Popular baby names in Oregon, 1952

The most popular baby names in Oregon in 1952 were Linda for girls (681 babies) and David for boys (924). David ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,121 babies born in Oregon in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Oregon in 1952

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

Girls

Sherrie: 59 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Shannon: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Christie: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lori: 46 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Molly: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dixie: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marla: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Christy: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cheri: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristine: 54 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Loren: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lyle: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rick: 73 babies, 3× the national rate
Dan: 65 babies, 3× the national rate
Todd: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Greg: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Jim: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ross: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Oregon, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	681	–	1
2	Susan	540	–	5
3	Debra	445	↑9	9
4	Mary	440	↓1	2
5	Patricia	389	↓1	3
6	Deborah	376	↑1	4
7	Kathleen	359	↓1	11
8	Karen	349	↑1	8
9	Nancy	340	↓1	7
10	Barbara	337	↓5	6
11	Carol	288	–	12
12	Sandra	287	↓2	10
13	Janet	257	↑3	19
14	Pamela	226	↑1	17
15	Christine	225	↓2	20
16	Sharon	212	↓2	14
17	Donna	195	–	13
18	Cynthia	189	↑5	18
19	Diane	188	↓1	16
20	Janice	169	–	23
21	Judy	164	↑1	26
22	Judith	162	↓1	25
23	Marilyn	157	↑9	38
24	Rebecca	154	↑5	30
25	Cheryl	146	↓6	31
26	Kathy	138	↓2	29
27	Margaret	133	↓1	21
28	Julie	124	↑18	85
29	Kathryn	123	↓4	48
30	Shirley	118	–	28
31	Teresa	117	↓3	52
32	Beverly	111	↑8	35
33	Connie	111	↓6	44
34	Elizabeth	107	↓3	22
35	Carolyn	106	↑3	24
36	Vicki	101	–	61
37	Laura	99	↑7	53
38	Peggy	99	↓4	43
39	Bonnie	96	↑3	41
40	Joyce	93	↓3	27
41	Sally	90	↓6	81
42	Gail	89	↓1	39
43	Sherry	89	↑6	68
44	Paula	87	↑4	47
45	Diana	85	↓2	51
46	Catherine	84	↓13	34
47	Brenda	82	new	15
48	Denise	81	new	33
49	Gloria	81	↑1	36
50	Ann	78	↓5	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	David	924	–	5
2	Michael	906	–	4
3	James	747	↑1	1
4	Robert	747	↓1	2
5	John	698	–	3
6	Steven	606	–	11
7	Richard	568	–	7
8	Gary	504	–	10
9	William	496	–	6
10	Thomas	441	–	8
11	Ronald	383	↑1	15
12	Donald	361	↓1	13
13	Daniel	356	–	20
14	Mark	352	–	17
15	Larry	281	–	14
16	Douglas	280	–	28
17	Charles	275	↑1	9
18	Kenneth	272	↓1	16
19	Stephen	236	–	21
20	Gregory	229	↑1	24
21	Paul	226	↑4	19
22	Dennis	224	↓2	18
23	Bruce	190	–	25
24	Terry	185	↓2	29
25	Timothy	180	↑1	27
26	Jeffrey	167	↑3	31
27	Randy	154	↑7	41
28	Jerry	153	↓1	26
29	Scott	147	↑1	54
30	Patrick	145	↓6	37
31	George	128	↑5	22
32	Dale	126	↑9	46
33	Gerald	124	↓5	39
34	Edward	115	↓2	23
35	Roger	115	↓4	30
36	Joseph	112	↓1	12
37	Craig	107	–	59
38	Rodney	102	↑5	84
39	Jack	101	↓6	52
40	Raymond	96	↓2	33
41	Lawrence	89	↑9	35
42	Stanley	88	↑2	58
43	Wayne	86	↓3	38
44	Randall	85	↓2	63
45	Alan	84	↓6	42
46	Micheal	84	new	94
47	Danny	82	↑1	40
48	Keith	82	↓3	49
49	Christopher	74	–	57
50	Curtis	73	new	86

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