Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Oregon, 1917

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	249
2	Helen	195
3	Dorothy	190
4	Margaret	146
5	Ruth	109
6	Frances	101
7	Virginia	97
8	Evelyn	95
9	Mildred	83
10	Marjorie	77
11	June	71
12	Doris	66
12	Lois	66
14	Elizabeth	65
15	Alice	64
15	Marie	64
17	Jean	62
18	Betty	60
19	Florence	58
20	Hazel	54
21	Barbara	53
22	Esther	52
23	Gladys	49
24	Irene	47
25	Maxine	46
26	Edna	44
27	Thelma	42
28	Edith	40
28	Grace	40
28	Lillian	40
31	Eleanor	39
32	Louise	38
33	Ellen	37
34	Elsie	35
35	Gertrude	32
35	Josephine	32
35	Martha	32
35	Patricia	32
39	Anna	31
39	Ethel	31
39	Eva	31
39	Katherine	31
43	Velma	30
44	Bernice	29
44	Jane	29
44	Marian	29
44	Rose	29
48	Catherine	28
49	Ruby	27
49	Vivian	27

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	295
2	John	243
3	William	218
4	James	163
5	George	157
6	Charles	139
7	Donald	126
8	Harold	93
9	Frank	79
9	Walter	79
11	Jack	78
12	Edward	74
13	Kenneth	72
14	Richard	63
15	Arthur	59
15	Harry	59
15	Thomas	59
18	Albert	56
19	Henry	55
20	Ernest	53
20	Ralph	53
22	Howard	52
22	Joseph	52
24	Roy	50
25	David	48
25	Paul	48
27	Fred	47
28	Raymond	43
29	Lloyd	42
30	Carl	38
31	Earl	37
31	Herbert	37
31	Leonard	37
34	Clarence	35
34	Glenn	35
36	Chester	34
36	Elmer	34
36	Lawrence	34
39	Francis	33
39	Gordon	33
41	Clifford	32
42	Louis	31
43	Norman	29
44	Ray	28
44	Stanley	28
46	Floyd	27
46	Gerald	27
46	Vernon	27
49	Alfred	25
50	Virgil	24