Popular baby names in Oregon, 1943

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1943 were Linda for girls (441 babies) and Robert for boys (631). Linda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,052 babies born in Oregon in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1943

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

Girls

Jan: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sheryl: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Colleen: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cheryl: 87 babies, 4× the national rate
Vicki: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deanna: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Penny: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leslie: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Julie: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Terry: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Eldon: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ron: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jim: 107 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tim: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mike: 77 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lyle: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Craig: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Delbert: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Linda	441	↑2	4
2	Sharon	441	–	8
3	Mary	395	↓2	1
4	Patricia	318	–	3
5	Barbara	309	–	2
6	Carol	303	–	5
7	Judy	285	↑3	13
8	Judith	260	↓1	7
9	Karen	257	↓1	15
10	Sandra	252	↓1	6
11	Nancy	222	–	9
12	Donna	206	–	17
13	Susan	203	↑1	18
14	Shirley	162	↑1	12
15	Janet	154	↓2	20
16	Janice	150	–	26
17	Carolyn	142	↑2	11
18	Diane	128	↑7	24
19	Marilyn	128	↓1	27
20	Kathleen	126	↓3	22
21	Betty	120	↓1	10
22	Joyce	107	↑1	16
23	Margaret	107	↑5	14
24	Joan	95	↓2	21
25	Bonnie	89	↓4	34
26	Cheryl	87	new	>100
27	Virginia	87	–	25
28	Dorothy	80	↑1	19
29	Beverly	76	↓5	32
30	Sally	73	↑3	57
31	Ruth	72	↑13	33
32	Darlene	71	↓6	73
33	Carole	68	↓1	42
34	Elizabeth	68	↑1	23
35	Pamela	68	new	54
36	Jean	61	↓6	36
37	Joanne	60	↑2	49
38	Ann	59	new	37
39	Helen	58	↑7	28
40	Roberta	57	–	66
41	Charlotte	55	↓3	47
42	Peggy	54	↑8	41
43	Lois	53	↑2	43
44	Alice	51	↓3	38
45	Diana	51	↓3	62
46	Kay	51	↓15	81
47	Connie	49	↓13	59
48	Phyllis	47	↓5	39
49	Gloria	46	↓13	30
50	Suzanne	46	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	631	–	2
2	James	569	–	1
3	John	487	–	3
4	Richard	476	–	5
5	David	419	–	6
6	William	383	–	4
7	Michael	355	↑2	10
8	Larry	342	–	12
9	Ronald	317	↑1	9
10	Gary	312	↓3	16
11	Dennis	246	↑1	20
12	Donald	242	↓1	11
13	Thomas	233	↑2	8
14	Charles	209	↓1	7
15	Kenneth	202	↑1	15
16	Jerry	180	↓2	17
17	George	134	↑1	14
18	Roger	125	↑4	24
19	Douglas	116	↓2	28
20	Jack	110	↑1	34
21	Jim	107	↑2	75
22	Gerald	105	↓2	23
23	Terry	103	↑1	49
24	Paul	100	↓5	19
25	Stephen	98	↑2	29
26	Edward	90	↑3	18
27	Steven	83	↑5	58
28	Frank	82	↑2	21
29	Daniel	81	↓4	25
30	Mike	77	↑3	90
31	Wayne	76	–	41
32	Dale	75	↓4	59
33	Joseph	75	↑5	13
34	Bill	71	↓8	65
35	Raymond	67	↓1	22
36	Bruce	65	–	51
37	Norman	64	↑8	56
38	Harold	61	↓3	27
39	Walter	59	new	26
40	Lawrence	58	↓3	32
41	Fred	57	↓2	45
42	Bob	56	new	>100
43	Don	55	↑1	72
44	Ralph	55	↑2	40
45	Arthur	54	↑3	30
46	Keith	54	new	>100
47	Marvin	53	↓7	66
48	Carl	51	↓1	33
49	Stanley	50	↓7	54
50	Tom	50	↓7	87

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