Popular baby names in Oregon, 1923

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1923 were Mary for girls (321 babies) and Robert for boys (516). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,718 babies born in Oregon in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1923

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: 108 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Iris: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lila: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Faye: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carol: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peggy: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maxine: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bette: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donna: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Barbara: 109 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Darrell: 19 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lyle: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Don: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Duane: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Wesley: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gordon: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bob: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Keith: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Dean: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Donald: 237 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	321	–	1
2	Betty	280	↑1	5
3	Dorothy	245	↓1	2
4	Margaret	161	–	4
5	Virginia	158	↑1	7
6	Helen	150	↓1	3
7	Marjorie	131	↑4	16
8	Barbara	109	↑1	33
9	Patricia	108	↑5	56
10	Jean	107	↓2	19
11	Frances	99	↑6	10
12	Doris	91	↓2	11
13	Ruth	91	↓6	6
14	Lois	79	↑4	27
15	Phyllis	79	↑8	45
16	Shirley	79	↑5	26
17	June	77	↓4	42
18	Elizabeth	72	↑2	9
19	Norma	68	↑12	41
20	Evelyn	66	↓8	12
21	Alice	64	↓6	15
22	Marie	60	↑3	14
23	Maxine	58	↓1	76
24	Florence	53	↓8	18
25	Mildred	51	↓6	8
26	Rose	49	new	23
27	Irene	46	↓3	17
28	Edna	45	↓1	32
29	Gladys	45	↑13	29
30	Bernice	43	↑3	43
31	Louise	42	↑1	22
32	Esther	41	↑9	47
33	Thelma	41	↑12	31
34	Hazel	40	↑15	40
35	Edith	39	↑2	36
36	Jeanne	39	↑4	90
37	Vivian	38	↑9	69
38	Eleanor	37	↓12	28
39	Gloria	37	↓1	48
40	Lillian	37	↓5	20
41	Elsie	36	new	61
42	Jane	36	new	55
43	Lorraine	35	↑1	57
44	Juanita	34	↑6	51
45	Ruby	34	new	25
46	Charlotte	33	new	77
47	Geraldine	33	↓17	58
48	Carol	32	new	>100
49	Lucille	32	↓21	35
50	Marian	32	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	516	–	2
2	William	278	↑1	3
3	John	244	↓1	1
4	Donald	237	↑1	10
5	James	189	↓1	4
6	George	175	↑1	6
7	Richard	150	↓1	9
8	Charles	148	–	5
9	Jack	135	–	17
10	Kenneth	109	–	21
11	Harold	102	–	13
12	Edward	90	↑1	8
13	Thomas	79	↑9	12
14	David	70	–	24
15	Frank	70	↓3	11
16	Raymond	67	↓1	15
17	Harry	66	↑20	22
18	Paul	66	–	14
19	Walter	63	↓3	16
20	Arthur	62	↑6	19
21	Howard	60	↑6	26
22	Joseph	56	↓5	7
23	Albert	51	↓4	20
24	Norman	51	↑4	44
25	Ralph	49	↓4	23
26	Carl	48	↑3	28
27	Roy	46	↓2	32
28	Ernest	45	↑11	38
29	Fred	45	↑11	33
30	Gordon	45	–	76
31	Henry	44	↓7	18
32	Earl	40	↑2	31
33	Wallace	40	new	69
34	Clarence	39	↑10	29
35	Eugene	39	↓15	25
36	Vernon	39	↑2	67
37	Lawrence	38	↓14	36
38	Francis	37	↓3	34
39	Gerald	37	new	54
40	Leonard	37	↑2	37
41	Lloyd	36	↑9	59
42	Melvin	36	↓6	48
43	Warren	36	↓10	43
44	Glenn	35	↓3	84
45	Stanley	35	↓13	41
46	Don	33	new	>100
47	Marvin	33	↓1	51
48	Dale	32	–	90
49	Clifford	30	new	65
50	Ray	29	↓3	61

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