Popular baby names in Oregon, 1934

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1934 were Shirley for girls (207 babies) and Robert for boys (352). Shirley ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,390 babies born in Oregon in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1934

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

Girls

Dona: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Nadine: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Darlene: 75 babies, 6× the national rate
Sharon: 38 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Myrna: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donna: 158 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Pat: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Joanne: 79 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kay: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Suzanne: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dick: 36 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Darrell: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jim: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bob: 55 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delbert: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Leland: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Don: 84 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gary: 63 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dale: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Shirley	207	↑5	4
2	Mary	206	–	1
3	Barbara	193	↓2	3
4	Patricia	179	↑1	6
5	Donna	158	↓2	23
6	Betty	150	↓2	2
7	Joan	102	↑2	7
8	Nancy	101	↑5	10
9	Beverly	99	↓1	22
10	Carol	94	–	14
11	Dorothy	80	↓4	5
12	Joanne	79	↑14	45
13	Joyce	79	↑3	12
14	Darlene	75	↑7	90
15	Janet	73	↓4	21
16	Marilyn	73	↑4	17
17	Dolores	67	↑6	26
18	Jean	65	↓4	16
19	Phyllis	64	↓2	28
20	Carolyn	59	↑18	33
21	Doris	59	↑1	11
22	Helen	57	↓4	9
23	Lois	56	↓8	20
24	Margaret	56	↓12	8
25	Ruth	55	–	13
26	Sally	55	↑4	62
27	Virginia	49	↓8	15
28	Alice	48	↑3	25
29	Bonnie	44	↑3	58
30	Delores	39	↑5	51
31	Joann	38	new	50
32	Sharon	38	↑15	>100
33	Frances	37	↓9	19
34	Norma	36	↓6	24
35	Gloria	34	↓1	30
36	Evelyn	33	↓3	29
37	Janice	33	↑3	68
38	Marlene	33	↓11	57
39	Sandra	32	new	93
40	Elizabeth	31	↑4	18
41	Marjorie	30	↓12	41
42	Ann	29	↓5	32
43	Carole	28	new	89
44	Roberta	28	↓2	>100
45	Geraldine	27	↓9	43
46	June	27	↓5	46
47	Louise	27	new	40
48	Arlene	25	↓5	53
49	Ellen	25	new	95
50	Wanda	25	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	352	–	1
2	Richard	286	–	5
3	James	241	↑1	2
4	Donald	219	↓1	6
5	John	200	–	3
6	William	173	–	4
7	Ronald	162	–	11
8	Charles	128	–	7
9	David	127	–	12
10	George	120	↑1	8
11	Jack	113	↓1	17
12	Kenneth	85	–	15
13	Don	84	↑4	50
14	Gerald	68	↑4	22
15	Thomas	67	–	9
16	Gary	63	↑21	60
17	Larry	60	↓1	43
18	Norman	59	↑6	38
19	Jerry	58	↑3	25
20	Harold	57	↑1	18
21	Paul	57	↓2	14
22	Dale	56	↑6	62
23	Bob	55	↑6	75
24	Frank	55	↓10	16
25	Bill	53	↓2	59
26	Fred	53	↑6	33
27	Raymond	53	↓14	19
28	Edward	51	↑2	13
29	Jim	50	↓4	90
30	Roger	49	new	39
31	Ralph	47	↓5	31
32	Walter	45	↓1	21
33	Wayne	41	↑7	48
34	Dick	36	new	>100
35	Lawrence	36	↑12	34
36	Gordon	34	↓16	71
37	Arthur	32	↓2	29
38	Douglas	32	↑12	72
39	Howard	31	↑7	37
40	Vernon	31	new	89
41	Carl	30	↓14	28
42	Stanley	30	new	58
43	Glenn	29	↓5	81
44	Melvin	29	↑4	55
45	Albert	27	↓1	32
46	Darrell	27	new	>100
47	Leroy	27	new	54
48	Earl	26	↓7	41
49	Dean	25	new	>100
50	Eugene	25	new	24

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