Popular baby names in Oregon, 1948

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,069 babies) and John for boys (734). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,922 babies born in Oregon in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1948

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

Girls

Jody: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tamara: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Molly: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Laurie: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Colleen: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Deanna: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dixie: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cheri: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kathie: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julie: 72 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 48 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dick: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Doug: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Ken: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dan: 93 babies, 4× the national rate
Rick: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dave: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Delbert: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jim: 117 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darrel: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,069	–	1
2	Susan	502	↑2	5
3	Mary	442	↓1	2
4	Barbara	396	↑4	3
5	Patricia	359	↓2	4
6	Sharon	357	↓1	9
7	Carol	347	–	8
8	Nancy	325	↓2	7
9	Sandra	325	–	6
10	Kathleen	301	↑1	10
11	Karen	292	↓1	12
12	Judy	231	↑1	16
13	Donna	225	↓1	11
14	Janet	202	↑2	24
15	Judith	194	–	15
16	Pamela	190	↑2	22
17	Janice	186	–	23
18	Diane	180	↑3	19
19	Cheryl	172	↓5	25
20	Carolyn	147	↑3	14
21	Margaret	133	↓1	13
22	Marilyn	128	↓3	33
23	Connie	121	↑9	43
24	Christine	119	↑2	35
25	Shirley	117	↓3	20
26	Betty	112	↓2	18
27	Joyce	108	↑2	21
28	Kathy	108	↓3	55
29	Kathryn	101	↑9	54
30	Vicki	100	↑11	81
31	Bonnie	98	–	34
32	Diana	95	↓5	48
33	Cynthia	93	↑6	27
34	Beverly	91	↓6	31
35	Catherine	90	↑7	41
36	Peggy	90	↓2	38
37	Teresa	83	new	82
38	Joan	82	↓5	37
39	Elizabeth	81	↑6	26
40	Sherry	81	↑4	61
41	Marcia	80	new	79
42	Jean	77	↓7	47
43	Katherine	77	new	68
44	Virginia	76	↓8	36
45	Julie	72	↓2	>100
46	Rebecca	71	new	50
47	Paula	70	new	52
48	Gloria	67	↓2	28
49	Sally	67	↓19	72
50	Charlotte	66	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	John	734	↑2	3
2	Robert	730	↓1	2
3	James	694	↓1	1
4	Michael	690	↑1	6
5	David	674	↓1	5
6	Richard	566	–	7
7	William	452	–	4
8	Gary	412	–	12
9	Ronald	375	↑1	10
10	Larry	373	↓1	11
11	Thomas	336	↑1	8
12	Steven	333	↑1	23
13	Donald	303	↑1	14
14	Dennis	295	↓3	17
15	Kenneth	271	–	15
16	Charles	258	–	9
17	Terry	219	–	26
18	Daniel	208	↑1	22
19	Jerry	175	↓1	21
20	Stephen	173	–	20
21	Douglas	172	–	33
22	Gregory	158	↑6	32
23	Mark	157	↑9	29
24	Paul	151	–	18
25	Bruce	150	↑1	28
26	Patrick	140	↑8	48
27	Mike	139	↓5	68
28	George	134	↓5	16
29	Steve	120	↑4	60
30	Timothy	119	new	38
31	Jim	117	↓6	86
32	Roger	114	↓5	24
33	Edward	113	↓2	19
34	Jack	111	↓4	43
35	Wayne	106	↑6	34
36	Craig	104	↑7	82
37	Gerald	104	↑3	30
38	Dale	98	↓3	56
39	Alan	96	↓3	46
40	Frank	94	↑2	25
41	Dan	93	↑5	>100
42	Joseph	93	↓3	13
43	Raymond	90	↑6	27
44	Bill	88	↓15	84
45	Danny	87	↓7	39
46	Tom	80	↓9	94
47	Keith	71	new	89
48	Lawrence	70	new	31
49	Rodney	70	new	92
50	Walter	68	new	35

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