Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Oregon, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	260
2	Mary	250
3	Judith	231
4	Barbara	223
5	Sharon	219
6	Linda	211
7	Carol	202
8	Judy	179
9	Nancy	154
10	Sandra	151
11	Donna	148
12	Betty	123
13	Janice	110
14	Shirley	105
15	Carolyn	103
16	Marilyn	99
17	Joyce	98
17	Karen	98
19	Beverly	97
20	Susan	96
21	Janet	91
21	Joan	91
23	Jean	86
24	Margaret	83
25	Dorothy	80
26	Darlene	77
27	Bonnie	71
27	Phyllis	71
29	Virginia	63
30	Kathleen	61
31	Helen	58
32	Joanne	55
33	Sally	54
34	Gloria	52
35	Roberta	50
36	Lois	49
37	Diane	48
38	Ruth	47
39	Marlene	43
40	Ann	42
41	Marjorie	41
41	Pat	41
43	Alice	39
44	Deanna	35
45	Carole	33
45	Martha	33
47	Doris	32
48	Connie	31
49	Frances	30
49	Norma	30

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	439
2	Richard	375
3	James	372
4	John	327
5	William	278
6	David	268
7	Gary	228
8	Larry	213
9	Ronald	183
10	Donald	181
11	Michael	169
12	Jerry	161
13	Charles	158
14	Thomas	129
15	Dennis	124
16	Kenneth	119
17	Gerald	94
18	Roger	85
19	George	82
20	Jack	81
21	Jim	78
22	Wayne	74
23	Edward	72
24	Bill	70
24	Douglas	70
26	Raymond	62
27	Paul	61
28	Bob	60
28	Fred	60
30	Frank	59
31	Terry	58
32	Don	56
33	Mike	51
33	Stephen	51
35	Carl	50
36	Bruce	48
36	Gordon	48
38	Harold	47
39	Norman	45
40	Dale	44
40	Lawrence	44
42	Walter	41
43	Ralph	40
44	Arthur	39
44	Dick	39
44	Keith	39
44	Melvin	39
44	Roy	39
49	Patrick	37
50	Tom	35