State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,817 Idaho births in 1929 across 355 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#31Colleen#186 nationally
#58Boydoutside the national top 200
#64Lynnoutside the national top 200
#68Bethoutside the national top 200
#74Sharonoutside the national top 200
#77Darwinoutside the national top 200
#47Jay#169 nationally
#43Lola#163 nationally
#76Darrell#194 nationally
#19Dean#133 nationally
#58Jeannine#172 nationally
#87Nadineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty172US #2
#2Mary151US #1
#3Barbara108US #7
#4Donna93US #47
#5Shirley92US #9
#6Dorothy80US #3
#7Patricia70US #10
#8Helen62US #4
#9Lois62US #17
#10Beverly56US #39
#11Joyce53US #23
#12Norma53US #25
#13Phyllis53US #24
#14Ruth53US #8
#15Margaret51US #5
#16Doris48US #6
#17Bonnie43US #86
#18Jean43US #12
#19Marjorie41US #30
#20Joan37US #13
#21Maxine34US #85
#22Carol33US #63
#23Evelyn32US #19
#24Dolores31US #14
#25Virginia31US #11
#26Alice29US #21
#27June26US #48
#28Mildred26US #18
#29Geraldine25US #43
#30Wanda25US #61
#31Colleen24US #186
#32Elaine23US #67
#33Eva23US #83
#34Louise23US #31
#35Ruby23US #36
#36Marilyn22US #33
#37Elizabeth20US #15
#38Marie20US #22
#39Rose20US #26
#40Edna19US #51
#41Frances19US #16
#42Arlene18US #105
#43Lola18US #163
#44Anna17US #20
#45Irene17US #29
#46Marian17US #75
#47Ellen16US #97
#48Elsie16US #78
#49Gladys16US #44
#50Hazel16US #64
#51Juanita16US #60
#52Laura16US #90
#53Martha16US #27
#54Peggy16US #70
#55Ramona16US #120
#56Thelma16US #41
#57Florence15US #35
#58Jeannine15US #172
#59Velma15US #128
#60Charlotte14US #73
#61Clara14US #65
#62Ella14US #102
#63Emma14US #69
#64Esther14US #71
#65Kathleen14US #89
#66Audrey13US #58
#67Beatrice13US #72
#68Beth13
#69Darlene13US #160
#70Edith13US #59
#71Lucille13US #57
#72Naomi13US #139
#73Rosemary13US #80
#74Sharon13
#75Vera13US #99
#76Violet13US #111
#77Vivian13US #81
#78Wilma13US #66
#79Yvonne13US #168
#80Ethel12US #56
#81Gloria12US #28
#82Jacqueline12US #87
#83Josephine12US #45
#84Joy12US #177
#85Leona12US #122
#86Lila12US #180
#87Nadine12
#88Rita12US #52
#89Roberta12US #126
#90Delores11US #74
#91Erma11US #166
#92Georgia11US #115
#93Kathryn11US #104
#94Lillian11US #40
#95Lorraine11US #42
#96Margie11US #108
#97Myrtle11US #117
#98Verla11
#99Ann10US #46
#100Bernice10US #55

Boys

#1Robert215US #1
#2Donald168US #7
#3John136US #3
#4William132US #4
#5James127US #2
#6Richard110US #6
#7Charles89US #5
#8Jack85US #14
#9Kenneth72US #18
#10George57US #8
#11Harold46US #16
#12Dale44US #73
#13Bill41US #63
#14David38US #17
#15Don38US #78
#16Frank37US #12
#17Gerald37US #33
#18Ralph37US #26
#19Dean36US #133
#20Gene34US #68
#21Walter33US #19
#22Wayne33US #69
#23Bob31US #89
#24Earl30US #36
#25Raymond30US #15
#26Ronald30US #45
#27Eugene28US #20
#28Keith28US #138
#29Marvin28US #46
#30Thomas28US #11
#31Fred27US #34
#32Howard27US #31
#33Melvin27US #49
#34Norman27US #40
#35Joseph26US #9
#36Ray26US #57
#37Stanley26US #48
#38Floyd25US #58
#39Edward24US #10
#40Jerry24US #61
#41Vernon24US #71
#42Glen23US #123
#43Gordon23US #79
#44Max23US #128
#45Paul22US #13
#46Roy22US #35
#47Jay21US #169
#48Lyle21US #152
#49Carl20US #28
#50Clifford19US #72
#51Jim19US #132
#52Lawrence19US #38
#53Arthur18US #22
#54Clarence18US #37
#55Glenn18US #80
#56Leonard18US #42
#57Billy17US #23
#58Boyd17
#59Clyde17US #74
#60Douglas17US #97
#61Lloyd17US #62
#62Harry16US #27
#63Joe16US #30
#64Lynn16
#65Virgil16US #127
#66Wallace16US #106
#67Cecil15US #101
#68Delbert15US #157
#69Dick15US #168
#70Herbert15US #25
#71Wesley15US #143
#72Alvin14US #77
#73Harvey14US #90
#74Larry14US #135
#75Warren14US #92
#76Darrell13US #194
#77Darwin13
#78Leo13US #60
#79Lewis13US #84
#80Russell13US #56
#81Victor13US #100
#82Edwin12US #66
#83Philip12US #76
#84Arnold11US #95
#85Bruce11US #112
#86Calvin11US #109
#87Gary11
#88Leroy11US #51
#89Milton11US #94
#90Albert10US #24
#91Alfred10US #41
#92Elmer10US #70
#93Ernest10US #43
#94Ivan10
#95Lamar10
#96Eldon9
#97Everett9US #130
#98Francis9US #39
#99Henry9US #21
#100Jesse9US #93

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑54Jerry#40
↑46Elizabeth#37
↑45Gladys#49
↑40Marian#46
↑38Velma#59
↑34Gordon#43
↑28Eva#33
↑26Jay#47

Falling

↓56Lorraine#95
↓53Wilma#78
↓48Lillian#94
↓47Albert#90
↓45Gloria#81
↓40Everett#97
↓30Elmer#92
↓27Leroy#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.