Popular baby names in Oregon, 1945

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1945 were Linda for girls (458 babies) and James for boys (563). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 20,934 babies born in Oregon in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1945

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: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Judi: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sheryl: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Verna: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Terry: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Candace: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Robin: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Penny: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jan: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trudy: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Greg: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dick: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dan: 61 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Pat: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Rick: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mike: 106 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bob: 64 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dave: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Delbert: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	458	–	2
2	Mary	371	↑1	1
3	Carol	341	↑1	5
4	Sharon	313	↓2	8
5	Patricia	300	↑2	4
6	Barbara	270	↓1	3
7	Sandra	261	↓1	6
8	Susan	237	↑2	10
9	Judy	231	↑3	13
10	Karen	216	↓2	16
11	Nancy	214	↓2	7
12	Judith	193	↓1	9
13	Donna	174	–	17
14	Janet	165	↑2	20
15	Kathleen	158	–	19
16	Carolyn	129	↑4	12
17	Cheryl	128	↓3	32
18	Shirley	126	–	14
19	Janice	117	↓2	24
20	Marilyn	103	↓1	27
21	Betty	102	↑1	11
22	Joyce	102	↑2	18
23	Diane	100	↑3	22
24	Pamela	93	↑5	42
25	Margaret	91	↓4	15
26	Diana	83	↑6	43
27	Virginia	82	–	28
28	Beverly	81	–	37
29	Bonnie	80	↓4	35
30	Joan	73	↓7	25
31	Dorothy	71	↓1	21
32	Jean	70	↓1	38
33	Connie	67	↑5	47
34	Joanne	64	↑7	53
35	Kathy	63	new	>100
36	Gloria	60	–	23
37	Darlene	57	↑2	71
38	Sally	56	↓5	64
39	Ruth	54	↓2	33
40	Phyllis	52	–	40
41	Gail	51	new	52
42	Kathryn	51	↑6	65
43	Lois	49	–	48
44	Alice	46	↓2	41
45	Elizabeth	45	↑2	26
46	Kay	45	new	91
47	Vicki	45	new	>100
48	Ann	44	↑2	39
49	Dianne	44	new	72
50	Carole	41	↓15	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	James	563	↑1	1
2	John	563	↑1	3
3	Robert	563	↓2	2
4	Richard	435	–	5
5	David	410	–	6
6	Michael	383	↑1	9
7	William	340	↑1	4
8	Gary	337	↓2	13
9	Larry	283	–	11
10	Dennis	248	↑1	19
11	Donald	232	↓1	12
12	Ronald	232	–	10
13	Thomas	210	↑1	8
14	Charles	202	↓1	7
15	Kenneth	184	–	16
16	Jerry	150	–	20
17	George	137	–	15
18	Paul	133	–	17
19	Terry	133	↑5	33
20	Jack	114	↑6	32
21	Douglas	112	↓2	29
22	Daniel	109	↑3	24
23	Mike	106	↑6	69
24	Steven	101	↓2	43
25	Jim	93	↓2	68
26	Wayne	93	↑10	35
27	Raymond	92	↑3	23
28	Stephen	90	↓7	26
29	Roger	88	↓1	22
30	Gerald	87	↓10	25
31	Bill	83	↑3	66
32	Edward	79	↓5	18
33	Frank	76	↑2	21
34	Bruce	70	↓2	48
35	Dale	69	↓4	61
36	Steve	67	↑9	79
37	Bob	64	↑6	>100
38	Fred	63	↑4	51
39	Tom	62	↑2	89
40	Dan	61	new	>100
41	Don	60	new	73
42	Joseph	59	↓9	14
43	Patrick	59	new	63
44	Lawrence	57	↓7	30
45	Harold	49	↓6	28
46	Keith	47	new	>100
47	Alan	46	↓1	52
48	Stanley	45	↓8	59
49	Mark	44	new	72
50	Allen	42	new	74

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