Popular baby names in Oregon, 1938

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1938 were Mary for girls (253 babies) and Robert for boys (407). Social Security records list 13,292 babies born in Oregon in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1938

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

Girls

Colleen: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sharon: 187 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darlene: 80 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deanna: 53 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Pat: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gayle: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karen: 76 babies, 3× the national rate
Donna: 135 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Janice: 117 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Judy: 69 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 45 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Eldon: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Darrel: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dave: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darrell: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Keith: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Duane: 38 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jim: 57 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gary: 195 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	253	–	1
2	Barbara	237	↑1	2
3	Carol	225	↑1	6
4	Patricia	203	↓2	3
5	Sharon	187	–	30
6	Shirley	139	↑1	5
7	Donna	135	↑1	20
8	Nancy	134	↓2	7
9	Beverly	123	↑4	18
10	Janice	117	↑6	24
11	Betty	114	↓2	4
12	Janet	113	↓2	16
13	Judith	113	↑10	12
14	Joan	105	↓2	10
15	Dorothy	99	↓1	8
16	Sandra	95	↓5	14
17	Margaret	89	↑2	9
18	Marilyn	87	–	19
19	Darlene	80	↓4	76
20	Karen	76	↑14	50
21	Carolyn	75	↓1	15
22	Judy	69	↑18	41
23	Jean	66	↓2	27
24	Joyce	65	↓7	11
25	Linda	64	new	31
26	Virginia	61	↑1	22
27	Lois	58	↓5	33
28	Joanne	54	↓3	57
29	Deanna	53	new	>100
30	Marlene	53	–	51
31	Phyllis	52	↓3	28
32	Frances	50	–	23
33	Sally	50	↑5	54
34	Diane	48	↑14	64
35	Susan	48	new	71
36	Alice	46	↓7	29
37	Helen	43	↓13	13
38	Roberta	42	↑6	73
39	Kathleen	41	↑11	58
40	Marjorie	41	↓3	53
41	Norma	40	–	34
42	Ann	39	↑3	32
43	Gloria	38	–	36
44	Arlene	37	↑2	63
45	Bonnie	36	↓19	65
46	Kay	34	↓10	81
47	Pat	34	↓5	>100
48	Ruth	34	↓17	21
49	Carole	32	new	46
50	Dolores	32	↓11	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	407	–	1
2	Richard	333	↑1	5
3	James	326	↓1	2
4	John	267	–	3
5	Donald	226	↑1	7
6	William	214	↓1	4
7	David	200	–	8
8	Gary	195	↑2	22
9	Larry	190	–	16
10	Ronald	183	↓2	10
11	Charles	161	–	6
12	Kenneth	125	–	14
13	Jerry	123	↑2	17
14	George	97	↓1	11
15	Thomas	92	↑2	9
16	Michael	90	↑8	21
17	Jack	89	↓3	25
18	Dennis	86	↑9	49
19	Edward	76	–	13
20	Gerald	75	↓4	19
21	Roger	69	–	31
22	Paul	67	–	15
23	Don	66	–	52
24	Dale	63	↑1	56
25	Raymond	62	↓7	20
26	Frank	57	↑2	18
27	Jim	57	↓1	81
28	Norman	57	↑4	43
29	Harold	56	↓9	23
30	Lawrence	56	↑4	36
31	Bill	53	↑2	67
32	Gordon	51	↓2	78
33	Bob	49	↓2	94
34	Douglas	49	↑15	60
35	Carl	46	↓6	29
36	Wayne	46	↑14	40
37	Dick	45	↑2	>100
38	Fred	43	↓2	38
39	Terry	41	new	86
40	Joe	39	new	28
41	Ralph	39	↑1	35
42	Bruce	38	new	66
43	Duane	38	↑3	>100
44	Gene	37	new	65
45	Joseph	37	↓1	12
46	Keith	37	↑2	>100
47	Marvin	37	↓6	53
48	Eugene	35	↓5	33
49	Walter	35	↓9	26
50	Darrell	34	↓12	>100

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