Popular baby names in Oregon, 1950

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1950 were Linda for girls (844 babies) and Robert for boys (814). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 31,915 babies born in Oregon in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1950

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

Girls

Kristi: 18 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Christie: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Christy: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shannon: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Sherri: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Molly: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Terri: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sheri: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cheri: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gretchen: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Greg: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brad: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rick: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Robin: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jim: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leland: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Dave: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Micheal: 71 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Scott: 103 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	844	–	1
2	Susan	508	–	5
3	Mary	429	–	2
4	Patricia	396	–	3
5	Nancy	340	↑5	6
6	Barbara	334	↓1	4
7	Karen	333	↑2	12
8	Kathleen	323	–	10
9	Sandra	304	↓3	8
10	Carol	299	↑1	9
11	Sharon	278	↓4	11
12	Donna	222	↑1	13
13	Deborah	217	↑12	7
14	Pamela	196	↓2	17
15	Diane	190	↑4	16
16	Janice	190	↑2	22
17	Cheryl	188	↑3	29
18	Judy	177	↓1	25
19	Christine	173	↓3	28
20	Judith	168	↓6	21
21	Janet	160	↓6	18
22	Margaret	140	↑1	15
23	Marilyn	132	↑3	37
24	Kathryn	124	↑9	46
25	Rebecca	124	↑7	36
26	Shirley	121	↓4	19
27	Diana	117	↑2	47
28	Bonnie	113	↑8	33
29	Cynthia	109	↑8	23
30	Kathy	109	↓9	38
31	Carolyn	108	↓7	20
32	Connie	108	↓4	44
33	Beverly	105	↓2	31
34	Joyce	105	↓7	27
35	Teresa	102	↑3	81
36	Peggy	100	↓2	41
37	Vicki	90	↑2	61
38	Catherine	85	↑4	34
39	Elizabeth	85	↑1	24
40	Julie	83	new	>100
41	Gail	80	↑7	42
42	Laura	77	new	63
43	Ruth	77	new	49
44	Betty	76	↓14	26
45	Colleen	75	new	>100
46	Katherine	75	new	58
47	Brenda	74	↓6	14
48	Debra	74	new	59
49	Jean	73	–	48
50	Virginia	73	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	814	↑1	2
2	Michael	800	↑1	4
3	David	767	↓2	5
4	James	674	↑1	1
5	John	665	↓1	3
6	Richard	508	–	7
7	Steven	506	↑1	16
8	William	485	↓1	6
9	Gary	433	–	10
10	Ronald	378	↑2	12
11	Thomas	366	↓1	8
12	Larry	340	↓1	11
13	Donald	315	–	14
14	Daniel	281	↑4	21
15	Dennis	260	↓1	17
16	Kenneth	258	↓1	15
17	Charles	253	↓1	9
18	Stephen	253	↓1	19
19	Douglas	252	–	28
20	Mark	202	↑3	23
21	Gregory	199	↑3	25
22	Terry	199	↓2	30
23	Bruce	183	↓2	26
24	Jerry	170	↓2	24
25	Paul	147	–	18
26	Timothy	146	↑2	32
27	Joseph	129	↑7	13
28	Patrick	129	↓2	38
29	Dale	128	↑4	49
30	Edward	119	↑2	22
31	George	118	↓2	20
32	Wayne	118	↑3	35
33	Roger	117	↓6	27
34	Jack	108	↓3	48
35	Craig	104	↑4	69
36	Gerald	103	↓6	34
37	Scott	103	new	82
38	Randy	100	new	80
39	Alan	96	↑2	41
40	Jeffrey	95	↑2	43
41	Lawrence	94	↓3	33
42	Randall	93	new	70
43	Raymond	90	↑3	31
44	Rodney	80	↓4	88
45	Frank	78	↑2	29
46	Stanley	74	↑4	60
47	Danny	71	↓2	39
48	Keith	71	–	78
49	Micheal	71	new	>100
50	Harold	67	new	45

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