State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,039 Idaho births in 1928 across 343 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Idaho more than they say America.

#48Bethoutside the national top 200
#41Colleen#185 nationally
#64Nolaoutside the national top 200
#64Darrelloutside the national top 200
#68Lynnoutside the national top 200
#72Eldonoutside the national top 200
#73Verlaoutside the national top 200
#75Carmaoutside the national top 200
#80Nadineoutside the national top 200
#78Neil#198 nationally
#81Altaoutside the national top 200
#19Dean#136 nationally

Girls

#1Betty174US #2
#2Mary147US #1
#3Dorothy137US #3
#4Barbara100US #8
#5Donna95US #61
#6Shirley87US #10
#7Lois82US #18
#8Helen80US #4
#9Doris66US #7
#10Margaret59US #5
#11Norma59US #23
#12Ruth58US #6
#13Patricia55US #11
#14Marjorie52US #29
#15Beverly46US #46
#16Phyllis45US #26
#17Alice42US #19
#18Maxine42US #84
#19Jean41US #12
#20Joyce39US #30
#21Carol37US #77
#22Virginia37US #9
#23Frances35US #13
#24Ruby35US #34
#25Wilma34US #69
#26June32US #44
#27Bonnie30US #89
#28Geraldine29US #50
#29Marie28US #21
#30Dolores25US #20
#31Edna25US #45
#32Evelyn25US #17
#33Florence25US #32
#34Mildred25US #15
#35Wanda25US #63
#36Gloria24US #25
#37Ramona24US #117
#38Laura23US #83
#39Lorraine23US #39
#40Anna22US #16
#41Colleen22US #185
#42Louise21US #31
#43Ellen20US #98
#44Emma20US #67
#45Joan20US #27
#46Lillian20US #35
#47Marilyn20US #38
#48Beth18
#49Grace18US #52
#50Hazel18US #59
#51Lucille18US #51
#52Thelma18US #40
#53Elaine17US #68
#54Pauline17US #48
#55Peggy17US #76
#56Rose17US #24
#57Verna17US #152
#58Arlene16US #106
#59Charlotte16US #72
#60Ethel16US #55
#61Eva16US #79
#62Irene16US #28
#63Jeanne16US #90
#64Nola16
#65Delores15US #94
#66Elsie15US #73
#67Esther15US #66
#68Juanita15US #58
#69Martha15US #22
#70Ella14US #100
#71Jacqueline14US #97
#72Vera14US #92
#73Verla14
#74Beatrice13US #70
#75Carma13
#76Catherine13US #33
#77Eleanor13US #36
#78Georgia13US #115
#79Julia13US #80
#80Nadine13
#81Alta12
#82Eileen12US #102
#83Elizabeth12US #14
#84Kathleen12US #82
#85Leona12US #122
#86Marian12US #71
#87Neva12
#88Ann11US #54
#89Darlene11US #176
#90Dora11US #144
#91Edith11US #56
#92Elva11
#93Faye11US #192
#94Gladys11US #41
#95Pearl11US #110
#96Roberta11US #127
#97Velma11US #114
#98Viola11US #103
#99Bernice10US #53
#100Cleo10

Boys

#1Robert201US #1
#2Donald148US #7
#3William116US #4
#4John112US #2
#5James108US #3
#6Richard91US #6
#7Charles89US #5
#8Jack83US #15
#9George74US #8
#10Kenneth68US #17
#11David60US #19
#12Harold52US #14
#13Don48US #84
#14Eugene44US #20
#15Thomas44US #11
#16Norman42US #39
#17Ralph41US #24
#18Dale40US #75
#19Dean39US #136
#20Wayne39US #69
#21Earl38US #37
#22Gene37US #62
#23Walter36US #18
#24Edward34US #10
#25Frank34US #12
#26Ronald34US #50
#27Carl33US #28
#28Roy31US #34
#29Arthur30US #22
#30Fred30US #36
#31Glen30US #115
#32Keith30US #139
#33Bill29US #64
#34Gerald29US #41
#35Joseph29US #9
#36Lloyd29US #59
#37Max29US #125
#38Floyd28US #54
#39Harry28US #26
#40Howard28US #31
#41Ray27US #57
#42Vernon27US #70
#43Albert26US #23
#44Lawrence26US #38
#45Paul26US #13
#46Raymond26US #16
#47Bob24US #95
#48Clarence22US #35
#49Clyde21US #74
#50Marvin21US #46
#51Herbert20US #25
#52Melvin20US #48
#53Billy19US #27
#54Delbert19US #154
#55Lyle19US #155
#56Stanley19US #45
#57Everett18US #123
#58Joe18US #30
#59Leonard18US #42
#60Leo17US #61
#61Leroy17US #51
#62Elmer16US #63
#63Cecil15US #97
#64Darrell15
#65Dick15US #172
#66Glenn15US #76
#67Louis15US #32
#68Lynn15
#69Wallace15US #104
#70Clifford14US #68
#71Duane14US #141
#72Eldon14
#73Jay14US #185
#74Lewis14US #86
#75Edwin13US #58
#76Ernest13US #43
#77Gordon13US #77
#78Neil13US #198
#79Ted13US #175
#80Warren13US #85
#81Alvin12US #72
#82Ivan12US #189
#83Leland12US #181
#84Virgil12US #126
#85Douglas11US #102
#86Francis11US #40
#87Grant11
#88Harvey11US #90
#89Rex11
#90Alfred10US #33
#91Darwin10
#92Gale10
#93Henry10US #21
#94Jerry10US #79
#95Junior10US #120
#96Larry10US #150
#97Leslie10US #128
#98Mark10
#99Roger10US #71
#100Claude9US #116

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑52Max#37
↑45Laura#38
↑43Gloria#36
↑39Verna#57
↑38Charlotte#59
↑37Dolores#30
↑35Ellen#43
↑34Lorraine#39

Falling

↓60Gladys#94
↓55Edith#91
↓49Henry#93
↓39Vera#72
↓35Elizabeth#83
↓35Leona#85
↓33Nadine#80
↓33Bernice#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.