Popular baby names in Oregon, 1947

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,121 babies) and Robert for boys (799). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,279 babies born in Oregon in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1947

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

Girls

Georgene: 19 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Kitty: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Candice: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Candy: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kathie: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Molly: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Colleen: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sherri: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Penny: 61 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristine: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 35 babies, 5× the national rate
Ron: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Doug: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rick: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gale: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kerry: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Ken: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jim: 151 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dave: 55 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mike: 181 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,121	–	1
2	Mary	504	–	2
3	Patricia	432	↑4	3
4	Susan	421	↑1	8
5	Sharon	394	↓2	9
6	Nancy	381	↑3	7
7	Carol	377	↓3	6
8	Barbara	372	↓2	4
9	Sandra	350	↓1	5
10	Karen	300	↑1	13
11	Kathleen	295	↑3	11
12	Donna	260	–	10
13	Judy	250	↓3	14
14	Cheryl	230	↑2	24
15	Judith	212	↓2	12
16	Janet	205	↑1	23
17	Janice	198	↓2	22
18	Pamela	168	↑2	28
19	Marilyn	163	↑3	29
20	Margaret	152	↑3	16
21	Diane	148	–	18
22	Shirley	129	↓3	19
23	Carolyn	127	↓5	15
24	Betty	123	↑2	17
25	Kathy	123	↑4	64
26	Christine	114	↑24	45
27	Diana	108	↓2	48
28	Beverly	107	↓4	31
29	Joyce	105	↓2	20
30	Sally	100	↑17	70
31	Bonnie	97	↓3	35
32	Connie	97	↑5	43
33	Joan	88	↓2	30
34	Peggy	86	↑14	42
35	Jean	83	↓3	40
36	Virginia	83	↓6	34
37	Suzanne	80	↑3	53
38	Kathryn	79	↓4	55
39	Cynthia	77	new	33
40	Ann	76	new	41
41	Vicki	76	new	>100
42	Catherine	74	new	46
43	Julie	71	new	>100
44	Sherry	71	↓5	67
45	Elizabeth	70	↓4	25
46	Gloria	69	↓10	27
47	Jane	69	new	36
48	Gail	68	↓13	49
49	Ruth	67	↓7	44
50	Frances	64	new	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	799	–	2
2	James	778	↑1	1
3	John	696	↓1	3
4	David	691	↑2	6
5	Michael	687	–	7
6	Richard	609	↓2	5
7	William	469	↑1	4
8	Gary	467	↓1	12
9	Larry	430	–	10
10	Ronald	356	↑1	11
11	Dennis	336	↓1	17
12	Thomas	320	–	8
13	Steven	312	↑8	24
14	Donald	294	↓1	13
15	Kenneth	268	–	15
16	Charles	259	↓2	9
17	Terry	234	↓1	26
18	Jerry	228	–	20
19	Daniel	192	↑3	22
20	Stephen	191	↑5	21
21	Douglas	186	↓1	31
22	Mike	181	↓5	65
23	George	158	↑1	16
24	Paul	152	↓5	18
25	Jim	151	↑2	77
26	Bruce	147	↑6	29
27	Roger	138	↓4	25
28	Gregory	133	↑11	33
29	Bill	129	↑1	76
30	Jack	129	↓4	37
31	Edward	120	↓3	19
32	Mark	118	new	47
33	Steve	116	↑5	58
34	Patrick	106	↑2	53
35	Dale	105	↓4	63
36	Alan	101	↑5	45
37	Tom	101	↓4	87
38	Danny	99	↑12	39
39	Joseph	98	↑1	14
40	Gerald	95	↓11	28
41	Wayne	94	↓7	30
42	Frank	89	↓7	23
43	Craig	82	new	93
44	Fred	82	new	56
45	Harold	80	↓3	35
46	Dan	76	↑3	>100
47	Don	75	–	86
48	Bob	74	↓11	>100
49	Raymond	73	↓5	27
50	Roy	73	↓2	48

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