Popular baby names in Oregon, 1932

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1932 were Barbara for girls (224 babies) and Robert for boys (376). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,205 babies born in Oregon in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1932

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

Girls

Sharon: 23 babies, 7× the national rate
Pat: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darlene: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donna: 145 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beverly: 110 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maxine: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Diane: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Marlene: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Joanne: 45 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Darrell: 34 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dick: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Keith: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Delbert: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wesley: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Larry: 52 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gordon: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ted: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Barbara	224	↑3	3
2	Betty	215	↓1	2
3	Mary	198	↓1	1
4	Patricia	184	↓1	6
5	Donna	145	–	29
6	Shirley	136	–	9
7	Beverly	110	↑1	28
8	Dorothy	109	↓1	4
9	Joan	97	–	5
10	Joyce	91	↑3	12
11	Nancy	83	↑10	13
12	Helen	79	↓1	8
13	Dolores	78	↓1	18
14	Margaret	71	↑2	7
15	Virginia	71	↓5	14
16	Carol	67	↑6	32
17	Janet	67	↑10	35
18	Ruth	67	–	11
19	Marilyn	63	–	16
20	Phyllis	63	↑4	30
21	Jean	61	↓6	15
22	Marjorie	55	↑8	37
23	Bonnie	54	↑8	64
24	Lois	54	↓7	20
25	Alice	48	↑1	21
26	Doris	48	↓12	10
27	Evelyn	47	↓4	23
28	Frances	46	↑7	19
29	Joanne	45	↓9	62
30	Darlene	41	↑15	>100
31	Marlene	41	↑10	78
32	Carolyn	39	–	46
33	Norma	39	↓8	22
34	Charlotte	38	↑15	74
35	Elizabeth	38	↑1	17
36	Delores	37	↓8	56
37	Gloria	37	↓3	25
38	Sally	35	new	84
39	June	32	↓2	44
40	Maxine	32	new	>100
41	Marie	30	new	31
42	Janice	29	↑8	94
43	Florence	27	↓14	47
44	Geraldine	27	↓11	42
45	Hazel	26	↑1	75
46	Pat	26	new	>100
47	Marian	25	new	86
48	Audrey	24	new	61
49	Elaine	24	new	68
50	Louise	24	↓11	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	376	–	1
2	Donald	263	↑1	7
3	Richard	246	↑1	5
4	James	225	↓2	2
5	John	209	–	3
6	William	191	–	4
7	Ronald	153	↑5	16
8	Charles	123	↑2	6
9	George	116	↑2	8
10	Jack	113	↓3	17
11	Kenneth	107	↓2	14
12	David	93	↓4	12
13	Thomas	65	↑2	10
14	Gerald	61	↑5	24
15	Norman	57	↑8	37
16	Edward	55	↑1	11
17	Raymond	55	↓4	19
18	Don	53	↓4	55
19	Harold	52	↓1	18
20	Larry	52	↑19	65
21	Paul	51	↑16	13
22	Dale	49	↑8	61
23	Frank	47	↓7	15
24	Ralph	46	↓3	27
25	Gordon	44	↑18	81
26	Bill	42	↓1	58
27	Wayne	41	new	57
28	Jerry	40	↓1	34
29	Melvin	40	↑7	51
30	Albert	39	↑10	26
31	Bob	39	↓11	79
32	Carl	39	↑9	28
33	Jim	35	↑11	>100
34	Lawrence	35	↓2	35
35	Walter	35	↓11	21
36	Darrell	34	new	>100
37	Joseph	34	↓15	9
38	Arthur	33	↓7	25
39	Harry	33	↑9	32
40	Fred	31	↑2	33
41	Marvin	31	↓13	46
42	Dick	30	↓9	>100
43	Eugene	29	↓9	22
44	Gene	28	↑2	64
45	Joe	28	new	29
46	Keith	28	↑3	>100
47	Henry	27	new	23
48	Howard	27	new	36
49	Douglas	26	new	85
50	Lloyd	26	↓3	71

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