Popular baby names in Oregon, 1941

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1941 were Sharon for girls (284 babies) and Robert for boys (458). Sharon ranked #15 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 16,047 babies born in Oregon in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1941

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: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Darlene: 83 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joy: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sharon: 284 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Claudia: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kathy: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Dixie: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Deanna: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Pat: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Karen: 170 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Ken: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dick: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jim: 79 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dave: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ted: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mike: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kent: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Keith: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gary: 310 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dean: 26 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Sharon	284	↑4	15
2	Patricia	280	↓1	3
3	Linda	267	↑3	5
4	Judith	257	↓1	6
5	Mary	255	↓3	1
6	Barbara	234	↓2	2
7	Judy	209	↑1	16
8	Carol	196	↓1	4
9	Nancy	189	–	8
10	Sandra	189	–	9
11	Karen	170	↑7	19
12	Donna	160	↓1	20
13	Susan	134	↑7	27
14	Shirley	127	–	10
15	Janet	117	↑6	18
16	Joyce	116	↑1	13
17	Carolyn	113	↓2	11
18	Janice	107	↓5	22
19	Beverly	106	–	29
20	Marilyn	102	↓4	30
21	Joan	97	↑1	17
22	Betty	96	↓10	7
23	Darlene	83	↑3	76
24	Margaret	75	–	12
25	Kathleen	74	↑5	36
26	Diane	72	↑11	40
27	Bonnie	64	–	33
28	Jean	63	↓5	32
29	Virginia	62	–	23
30	Dorothy	59	↓5	14
31	Helen	59	–	24
32	Alice	56	↑11	34
33	Gloria	54	↑1	26
34	Sally	51	↓1	61
35	Joanne	50	↓3	54
36	Elizabeth	49	new	21
37	Phyllis	48	↓9	35
38	Frances	47	↑11	31
39	Kay	45	new	70
40	Peggy	40	new	39
41	Charlotte	39	new	55
42	Ruth	38	↓4	28
43	Connie	36	↑5	79
44	Roberta	36	↓9	72
45	Lois	35	↓9	43
46	Marjorie	35	↓5	71
47	Ann	34	↓7	37
48	Carole	34	↓3	48
49	Jo	34	new	66
50	Doris	33	↓3	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	458	–	2
2	James	387	↑1	1
3	John	354	↑1	3
4	Richard	327	↓2	5
5	Gary	310	↑2	19
6	David	282	–	7
7	William	276	↓2	4
8	Larry	262	–	11
9	Ronald	221	–	9
10	Michael	195	↑1	16
11	Donald	176	↓1	10
12	Jerry	161	–	14
13	Charles	157	–	6
14	Kenneth	151	↑2	15
15	Dennis	131	–	23
16	Thomas	126	↓2	8
17	Gerald	104	–	20
18	George	103	↑1	13
19	Paul	88	↑8	18
20	Jack	83	–	32
21	Douglas	82	↑4	53
22	Jim	79	↓1	80
23	Edward	74	–	17
24	Roger	74	↓6	25
25	Raymond	67	↑1	22
26	Dale	63	↑14	59
27	Frank	61	↑3	21
28	Terry	60	↑3	64
29	Bruce	58	↑7	51
30	Fred	54	↓1	43
31	Bill	51	↓7	68
32	Walter	51	↑10	26
33	Harold	50	↑5	24
34	Joseph	50	new	12
35	Wayne	50	↓13	37
36	Daniel	49	new	31
37	Lawrence	49	↑4	34
38	Norman	49	↑1	49
39	Mike	48	↓6	>100
40	Tom	48	↑10	88
41	Ralph	47	↑2	38
42	Stephen	47	↓8	41
43	Carl	46	↓8	29
44	Don	46	↓12	66
45	Eugene	46	new	42
46	Melvin	42	↑1	56
47	Bob	41	↓19	>100
48	Clifford	41	new	94
49	Steven	41	new	90
50	Arthur	40	↓6	33

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