Popular baby names in Oregon, 1916

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1916 were Helen for girls (211 babies) and Robert for boys (265). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,297 babies born in Oregon in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1916

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

Girls

Iris: 19 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Elma: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Maxine: 55 babies, 4.9× the national rate
June: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cleo: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Jeanne: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marjorie: 87 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Norma: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roberta: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Patricia: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Ivan: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Delbert: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ronald: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gordon: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Wayne: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donald: 106 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kenneth: 82 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jack: 79 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Melvin: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lloyd: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Helen	211	↑1	2
2	Dorothy	206	↑1	3
3	Mary	198	↓2	1
4	Margaret	177	–	4
5	Ruth	134	–	5
6	Mildred	98	↑3	6
7	Virginia	88	↓1	10
8	Frances	87	↓1	9
9	Marjorie	87	↑1	37
10	Elizabeth	78	↑4	8
11	Evelyn	74	↑1	11
12	Marie	70	↑1	12
13	Hazel	69	↑2	31
14	Doris	64	↑2	32
15	Alice	61	↓7	13
16	Jean	61	↑1	45
17	Florence	59	↑3	14
18	Thelma	57	↑6	29
19	June	56	↑16	86
20	Maxine	55	↑13	96
21	Lois	52	↓10	43
22	Edna	51	↑3	19
23	Irene	49	–	17
24	Louise	48	↑8	18
25	Anna	47	↑11	7
26	Esther	47	↓4	34
27	Betty	42	–	44
28	Barbara	40	↑21	74
29	Edith	40	↑10	28
30	Eleanor	40	↓9	27
31	Lucille	39	↓13	30
32	Gertrude	36	↓1	35
33	Lillian	36	↓5	16
34	Marian	36	new	72
35	Wilma	36	↑13	82
36	Gladys	35	↓17	22
37	Grace	34	↓11	26
38	Agnes	31	↓1	50
39	Eva	31	↓9	55
40	Genevieve	31	↑10	76
41	Violet	31	↓3	83
42	Catherine	30	↑2	20
43	Ruby	30	↓2	23
44	Rose	29	↓10	15
45	Bernice	28	↑1	42
46	Elsie	28	new	48
47	Ethel	28	↓5	25
48	Martha	28	new	24
49	Norma	28	new	>100
50	Emma	27	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Robert	265	↑1	4
2	William	215	↑1	2
3	John	209	↓2	1
4	George	157	↑1	7
5	James	149	↓1	3
6	Charles	126	–	6
7	Harold	115	↑2	13
8	Donald	106	↓1	20
9	Frank	93	↑7	9
10	Richard	87	↑2	15
11	Kenneth	82	↓1	27
12	Edward	80	↓4	8
13	Jack	79	↑4	26
14	Walter	67	↓3	11
15	Paul	65	↑10	12
16	Thomas	63	↑5	10
17	Arthur	61	↓2	18
18	Raymond	60	↓5	16
19	Joseph	58	↓5	5
20	Harry	55	↓1	19
21	Ralph	53	↑6	21
22	Roy	53	↑2	33
23	Albert	50	↓3	17
24	Howard	49	↓2	25
25	Fred	47	↑1	29
26	Carl	45	↓8	23
27	Earl	45	↑2	32
28	Clarence	44	↑5	24
29	David	43	↑6	28
30	Henry	41	↓7	14
31	Ernest	39	↓3	36
32	Leonard	39	new	42
33	Melvin	37	↑1	57
34	Norman	37	↑10	48
35	Lawrence	35	↑1	38
36	Lloyd	35	↓6	58
37	Eugene	33	↑3	39
38	Alfred	31	↑5	43
39	Floyd	31	↑10	60
40	Edwin	28	↑6	53
41	Elmer	28	↓9	45
42	Francis	28	↓11	31
43	Gordon	27	new	90
44	Lester	26	new	59
45	Stanley	26	–	34
46	Herbert	25	new	40
47	Chester	23	–	54
48	Clifford	23	↓9	61
49	Willard	23	↓11	69
50	Glenn	22	↓9	84

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