Popular baby names in Oregon, 1929

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1929 were Betty for girls (258 babies) and Robert for boys (423). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,607 babies born in Oregon in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1929

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

Girls

Pat: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Beverly: 117 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 96 babies, 4× the national rate
Colleen: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Patricia: 192 babies, 3× the national rate
Yvonne: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Barbara: 191 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joanne: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Janice: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Phyllis: 94 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Don: 58 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Keith: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darrell: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bill: 61 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Delbert: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dan: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bob: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ronald: 80 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jim: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dick: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Betty	258	–	2
2	Mary	243	–	1
3	Patricia	192	↑1	10
4	Barbara	191	↓1	7
5	Dorothy	160	–	3
6	Shirley	157	–	9
7	Beverly	117	↑8	39
8	Donna	96	↑2	47
9	Helen	94	↓2	4
10	Margaret	94	↓1	5
11	Phyllis	94	–	24
12	Virginia	84	↓4	11
13	Dolores	82	↑4	14
14	Doris	70	↓1	6
15	Lois	70	↑1	17
16	Jean	69	↓4	12
17	Joan	68	↑13	13
18	Ruth	67	↓4	8
19	Marjorie	66	–	30
20	Joyce	55	↑2	23
21	Evelyn	53	↑2	19
22	Frances	53	↓4	16
23	June	51	↑1	48
24	Alice	50	↓3	21
25	Gloria	50	↑6	28
26	Elizabeth	48	↑18	15
27	Nancy	48	↓2	32
28	Carol	47	↓8	63
29	Norma	41	↓3	25
30	Marilyn	40	↑9	33
31	Irene	38	↑1	29
32	Eleanor	37	new	38
33	Geraldine	37	↑12	43
34	Bonnie	35	↓6	86
35	Mildred	34	↓6	18
36	Rose	34	↑13	26
37	Janet	31	↓1	82
38	Lorraine	31	↓5	42
39	Joanne	30	new	>100
40	Bernice	29	new	55
41	Charlotte	28	↓1	73
42	Edna	27	new	51
43	Louise	27	↓2	31
44	Maxine	27	↓17	85
45	Ruby	27	new	36
46	Marian	26	↓9	75
47	Marion	26	new	53
48	Anna	25	↓5	20
49	Florence	25	↓14	35
50	Lucille	25	↓2	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	423	–	1
2	Richard	279	↑2	6
3	Donald	275	↓1	7
4	John	233	↑1	3
5	William	231	↓2	4
6	James	227	–	2
7	Jack	133	↑2	14
8	Charles	126	↓1	5
9	George	119	↓1	8
10	Kenneth	95	–	18
11	David	94	↑1	17
12	Ronald	80	↑5	45
13	Harold	69	↓2	16
14	Gerald	62	↑17	33
15	Bill	61	↑17	63
16	Thomas	60	↓1	11
17	Don	58	↑2	78
18	Eugene	52	↑4	20
19	Frank	51	↓1	12
20	Raymond	51	↓7	15
21	Arthur	50	↑3	22
22	Edward	50	↓8	10
23	Fred	49	↑19	34
24	Paul	49	↓1	13
25	Ralph	48	↓5	26
26	Norman	47	↓10	40
27	Roy	47	↑8	35
28	Carl	46	↓3	28
29	Dale	44	↓3	73
30	Joseph	41	↓3	9
31	Wayne	40	↑5	69
32	Albert	38	↓3	24
33	Bob	38	↓12	89
34	Leonard	38	↑12	42
35	Walter	37	↓7	19
36	Melvin	36	↑4	49
37	Lawrence	35	↑1	38
38	Stanley	35	↓4	48
39	Henry	34	new	21
40	Howard	34	↓10	31
41	Marvin	34	new	46
42	Gordon	33	↓9	79
43	Vernon	33	new	71
44	Glenn	29	new	80
45	Harry	29	↓2	27
46	Keith	29	new	>100
47	Jerry	28	new	61
48	Joe	28	↓9	30
49	Billy	27	new	23
50	Clifford	27	↓6	72

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