Popular baby names in Oregon, 1931

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1931 were Betty for girls (247 babies) and Robert for boys (433). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,468 babies born in Oregon in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1931

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

Girls

Suzanne: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Donna: 142 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Pat: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Yvonne: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beverly: 116 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joanne: 63 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roberta: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darlene: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marlene: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Janice: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 36 babies, 7× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Don: 68 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bob: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Keith: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lyle: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Delbert: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gary: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Larry: 34 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Betty	247	–	2
2	Mary	217	–	1
3	Patricia	183	–	8
4	Barbara	177	–	4
5	Donna	142	↑2	32
6	Shirley	141	–	9
7	Dorothy	133	↓2	3
8	Beverly	116	↑1	31
9	Joan	98	↑3	5
10	Virginia	89	↑1	12
11	Helen	83	↑4	6
12	Dolores	73	↓4	14
13	Joyce	71	↑4	15
14	Doris	69	↓1	10
15	Jean	69	↑1	13
16	Margaret	68	↓6	7
17	Lois	66	↓3	20
18	Ruth	65	↑2	11
19	Marilyn	64	↑8	19
20	Joanne	63	↑12	68
21	Nancy	62	↓2	17
22	Carol	53	↓1	46
23	Evelyn	53	↑2	24
24	Phyllis	53	↓6	29
25	Norma	52	↓1	22
26	Alice	48	↓3	21
27	Janet	48	↑7	45
28	Delores	43	↑8	58
29	Florence	42	↑6	43
30	Marjorie	42	↓8	34
31	Bonnie	41	↑2	73
32	Carolyn	41	↑10	60
33	Geraldine	41	↓7	38
34	Gloria	41	↓6	23
35	Frances	39	↓6	18
36	Elizabeth	35	↓5	16
37	June	35	↓7	44
38	Jacqueline	33	new	78
39	Louise	33	↑8	33
40	Mildred	33	↓3	26
41	Marlene	32	new	95
42	Roberta	31	new	>100
43	Juanita	30	↓2	57
44	Anna	29	new	25
45	Darlene	29	new	>100
46	Hazel	29	new	74
47	Peggy	29	new	42
48	Rose	29	↓9	30
49	Charlotte	28	↓4	75
50	Janice	28	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	433	–	1
2	James	274	↑2	2
3	Donald	271	↓1	7
4	Richard	256	↓1	5
5	John	214	↑1	3
6	William	203	↓1	4
7	Jack	136	↑1	15
8	David	119	↑3	13
9	Kenneth	112	–	14
10	Charles	108	↓3	6
11	George	107	↓1	8
12	Ronald	98	–	27
13	Raymond	74	–	17
14	Don	68	↑4	59
15	Thomas	68	–	10
16	Frank	67	↑32	16
17	Edward	64	↑2	11
18	Harold	60	↓4	18
19	Gerald	54	↓2	26
20	Bob	48	↑20	78
21	Ralph	48	↓5	25
22	Joseph	45	↑12	9
23	Norman	44	↓3	36
24	Walter	44	↓3	20
25	Bill	42	↓1	57
26	Roy	42	↑1	35
27	Jerry	41	↑3	43
28	Marvin	41	↑14	45
29	Stanley	41	↑14	49
30	Dale	40	↓5	62
31	Arthur	38	↑8	23
32	Lawrence	37	↑4	38
33	Dick	36	new	>100
34	Eugene	36	↓3	21
35	Leroy	35	new	52
36	Melvin	35	↑2	51
37	Paul	35	↓15	12
38	Earl	34	↑6	40
39	Larry	34	↑6	88
40	Albert	33	↓12	24
41	Carl	33	↑5	28
42	Fred	33	↓1	33
43	Gordon	32	↓14	76
44	Jim	32	↓9	>100
45	Vernon	31	↓19	74
46	Gene	30	new	64
47	Lloyd	29	↓10	68
48	Harry	28	↓25	30
49	Keith	28	new	>100
50	Leonard	28	–	48

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