Popular baby names in Oregon, 1937

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1937 were Mary for girls (238 babies) and Robert for boys (416). Social Security records list 12,571 babies born in Oregon in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1937

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: 163 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Darlene: 92 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Colleen: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Pat: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Karen: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Myrna: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dixie: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Donna: 144 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sandra: 112 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 39 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darrell: 39 babies, 5× the national rate
Mike: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Keith: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gary: 156 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jim: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Duane: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lyle: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	238	–	1
2	Patricia	208	↑2	3
3	Barbara	200	–	2
4	Carol	168	↑3	6
5	Sharon	163	↑6	41
6	Nancy	161	–	7
7	Shirley	161	↓5	4
8	Donna	144	↓3	21
9	Betty	126	–	5
10	Janet	114	↑5	18
11	Sandra	112	↑3	26
12	Joan	109	↓2	9
13	Beverly	101	↓5	14
14	Dorothy	95	↓1	8
15	Darlene	92	↑1	72
16	Janice	91	↑5	25
17	Joyce	91	–	11
18	Marilyn	87	↓6	13
19	Margaret	82	↓1	10
20	Carolyn	71	↑10	20
21	Jean	71	↓1	23
22	Lois	68	↑2	29
23	Judith	65	↑10	34
24	Helen	59	↑3	12
25	Joanne	59	–	51
26	Bonnie	58	↑12	64
27	Virginia	55	↓8	16
28	Phyllis	53	↓6	27
29	Alice	47	↓1	28
30	Marlene	47	↓7	40
31	Ruth	45	–	15
32	Frances	42	↓6	19
33	Evelyn	39	↑6	36
34	Karen	39	–	>100
35	Doris	38	↑1	22
36	Kay	38	new	79
37	Marjorie	37	↑7	57
38	Sally	37	↓9	59
39	Dolores	36	↓7	37
40	Judy	36	new	91
41	Norma	36	↓1	33
42	Pat	35	new	>100
43	Gloria	34	↓6	32
44	Roberta	34	↑5	66
45	Ann	33	↓4	30
46	Arlene	33	↓4	60
47	Delores	33	↑3	68
48	Diane	32	↓1	76
49	Elizabeth	32	new	17
50	Kathleen	32	↓7	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	416	–	1
2	James	304	↑1	2
3	Richard	304	↓1	5
4	John	267	↑1	3
5	William	239	↑1	4
6	Donald	229	↓2	7
7	David	208	↑1	8
8	Ronald	189	↓1	11
9	Larry	170	↑1	16
10	Gary	156	↑1	29
11	Charles	137	↓2	6
12	Kenneth	122	↑4	14
13	George	114	↓1	10
14	Jack	98	↓1	23
15	Jerry	94	↓1	17
16	Gerald	90	↓1	20
17	Thomas	86	↑1	9
18	Raymond	74	↓1	19
19	Edward	67	–	13
20	Harold	64	↑8	21
21	Roger	61	↑8	36
22	Paul	60	↓2	15
23	Don	58	↓1	51
24	Michael	58	↑9	27
25	Dale	56	↓2	59
26	Jim	55	–	82
27	Dennis	51	↑23	63
28	Frank	51	↑2	18
29	Carl	50	↑12	28
30	Gordon	50	↑7	75
31	Bob	46	↓6	81
32	Norman	46	↓11	43
33	Bill	45	↓2	64
34	Lawrence	44	↑4	38
35	Melvin	43	new	50
36	Fred	41	↓4	35
37	Stanley	40	new	57
38	Darrell	39	↑5	>100
39	Dick	39	–	>100
40	Walter	39	↓13	26
41	Marvin	38	↓7	49
42	Ralph	38	↓7	34
43	Eugene	37	↓7	33
44	Joseph	36	↑3	12
45	Arthur	35	↓5	31
46	Duane	35	new	>100
47	Glenn	34	new	88
48	Keith	34	–	>100
49	Douglas	33	↓7	74
50	Wayne	33	↓26	44

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