Popular baby names in Oregon, 1919

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1919 were Mary for girls (256 babies) and Robert for boys (402). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,330 babies born in Oregon in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1919

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

Girls

Patricia: 59 babies, 5.9× the national rate
June: 86 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alta: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maxine: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bonnie: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Carol: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Elaine: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Marjorie: 99 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lois: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Barbara: 51 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ronald: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Orville: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Willis: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Don: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vernon: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gordon: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melvin: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Glenn: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	256	↑1	1
2	Dorothy	211	↓1	3
3	Helen	186	–	2
4	Margaret	172	–	4
5	Ruth	168	–	5
6	Virginia	127	↑1	7
7	Frances	99	↓1	9
8	Marjorie	99	–	33
9	Betty	89	↑5	15
10	Doris	89	↓1	18
11	Alice	87	↑9	13
12	Evelyn	86	↓2	11
13	June	86	↑3	64
14	Jean	82	↓3	37
15	Mildred	79	↓2	6
16	Lois	76	↓4	40
17	Elizabeth	66	↑1	8
18	Florence	63	↑3	14
19	Patricia	59	new	>100
20	Maxine	57	↓1	85
21	Barbara	51	↑4	60
22	Edna	51	↑1	22
23	Gladys	51	↑7	21
24	Lucille	50	↑11	27
25	Hazel	49	↓10	32
26	Edith	48	↑5	29
27	Irene	47	↓10	16
28	Thelma	43	↑5	31
29	Esther	42	↓7	38
30	Marie	42	↓6	12
31	Shirley	40	↑14	89
32	Eleanor	39	↑7	30
33	Anna	38	↑3	10
34	Lillian	38	↓5	17
35	Wilma	38	new	86
36	Grace	35	↓2	34
37	Louise	34	↓9	20
38	Marian	34	↑4	82
39	Phyllis	33	↓7	84
40	Genevieve	31	↑9	88
41	Geraldine	31	↑6	68
42	Gertrude	30	new	39
43	Jane	30	↓2	53
44	Norma	30	new	83
45	Bernice	29	↓19	42
46	Ruby	29	new	24
47	Vera	29	new	65
48	Violet	29	↓8	74
49	Juanita	28	new	73
50	Martha	28	↓2	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	402	–	4
2	William	254	↑1	2
3	John	222	↓1	1
4	James	170	–	3
5	George	151	↑1	6
6	Charles	135	↓1	5
7	Donald	126	–	17
8	Richard	122	↑1	12
9	Jack	107	↑1	21
10	Harold	102	↓2	13
11	Frank	80	–	9
12	Kenneth	76	↑1	26
13	Walter	75	↓1	11
14	Raymond	70	↑2	14
15	Joseph	68	–	7
16	Thomas	68	↑6	10
17	Edward	63	↓3	8
18	Ralph	62	–	22
19	Arthur	55	↑2	19
20	Harry	53	↓3	20
21	Paul	53	↑5	15
22	Roy	52	↑6	32
23	David	50	↑2	27
24	Howard	50	↓5	24
25	Fred	46	↑2	30
26	Henry	46	↑18	16
27	Melvin	46	↑6	56
28	Albert	45	↓8	18
29	Carl	45	↓5	29
30	Vernon	43	↑6	65
31	Lloyd	40	↓1	58
32	Earl	38	↓9	31
33	Leonard	38	↑1	39
34	Floyd	37	↑3	59
35	Eugene	36	new	33
36	Stanley	36	new	37
37	Alfred	34	↑5	42
38	Herbert	34	↑8	40
39	Lawrence	34	↓7	38
40	Norman	34	↓5	48
41	Clarence	33	↓12	25
42	Clifford	32	↓3	60
43	Francis	32	↓12	34
44	Ray	32	↑5	69
45	Ernest	31	↓5	36
46	Chester	30	↓8	53
47	Gordon	30	↓6	86
48	Lester	30	new	62
49	Elmer	29	↓2	44
50	Glenn	29	↓5	84

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