Popular baby names in Oregon, 1913

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1913 were Mary for girls (136 babies) and John for boys (129). Social Security records list 5,020 babies born in Oregon in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1913

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

Girls

Maxine: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Lois: 40 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jean: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Barbara: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Phyllis: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Doris: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vera: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vivian: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Hazel: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 63 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gerald: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Willard: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vernon: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kenneth: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clifford: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Howard: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lloyd: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ray: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Harold: 64 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	136	↑1	1
2	Helen	131	↓1	2
3	Dorothy	109	↑1	3
4	Margaret	96	↓1	4
5	Ruth	73	–	5
6	Mildred	64	–	6
7	Frances	61	–	9
8	Alice	51	–	11
9	Evelyn	45	↑8	12
10	Hazel	41	↑1	27
11	Elizabeth	40	↓2	8
12	Lois	40	↑10	59
13	Marie	40	↑18	10
14	Jean	39	↑10	60
15	Virginia	39	↓2	15
16	Marjorie	37	↑3	48
17	Esther	36	↑13	32
18	Florence	33	↓4	13
19	Gladys	32	↓1	19
20	Doris	31	↑27	44
21	Edith	30	↑6	29
22	Edna	30	↓12	18
23	Grace	27	↑10	25
24	Thelma	27	↓9	26
25	Lillian	26	↑13	16
26	Anna	25	↑24	7
27	Eleanor	25	↑13	34
28	Martha	25	↑11	28
29	Rose	25	↓9	14
30	Ethel	23	↓2	20
31	Barbara	22	↓8	94
32	Lucille	22	↑10	31
33	Vera	22	↑12	68
34	Clara	21	–	36
35	Gertrude	21	↑1	33
36	Irene	21	↓24	21
37	Katherine	21	↑4	54
38	Elsie	20	↓9	40
39	Ann	19	new	46
40	Nellie	19	new	58
41	Ruby	19	↑3	23
42	Betty	18	new	67
43	Jessie	18	new	61
44	Louise	18	↓18	17
45	Mabel	18	↓2	56
46	Maxine	18	↓21	>100
47	Pearl	18	new	55
48	Agnes	17	new	41
49	Bernice	17	↓33	45
50	Eva	17	↓18	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	129	↑1	1
2	William	127	↑1	2
3	Robert	108	↓2	4
4	James	91	–	3
5	George	85	–	6
6	Charles	78	↑2	7
7	Frank	64	↑5	9
8	Harold	64	↓2	13
9	Donald	63	↓2	25
10	Howard	44	↑20	26
11	Arthur	42	↑12	17
12	Kenneth	42	↓1	33
13	Richard	39	↓4	19
14	Edward	37	↑8	8
15	Thomas	36	↑6	10
16	Walter	36	↓2	11
17	Fred	35	↑9	27
18	Henry	35	↑1	12
19	Jack	34	↓9	28
20	Joseph	34	↓5	5
21	Ralph	34	↓1	22
22	Raymond	34	↑3	18
23	Carl	33	↑4	23
24	Paul	32	↑7	14
25	Albert	29	↑3	16
26	Clarence	26	↓10	21
27	Earl	25	↓10	31
28	Harry	24	↓15	15
29	Elmer	22	↑16	45
30	David	21	↓6	29
31	Clifford	20	↑11	68
32	Ernest	20	↓14	34
33	Gerald	19	new	84
34	Edwin	18	new	55
35	Lloyd	18	↓2	67
36	Norman	18	new	57
37	Vernon	18	new	83
38	Lawrence	17	↑3	35
39	Leonard	16	↑11	46
40	Roy	16	↓6	32
41	Chester	15	↓2	56
42	Herbert	15	↓10	39
43	Melvin	15	new	61
44	Ray	15	↑2	73
45	Willard	15	new	99
46	Frederick	14	new	49
47	Leslie	14	new	>100
48	Victor	14	new	80
49	Virgil	14	↓1	>100
50	Eugene	13	↓10	43

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