Popular baby names in Oregon, 1949

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1949 were Linda for girls (1,002 babies) and David for boys (776). David ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,252 babies born in Oregon in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1949

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

Girls

Shannon: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Christy: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lorna: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Molly: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sheryl: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colleen: 54 babies, 3× the national rate
Terri: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dixie: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melody: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gretchen: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Ken: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ron: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Greg: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Robin: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Rick: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dan: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jim: 82 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dave: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darrel: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kirk: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	1,002	–	1
2	Susan	526	–	5
3	Mary	435	–	2
4	Patricia	367	↑1	3
5	Barbara	364	↓1	4
6	Sandra	345	↑3	6
7	Sharon	328	↓1	10
8	Kathleen	317	↑2	9
9	Karen	315	↑2	11
10	Nancy	310	↓2	7
11	Carol	274	↓4	8
12	Pamela	218	↑4	21
13	Donna	217	–	12
14	Judith	207	↑1	16
15	Janet	198	↓1	23
16	Christine	188	↑8	30
17	Judy	186	↓5	20
18	Janice	180	↓1	24
19	Diane	178	↓1	19
20	Cheryl	177	↓1	28
21	Kathy	148	↑7	42
22	Shirley	147	↑3	18
23	Margaret	139	↓2	14
24	Carolyn	125	↓4	17
25	Deborah	124	new	15
26	Marilyn	123	↓4	33
27	Joyce	115	–	26
28	Connie	112	↓5	43
29	Diana	108	↑3	48
30	Betty	105	↓4	22
31	Beverly	105	↑3	31
32	Rebecca	105	↑14	40
33	Kathryn	96	↓4	52
34	Peggy	96	↑2	38
35	Sherry	95	↑5	68
36	Bonnie	94	↓5	35
37	Cynthia	94	↓4	27
38	Teresa	94	↓1	82
39	Vicki	93	↓9	70
40	Elizabeth	83	↓1	25
41	Brenda	79	new	13
42	Catherine	79	↓7	37
43	Suzanne	76	new	62
44	Joan	75	↓6	36
45	Sally	74	↑4	77
46	Ann	72	new	44
47	Alice	68	new	53
48	Gail	68	new	51
49	Jean	68	↓7	45
50	Gloria	66	↓2	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	David	776	↑4	6
2	Robert	769	–	2
3	Michael	743	↑1	5
4	John	661	↓3	3
5	James	652	↓2	1
6	Richard	537	–	7
7	William	487	–	4
8	Steven	416	↑4	20
9	Gary	409	↓1	12
10	Thomas	362	↑1	8
11	Larry	348	↓1	10
12	Ronald	345	↓3	11
13	Donald	305	–	13
14	Dennis	280	–	16
15	Kenneth	272	–	15
16	Charles	266	–	9
17	Stephen	262	↑3	19
18	Daniel	230	–	22
19	Douglas	194	↑2	29
20	Terry	193	↓3	28
21	Bruce	171	↑4	26
22	Jerry	170	↓3	23
23	Mark	169	–	24
24	Gregory	164	↓2	31
25	Paul	156	↓1	17
26	Patrick	141	–	39
27	Roger	125	↑5	25
28	Timothy	125	↑2	34
29	George	116	↓1	18
30	Gerald	105	↑7	33
31	Jack	103	↑3	47
32	Edward	102	↑1	21
33	Dale	99	↑5	54
34	Joseph	94	↑8	14
35	Wayne	91	–	35
36	Steve	90	↓7	68
37	Mike	89	↓10	88
38	Lawrence	88	↑10	32
39	Craig	87	↓3	77
40	Rodney	87	↑9	87
41	Alan	84	↓2	45
42	Jeffrey	83	new	48
43	Jim	82	↓12	>100
44	Carl	74	new	43
45	Danny	74	–	40
46	Raymond	74	↓3	30
47	Frank	73	↓7	27
48	Keith	73	↓1	85
49	Dan	71	↓8	>100
50	Stanley	68	new	60

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