Popular baby names in Oregon, 1911

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1911 were Dorothy for girls (90 babies) and John for boys (53). Dorothy ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 2,330 babies born in Oregon in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1911

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

Girls

Marjorie: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Violet: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Opal: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doris: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dorothy: 90 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Hazel: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Thelma: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Evelyn: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Esther: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bernice: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jack: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kenneth: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Harold: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Paul: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Raymond: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Dorothy	90	–	4
2	Helen	86	↑1	2
3	Mary	73	↓1	1
4	Ruth	53	–	5
5	Margaret	49	–	3
6	Mildred	44	↑6	8
7	Elizabeth	34	–	7
8	Evelyn	34	↑1	16
9	Marjorie	34	↑19	59
10	Alice	32	↓2	11
11	Hazel	30	↑3	25
12	Thelma	29	↑5	27
13	Gladys	28	↓2	18
14	Frances	26	↓8	10
15	Ethel	23	↑20	15
16	Edna	22	↑3	17
17	Esther	22	↓2	34
18	Florence	22	↓8	12
19	Doris	21	↓6	56
20	Louise	21	↑12	19
21	Marie	19	↓5	9
22	Violet	19	↑23	83
23	Ruby	18	↑18	22
24	Grace	17	↑12	23
25	Anna	16	↓7	6
26	Catherine	16	new	20
27	Irene	16	↑10	21
28	Lucille	16	↑10	32
29	Virginia	16	↓4	26
30	Bernice	15	new	51
31	Lillian	15	↑12	13
32	Martha	15	new	28
33	Opal	15	new	81
34	Elsie	14	–	41
35	Eva	14	new	46
36	Edith	13	↓15	31
37	Laura	13	new	57
38	Lois	13	↓16	68
39	Velma	13	new	90
40	Vera	13	↓11	67
41	Wilma	13	↓11	>100
42	Ella	12	new	63
43	Ellen	12	new	84
44	Jane	12	new	98
45	Pauline	12	new	38
46	Beatrice	11	new	37
47	Mabel	11	↓20	43
48	Nellie	11	–	54
49	Agnes	10	↓23	39
50	Bertha	10	–	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	53	–	1
2	James	39	↑2	3
3	William	39	↓1	2
4	Robert	38	↓1	5
5	George	37	↑1	4
6	Charles	29	↓1	7
7	Harold	27	↑5	16
8	Jack	25	↑10	25
9	Donald	23	↑1	36
10	Edward	22	↓2	9
11	Frank	22	↓4	8
12	Paul	21	new	17
13	Walter	20	↓4	12
14	Henry	18	↓1	11
15	Kenneth	16	↑21	40
16	Raymond	16	↑17	19
17	Joseph	14	↓6	6
18	Ralph	14	↑3	24
19	Thomas	14	–	10
20	Harry	12	–	13
21	Howard	11	↓4	28
22	Richard	11	↓8	20
23	Melvin	10	↑8	73
24	Carl	9	↓1	26
25	Louis	9	new	21
26	Vernon	9	new	96
27	Earl	8	↓2	34
28	Elmer	8	↓1	48
29	Fred	8	↑6	22
30	Roy	8	↓15	31
31	David	7	↑9	27
32	Eugene	7	↑9	43
33	Lawrence	7	↓4	37
34	Ray	7	↓2	71
35	Theodore	7	new	56
36	Alvin	6	↑1	89
37	Arthur	6	↓21	18
38	Edwin	6	↓4	60
39	Glen	6	new	>100
40	Stanley	6	new	44
41	Tom	6	new	>100
42	Wayne	6	new	>100
43	Willard	6	new	>100
44	Albert	5	↓22	15
45	Alfred	5	new	39
46	Allen	5	new	98
47	Cecil	5	new	76
48	Clarence	5	↓24	23
49	Don	5	new	>100
50	Ernest	5	↓24	32

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