Oregon embraces book-themed baby names

Ramona, Estrella and Westley were all at least four times more likely to be chosen as baby names in Oregon than the U.S. at large, per data from the Social Security Administration.

Between the lines: If Ramona sounds familiar, that's likely due to the lasting influence of beloved children's author Beverly Cleary, who penned the eight-book Ramona Quimby series, still exerts in Oregon.

• And Matilda — three times more likely to be found as a baby name in Oregon than elsewhere — shares a name with the 1988 novel by Roald Dahl.

Yes, but: The most popular names in the state overall where Oliver and Olivia.