Popular baby names in Oregon, 1918

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1918 were Dorothy for girls (235 babies) and Robert for boys (372). Dorothy ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,419 babies born in Oregon in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1918

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

Girls

Carol: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maxine: 62 babies, 4.1× the national rate
June: 69 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeanne: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Patricia: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roberta: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jean: 90 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lois: 79 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marjorie: 98 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barbara: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lyle: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leland: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dale: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Merle: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Virgil: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bruce: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Don: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gordon: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Glenn: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Dorothy	235	↑2	3
2	Mary	230	↓1	1
3	Helen	205	↓1	2
4	Margaret	188	–	4
5	Ruth	148	–	5
6	Frances	116	–	8
7	Virginia	102	–	7
8	Marjorie	98	↑2	34
9	Doris	92	↑3	19
10	Evelyn	90	↓2	11
11	Jean	90	↑6	37
12	Lois	79	↑1	42
13	Mildred	79	↓4	6
14	Betty	74	↑4	21
15	Hazel	73	↑5	33
16	June	69	↓5	66
17	Irene	68	↑7	16
18	Elizabeth	63	↓4	9
19	Maxine	62	↑6	87
20	Alice	60	↓5	13
21	Florence	60	↓2	14
22	Esther	56	–	38
23	Edna	54	↑3	23
24	Marie	54	↓8	12
25	Barbara	53	↓4	60
26	Bernice	49	↑18	41
27	Ethel	48	↑13	28
28	Louise	47	↑4	18
29	Lillian	42	↑1	15
30	Gladys	41	↓7	22
31	Edith	40	↓3	30
32	Phyllis	40	new	80
33	Thelma	39	↓6	32
34	Grace	38	↓5	31
35	Lucille	37	new	29
36	Anna	36	↑3	10
37	Leona	36	new	79
38	Pearl	36	new	56
39	Eleanor	35	↓8	26
40	Violet	34	new	83
41	Jane	33	↑4	53
42	Marian	33	↑4	76
43	Agnes	32	new	47
44	Elsie	32	↓10	49
45	Shirley	32	new	97
46	Charlotte	31	new	78
47	Geraldine	31	new	77
48	Martha	31	↓11	25
49	Genevieve	30	new	81
50	Jeanne	30	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Robert	372	–	4
2	John	266	–	1
3	William	232	–	2
4	James	189	–	3
5	Charles	154	↑1	5
6	George	146	↓1	6
7	Donald	109	–	18
8	Harold	105	–	13
9	Richard	102	↑5	12
10	Jack	101	↑1	21
11	Frank	88	↓2	9
12	Walter	78	↓2	11
13	Kenneth	76	–	27
14	Edward	74	↓2	8
15	Joseph	73	↑8	7
16	Raymond	71	↑12	15
17	Harry	66	↓1	20
18	Ralph	58	↑3	22
19	Howard	55	↑3	26
20	Albert	54	↓2	19
21	Arthur	51	↓6	17
22	Thomas	51	↓5	10
23	Earl	50	↑8	31
24	Carl	48	↑6	25
25	David	48	–	28
26	Paul	48	–	14
27	Fred	45	–	33
28	Roy	44	↓4	32
29	Clarence	43	↑5	23
30	Lloyd	43	↓1	51
31	Francis	42	↑8	30
32	Lawrence	41	↑6	38
33	Melvin	41	new	56
34	Leonard	39	↓1	41
35	Norman	38	↑8	49
36	Vernon	37	↑12	66
37	Floyd	35	↑9	61
38	Chester	34	↓2	54
39	Clifford	34	↑2	60
40	Ernest	33	↓20	37
41	Gordon	33	↓1	85
42	Alfred	32	↑7	42
43	Dale	32	new	>100
44	Henry	32	↓25	16
45	Glenn	31	↓10	84
46	Herbert	31	↓14	40
47	Elmer	30	↓10	44
48	Virgil	29	↑2	99
49	Ray	28	↓5	69
50	Gerald	26	↓3	72

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