Popular baby names in Oregon, 1930

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1930 were Betty for girls (272 babies) and Robert for boys (395). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,767 babies born in Oregon in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1930

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

Girls

Nadine: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Colleen: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Pat: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Donna: 127 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Janice: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beverly: 92 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Joanne: 43 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rosalie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carol: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darlene: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Jim: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darrell: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gary: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Larry: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alan: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Don: 53 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Keith: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dick: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bob: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	272	–	2
2	Mary	268	–	1
3	Patricia	196	–	7
4	Barbara	186	–	6
5	Dorothy	174	–	3
6	Shirley	154	–	11
7	Donna	127	↑1	37
8	Dolores	101	↑5	13
9	Beverly	92	↓2	34
10	Margaret	88	–	5
11	Virginia	86	↑1	12
12	Joan	85	↑5	8
13	Doris	80	↑1	9
14	Lois	78	↑1	17
15	Helen	77	↓6	4
16	Jean	71	–	14
17	Joyce	70	↑3	18
18	Phyllis	66	↓7	28
19	Nancy	63	↑8	24
20	Ruth	62	↓2	10
21	Carol	59	↑7	54
22	Marjorie	59	↓3	32
23	Alice	56	↑1	20
24	Norma	55	↑5	25
25	Evelyn	53	↓4	19
26	Geraldine	51	↑7	43
27	Marilyn	51	↑3	22
28	Gloria	50	↓3	30
29	Frances	48	↓7	16
30	June	48	↓7	47
31	Elizabeth	45	↓5	15
32	Joanne	43	↑7	81
33	Bonnie	40	↑1	78
34	Janet	40	↑3	53
35	Florence	36	↑14	38
36	Delores	35	new	66
37	Mildred	34	↓2	21
38	Marian	32	↑8	80
39	Rose	32	↓3	29
40	Irene	30	↓9	33
41	Juanita	30	new	57
42	Carolyn	29	new	72
43	Janice	29	new	>100
44	Maxine	29	–	93
45	Charlotte	28	↓4	75
46	Lorraine	28	↓8	46
47	Louise	28	↓4	31
48	Colleen	27	new	>100
49	Marie	27	new	26
50	Audrey	25	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	395	–	1
2	Donald	266	↑1	7
3	Richard	266	↓1	5
4	James	227	↑2	2
5	William	217	–	4
6	John	208	↓2	3
7	Charles	155	↑1	6
8	Jack	118	↓1	14
9	Kenneth	111	↑1	17
10	George	105	↓1	8
11	David	103	–	15
12	Ronald	87	–	37
13	Raymond	86	↑7	16
14	Harold	81	↓1	18
15	Thomas	78	↑1	11
16	Ralph	71	↑9	25
17	Gerald	63	↓3	30
18	Don	53	↓1	68
19	Edward	53	↑3	10
20	Norman	53	↑6	40
21	Walter	52	↑14	19
22	Paul	51	↑2	12
23	Harry	49	↑22	28
24	Bill	47	↓9	59
25	Dale	46	↑4	64
26	Vernon	44	↑17	72
27	Roy	43	–	33
28	Albert	42	↑4	24
29	Gordon	42	↑13	77
30	Jerry	42	↑17	51
31	Eugene	41	↓13	21
32	Wayne	40	↓1	65
33	Howard	39	↑7	31
34	Joseph	39	↓4	9
35	Jim	38	new	>100
36	Lawrence	38	↑1	36
37	Lloyd	38	new	69
38	Melvin	38	↓2	50
39	Arthur	37	↓18	23
40	Bob	37	↓7	88
41	Fred	37	↓18	32
42	Marvin	36	↓1	48
43	Stanley	36	↓5	49
44	Earl	33	new	38
45	Larry	33	new	>100
46	Carl	32	↓18	26
47	Glenn	32	↓3	71
48	Frank	30	↓29	13
49	Louis	30	new	34
50	Leonard	29	↓16	45

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