Popular baby names in Oregon, 1944

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1944 were Linda for girls (424 babies) and Robert for boys (584). Linda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,075 babies born in Oregon in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1944

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

Girls

Sheryl: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Julie: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jan: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deanna: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dixie: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vicki: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Pat: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leslie: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Penny: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sharron: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 37 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ron: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Micheal: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Darrel: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mike: 87 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lyle: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jim: 98 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dan: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kent: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Linda	424	–	3
2	Sharon	387	–	8
3	Mary	367	–	1
4	Carol	311	↑2	5
5	Barbara	287	–	2
6	Sandra	263	↑4	6
7	Patricia	259	↓3	4
8	Karen	246	↑1	16
9	Nancy	245	↑2	7
10	Susan	219	↑3	13
11	Judith	217	↓3	9
12	Judy	215	↓5	12
13	Donna	176	↓1	17
14	Cheryl	171	↑12	36
15	Kathleen	170	↑5	20
16	Janet	166	↓1	21
17	Janice	133	↓1	28
18	Shirley	128	↓4	15
19	Marilyn	126	–	27
20	Carolyn	115	↓3	11
21	Margaret	113	↑2	14
22	Betty	111	↓1	10
23	Joan	109	↑1	22
24	Joyce	108	↓2	18
25	Bonnie	96	–	34
26	Diane	94	↓8	24
27	Virginia	89	–	26
28	Beverly	85	↑1	35
29	Pamela	83	↑6	44
30	Dorothy	79	↓2	19
31	Jean	71	↑5	37
32	Diana	63	↑13	60
33	Sally	63	↓3	59
34	Roberta	60	↑6	70
35	Carole	57	↓2	43
36	Gloria	57	↑13	25
37	Ruth	57	↓6	32
38	Connie	56	↑9	51
39	Darlene	56	↓7	76
40	Phyllis	56	↑8	40
41	Joanne	55	↓4	55
42	Alice	54	↑2	38
43	Lois	52	–	47
44	Frances	50	new	33
45	Charlotte	48	↓4	50
46	Sue	48	new	62
47	Elizabeth	47	↓13	23
48	Kathryn	44	new	68
49	Helen	42	↓10	31
50	Ann	41	↓12	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	584	–	2
2	James	564	–	1
3	John	544	–	3
4	Richard	484	–	5
5	David	428	–	6
6	Gary	372	↑4	15
7	Michael	359	–	9
8	William	345	↓2	4
9	Larry	303	↓1	12
10	Donald	259	↑2	11
11	Dennis	244	–	20
12	Ronald	239	↓3	10
13	Charles	198	↑1	7
14	Thomas	198	↓1	8
15	Kenneth	183	–	16
16	Jerry	141	–	19
17	George	126	–	14
18	Paul	118	↑6	17
19	Douglas	109	–	34
20	Gerald	102	↑2	24
21	Stephen	100	↑4	28
22	Steven	100	↑5	52
23	Jim	98	↓2	68
24	Terry	96	↓1	43
25	Daniel	94	↑4	25
26	Jack	91	↓6	30
27	Edward	88	↓1	18
28	Roger	88	↓10	23
29	Mike	87	↑1	80
30	Raymond	85	↑5	22
31	Dale	78	↑1	61
32	Bruce	76	↑4	51
33	Joseph	73	–	13
34	Bill	70	–	66
35	Frank	64	↓7	21
36	Wayne	60	↓5	37
37	Lawrence	58	↑3	32
38	Ralph	57	↑6	42
39	Harold	56	↓1	27
40	Stanley	54	↑9	57
41	Tom	54	↑9	87
42	Fred	53	↓1	47
43	Bob	52	↓1	>100
44	Roy	52	new	39
45	Steve	52	new	89
46	Alan	51	new	55
47	Carl	51	↑1	36
48	Norman	51	↓11	58
49	Arthur	50	↓4	29
50	Gordon	49	new	>100

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