45Don54US #72
#46Keith54US #108
#47Marvin53US #66
#48Carl51US #33
#49Stanley50US #54
#50Tom50US #87
#51Howard49US #48
#52Gene46US #89
#53Gordon46US #98
#54Rodney46US #118
#55Leonard43US #55
#56Patrick41US #69
#57Joe40US #35
#58Leroy40US #74
#59Melvin40US #63
#60Steve39US #93
#61Henry38US #31
#62Allen37US #76
#63Clifford37US #94
#64Philip37US #57
#65Earl36US #60
#66Jimmy36US #42
#67Mark36US #101
#68Alan35US #67
#69Albert35US #43
#70Dick34US #188
#71Roy34US #38
#72Phillip33US #81
#73Dan32US #139
#74Danny32US #88
#75Duane32US #138
#76Glenn32US #85
#77Lloyd32US #104
#78Harry31US #50
#79Craig30US #164
#80Eugene30US #47
#81Vernon30US #117
#82Billy29US #37
#83Edwin29US #107
#84Francis29US #64
#85Peter29US #39
#86Floyd28US #112
#87Jon28US #127
#88Lee28US #91
#89Timothy28US #99
#90Victor27US #97
#91Alvin26US #113
#92Dave26US #167
#93Dean25US #142
#94Tommy25US #77
#95Brian24US #120
#96Ernest24US #61
#97Lyle24US #185
#98Russell24US #73
#99Warren24US #102
#100Loren23

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑42Sue#58
↑36Leroy#58
↑27Kathy#69
↑25Jimmy#66
↑23Jo#60
↑22Rodney#54
↑22Henry#61
↑22Mark#67

Falling

↓46Patsy#98
↓31Glenda#92
↓28Norma#75
↓25Timothy#89
↓24Jon#87
↓23Delores#95
↓23Peter#85
↓22Ernest#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.