Popular baby names in Oregon, 1926

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1926 were Betty for girls (309 babies) and Robert for boys (484). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,435 babies born in Oregon in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1926

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: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Donna: 66 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maxine: 63 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patricia: 149 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Beverly: 64 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lila: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Barbara: 162 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carol: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Wilma: 48 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Darrell: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Don: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Keith: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ted: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Allan: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bob: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dale: 49 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dean: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Delbert: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Betty	309	–	3
2	Mary	238	–	1
3	Dorothy	200	–	2
4	Barbara	162	↑4	16
5	Patricia	149	↓1	23
6	Virginia	134	↑1	8
7	Helen	126	↓1	4
8	Shirley	115	↑3	14
9	Lois	106	↑4	19
10	Margaret	103	↓5	5
11	Doris	97	↑3	7
12	Ruth	89	↓2	6
13	Jean	86	↓4	12
14	Marjorie	77	↑2	22
15	Evelyn	72	↑3	13
16	Phyllis	72	↓4	33
17	Frances	70	–	10
18	Donna	66	↑7	90
19	Norma	65	↑5	29
20	Beverly	64	↑6	74
21	June	63	–	40
22	Maxine	63	–	85
23	Joyce	62	↑13	44
24	Elizabeth	58	↓5	11
25	Gloria	55	↓5	20
26	Alice	52	↓11	17
27	Joan	49	new	51
28	Wilma	48	↑14	67
29	Dolores	47	↑18	49
30	Nancy	45	new	57
31	Mildred	44	↓8	9
32	Geraldine	43	↑3	54
33	Lillian	41	↓5	28
34	Marilyn	39	new	65
35	Florence	38	↓6	26
36	Grace	38	↑8	46
37	Irene	38	↓7	21
38	Audrey	37	new	60
39	Lorraine	37	–	53
40	Hazel	36	↑9	48
41	Anna	35	↓7	15
42	Carol	34	↓2	>100
43	Louise	33	↓12	27
44	Thelma	33	↑4	36
45	Violet	33	new	94
46	Vivian	33	new	80
47	Eleanor	32	↓20	32
48	Lucille	32	↓16	43
49	Bonnie	31	new	>100
50	Jeanne	31	↓5	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	484	–	1
2	John	267	↑1	2
3	Donald	258	↑1	9
4	James	231	↑1	3
5	William	231	↓3	4
6	Richard	206	–	7
7	Jack	137	↑2	16
8	Charles	128	↓1	5
9	Kenneth	116	↑2	18
10	George	111	↓2	6
11	Harold	92	↓1	14
12	Edward	80	↑1	10
13	Raymond	76	↓1	15
14	David	71	↑2	22
15	Frank	70	–	12
16	Walter	64	↑3	17
17	Thomas	62	↓3	11
18	Norman	60	↑2	39
19	Arthur	56	↑3	20
20	Paul	56	↑5	13
21	Joseph	54	↓4	8
22	Ralph	54	↓4	24
23	Gerald	53	↑14	41
24	Don	50	new	96
25	Roy	50	↑9	34
26	Dale	49	↑7	84
27	Earl	48	↓4	32
28	Eugene	48	↑11	23
29	Stanley	47	↓2	43
30	Wayne	46	new	68
31	Albert	45	↓7	21
32	Fred	45	↓3	31
33	Melvin	45	↑13	47
34	Howard	44	↓6	27
35	Lloyd	42	↑6	60
36	Harry	41	↓15	25
37	Carl	40	↓11	26
38	Bob	39	↑10	>100
39	Bill	38	↓1	74
40	Leonard	35	↓9	38
41	Ronald	35	new	88
42	Marvin	34	new	50
43	Gordon	33	↓13	76
44	Clifford	32	–	62
45	Elmer	32	–	61
46	Ray	32	↑1	57
47	Henry	31	↓11	19
48	Clarence	30	↓5	29
49	Ernest	30	↓14	37
50	Gene	29	new	91

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