Popular baby names in Oregon, 1951

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1951 were Linda for girls (746 babies) and David for boys (884). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,944 babies born in Oregon in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1951

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

Girls

Molly: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jeri: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Sherrie: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marta: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Christy: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Tamara: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deanna: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jody: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trudy: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sheryl: 50 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Grant: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bradley: 58 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rick: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dave: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lance: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Bradford: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Rodger: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	746	–	1
2	Susan	535	–	6
3	Mary	450	–	2
4	Patricia	434	–	3
5	Barbara	359	↑1	5
6	Kathleen	339	↑2	10
7	Deborah	337	↑6	4
8	Nancy	337	↓3	7
9	Karen	296	↓2	8
10	Sandra	283	↓1	9
11	Carol	274	↓1	11
12	Debra	261	↑36	18
13	Christine	251	↑6	24
14	Sharon	231	↓3	13
15	Pamela	212	↓1	16
16	Janet	211	↑5	19
17	Donna	209	↓5	12
18	Diane	203	↓3	15
19	Cheryl	192	↓2	30
20	Janice	179	↓4	21
21	Judith	157	↓1	25
22	Judy	156	↓4	26
23	Cynthia	139	↑6	20
24	Kathy	137	↑6	35
25	Kathryn	132	↓1	45
26	Margaret	126	↓4	17
27	Connie	122	↑5	44
28	Teresa	122	↑7	63
29	Rebecca	121	↓4	32
30	Shirley	121	↓4	27
31	Elizabeth	118	↑8	23
32	Marilyn	109	↓9	41
33	Catherine	105	↑5	34
34	Peggy	104	↑2	40
35	Sally	100	new	77
36	Vicki	100	↑1	58
37	Joyce	98	↓3	28
38	Carolyn	96	↓7	22
39	Katherine	89	↑7	55
40	Beverly	86	↓7	33
41	Gail	86	–	36
42	Bonnie	82	↓14	37
43	Diana	82	↓16	50
44	Laura	81	↓2	60
45	Ann	80	new	46
46	Julie	80	↓6	99
47	Marcia	80	new	74
48	Paula	79	new	51
49	Sherry	78	new	70
50	Gloria	75	new	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	David	884	↑2	5
2	Michael	833	–	4
3	Robert	775	↓2	2
4	James	659	–	1
5	John	654	–	3
6	Steven	576	↑1	13
7	Richard	560	↓1	7
8	Gary	487	↑1	10
9	William	486	↓1	6
10	Thomas	388	↑1	8
11	Donald	337	↑2	15
12	Ronald	336	↓2	12
13	Daniel	311	↑1	21
14	Mark	297	↑6	20
15	Larry	292	↓3	11
16	Douglas	265	↑3	27
17	Kenneth	264	↓1	16
18	Charles	256	↓1	9
19	Stephen	251	↓1	19
20	Dennis	248	↓5	17
21	Gregory	208	–	25
22	Terry	197	–	30
23	Bruce	179	–	26
24	Patrick	163	↑4	39
25	Paul	161	–	18
26	Timothy	160	–	28
27	Jerry	142	↓3	24
28	Gerald	124	↑8	36
29	Jeffrey	124	↑11	35
30	Scott	123	↑7	68
31	Roger	122	↑2	29
32	Edward	114	↓2	23
33	Jack	114	↑1	48
34	Randy	110	↑4	56
35	Joseph	107	↓8	14
36	George	104	↓5	22
37	Craig	102	↓2	63
38	Raymond	98	↑5	32
39	Alan	91	–	40
40	Wayne	88	↓8	37
41	Dale	87	↓12	49
42	Randall	86	–	66
43	Rodney	77	↑1	84
44	Stanley	76	↑2	54
45	Keith	73	↑3	59
46	Steve	71	new	86
47	Carl	70	new	43
48	Danny	70	↓1	41
49	Christopher	68	new	61
50	Lawrence	68	↓9	33

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