State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,279 Oregon births in 1947 across 674 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#74Colleenoutside the national top 200
#83Ronoutside the national top 200
#76Rick#183 nationally
#96Dickoutside the national top 200
#64Dave#155 nationally
#55Penny#142 nationally
#43Julie#124 nationally
#62Dean#140 nationally
#81Micheal#159 nationally
#95Greg#171 nationally
#67Scott#139 nationally
#64Terry#135 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,121US #1
#2Mary504US #2
#3Patricia432US #3
#4Susan421US #8
#5Sharon394US #9
#6Nancy381US #7
#7Carol377US #6
#8Barbara372US #4
#9Sandra350US #5
#10Karen300US #13
#11Kathleen295US #11
#12Donna260US #10
#13Judy250US #14
#14Cheryl230US #24
#15Judith212US #12
#16Janet205US #23
#17Janice198US #22
#18Pamela168US #28
#19Marilyn163US #29
#20Margaret152US #16
#21Diane148US #18
#22Shirley129US #19
#23Carolyn127US #15
#24Betty123US #17
#25Kathy123US #64
#26Christine114US #45
#27Diana108US #48
#28Beverly107US #31
#29Joyce105US #20
#30Sally100US #70
#31Bonnie97US #35
#32Connie97US #43
#33Joan88US #30
#34Peggy86US #42
#35Jean83US #40
#36Virginia83US #34
#37Suzanne80US #53
#38Kathryn79US #55
#39Cynthia77US #33
#40Ann76US #41
#41Vicki76US #101
#42Catherine74US #46
#43Julie71US #124
#44Sherry71US #67
#45Elizabeth70US #25
#46Gloria69US #27
#47Jane69US #36
#48Gail68US #49
#49Ruth67US #44
#50Frances64US #39
#51Joanne64US #56
#52Dorothy62US #26
#53Laura61US #74
#54Lynda61US #77
#55Penny61US #142
#56Jeanne59US #86
#57Paula59US #54
#58Darlene58US #71
#59Helen58US #38
#60Roberta58US #90
#61Alice57US #47
#62Claudia57US #122
#63Janis57US #108
#64Terry56US #135
#65Katherine54US #76
#66Lois54US #63
#67Lynn54US #75
#68Cathy52US #119
#69Sue52US #69
#70Jacqueline51US #59
#71Sheila51US #73
#72Charlene50US #105
#73Marcia50US #81
#74Colleen48
#75Jo48US #51
#76Phyllis48US #37
#77Elaine47US #50
#78Rebecca46US #52
#79Glenda45US #96
#80Teresa44US #121
#81Gayle43US #127
#82Kay42US #104
#83Dianne41US #83
#84Evelyn41US #72
#85Anne40US #95
#86Eileen40US #91
#87Leslie40US #132
#88Anita39US #94
#89Brenda39US #21
#90Carole39US #102
#91Charlotte39US #68
#92Joann38US #89
#93Ellen37US #61
#94Pat37US #164
#95Martha36US #32
#96Rita36US #60
#97Theresa36US #85
#98Wanda36US #66
#99Marsha35US #88
#100Toni35US #155

Boys

#1Robert799US #2
#2James778US #1
#3John696US #3
#4David691US #6
#5Michael687US #7
#6Richard609US #5
#7William469US #4
#8Gary467US #12
#9Larry430US #10
#10Ronald356US #11
#11Dennis336US #17
#12Thomas320US #8
#13Steven312US #24
#14Donald294US #13
#15Kenneth268US #15
#16Charles259US #9
#17Terry234US #26
#18Jerry228US #20
#19Daniel192US #22
#20Stephen191US #21
#21Douglas186US #31
#22Mike181US #65
#23George158US #16
#24Paul152US #18
#25Jim151US #77
#26Bruce147US #29
#27Roger138US #25
#28Gregory133US #33
#29Bill129US #76
#30Jack129US #37
#31Edward120US #19
#32Mark118US #47
#33Steve116US #58
#34Patrick106US #53
#35Dale105US #63
#36Alan101US #45
#37Tom101US #87
#38Danny99US #39
#39Joseph98US #14
#40Gerald95US #28
#41Wayne94US #30
#42Frank89US #23
#43Craig82US #93
#44Fred82US #56
#45Harold80US #35
#46Dan76US #109
#47Don75US #86
#48Bob74US #115
#49Raymond73US #27
#50Roy73US #48
#51Joe70US #43
#52Rodney70US #94
#53Stanley70US #67
#54Timothy68US #52
#55Lawrence66US #32
#56Ralph61US #50
#57Norman60US #81
#58Allen59US #73
#59Arthur59US #38
#60Carl58US #40
#61Gordon58US #111
#62Dean56US #140
#63Peter56US #36
#64Dave55US #155
#65Keith55US #91
#66Philip54US #57
#67Scott51US #139
#68Darrell50US #125
#69Howard50US #62
#70Marvin48US #89
#71Melvin46US #85
#72Walter46US #34
#73Clifford45US #101
#74Jeffrey45US #66
#75Jon45US #123
#76Rick45US #183
#77Randy44US #116
#78Vernon44US #134
#79Eugene43US #59
#80Lee42US #92
#81Micheal42US #159
#82Phillip42US #74
#83Ron42
#84Brian41US #95
#85Glenn40US #70
#86Jay40US #119
#87Randall40US #106
#88Russell40US #69
#89Ted40US #157
#90Harry39US #54
#91Duane38US #135
#92Ray38US #97
#93Albert37US #55
#94Gene37US #103
#95Greg37US #171
#96Dick35
#97Lloyd35US #112
#98Glen34US #138
#99Warren34US #108
#100Barry33US #68

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑38Catherine#42
↑35Cynthia#39
↑33Terry#64
↑33Norman#57
↑29Penny#55
↑27Dean#62
↑27Clifford#73
↑24Christine#26

Falling

↓38Ellen#93
↓37Anita#88
↓31Charlotte#91
↓30Phyllis#76
↓30Dick#96
↓29Duane#91
↓28Kay#82
↓27Carole#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.