Popular baby names in Oregon, 1935

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1935 were Shirley for girls (297 babies) and Robert for boys (346). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,610 babies born in Oregon in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1935

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: 72 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Darlene: 66 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Karen: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donna: 163 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Pat: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Judy: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Susan: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beverly: 98 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marlene: 58 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 48 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Delbert: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ivan: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rodney: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lyle: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gary: 104 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jim: 50 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darrell: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Keith: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bruce: 46 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	297	–	2
2	Barbara	201	↑1	3
3	Mary	190	↓1	1
4	Donna	163	↑1	23
5	Patricia	159	↓1	5
6	Betty	140	–	4
7	Carol	138	↑3	11
8	Nancy	108	–	9
9	Beverly	98	–	20
10	Janet	91	↑5	22
11	Dorothy	85	–	6
12	Joan	81	↓5	7
13	Sharon	72	↑19	96
14	Helen	70	↑8	10
15	Marilyn	68	↑1	14
16	Darlene	66	↓2	91
17	Phyllis	59	↑2	27
18	Marlene	58	↑20	39
19	Joanne	57	↓7	44
20	Joyce	57	↓7	12
21	Margaret	57	↑3	8
22	Alice	55	↑6	25
23	Janice	53	↑14	47
24	Jean	53	↓6	18
25	Virginia	53	↑2	16
26	Carolyn	51	↓6	28
27	Lois	48	↓4	21
28	Doris	47	↓7	13
29	Geraldine	45	↑16	40
30	Arlene	44	↑18	59
31	Dolores	43	↓14	26
32	Evelyn	42	↑4	31
33	Marjorie	42	↑8	46
34	Sally	42	↓8	58
35	Sandra	42	↑4	50
36	Norma	41	↓2	29
37	Delores	40	↓7	57
38	Gloria	39	↓3	32
39	Ruth	39	↓14	15
40	Roberta	35	↑4	77
41	Charlotte	33	new	65
42	Elizabeth	33	↓2	17
43	Frances	33	↓10	19
44	Bonnie	30	↓15	62
45	Joann	29	↓14	53
46	Diane	27	new	>100
47	Judith	27	new	54
48	June	27	↓2	55
49	Wanda	26	↑1	49
50	Ann	25	↓8	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	346	–	1
2	Richard	254	–	5
3	James	235	–	2
4	John	231	↑1	3
5	Donald	207	↓1	7
6	William	204	–	4
7	David	146	↑2	11
8	Ronald	142	↓1	12
9	Charles	118	↓1	6
10	Jack	111	↑1	18
11	Gary	104	↑5	44
12	George	101	↓2	8
13	Kenneth	96	↓1	15
14	Larry	92	↑3	33
15	Jerry	90	↑4	22
16	Gerald	74	↓2	21
17	Thomas	71	↓2	9
18	Paul	61	↑3	14
19	Frank	59	↑5	16
20	Edward	55	↑8	13
21	Jim	50	↑8	90
22	Dick	48	↑12	>100
23	Raymond	47	↑4	17
24	Bruce	46	new	77
25	Dale	45	↓3	61
26	Wayne	45	↑7	49
27	Don	43	↓14	51
28	Norman	43	↓10	38
29	Bob	42	↓6	81
30	Bill	41	↓5	60
31	Harold	41	↓11	20
32	Eugene	40	↑18	26
33	Fred	40	↓7	34
34	Walter	39	↓2	23
35	Carl	38	↑6	28
36	Melvin	37	↑8	57
37	Roger	36	↓7	36
38	Arthur	35	↓1	29
39	Dennis	35	new	72
40	Gordon	35	↓4	70
41	Howard	35	↓2	39
42	Ralph	34	↓11	32
43	Lawrence	33	↓8	35
44	Joseph	32	new	10
45	Roy	32	new	40
46	Allen	30	new	83
47	Douglas	30	↓9	75
48	Harry	30	new	37
49	Stanley	30	↓7	56
50	Leroy	29	↓3	50

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