Popular baby names in Oregon, 1939

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1939 were Barbara for girls (236 babies) and Robert for boys (414). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,919 babies born in Oregon in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1939

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× the national rate
Darlene: 92 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sharon: 224 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Deanna: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Donna: 175 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dianne: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Judy: 134 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karen: 86 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Joanne: 65 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Pat: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bob: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jim: 67 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gary: 233 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Keith: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mike: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Delbert: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jon: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ted: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Barbara	236	↑1	2
2	Mary	235	↓1	1
3	Sharon	224	↑2	23
4	Carol	207	↓1	6
5	Patricia	206	↓1	3
6	Donna	175	↑1	20
7	Nancy	169	↑1	7
8	Judith	149	↑5	8
9	Judy	134	↑13	28
10	Linda	115	↑15	15
11	Betty	113	–	4
12	Sandra	111	↑4	13
13	Shirley	111	↓7	5
14	Marilyn	104	↑4	19
15	Janet	98	↓3	17
16	Janice	96	↓6	24
17	Margaret	94	–	10
18	Darlene	92	↑1	75
19	Joyce	91	↑5	12
20	Joan	89	↓6	11
21	Dorothy	87	↓6	9
22	Karen	86	↓2	39
23	Carolyn	83	↓2	14
24	Beverly	82	↓15	25
25	Joanne	65	↑3	53
26	Jean	63	↓3	32
27	Virginia	63	↓1	21
28	Sally	62	↑5	52
29	Kathleen	61	↑10	48
30	Susan	60	↑5	44
31	Phyllis	59	–	30
32	Alice	56	↑4	31
33	Diane	48	↑1	51
34	Frances	47	↓2	26
35	Helen	45	↑2	16
36	Bonnie	43	↑9	61
37	Norma	41	↑4	38
38	Lois	40	↓11	35
39	Deanna	38	↓10	>100
40	Jeanette	38	new	82
41	Kay	37	↑5	76
42	Marie	37	new	37
43	Marjorie	37	↓3	60
44	Rose	36	new	42
45	Ruth	36	↑3	22
46	Carole	35	↑3	47
47	Elizabeth	35	new	18
48	Marlene	35	↓18	64
49	Joann	33	new	57
50	Charlotte	31	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	414	–	1
2	James	322	↑1	2
3	John	299	↑1	3
4	Richard	284	↓2	5
5	David	252	↑2	7
6	William	245	–	4
7	Gary	233	↑1	21
8	Larry	203	↑1	14
9	Donald	188	↓4	8
10	Ronald	182	–	10
11	Charles	156	–	6
12	Jerry	129	↑1	16
13	Kenneth	127	↓1	13
14	Michael	115	↑2	18
15	Thomas	115	–	9
16	George	108	↓2	11
17	Dennis	102	↑1	34
18	Gerald	97	↑2	19
19	Jack	88	↓2	26
20	Edward	75	↓1	15
21	Raymond	75	↑4	22
22	Roger	74	↓1	28
23	Paul	70	↓1	17
24	Dale	69	–	59
25	Jim	67	↑2	75
26	Harold	60	↑3	23
27	Lawrence	59	↑3	36
28	Bob	58	↑5	89
29	Bill	57	↑2	67
30	Wayne	55	↑6	39
31	Don	54	↓8	56
32	Carl	53	↑3	30
33	Frank	52	↓7	20
34	Douglas	49	–	58
35	Norman	46	↓7	44
36	Walter	42	↑13	25
37	Melvin	40	new	51
38	Ralph	40	↑3	35
39	Arthur	39	new	32
40	Daniel	38	new	38
41	Terry	38	↓2	83
42	Clifford	37	new	88
43	Fred	37	↓5	40
44	Roy	37	new	42
45	Keith	36	↑1	>100
46	Leroy	36	new	61
47	Marvin	36	–	52
48	Patrick	36	new	79
49	Jon	33	new	>100
50	Stanley	33	new	57

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