Popular baby names in Oregon, 1946

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1946 were Linda for girls (570 babies) and Robert for boys (707). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,841 babies born in Oregon in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1946

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

Girls

Shari: 24 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Jeri: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lorna: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Colleen: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Terri: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Laurie: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Pam: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Judi: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Melody: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cheri: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 44 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dick: 42 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kim: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Darrel: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mike: 168 babies, 4× the national rate
Ken: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Phil: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bob: 80 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Greg: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dan: 61 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	570	–	2
2	Mary	421	–	1
3	Sharon	401	↑1	9
4	Carol	398	↓1	5
5	Susan	386	↑3	8
6	Barbara	361	–	4
7	Patricia	352	↓2	3
8	Sandra	335	↓1	6
9	Nancy	294	↑2	7
10	Judy	268	↓1	11
11	Karen	254	↓1	15
12	Donna	236	↑1	13
13	Judith	216	↓1	10
14	Kathleen	212	↑1	16
15	Janice	187	↑4	22
16	Cheryl	186	↑1	27
17	Janet	183	↓3	21
18	Carolyn	154	↓2	12
19	Shirley	151	↓1	18
20	Pamela	146	↑4	34
21	Diane	140	↑2	19
22	Marilyn	139	↓2	29
23	Margaret	132	↑2	17
24	Beverly	111	↑4	30
25	Diana	110	↑1	42
26	Betty	107	↓5	14
27	Joyce	107	↓5	20
28	Bonnie	103	↑1	33
29	Kathy	90	↑6	79
30	Virginia	89	↓3	31
31	Joan	88	↓1	28
32	Jean	81	–	37
33	Darlene	79	↑4	71
34	Kathryn	71	↑8	63
35	Gail	70	↑6	49
36	Gloria	69	–	26
37	Connie	67	↓4	45
38	Joanne	67	↓4	57
39	Sherry	66	new	73
40	Suzanne	66	new	52
41	Elizabeth	64	↑4	25
42	Ruth	63	↓3	38
43	Dorothy	61	↓12	23
44	Helen	61	new	36
45	Sue	59	new	61
46	Phyllis	58	↓6	41
47	Sally	57	↓9	67
48	Peggy	56	new	43
49	Jo	54	new	53
50	Christine	53	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	707	↑2	2
2	John	685	–	3
3	James	630	↓2	1
4	Richard	598	–	5
5	Michael	570	↑1	7
6	David	540	↓1	6
7	Gary	458	↑1	12
8	William	422	↓1	4
9	Larry	365	–	11
10	Dennis	328	–	17
11	Ronald	308	↑1	10
12	Thomas	282	↑1	8
13	Donald	281	↓2	13
14	Charles	246	–	9
15	Kenneth	213	–	15
16	Terry	211	↑3	26
17	Mike	168	↑6	64
18	Jerry	165	↓2	20
19	Paul	153	↓1	18
20	Douglas	150	↑1	34
21	Steven	144	↑3	28
22	Daniel	134	–	21
23	Roger	128	↑6	23
24	George	127	↓7	16
25	Stephen	125	↑3	24
26	Jack	111	↓6	35
27	Jim	108	↓2	73
28	Edward	103	↑4	19
29	Gerald	102	↑1	27
30	Bill	100	↑1	72
31	Dale	97	↑4	62
32	Bruce	96	↑2	32
33	Tom	89	↑6	87
34	Wayne	88	↓8	29
35	Frank	87	↓2	22
36	Patrick	87	↑7	59
37	Bob	80	–	>100
38	Steve	80	↓2	69
39	Gregory	79	new	56
40	Joseph	74	↑2	14
41	Alan	71	↑6	49
42	Harold	70	↑3	33
43	Carl	69	new	39
44	Raymond	69	↓17	25
45	Timothy	68	new	60
46	Lawrence	66	↓2	31
47	Don	65	↓6	79
48	Roy	62	new	43
49	Dan	61	↓9	>100
50	Danny	60	new	46

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