Popular baby names in Oregon, 1927

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1927 were Betty for girls (325 babies) and Robert for boys (475). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,412 babies born in Oregon in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1927

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

Girls

Beverly: 90 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Donna: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maxine: 51 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Patricia: 151 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Barbara: 184 babies, 3× the national rate
Joy: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Janice: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marian: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Phyllis: 87 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Eldon: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bob: 52 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darrell: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Loren: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dick: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jim: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dean: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Don: 49 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Larry: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dale: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Betty	325	–	3
2	Mary	259	–	1
3	Dorothy	203	–	2
4	Barbara	184	–	10
5	Patricia	151	–	18
6	Shirley	143	↑2	9
7	Helen	124	–	4
8	Margaret	120	↑2	5
9	Virginia	116	↓3	8
10	Lois	103	↓1	19
11	Jean	102	↑2	14
12	Doris	95	↓1	7
13	Ruth	93	↓1	6
14	Beverly	90	↑6	57
15	Phyllis	87	↑1	29
16	Marjorie	82	↓2	25
17	Gloria	73	↑8	22
18	Donna	72	–	70
19	Evelyn	61	↓4	15
20	Frances	58	↓3	12
21	Joyce	57	↑2	35
22	Alice	55	↑4	17
23	Dolores	55	↑6	34
24	Norma	52	↓5	26
25	Maxine	51	↓3	87
26	Elizabeth	49	↓2	13
27	Mildred	48	↑4	11
28	Marian	47	new	74
29	June	43	↓8	43
30	Joan	41	↓3	41
31	Irene	40	↑6	21
32	Eleanor	39	↑15	33
33	Wilma	37	↓5	68
34	Gladys	36	new	37
35	Marie	35	new	20
36	Rose	35	new	23
37	Anna	33	↑4	16
38	Bonnie	33	↑11	100
39	Charlotte	33	new	75
40	Hazel	33	–	53
41	Audrey	32	↓3	62
42	Florence	32	↓7	28
43	Geraldine	32	↓11	58
44	Lorraine	31	↓5	44
45	Ellen	30	new	93
46	Jeanne	30	↑4	85
47	Juanita	30	new	55
48	Carol	29	↓6	>100
49	Laura	28	new	82
50	Lucille	28	↓2	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	475	–	1
2	William	269	↑3	4
3	Donald	261	–	8
4	John	241	↓2	2
5	James	240	↓1	3
6	Richard	217	–	6
7	George	152	↑3	7
8	Jack	139	↓1	16
9	Charles	134	↓1	5
10	Kenneth	116	↓1	18
11	Harold	98	–	14
12	David	80	↑2	21
13	Edward	72	↓1	10
14	Walter	67	↑2	17
15	Ralph	63	↑7	24
16	Thomas	62	↑1	11
17	Frank	58	↓2	12
18	Raymond	58	↓5	15
19	Joseph	55	↑2	9
20	Paul	55	–	13
21	Gerald	53	↑2	38
22	Bob	52	↑16	100
23	Fred	51	↑9	35
24	Norman	50	↓6	39
25	Roy	50	–	34
26	Don	49	↓2	90
27	Dale	48	↓1	81
28	Howard	48	↑6	28
29	Albert	47	↑2	23
30	Eugene	47	↓2	20
31	Ronald	47	↑10	63
32	Harry	45	↑4	25
33	Arthur	43	↓14	22
34	Earl	41	↓7	33
35	Lawrence	41	new	37
36	Carl	40	↑1	26
37	Wayne	40	↓7	67
38	Lloyd	39	↓3	58
39	Leonard	38	↑1	40
40	Henry	37	↑7	19
41	Glenn	36	new	76
42	Gordon	35	↑1	74
43	Melvin	35	↓10	48
44	Bill	34	↓5	69
45	Stanley	34	↓16	44
46	Gene	33	↑4	72
47	Joe	33	new	30
48	Jerry	32	new	93
49	Jim	31	new	>100
50	Ray	31	↓4	60

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