State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,252 Oregon births in 1949 across 650 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#100Gregoutside the national top 200
#75Rick#170 nationally
#94Dave#182 nationally
#63Sheryl#149 nationally
#64Colleen#146 nationally
#77Lynn#159 nationally
#80Bob#162 nationally
#49Dan#125 nationally
#84Penny#158 nationally
#65Duane#137 nationally
#70Gayle#137 nationally
#43Jim#108 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,002US #1
#2Susan526US #5
#3Mary435US #2
#4Patricia367US #3
#5Barbara364US #4
#6Sandra345US #6
#7Sharon328US #10
#8Kathleen317US #9
#9Karen315US #11
#10Nancy310US #7
#11Carol274US #8
#12Pamela218US #21
#13Donna217US #12
#14Judith207US #16
#15Janet198US #23
#16Christine188US #30
#17Judy186US #20
#18Janice180US #24
#19Diane178US #19
#20Cheryl177US #28
#21Kathy148US #42
#22Shirley147US #18
#23Margaret139US #14
#24Carolyn125US #17
#25Deborah124US #15
#26Marilyn123US #33
#27Joyce115US #26
#28Connie112US #43
#29Diana108US #48
#30Betty105US #22
#31Beverly105US #31
#32Rebecca105US #40
#33Kathryn96US #52
#34Peggy96US #38
#35Sherry95US #68
#36Bonnie94US #35
#37Cynthia94US #27
#38Teresa94US #82
#39Vicki93US #70
#40Elizabeth83US #25
#41Brenda79US #13
#42Catherine79US #37
#43Suzanne76US #62
#44Joan75US #36
#45Sally74US #77
#46Ann72US #44
#47Alice68US #53
#48Gail68US #51
#49Jean68US #45
#50Gloria66US #29
#51Jane66US #41
#52Charlotte64US #71
#53Darlene64US #75
#54Katherine64US #59
#55Marcia64US #78
#56Dorothy63US #32
#57Jacqueline60US #58
#58Paula60US #55
#59Phyllis57US #50
#60Cathy56US #81
#61Lynn56US #74
#62Theresa56US #63
#63Sheryl55US #149
#64Colleen54US #146
#65Julie54US #113
#66Terry54US #115
#67Virginia54US #39
#68Constance53US #83
#69Laura53US #65
#70Gayle50US #137
#71Ellen49US #64
#72Evelyn49US #80
#73Lynda47US #93
#74Roberta47US #97
#75Sheila47US #76
#76Ruth46US #47
#77Wanda46US #56
#78Charlene45US #100
#79Helen45US #46
#80Jo45US #60
#81Leslie45US #132
#82Rita45US #54
#83Sue45US #88
#84Penny44US #158
#85Elaine43US #57
#86Joanne43US #61
#87Martha43US #34
#88Frances42US #49
#89Jeanne41US #92
#90Marsha41US #79
#91Georgia40US #141
#92Anita39US #99
#93Lois39US #73
#94Vickie39US #124
#95Kay38US #119
#96Yvonne37US #109
#97Janis35US #131
#98Valerie35US #108
#99Claudia34US #127
#100Victoria34US #96

Boys

#1David776US #6
#2Robert769US #2
#3Michael743US #5
#4John661US #3
#5James652US #1
#6Richard537US #7
#7William487US #4
#8Steven416US #20
#9Gary409US #12
#10Thomas362US #8
#11Larry348US #10
#12Ronald345US #11
#13Donald305US #13
#14Dennis280US #16
#15Kenneth272US #15
#16Charles266US #9
#17Stephen262US #19
#18Daniel230US #22
#19Douglas194US #29
#20Terry193US #28
#21Bruce171US #26
#22Jerry170US #23
#23Mark169US #24
#24Gregory164US #31
#25Paul156US #17
#26Patrick141US #39
#27Roger125US #25
#28Timothy125US #34
#29George116US #18
#30Gerald105US #33
#31Jack103US #47
#32Edward102US #21
#33Dale99US #54
#34Joseph94US #14
#35Wayne91US #35
#36Steve90US #68
#37Mike89US #88
#38Lawrence88US #32
#39Craig87US #77
#40Rodney87US #87
#41Alan84US #45
#42Jeffrey83US #48
#43Jim82US #108
#44Carl74US #43
#45Danny74US #40
#46Raymond74US #30
#47Frank73US #27
#48Keith73US #85
#49Dan71US #125
#50Stanley68US #60
#51Walter65US #37
#52Scott63US #99
#53Roy62US #51
#54Tom61US #114
#55Harold60US #42
#56Randy60US #92
#57Ralph59US #50
#58Don58US #98
#59Bill56US #106
#60Gordon55US #113
#61Russell55US #69
#62Christopher54US #81
#63Brian52US #86
#64Randall52US #79
#65Duane51US #137
#66Philip49US #55
#67Eric48US #105
#68Phillip48US #66
#69Allen47US #71
#70Darrell46US #117
#71Lee46US #93
#72Norman46US #90
#73Curtis43US #97
#74Marvin43US #89
#75Rick43US #170
#76Fred42US #72
#77Lynn42US #159
#78Glenn41US #61
#79Arthur40US #44
#80Bob39US #162
#81Gene39US #119
#82Jay39US #118
#83Jon39US #144
#84Melvin39US #82
#85Dean38US #129
#86Leonard38US #74
#87Micheal38US #122
#88Peter38US #38
#89Clifford37US #103
#90Leslie37US #126
#91Martin37US #83
#92Glen36US #127
#93Harry36US #59
#94Dave35US #182
#95Samuel35US #62
#96Henry34US #46
#97Vernon34US #141
#98Albert33US #56
#99Anthony32US #36
#100Greg32

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑56Brenda#41
↑30Deborah#25
↑28Sheryl#63
↑28Ellen#71
↑23Curtis#73
↑22Jeffrey#42
↑21Duane#65
↑17Evelyn#72

Falling

↓31Dave#94
↓27Claudia#99
↓26Janis#97
↓23Virginia#67
↓20Julie#65
↓20Sue#83
↓18Fred#76
↓17Joanne#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.