State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,842 Oregon births in 1946 across 592 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#64Ronoutside the national top 200
#66Dickoutside the national top 200
#73Colleenoutside the national top 200
#75Dave#160 nationally
#86Micheal#168 nationally
#62Duane#142 nationally
#84Penny#163 nationally
#87Jill#166 nationally
#97Tim#171 nationally
#93Sheryl#165 nationally
#37Bob#107 nationally
#85Lynn#154 nationally

Girls

#1Linda570US #2
#2Mary421US #1
#3Sharon401US #9
#4Carol398US #5
#5Susan386US #8
#6Barbara361US #4
#7Patricia352US #3
#8Sandra335US #6
#9Nancy294US #7
#10Judy268US #11
#11Karen254US #15
#12Donna236US #13
#13Judith216US #10
#14Kathleen212US #16
#15Janice187US #22
#16Cheryl186US #27
#17Janet183US #21
#18Carolyn154US #12
#19Shirley151US #18
#20Pamela146US #34
#21Diane140US #19
#22Marilyn139US #29
#23Margaret132US #17
#24Beverly111US #30
#25Diana110US #42
#26Betty107US #14
#27Joyce107US #20
#28Bonnie103US #33
#29Kathy90US #79
#30Virginia89US #31
#31Joan88US #28
#32Jean81US #37
#33Darlene79US #71
#34Kathryn71US #63
#35Gail70US #49
#36Gloria69US #26
#37Connie67US #45
#38Joanne67US #57
#39Sherry66US #73
#40Suzanne66US #52
#41Elizabeth64US #25
#42Ruth63US #38
#43Dorothy61US #23
#44Helen61US #36
#45Sue59US #61
#46Phyllis58US #41
#47Sally57US #67
#48Peggy56US #43
#49Jo54US #53
#50Christine53US #50
#51Anita52US #84
#52Ann52US #40
#53Jane51US #35
#54Kay51US #101
#55Ellen50US #58
#56Paula49US #69
#57Roberta49US #86
#58Alice48US #44
#59Vicki48US #108
#60Charlotte47US #64
#61Laura47US #75
#62Julie46US #128
#63Carole45US #72
#64Frances44US #39
#65Marcia44US #89
#66Jeanne43US #83
#67Lois43US #55
#68Sheila43US #70
#69Rose40US #60
#70Elaine39US #47
#71Claudia38US #124
#72Martha38US #32
#73Colleen37
#74Cynthia37US #46
#75Dianne37US #76
#76Lynda37US #109
#77Wanda37US #59
#78Katherine36US #78
#79Marie36US #54
#80Catherine35US #48
#81Joann35US #90
#82Norma35US #77
#83Marlene34US #112
#84Penny34US #163
#85Eileen32US #80
#86Jacqueline32US #62
#87Jill32US #166
#88Rita32US #56
#89Gayle31US #141
#90Glenda31US #99
#91Lynn31US #94
#92Rosemary31US #74
#93Sheryl31US #165
#94Evelyn30US #65
#95Julia30US #114
#96Sylvia30US #82
#97Terry30US #143
#98Doris29US #51
#99Pat29US #147
#100Rebecca29US #68

Boys

#1Robert707US #2
#2John685US #3
#3James630US #1
#4Richard598US #5
#5Michael570US #7
#6David540US #6
#7Gary458US #12
#8William422US #4
#9Larry365US #11
#10Dennis328US #17
#11Ronald308US #10
#12Thomas282US #8
#13Donald281US #13
#14Charles246US #9
#15Kenneth213US #15
#16Terry211US #26
#17Mike168US #64
#18Jerry165US #20
#19Paul153US #18
#20Douglas150US #34
#21Steven144US #28
#22Daniel134US #21
#23Roger128US #23
#24George127US #16
#25Stephen125US #24
#26Jack111US #35
#27Jim108US #73
#28Edward103US #19
#29Gerald102US #27
#30Bill100US #72
#31Dale97US #62
#32Bruce96US #32
#33Tom89US #87
#34Frank88US #22
#35Wayne88US #29
#36Patrick87US #59
#37Bob80US #107
#38Steve80US #69
#39Gregory79US #56
#40Joseph74US #14
#41Alan71US #49
#42Harold70US #33
#43Carl69US #39
#44Raymond69US #25
#45Timothy68US #60
#46Lawrence66US #31
#47Don65US #79
#48Roy62US #43
#49Dan61US #116
#50Danny60US #46
#51Mark58US #58
#52Rodney58US #93
#53Keith57US #96
#54Ralph57US #48
#55Craig56US #108
#56Fred52US #51
#57Arthur48US #36
#58Walter48US #30
#59Gordon47US #111
#60Joe47US #37
#61Peter46US #38
#62Duane44US #142
#63Marvin44US #88
#64Ron44
#65Stanley44US #65
#66Dick42
#67Philip42US #61
#68Melvin41US #86
#69Ray41US #95
#70Russell41US #66
#71Harry37US #50
#72Jon37US #117
#73Lloyd37US #106
#74Brian35US #103
#75Dave35US #160
#76Earl35US #82
#77Gene34US #98
#78Howard34US #55
#79Jeffrey34US #78
#80Lee34US #91
#81Leonard34US #67
#82Allen33US #74
#83Ernest33US #71
#84Henry33US #41
#85Lynn33US #154
#86Micheal33US #168
#87Warren32US #105
#88Scott31US #155
#89Dean30US #132
#90Norman30US #76
#91Vernon30US #130
#92Darrell29US #131
#93Glen29US #143
#94Leslie29US #119
#95Phillip29US #83
#96Glenn28US #81
#97Tim28US #171
#98Jay27US #115
#99Jimmy27US #42
#100Clifford26US #100

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑37Paula#56
↑34Sherry#39
↑31Christine#50
↑31Gregory#39
↑29Sue#45
↑29Jo#49
↑26Brian#74
↑25Ron#64

Falling

↓32Allen#82
↓32Vernon#91
↓30Evelyn#94
↓29Pat#99
↓26Dianne#75
↓24Lois#67
↓21Norman#90
↓18Sheryl#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.