State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,922 Oregon births in 1948 across 638 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#66Ronoutside the national top 200
#97Dickoutside the national top 200
#63Dave#161 nationally
#77Rick#174 nationally
#68Colleen#161 nationally
#90Tim#171 nationally
#41Dan#113 nationally
#45Julie#117 nationally
#71Bob#141 nationally
#74Gayle#141 nationally
#60Scott#122 nationally
#70Leslie#131 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,069US #1
#2Susan502US #5
#3Mary442US #2
#4Barbara396US #3
#5Patricia359US #4
#6Sharon357US #9
#7Carol347US #8
#8Nancy325US #7
#9Sandra325US #6
#10Kathleen301US #10
#11Karen292US #12
#12Judy231US #16
#13Donna225US #11
#14Janet202US #24
#15Judith194US #15
#16Pamela190US #22
#17Janice186US #23
#18Diane180US #19
#19Cheryl172US #25
#20Carolyn147US #14
#21Margaret133US #13
#22Marilyn128US #33
#23Connie121US #43
#24Christine119US #35
#25Shirley117US #20
#26Betty112US #18
#27Joyce108US #21
#28Kathy108US #55
#29Kathryn101US #54
#30Vicki100US #81
#31Bonnie98US #34
#32Diana95US #48
#33Cynthia93US #27
#34Beverly91US #31
#35Catherine90US #41
#36Peggy90US #38
#37Teresa83US #82
#38Joan82US #37
#39Elizabeth81US #26
#40Sherry81US #61
#41Marcia80US #79
#42Jean77US #47
#43Katherine77US #68
#44Virginia76US #36
#45Julie72US #117
#46Rebecca71US #50
#47Paula70US #52
#48Gloria67US #28
#49Sally67US #72
#50Charlotte66US #69
#51Gail64US #51
#52Jacqueline63US #58
#53Phyllis63US #46
#54Darlene62US #77
#55Deborah62US #30
#56Dorothy61US #29
#57Cathy59US #104
#58Suzanne58US #66
#59Alice57US #49
#60Lynn57US #80
#61Sheila57US #71
#62Ann56US #44
#63Sue56US #78
#64Jane55US #39
#65Lynda55US #84
#66Laura54US #73
#67Roberta53US #101
#68Colleen52US #161
#69Joanne52US #65
#70Leslie52US #131
#71Janis51US #121
#72Claudia49US #122
#73Elaine49US #53
#74Gayle48US #141
#75Helen48US #40
#76Ruth48US #45
#77Terry48US #133
#78Theresa48US #63
#79Jo46US #56
#80Frances45US #42
#81Kay45US #113
#82Martha43US #32
#83Rita43US #59
#84Marsha41US #76
#85Victoria41US #108
#86Carole40US #106
#87Lois40US #70
#88Anne39US #87
#89Evelyn39US #74
#90Marie39US #60
#91Sheryl39US #144
#92Charlene38US #105
#93Jeanne37US #95
#94Marlene37US #109
#95Rose36US #62
#96Dianne35US #86
#97Brenda34US #17
#98Louise34US #99
#99Ellen33US #67
#100Norma33US #103

Boys

#1John734US #3
#2Robert730US #2
#3James694US #1
#4Michael690US #6
#5David674US #5
#6Richard566US #7
#7William452US #4
#8Gary412US #12
#9Ronald375US #10
#10Larry373US #11
#11Thomas336US #8
#12Steven333US #23
#13Donald303US #14
#14Dennis295US #17
#15Kenneth271US #15
#16Charles258US #9
#17Terry219US #26
#18Daniel208US #22
#19Jerry175US #21
#20Stephen173US #20
#21Douglas172US #33
#22Gregory158US #32
#23Mark157US #29
#24Paul151US #18
#25Bruce150US #28
#26Patrick140US #48
#27Mike139US #68
#28George134US #16
#29Steve120US #60
#30Timothy119US #38
#31Jim117US #86
#32Roger114US #24
#33Edward113US #19
#34Jack111US #43
#35Wayne106US #34
#36Craig104US #82
#37Gerald104US #30
#38Dale98US #56
#39Alan96US #46
#40Frank94US #25
#41Dan93US #113
#42Joseph93US #13
#43Raymond90US #27
#44Bill88US #84
#45Danny87US #39
#46Tom80US #94
#47Keith71US #89
#48Lawrence70US #31
#49Rodney70US #92
#50Walter68US #35
#51Don64US #91
#52Harold64US #36
#53Stanley64US #65
#54Allen62US #72
#55Philip62US #54
#56Randy62US #99
#57Carl59US #42
#58Fred58US #66
#59Roy56US #49
#60Scott56US #122
#61Gordon52US #112
#62Ralph51US #51
#63Dave50US #161
#64Jeffrey50US #58
#65Ray49US #100
#66Ron48
#67Russell48US #67
#68Joe47US #47
#69Jon47US #128
#70Phillip47US #69
#71Bob46US #141
#72Clifford45US #105
#73Norman45US #85
#74Randall45US #98
#75Arthur44US #44
#76Lee44US #93
#77Rick44US #174
#78Glenn43US #73
#79Peter43US #37
#80Brian42US #95
#81Darrell42US #121
#82Gene42US #111
#83Howard42US #63
#84Melvin42US #81
#85Marvin41US #90
#86Duane39US #140
#87Victor38US #115
#88Harry37US #57
#89Micheal35US #148
#90Tim35US #171
#91Barry34US #74
#92Leonard34US #71
#93Lloyd34US #118
#94Albert33US #55
#95Martin32US #88
#96Curtis31US #101
#97Dick31
#98Jimmy31US #50
#99Leslie31US #129
#100Dean30US #143

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑43Teresa#37
↑41Charlotte#50
↑32Marcia#41
↑32Rebecca#46
↑27Ray#65
↑24Timothy#30
↑23Phyllis#53
↑22Katherine#43

Falling

↓38Dean#100
↓37Jeanne#93
↓30Frances#80
↓27Ruth#76
↓23Bob#71
↓22Ann#62
↓21Suzanne#58
↓21Lois#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.