State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,933 Oregon births in 1945 across 525 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#75Sheryl#194 nationally
#83Colleenoutside the national top 200
#80Dick#196 nationally
#86Terryoutside the national top 200
#89Ronoutside the national top 200
#84Penny#183 nationally
#75Dave#164 nationally
#40Dan#127 nationally
#70Pat#154 nationally
#72Julie#155 nationally
#99Deanna#175 nationally
#76Glen#148 nationally

Girls

#1Linda458US #2
#2Mary371US #1
#3Carol341US #5
#4Sharon313US #8
#5Patricia300US #4
#6Barbara270US #3
#7Sandra261US #6
#8Susan237US #10
#9Judy231US #13
#10Karen216US #16
#11Nancy214US #7
#12Judith193US #9
#13Donna174US #17
#14Janet165US #20
#15Kathleen158US #19
#16Carolyn129US #12
#17Cheryl128US #32
#18Shirley126US #14
#19Janice117US #24
#20Marilyn103US #27
#21Betty102US #11
#22Joyce102US #18
#23Diane100US #22
#24Pamela93US #42
#25Margaret91US #15
#26Diana83US #43
#27Virginia82US #28
#28Beverly81US #37
#29Bonnie80US #35
#30Joan73US #25
#31Dorothy71US #21
#32Jean70US #38
#33Connie67US #47
#34Joanne64US #53
#35Kathy63US #101
#36Gloria60US #23
#37Darlene57US #71
#38Sally56US #64
#39Ruth54US #33
#40Phyllis52US #40
#41Gail51US #52
#42Kathryn51US #65
#43Lois49US #48
#44Alice46US #41
#45Elizabeth45US #26
#46Kay45US #91
#47Vicki45US #117
#48Ann44US #39
#49Dianne44US #72
#50Carole41US #51
#51Peggy41US #45
#52Roberta41US #75
#53Elaine40US #44
#54Frances40US #34
#55Jane40US #36
#56Helen39US #31
#57Martha39US #30
#58Charlotte38US #55
#59Laura38US #77
#60Suzanne38US #68
#61Katherine37US #82
#62Lynda37US #111
#63Sheila37US #89
#64Evelyn36US #57
#65Marjorie36US #94
#66Charlene35US #114
#67Claudia35US #127
#68Catherine34US #50
#69Marcia34US #88
#70Pat34US #154
#71Jacqueline33US #63
#72Julie33US #155
#73Sherry33US #104
#74Sue33US #66
#75Sheryl32US #194
#76Jeanne31US #98
#77Ellen30US #61
#78Jo30US #60
#79Louise30US #78
#80Marlene30US #110
#81Christine29US #62
#82Anne28US #81
#83Colleen28
#84Penny26US #183
#85Sylvia26US #83
#86Terry26
#87Doris25US #46
#88Gayle25US #156
#89Georgia25US #116
#90Marie25US #49
#91Rebecca25US #85
#92Geraldine24US #56
#93Paula24US #67
#94Lynn23US #102
#95Delores22US #112
#96Joy22US #168
#97Patsy22US #84
#98Wanda22US #58
#99Deanna21US #175
#100Eileen21US #70

Boys

#1James563US #1
#2John563US #3
#3Robert563US #2
#4Richard435US #5
#5David410US #6
#6Michael383US #9
#7William340US #4
#8Gary337US #13
#9Larry283US #11
#10Dennis248US #19
#11Donald232US #12
#12Ronald232US #10
#13Thomas210US #8
#14Charles202US #7
#15Kenneth184US #16
#16Jerry150US #20
#17George137US #15
#18Paul133US #17
#19Terry133US #33
#20Jack114US #32
#21Douglas112US #29
#22Daniel109US #24
#23Mike106US #69
#24Steven101US #43
#25Jim93US #68
#26Wayne93US #35
#27Raymond92US #23
#28Stephen90US #26
#29Roger88US #22
#30Gerald87US #25
#31Bill83US #66
#32Edward79US #18
#33Frank76US #21
#34Bruce70US #48
#35Dale69US #61
#36Steve67US #79
#37Bob64US #107
#38Fred63US #51
#39Tom62US #89
#40Dan61US #127
#41Don60US #73
#42Joseph59US #14
#43Patrick59US #63
#44Lawrence57US #30
#45Harold49US #28
#46Alan46US #52
#47Keith46US #108
#48Stanley45US #59
#49Mark44US #72
#50Allen42US #74
#51Marvin42US #80
#52Melvin42US #78
#53Ralph42US #44
#54Rodney42US #105
#55Walter41US #27
#56Carl40US #39
#57Gordon39US #109
#58Jon39US #112
#59Vernon39US #118
#60Joe38US #36
#61Ray38US #92
#62Roy38US #40
#63Timothy38US #70
#64Arthur37US #34
#65Danny37US #56
#66Philip37US #58
#67Peter36US #38
#68Russell36US #64
#69Norman35US #65
#70Gregory34US #96
#71Lee34US #87
#72Howard33US #54
#73Leroy33US #83
#74Dean32US #136
#75Dave31US #164
#76Glen31US #148
#77Craig30US #134
#78Darrell30US #141
#79Duane30US #138
#80Dick29US #196
#81Gene29US #100
#82Glenn29US #93
#83Eugene28US #50
#84Albert27US #49
#85Billy27US #42
#86Clifford26US #99
#87Harry26US #47
#88Leonard26US #57
#89Ron25
#90Earl24US #71
#91Harvey24US #116
#92Lloyd24US #103
#93Victor24US #95
#94Jay23US #125
#95Jimmy23US #41
#96Leslie23US #115
#97Louis23US #55
#98Phillip23US #85
#99Ted23US #155
#100Brian22US #113

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑36Vernon#59
↑35Dianne#49
↑35Laura#59
↑31Marjorie#65
↑30Sheila#63
↑22Glen#76
↑20Kathy#35
↑20Marcia#69

Falling

↓34Deanna#99
↓28Sue#74
↓24Earl#90
↓21Wanda#98
↓21Norman#69
↓19Julie#72
↓19Phillip#98
↓18Roberta#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.