Popular baby names in Oregon, 1942

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1942 were Mary for girls (351 babies) and Robert for boys (484). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,273 babies born in Oregon in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1942

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

Girls

Cheryl: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Colleen: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Terry: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Janis: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darlene: 82 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deanna: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vicki: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sharron: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julie: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Penny: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 22 babies, 7× the national rate
Micheal: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mike: 71 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Loren: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tim: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Darrel: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Delbert: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jim: 91 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clayton: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dick: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	351	↑4	1
2	Sharon	338	↓1	11
3	Linda	323	–	4
4	Patricia	288	↓2	3
5	Barbara	269	↑1	2
6	Carol	264	↑2	5
7	Judith	234	↓3	7
8	Karen	221	↑3	16
9	Sandra	217	↑1	6
10	Judy	215	↓3	15
11	Nancy	210	↓2	8
12	Donna	180	–	20
13	Janet	172	↑2	19
14	Susan	149	↓1	21
15	Shirley	140	↓1	12
16	Janice	130	↑2	25
17	Kathleen	126	↑8	24
18	Marilyn	126	↑2	27
19	Carolyn	119	↓2	10
20	Betty	110	↑2	9
21	Bonnie	108	↑6	34
22	Joan	107	↓1	18
23	Joyce	106	↓7	13
24	Beverly	102	↓5	32
25	Diane	88	↑1	28
26	Darlene	82	↓3	78
27	Virginia	82	↑2	23
28	Margaret	71	↓4	14
29	Dorothy	68	↑1	17
30	Jean	65	↓2	36
31	Kay	65	↑8	75
32	Carole	63	↑16	35
33	Sally	60	↑1	56
34	Connie	52	↑9	70
35	Elizabeth	51	↑1	22
36	Gloria	51	↓3	31
37	Frances	50	↑1	30
38	Charlotte	49	↑3	51
39	Joanne	48	↓4	48
40	Roberta	48	↑4	66
41	Alice	47	↓9	39
42	Diana	47	new	68
43	Phyllis	47	↓6	37
44	Ruth	47	↓2	33
45	Lois	45	–	44
46	Helen	40	↓15	26
47	Norma	39	new	52
48	Doris	38	↑2	41
49	Gail	38	new	60
50	Peggy	38	↓10	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	484	–	2
2	James	453	–	1
3	John	442	–	3
4	Richard	442	–	5
5	David	371	↑1	6
6	William	337	↑1	4
7	Gary	318	↓2	18
8	Larry	299	–	12
9	Michael	297	↑1	13
10	Ronald	271	↓1	9
11	Donald	235	–	10
12	Dennis	216	↑3	20
13	Charles	191	–	7
14	Jerry	178	↓2	16
15	Thomas	175	↑1	8
16	Kenneth	166	↓2	15
17	Douglas	134	↑4	23
18	George	123	–	14
19	Paul	116	–	19
20	Gerald	103	↓3	22
21	Jack	100	↓1	34
22	Roger	95	↑2	25
23	Jim	91	↓1	74
24	Terry	84	↑4	52
25	Daniel	82	↑11	28
26	Bill	77	↑5	65
27	Stephen	76	↑15	32
28	Dale	74	↓2	63
29	Edward	74	↓6	17
30	Frank	74	↓3	21
31	Wayne	73	↑4	41
32	Steven	72	↑17	75
33	Mike	71	↑6	>100
34	Raymond	68	↓9	24
35	Harold	67	↓2	27
36	Bruce	64	↓7	50
37	Lawrence	60	–	30
38	Joseph	55	↓4	11
39	Fred	54	↓9	46
40	Marvin	52	new	66
41	Gordon	49	new	92
42	Stanley	49	new	56
43	Tom	49	↓3	89
44	Don	48	–	72
45	Norman	48	↓7	53
46	Ralph	48	↓5	38
47	Carl	47	↓4	36
48	Arthur	45	↑2	29
49	Gene	42	new	82
50	Howard	42	new	49

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