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Baby names in Oregon, 1930s

1930–1939 · 113,423 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Oregon across the 1930s, with 3,873 births in the decade. The state recorded 113,423 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Oregon in the 1930s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Ron51
Dick343
Sharon862
Darlene622
Darrell270
Jim481
Darrel97
Dona90

Top 25 in the 1930s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert3,873
#2Richard2,778
#3James2,636
#4John2,332
#5Donald2,321
#6Mary2,203
#7William2,091
#8Barbara2,040
#9Patricia1,842
#10Shirley1,682
#11Betty1,649
#12David1,509
#13Donna1,490
#13Ronald1,490
#15Charles1,352
#16Carol1,228
#17Jack1,083
#18Nancy1,079
#19George1,068
#20Dorothy1,059
#21Kenneth1,056
#22Beverly1,044
#23Larry1,012
#24Joan965
#25Gary946

Other decades in Oregon

All Oregon names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org