Popular baby names in Oregon, 1915

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1915 were Mary for girls (248 babies) and John for boys (241). Social Security records list 8,960 babies born in Oregon in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1915

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

Girls

Elma: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Alta: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jeanne: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maxine: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
June: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lois: 66 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Janet: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marjorie: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charlotte: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jean: 54 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Leland: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dale: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Wesley: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Glenn: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kenneth: 83 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vernon: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Wayne: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leslie: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lloyd: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	248	↑2	1
2	Helen	208	↓1	2
3	Dorothy	202	↓1	3
4	Margaret	143	–	4
5	Ruth	114	–	5
6	Virginia	91	↑1	12
7	Frances	88	↑1	9
8	Alice	82	↑4	13
9	Mildred	79	↓3	6
10	Marjorie	67	↑1	39
11	Lois	66	↑15	47
12	Evelyn	65	↑1	10
13	Marie	65	↑2	11
14	Elizabeth	62	↓4	8
15	Hazel	60	↑6	26
16	Doris	54	↓7	34
17	Jean	54	↑8	48
18	Lucille	53	↑11	29
19	Gladys	52	↑3	21
20	Florence	51	↓6	14
21	Eleanor	48	↑3	28
22	Esther	46	↓3	33
23	Irene	45	↓6	17
24	Thelma	45	↓1	30
25	Edna	41	↓9	20
26	Grace	41	↑13	27
27	Betty	39	new	53
28	Lillian	38	↑5	15
29	Charlotte	37	new	81
30	Eva	37	↓3	55
31	Gertrude	36	↑14	35
32	Louise	36	↓4	18
33	Maxine	36	↓15	98
34	Rose	36	↓4	16
35	June	35	new	96
36	Anna	34	↓4	7
37	Agnes	33	new	45
38	Violet	32	↑11	82
39	Edith	31	↓19	31
40	Katherine	31	↓6	49
41	Ruby	31	new	24
42	Ethel	30	↓4	23
43	Viola	30	new	59
44	Catherine	28	new	19
45	Leona	28	new	74
46	Bernice	27	new	42
47	Mabel	27	↓7	62
48	Wilma	27	↓17	80
49	Barbara	26	↓14	83
50	Genevieve	26	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	241	↑1	1
2	Robert	225	↓1	4
3	William	218	–	2
4	James	145	–	3
5	George	134	–	6
6	Charles	119	–	7
7	Donald	88	–	20
8	Edward	85	↑7	8
9	Harold	84	↓1	12
10	Kenneth	83	↑6	28
11	Walter	69	↑3	11
12	Richard	68	↓1	15
13	Raymond	67	↓3	16
14	Joseph	66	↑11	5
15	Arthur	65	↑3	18
16	Frank	65	↓4	9
17	Jack	65	↓8	27
18	Carl	63	↓1	22
19	Harry	57	↑20	19
20	Albert	55	–	17
21	Thomas	53	↑3	10
22	Howard	52	↑4	25
23	Henry	49	↓2	14
24	Roy	46	↓1	32
25	Paul	45	↓6	13
26	Fred	42	↓4	26
27	Ralph	40	↓14	21
28	Ernest	39	↑9	35
29	Earl	38	↑1	33
30	Lloyd	36	↓3	62
31	Francis	35	↑2	29
32	Elmer	34	↓1	45
33	Clarence	33	↓4	24
34	Melvin	32	↑1	60
35	David	30	↑1	31
36	Lawrence	30	↓4	37
37	Vernon	30	↑8	80
38	Willard	30	new	58
39	Clifford	29	↓11	61
40	Eugene	29	↑9	41
41	Glenn	29	new	87
42	Ray	29	↑2	67
43	Alfred	28	↓5	42
44	Norman	27	new	50
45	Stanley	26	new	34
46	Edwin	25	↓12	53
47	Chester	24	new	54
48	Everett	23	new	89
49	Floyd	23	↑1	59
50	Dale	22	new	>100

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