State roster

Top names in Oregon

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Oregon birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,914 Oregon births in 1950 across 668 distinct names.

Distinctively Oregon

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

#88Terrioutside the national top 200
#93Kristineoutside the national top 200
#72Rick#168 nationally
#57Jim#139 nationally
#45Colleen#124 nationally
#97Candace#172 nationally
#80Bradley#152 nationally
#93Wesley#165 nationally
#40Julie#111 nationally
#74Sheryl#145 nationally
#91Penny#161 nationally
#100Shelley#170 nationally

Girls

#1Linda843US #1
#2Susan508US #5
#3Mary429US #2
#4Patricia396US #3
#5Nancy340US #6
#6Barbara334US #4
#7Karen333US #12
#8Kathleen323US #10
#9Sandra304US #8
#10Carol299US #9
#11Sharon278US #11
#12Donna222US #13
#13Deborah217US #7
#14Pamela196US #17
#15Diane190US #16
#16Janice190US #22
#17Cheryl188US #29
#18Judy177US #25
#19Christine173US #28
#20Judith168US #21
#21Janet160US #18
#22Margaret140US #15
#23Marilyn132US #37
#24Kathryn124US #46
#25Rebecca124US #36
#26Shirley121US #19
#27Diana117US #47
#28Bonnie113US #33
#29Cynthia109US #23
#30Kathy109US #38
#31Carolyn108US #20
#32Connie108US #44
#33Beverly105US #31
#34Joyce105US #27
#35Teresa102US #81
#36Peggy100US #41
#37Vicki90US #61
#38Catherine85US #34
#39Elizabeth85US #24
#40Julie83US #111
#41Gail80US #42
#42Laura77US #63
#43Ruth77US #49
#44Betty76US #26
#45Colleen75US #124
#46Katherine75US #58
#47Brenda74US #14
#48Debra74US #59
#49Jean73US #48
#50Virginia73US #43
#51Cathy70US #75
#52Joanne70US #67
#53Sherry70US #62
#54Sally69US #78
#55Ann66US #45
#56Gloria66US #30
#57Paula65US #54
#58Dorothy62US #35
#59Marcia62US #77
#60Glenda61US #87
#61Jane61US #39
#62Marsha59US #68
#63Constance58US #85
#64Joan57US #40
#65Roberta57US #96
#66Jacqueline56US #55
#67Alice54US #57
#68Darlene53US #79
#69Helen53US #50
#70Lynda53US #107
#71Phyllis51US #53
#72Suzanne50US #71
#73Leslie49US #134
#74Sheryl49US #145
#75Jeanne47US #95
#76Vickie47US #108
#77Gayle45US #133
#78Ellen44US #66
#79Marlene44US #112
#80Theresa44US #65
#81Charlotte43US #80
#82Kay43US #123
#83Lynn43US #76
#84Terry43US #127
#85Valerie43US #116
#86Elaine42US #60
#87Martha41US #32
#88Terri41
#89Wanda41US #52
#90Jo40US #64
#91Penny39US #161
#92Claudia38US #126
#93Kristine37
#94Rita37US #56
#95Sheila37US #70
#96Anita36US #99
#97Candace36US #172
#98Charlene36US #103
#99Frances36US #51
#100Shelley36US #170

Boys

#1Robert814US #2
#2Michael800US #4
#3David767US #5
#4James674US #1
#5John665US #3
#6Richard508US #7
#7Steven506US #16
#8William485US #6
#9Gary433US #10
#10Ronald378US #12
#11Thomas366US #8
#12Larry340US #11
#13Donald315US #14
#14Daniel281US #21
#15Dennis260US #17
#16Kenneth258US #15
#17Charles253US #9
#18Stephen253US #19
#19Douglas252US #28
#20Mark202US #23
#21Gregory199US #25
#22Terry199US #30
#23Bruce183US #26
#24Jerry170US #24
#25Paul147US #18
#26Timothy146US #32
#27Joseph129US #13
#28Patrick129US #38
#29Dale128US #49
#30Edward119US #22
#31George118US #20
#32Wayne118US #35
#33Roger117US #27
#34Jack108US #48
#35Craig104US #69
#36Gerald103US #34
#37Scott103US #82
#38Randy100US #80
#39Alan96US #41
#40Jeffrey95US #43
#41Lawrence94US #33
#42Randall93US #70
#43Raymond90US #31
#44Rodney80US #88
#45Frank78US #29
#46Stanley74US #60
#47Danny71US #39
#48Keith71US #78
#49Micheal71US #104
#50Harold67US #45
#51Gordon66US #108
#52Steve65US #83
#53Peter64US #37
#54Phillip62US #64
#55Brian58US #79
#56Carl57US #44
#57Jim57US #139
#58Mike54US #113
#59Norman54US #90
#60Arthur53US #46
#61Roy53US #51
#62Philip52US #53
#63Russell52US #67
#64Clifford50US #100
#65Allen49US #71
#66Walter48US #40
#67Lee47US #91
#68Martin47US #85
#69Dan46US #129
#70Marvin46US #93
#71Ralph46US #52
#72Rick46US #168
#73Curtis44US #97
#74Eugene44US #58
#75Fred44US #84
#76Jay44US #115
#77Christopher43US #72
#78Eric42US #98
#79Bill40US #131
#80Bradley40US #152
#81Darrell40US #116
#82Tom40US #145
#83Glenn39US #59
#84Jon39US #138
#85Gene38US #122
#86Leonard37US #77
#87Howard36US #63
#88Leslie36US #126
#89Barry35US #74
#90Harry35US #61
#91Glen34US #125
#92Vernon33US #134
#93Wesley33US #165
#94Don32US #107
#95Kevin32US #73
#96Earl31US #92
#97Henry31US #47
#98Lynn31US #154
#99Ray31US #111
#100Ronnie31US #76

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑38Micheal#49
↑35Peter#53
↑34Joanne#52
↑33Ruth#43
↑28Marsha#62
↑27Laura#42
↑25Julie#40
↑25Clifford#64

Falling

↓36Don#94
↓29Suzanne#72
↓29Charlotte#81
↓28Tom#82
↓22Lynn#83
↓21Mike#58
↓21Lynn#98
↓20Joan#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.