Popular baby names in Oregon, 1928

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1928 were Betty for girls (322 babies) and Robert for boys (400). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,210 babies born in Oregon in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1928

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

Girls

Donna: 103 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Colleen: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carol: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patricia: 190 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beverly: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maxine: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 42 babies, 3× the national rate
Barbara: 192 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Phyllis: 94 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Alan: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dick: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bob: 53 babies, 5× the national rate
Don: 58 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Delbert: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leland: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jim: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dale: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wesley: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	322	–	2
2	Mary	253	–	1
3	Barbara	192	↑1	8
4	Patricia	190	↑1	11
5	Dorothy	174	↓2	3
6	Shirley	166	–	10
7	Helen	127	–	4
8	Virginia	111	↑1	9
9	Margaret	108	↓1	5
10	Donna	103	↑8	61
11	Phyllis	94	↑4	26
12	Jean	88	↓1	12
13	Doris	87	↓1	7
14	Ruth	87	↓1	6
15	Beverly	83	↓1	46
16	Lois	76	↓6	18
17	Dolores	69	↑6	20
18	Frances	64	↑2	13
19	Marjorie	63	↓3	29
20	Carol	53	↑28	77
21	Alice	52	↑1	19
22	Joyce	52	↓1	30
23	Evelyn	51	↓4	17
24	June	51	↑5	44
25	Nancy	49	new	43
26	Norma	48	↓2	23
27	Maxine	47	↓2	84
28	Bonnie	42	↑10	89
29	Mildred	42	↓2	15
30	Joan	41	–	27
31	Gloria	39	↓14	25
32	Irene	37	↓1	28
33	Lorraine	36	↑11	39
34	Esther	33	new	66
35	Florence	33	↑7	32
36	Janet	33	new	95
37	Marian	33	↓9	71
38	Marie	32	↓3	21
39	Marilyn	32	new	38
40	Charlotte	31	↓1	72
41	Louise	31	new	31
42	Wanda	31	new	63
43	Anna	30	↓6	16
44	Elizabeth	30	↓18	14
45	Geraldine	30	↓2	50
46	Vivian	30	new	78
47	Jacqueline	29	new	97
48	Lucille	29	↑2	51
49	Rose	29	↓13	24
50	Juanita	28	↓3	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	400	–	1
2	Donald	261	↑1	7
3	William	238	↓1	4
4	Richard	230	↑2	6
5	John	225	↓1	2
6	James	216	↓1	3
7	Charles	162	↑2	5
8	George	145	↓1	8
9	Jack	123	↓1	15
10	Kenneth	108	–	17
11	Harold	85	–	14
12	David	82	–	19
13	Raymond	77	↑5	16
14	Edward	76	↓1	10
15	Thomas	67	↑1	11
16	Norman	65	↑8	39
17	Ronald	64	↑14	50
18	Frank	60	↓1	12
19	Don	58	↑7	84
20	Ralph	55	↓5	24
21	Bob	53	↑1	95
22	Eugene	53	↑8	20
23	Paul	52	↓3	13
24	Arthur	51	↑9	22
25	Carl	50	↑11	28
26	Dale	46	↑1	75
27	Joseph	46	↓8	9
28	Walter	46	↓14	18
29	Albert	45	–	23
30	Howard	45	↓2	31
31	Gerald	44	↓10	41
32	Bill	42	↑12	64
33	Gordon	42	↑9	77
34	Stanley	41	↑11	45
35	Roy	40	↓10	34
36	Wayne	40	↑1	69
37	Gene	36	↑9	62
38	Lawrence	36	↓3	38
39	Joe	35	↑8	30
40	Melvin	34	↑3	48
41	Alfred	33	new	33
42	Fred	33	↓19	36
43	Harry	33	↓11	26
44	Clifford	31	new	68
45	Earl	31	↓11	37
46	Leonard	31	↓7	42
47	Ray	30	↑3	57
48	Wallace	30	new	>100
49	Clarence	29	new	35
50	Herbert	29	new	25

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