Baby names in Oregon in the 1920s

In Oregon in the 1920s the most given names were Robert (4,750 boys) and Mary (2,747 girls), of 115,857 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Oregon each year, the 1920s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Oregon, 1920-1929: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Oregon, 1920s

Girls, 1920-1929
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	2,747
2	Betty	2,743
3	Dorothy	2,267
4	Helen	1,539
5	Margaret	1,405
6	Barbara	1,362
7	Patricia	1,342
8	Virginia	1,292
9	Ruth	1,026
10	Shirley	1,015
11	Marjorie	997
12	Jean	982
13	Doris	974
14	Lois	881
15	Frances	799
16	Phyllis	762
17	Evelyn	752
18	Alice	666
19	June	649
20	Elizabeth	603

Boys, 1920-1929
#	Name	Births
1	Robert	4,750
2	William	2,757
3	John	2,619
4	Donald	2,330
5	James	2,273
6	Richard	1,938
7	George	1,481
8	Charles	1,453
9	Jack	1,357
10	Kenneth	1,097
11	Harold	954
12	Edward	766
13	Raymond	726
14	Frank	724
15	David	710
16	Thomas	683
17	Walter	657
18	Ralph	582
19	Paul	563
20	Joseph	554

Births summed over 1920-1929, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Oregon in the 1920s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Colleen · 3.1×Donna · 3.0×Patricia · 2.9×Maxine · 2.7×Beverly · 2.7×Barbara · 2.2×

Boys

Darrell · 3.6×Eldon · 3.4×Bob · 3.2×Don · 3.1×Dick · 3.1×Delbert · 3.0×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1920-1929.

More about names in Oregon

The 1920s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
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The top names of 1920The first year of the decade, nationally.
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