State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,948 Idaho births in 1930 across 369 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#25Colleenoutside the national top 200
#55Boydoutside the national top 200
#62Gary#194 nationally
#72Lynnoutside the national top 200
#73Rexoutside the national top 200
#77Nolaoutside the national top 200
#81Bethoutside the national top 200
#56Darrell#173 nationally
#84Dellaoutside the national top 200
#89Altaoutside the national top 200
#90Kayoutside the national top 200
#92Reedoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty199US #2
#2Mary125US #1
#3Barbara123US #6
#4Dorothy98US #3
#5Shirley93US #11
#6Donna91US #37
#7Joyce76US #18
#8Helen62US #4
#9Lois58US #17
#10Norma58US #25
#11Margaret56US #5
#12Patricia56US #7
#13Beverly51US #34
#14Doris51US #9
#15Bonnie47US #78
#16Joan47US #8
#17Virginia42US #12
#18Carol41US #54
#19Ruth41US #10
#20Evelyn36US #19
#21Jean35US #14
#22Phyllis34US #28
#23Dolores31US #13
#24Marjorie31US #32
#25Colleen30
#26Wanda29US #56
#27June28US #47
#28Elaine27US #69
#29Frances27US #16
#30Geraldine27US #43
#31Marilyn27US #22
#32Maxine26US #93
#33Ethel24US #65
#34Alice23US #20
#35Darlene23US #141
#36Irene23US #33
#37Rose23US #29
#38Anna22US #23
#39Gloria22US #30
#40Juanita22US #57
#41Rita21US #42
#42Eva20US #86
#43Florence20US #38
#44Mildred20US #21
#45Ruby19US #36
#46Arlene18US #103
#47Billie18US #79
#48Laura18US #89
#49Peggy18US #67
#50Vivian18US #91
#51Wilma18US #68
#52Bernice17US #58
#53Edith17US #61
#54Lorraine17US #46
#55Louise17US #31
#56Roberta17US #125
#57Viola17US #116
#58Martha16US #27
#59Thelma16US #45
#60Eleanor15US #39
#61Joy15US #163
#62Julia15US #90
#63Marie15US #26
#64Delores14US #66
#65Edna14US #51
#66Emma14US #73
#67Gladys14US #48
#68Josephine14US #49
#69Lola14US #162
#70Vera14US #104
#71Carolyn13US #72
#72Clara13US #64
#73Esther13US #77
#74Joanne13US #81
#75Marian13US #80
#76Nancy13US #24
#77Nola13
#78Pauline13US #52
#79Violet13US #120
#80Alma12US #109
#81Beth12
#82Ella12US #107
#83Joann12US #118
#84Della11
#85Faye11US #177
#86Jacqueline11US #74
#87Lila11US #170
#88Lucille11US #59
#89Alta10
#90Anita10US #115
#91Audrey10US #63
#92Charlotte10US #75
#93Deloris10
#94Elizabeth10US #15
#95Elva10
#96Grace10US #62
#97Gwen10
#98Ida10US #94
#99Kathleen10US #84
#100Leona10US #130

Boys

#1Robert201US #1
#2John137US #3
#3Donald131US #7
#4Richard125US #5
#5William119US #4
#6James110US #2
#7Charles87US #6
#8George80US #8
#9Jack68US #14
#10Kenneth68US #17
#11Don54US #68
#12Harold49US #18
#13Ronald40US #37
#14Edward38US #10
#15Raymond36US #16
#16Thomas36US #11
#17Ralph35US #25
#18Ray35US #57
#19Frank34US #13
#20Gerald33US #30
#21Melvin33US #50
#22Wayne33US #65
#23Fred32US #32
#24Dale31US #64
#25David31US #15
#26Dean31US #129
#27Keith31US #130
#28Marvin30US #48
#29Bob29US #88
#30Jerry29US #51
#31Larry29US #108
#32Bill28US #59
#33Gene28US #70
#34Norman28US #40
#35Arthur27US #23
#36Joseph27US #9
#37Stanley27US #49
#38Gordon25US #77
#39Lawrence25US #36
#40Max25US #143
#41Lloyd24US #69
#42Carl23US #26
#43Earl23US #38
#44Howard23US #31
#45Harry22US #28
#46Albert21US #24
#47Duane21US #120
#48Eugene21US #21
#49Floyd21US #61
#50Paul21US #12
#51Roy21US #33
#52Billy20US #20
#53Glen20US #114
#54Glenn20US #71
#55Boyd19
#56Darrell19US #173
#57Ernest18US #43
#58Lewis18US #87
#59Joe17US #27
#60Clyde16US #76
#61Leo16US #63
#62Gary15US #194
#63Jim15US #125
#64Leonard15US #45
#65Leroy15US #53
#66Vernon15US #72
#67Alvin14US #79
#68Clifford14US #73
#69Jay14US #166
#70Jimmie14US #86
#71Lester14US #95
#72Lynn14
#73Rex14
#74Ted14US #156
#75Bobby13US #41
#76Clarence13US #39
#77Francis13US #42
#78Henry13US #22
#79Lee13US #82
#80Walter13US #19
#81Bruce12US #109
#82Gilbert12US #90
#83Wesley12US #142
#84Delbert11US #151
#85Douglas11US #89
#86Elmer11US #80
#87Frederick11US #74
#88Harvey11US #92
#89Herbert11US #35
#90Kay11
#91Lyle11US #160
#92Reed11
#93Roger11US #58
#94Virgil11US #128
#95Warren11US #96
#96Alfred10US #46
#97Everett10US #134
#98Junior10US #135
#99Russell10US #60
#100Arnold9US #98

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑48Bernice#52
↑47Ethel#33
↑47Rita#41
↑44Albert#46
↑43Larry#31
↑42Gloria#39
↑41Lorraine#54
↑36Ernest#57

Falling

↓59Walter#80
↓57Elizabeth#94
↓43Lyle#91
↓34Kathleen#99
↓32Charlotte#92
↓29Marian#75
↓29Virgil#94
↓26Lola#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.