Popular baby names in Oregon, 1933

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1933 were Barbara for girls (196 babies) and Robert for boys (355). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,759 babies born in Oregon in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1933

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: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Donna: 165 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Colleen: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darlene: 49 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Suzanne: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Diane: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roberta: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sally: 43 babies, 3× the national rate
Beverly: 98 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joy: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Keith: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wesley: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dick: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jim: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gordon: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darrell: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Larry: 60 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bob: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Don: 59 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Barbara	196	–	3
2	Mary	188	↑1	1
3	Donna	165	↑2	24
4	Betty	160	↓2	2
5	Patricia	151	↓1	6
6	Shirley	129	–	9
7	Dorothy	111	↑1	4
8	Beverly	98	↓1	26
9	Joan	93	–	5
10	Carol	91	↑6	20
11	Janet	85	↑6	25
12	Margaret	73	↑2	7
13	Nancy	69	↓2	11
14	Jean	68	↑7	14
15	Lois	65	↑9	19
16	Joyce	60	↓6	12
17	Phyllis	60	↑3	28
18	Helen	59	↓6	8
19	Virginia	57	↓4	15
20	Marilyn	56	↓1	16
21	Darlene	49	↑9	96
22	Doris	49	↑4	10
23	Dolores	48	↓10	21
24	Frances	48	↑4	18
25	Ruth	48	↓7	13
26	Joanne	47	↑3	56
27	Marlene	47	↑4	50
28	Norma	47	↑5	23
29	Marjorie	43	↓7	41
30	Sally	43	↑8	76
31	Alice	41	↓6	22
32	Bonnie	40	↓9	68
33	Evelyn	40	↓6	30
34	Gloria	40	↑3	31
35	Delores	38	↑1	52
36	Geraldine	37	↑8	42
37	Ann	36	new	34
38	Carolyn	30	↓6	40
39	Florence	30	↑4	49
40	Janice	30	↑2	81
41	June	30	↓2	45
42	Roberta	30	new	>100
43	Arlene	26	new	74
44	Elizabeth	26	↓9	17
45	Kathleen	26	new	77
46	Diane	25	new	>100
47	Sharon	25	new	>100
48	Anna	24	new	29
49	Charlotte	24	↓15	79
50	Juanita	23	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	355	–	1
2	Richard	247	↑1	5
3	Donald	216	↓1	7
4	James	212	–	2
5	John	208	–	3
6	William	196	–	4
7	Ronald	133	–	12
8	Charles	122	–	6
9	David	116	↑3	13
10	Jack	115	–	17
11	George	97	↓2	8
12	Kenneth	84	↓1	15
13	Raymond	66	↑4	19
14	Frank	63	↑9	16
15	Thomas	61	↓2	10
16	Larry	60	↑4	58
17	Don	59	↑1	54
18	Gerald	57	↓4	22
19	Paul	57	↑2	14
20	Gordon	55	↑5	71
21	Harold	53	↓2	18
22	Jerry	52	↑6	31
23	Bill	48	↑3	59
24	Norman	47	↓9	37
25	Jim	44	↑8	98
26	Ralph	43	↓2	29
27	Carl	42	↑5	28
28	Dale	42	↓6	65
29	Bob	41	↑2	82
30	Edward	41	↓14	11
31	Walter	39	↑4	21
32	Fred	38	↑8	34
33	Keith	38	↑13	>100
34	Marvin	34	↑7	44
35	Arthur	33	↑3	25
36	Gene	33	↑8	66
37	Gary	32	new	80
38	Glenn	31	new	74
39	Joseph	31	↓2	9
40	Wayne	31	↓13	52
41	Earl	30	new	41
42	Harry	30	↓3	35
43	Lloyd	30	↑7	73
44	Albert	29	↓14	30
45	Wesley	29	new	>100
46	Howard	28	↑2	36
47	Lawrence	28	↓13	38
48	Melvin	28	↓19	51
49	Ray	28	new	62
50	Douglas	27	↓1	81

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