Popular baby names in Oregon, 1910

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1910 were Dorothy for girls (57 babies) and John for boys (61). Dorothy ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 1,943 babies born in Oregon in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in Oregon that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Wilma: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Doris: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lois: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Blanche: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vera: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marjorie: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Esther: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dorothy: 57 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Frances: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Evelyn: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Robert: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Walter: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Charles: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Dorothy	57	4
2	Mary	54	1
3	Helen	48	2
4	Ruth	46	5
5	Margaret	43	3
6	Frances	34	11
7	Elizabeth	31	7
8	Alice	30	10
9	Evelyn	29	17
10	Florence	27	12
11	Gladys	27	15
12	Mildred	27	8
13	Doris	23	64
14	Hazel	22	24
15	Esther	21	38
16	Marie	21	9
17	Thelma	21	25
18	Anna	20	6
19	Edna	20	18
20	Gertrude	20	26
21	Edith	17	35
22	Lois	17	76
23	Blanche	16	74
24	Myrtle	16	43
25	Virginia	16	29
26	Agnes	15	41
27	Mabel	15	46
28	Marjorie	15	68
29	Vera	15	71
30	Wilma	15	>100
31	Bessie	14	37
32	Louise	14	20
33	Eleanor	13	55
34	Elsie	13	44
35	Ethel	13	13
36	Grace	13	23
37	Irene	13	21
38	Lucille	13	31
39	Pearl	13	39
40	Rose	13	16
41	Ruby	13	27
42	Viola	13	48
43	Lillian	12	14
44	Sylvia	12	92
45	Violet	12	89
46	Josephine	11	30
47	Kathryn	11	80
48	Nellie	11	51
49	Alma	10	61
50	Bertha	10	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	John	61	1
2	William	48	3
3	Robert	40	4
4	James	30	2
5	Charles	29	7
6	George	29	5
7	Frank	19	8
8	Edward	17	9
9	Walter	17	13
10	Donald	14	44
11	Joseph	14	6
12	Harold	12	18
13	Henry	12	10
14	Richard	12	21
15	Roy	11	29
16	Arthur	10	17
17	Howard	10	27
18	Jack	10	23
19	Thomas	10	12
20	Harry	9	16
21	Ralph	9	28
22	Albert	8	14
23	Carl	8	26
24	Clarence	8	20
25	Earl	8	33
26	Ernest	8	31
27	Elmer	7	48
28	Francis	7	36
29	Lawrence	7	35
30	Leo	7	51
31	Melvin	7	75
32	Ray	7	68
33	Raymond	7	19
34	Edwin	6	71
35	Fred	6	22
36	Kenneth	6	43
37	Alvin	5	85
38	Chester	5	61
39	Clyde	5	57
40	David	5	30
41	Eugene	5	39
42	Joe	5	25
43	Lester	5	64
44	Lloyd	5	67

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