Popular baby names in Oregon, 1914

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1914 were Helen for girls (160 babies) and Robert for boys (182). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,560 babies born in Oregon in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1914

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: 42 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Wilma: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Velma: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marjorie: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Barbara: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Doris: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jean: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ellen: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marian: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lois: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Wallace: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donald: 82 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lloyd: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clifford: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jack: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vernon: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gordon: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Glenn: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wilbur: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kenneth: 48 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Helen	160	↑1	2
2	Dorothy	155	↑1	3
3	Mary	149	↓2	1
4	Margaret	129	–	4
5	Ruth	111	–	5
6	Mildred	70	–	7
7	Virginia	65	↑8	14
8	Frances	60	↓1	9
9	Doris	57	↑11	36
10	Elizabeth	56	↑1	8
11	Marjorie	53	↑5	45
12	Alice	52	↓4	12
13	Evelyn	50	↓4	11
14	Florence	45	↑4	13
15	Marie	43	↓2	10
16	Edna	42	↑6	19
17	Irene	42	↑19	22
18	Maxine	42	↑28	>100
19	Esther	41	↓2	35
20	Edith	39	↑1	31
21	Hazel	39	↓11	29
22	Gladys	37	↓3	20
23	Thelma	37	↑1	26
24	Eleanor	35	↑3	28
25	Jean	35	↓11	54
26	Lois	33	↓14	51
27	Eva	32	↑23	52
28	Louise	32	↑16	17
29	Lucille	32	↑3	30
30	Rose	31	↓1	15
31	Wilma	31	new	95
32	Anna	30	↓6	6
33	Lillian	30	↓8	16
34	Katherine	29	↑3	48
35	Barbara	27	↓4	82
36	Martha	27	↓8	27
37	Velma	27	new	92
38	Ethel	26	↓8	21
39	Grace	25	↓16	25
40	Mabel	25	↑5	58
41	Ellen	22	new	86
42	Elsie	22	↓4	46
43	Pearl	22	↑4	56
44	Vera	22	↓11	68
45	Gertrude	21	↓10	32
46	Jane	21	new	71
47	Myrtle	21	new	60
48	Laura	20	new	59
49	Violet	20	new	83
50	Marian	19	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Robert	182	↑2	4
2	John	170	↓1	1
3	William	168	↓1	2
4	James	109	–	3
5	George	107	–	6
6	Charles	87	–	7
7	Donald	82	↑2	23
8	Harold	75	–	14
9	Jack	58	↑10	27
10	Raymond	58	↑12	16
11	Richard	58	↑2	17
12	Frank	56	↓5	9
13	Ralph	53	↑8	21
14	Walter	53	↑2	10
15	Edward	52	↓1	8
16	Kenneth	48	↓4	30
17	Carl	42	↑6	24
18	Arthur	41	↓7	18
19	Paul	41	↑5	13
20	Albert	39	↑5	15
21	Henry	39	↓3	12
22	Fred	38	↓5	28
23	Roy	36	↑17	32
24	Thomas	36	↓9	11
25	Joseph	35	↓5	5
26	Howard	33	↓16	26
27	Lloyd	32	↑8	66
28	Clifford	31	↑3	62
29	Clarence	30	↓3	22
30	Earl	29	↓3	33
31	Elmer	27	↓2	46
32	Lawrence	27	↑6	35
33	Francis	25	new	31
34	Edwin	24	–	53
35	Melvin	24	↑8	59
36	David	23	↓6	29
37	Ernest	23	↓5	38
38	Alfred	21	new	41
39	Harry	21	↓11	19
40	Leonard	21	↓1	45
41	Herbert	20	↑1	42
42	Herman	20	new	51
43	Louis	19	new	20
44	Ray	19	–	74
45	Vernon	19	↓8	83
46	Clyde	18	new	63
47	Daniel	18	new	55
48	Gordon	18	new	88
49	Eugene	17	↑1	43
50	Floyd	17	new	58

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