Popular baby names in Oregon, 1925

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1925 were Betty for girls (345 babies) and Robert for boys (524). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,911 babies born in Oregon in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1925

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

Girls

Colleen: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Patricia: 169 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maxine: 60 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beverly: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Phyllis: 101 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carol: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Barbara: 126 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bette: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lila: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Lyle: 33 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bob: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Delbert: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keith: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bruce: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leland: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dale: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gordon: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Bill: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vernon: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Betty	345	–	3
2	Mary	274	–	1
3	Dorothy	211	–	2
4	Patricia	169	↑1	28
5	Margaret	147	↑5	5
6	Helen	139	↓2	4
7	Virginia	133	↓1	7
8	Barbara	126	–	22
9	Jean	120	↑5	14
10	Ruth	105	↓1	6
11	Shirley	104	↑4	17
12	Phyllis	101	↑6	40
13	Lois	92	↓2	18
14	Doris	91	↓7	8
15	Alice	81	↑4	15
16	Marjorie	80	↓4	21
17	Frances	78	↓4	11
18	Evelyn	76	↓1	12
19	Elizabeth	64	↑1	10
20	Gloria	64	↑5	20
21	June	64	↓5	39
22	Maxine	60	–	79
23	Mildred	60	↓2	9
24	Norma	51	↓1	34
25	Donna	50	↑24	>100
26	Beverly	46	new	>100
27	Eleanor	46	↓3	31
28	Lillian	46	↑16	25
29	Florence	45	↓2	24
30	Irene	44	↓4	19
31	Louise	43	↑3	27
32	Lucille	42	↑3	41
33	Marie	42	↓1	16
34	Anna	40	↓3	13
35	Geraldine	40	↓6	54
36	Joyce	39	new	59
37	Esther	37	↓9	56
38	Juanita	37	new	49
39	Lorraine	36	–	51
40	Carol	35	new	>100
41	Rose	35	new	26
42	Wilma	35	↓2	62
43	Edna	34	↓5	37
44	Grace	34	↓3	44
45	Jeanne	33	new	89
46	Pauline	33	new	38
47	Dolores	32	new	64
48	Thelma	32	new	35
49	Hazel	31	↓13	45
50	Martha	31	↓20	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	524	–	1
2	William	305	–	3
3	John	286	–	2
4	Donald	235	↑1	10
5	James	234	↓1	4
6	Richard	216	–	8
7	Charles	158	↑1	5
8	George	152	↓1	6
9	Jack	146	–	17
10	Harold	110	↑1	14
11	Kenneth	101	↓1	19
12	Raymond	95	↑2	15
13	Edward	84	↑2	9
14	Thomas	82	↑2	11
15	Frank	79	↓3	12
16	David	66	↑2	22
17	Joseph	63	↑4	7
18	Ralph	62	↑2	25
19	Walter	62	↓6	16
20	Norman	61	↑10	41
21	Harry	60	↓4	23
22	Arthur	59	↑6	20
23	Earl	59	↑14	31
24	Albert	57	↓1	21
25	Paul	55	↓6	13
26	Carl	53	↓2	28
27	Stanley	49	↑22	40
28	Howard	48	↑1	26
29	Fred	46	↓2	33
30	Gordon	44	↑4	72
31	Leonard	44	↑16	38
32	Vernon	42	new	67
33	Dale	41	–	86
34	Roy	41	↓12	32
35	Ernest	40	new	37
36	Henry	38	↓5	18
37	Gerald	37	↑3	45
38	Bill	36	new	84
39	Eugene	34	↓14	24
40	Calvin	33	↑6	47
41	Lloyd	33	↑1	62
42	Lyle	33	new	>100
43	Clarence	32	↑2	30
44	Clifford	32	↓9	59
45	Elmer	32	new	61
46	Melvin	31	↓20	50
47	Ray	31	↑3	64
48	Bob	29	new	>100
49	Edwin	29	new	57
50	Floyd	28	new	58

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