State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,924 Idaho births in 1931 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.

#43Colleenoutside the national top 200
#39Lila#184 nationally
#41Connie#183 nationally
#60Nadineoutside the national top 200
#28Jay#166 nationally
#17Gary#153 nationally
#70Vernoutside the national top 200
#73Glennaoutside the national top 200
#77Boydoutside the national top 200
#80Dellaoutside the national top 200
#80Lynnoutside the national top 200
#87Myrnaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary159US #1
#2Betty139US #2
#3Barbara118US #4
#4Donna107US #32
#5Shirley100US #9
#6Dorothy97US #3
#7Joyce72US #15
#8Patricia64US #8
#9Lois62US #20
#10Beverly59US #31
#11Helen58US #6
#12Norma57US #22
#13Joan54US #5
#14Margaret54US #7
#15Bonnie52US #73
#16Carol47US #46
#17Doris47US #10
#18Ruth46US #11
#19Jean43US #13
#20Virginia43US #12
#21Marilyn36US #19
#22Dolores34US #14
#23Marjorie31US #34
#24Phyllis31US #29
#25Alice30US #21
#26Darlene29US #128
#27Elaine28US #72
#28Elizabeth27US #16
#29Geraldine27US #38
#30Marie26US #27
#31Marlene26US #95
#32Anna25US #25
#33Eleanor25US #40
#34Evelyn25US #24
#35Joanne25US #68
#36Maxine24US #101
#37Mildred24US #26
#38Wilma21US #69
#39Lila20US #184
#40Wanda20US #54
#41Connie19US #183
#42June19US #44
#43Colleen18
#44Florence18US #43
#45Gladys18US #55
#46Gloria18US #23
#47Peggy18US #42
#48Roberta18US #121
#49Charlotte17US #75
#50Ellen17US #99
#51Georgia17US #120
#52Joann17US #90
#53Lola17US #156
#54Patsy17US #83
#55Carolyn16US #60
#56Frances16US #18
#57Joy16US #152
#58Laura16US #89
#59Louise16US #33
#60Nadine16
#61Pauline16US #56
#62Arlene15US #77
#63Emma15US #76
#64Jo15US #116
#65Rose15US #30
#66Billie14US #81
#67Delores14US #58
#68Marian14US #84
#69Vera14US #111
#70Clara13US #61
#71Ella13US #110
#72Eva13US #94
#73Glenna13
#74Lorraine13US #49
#75Nancy13US #17
#76Verna13US #154
#77Ann12US #35
#78Audrey12US #64
#79Catherine12US #36
#80Della12
#81Dora12US #144
#82Edith12US #65
#83Grace12US #70
#84Josephine12US #51
#85Loretta12US #96
#86Lucille12US #62
#87Myrna12
#88Nellie12US #119
#89Nola12
#90Pat12US #198
#91Bernice11US #63
#92Elva11
#93Ethel11US #67
#94Hazel11US #74
#95Juanita11US #57
#96Leona11US #133
#97Martha11US #28
#98Sally11US #97
#99Thelma11US #53
#100Viola11US #127

Boys

#1Robert238US #1
#2Donald139US #7
#3Richard128US #5
#4James127US #2
#5John125US #3
#6William116US #4
#7Charles86US #6
#8Jack76US #15
#9Kenneth72US #14
#10George65US #8
#11David49US #13
#12Dale40US #62
#13Frank40US #16
#14Norman39US #36
#15Gerald38US #26
#16Harold37US #18
#17Gary34US #153
#18Paul34US #12
#19Don33US #59
#20Fred33US #33
#21Ralph33US #25
#22Ronald33US #27
#23Edward32US #11
#24Jerry32US #43
#25Ray31US #60
#26Dean30US #127
#27Thomas30US #10
#28Jay29US #166
#29Wayne29US #58
#30Bill28US #57
#31Carl28US #28
#32Joseph28US #9
#33Keith28US #123
#34Raymond27US #17
#35Bob26US #78
#36Marvin26US #45
#37Earl25US #40
#38Max25US #140
#39Eugene24US #21
#40Howard24US #34
#41Stanley24US #49
#42Larry23US #88
#43Roy23US #35
#44Floyd22US #66
#45Arthur21US #23
#46Glen21US #112
#47Leroy21US #52
#48Lloyd21US #68
#49Douglas20US #85
#50Lawrence20US #38
#51Lyle20US #157
#52Ernest19US #47
#53Gordon19US #76
#54Vernon19US #74
#55Billy18US #19
#56Clifford18US #75
#57Darrell18US #167
#58Duane18US #104
#59Ted18US #155
#60Wallace18US #114
#61Clarence17US #39
#62Harry17US #30
#63Jim17US #116
#64Leonard17US #48
#65Melvin16US #51
#66Gene15US #64
#67Glenn15US #72
#68Louis15US #37
#69Russell15US #63
#70Vern15
#71Albert14US #24
#72Allen14US #79
#73Delbert14US #159
#74Elmer14US #82
#75Jimmy14US #89
#76Philip14US #71
#77Boyd13
#78Herbert13US #41
#79Lee13US #90
#80Lynn13
#81Bruce12US #101
#82Edwin12US #67
#83Bobby11US #32
#84Clinton11US #191
#85Daniel11US #44
#86Eddie11US #95
#87Francis11US #42
#88Lester11US #96
#89Alvin10US #80
#90Blaine10
#91Doyle10US #195
#92Alfred9US #50
#93Clair9
#94Grant9
#95Henry9US #22
#96Joe9US #29
#97Leslie9US #139
#98Lewis9US #87
#99Mark9US #197
#100Reed9

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑66Elizabeth#28
↑48Lila#39
↑45Gary#17
↑43Charlotte#49
↑41Jay#28
↑40Lyle#51
↑39Joanne#35
↑36Douglas#49

Falling

↓60Ethel#93
↓55Juanita#95
↓44Melvin#65
↓43Viola#100
↓40Thelma#99
↓40Lewis#98
↓39Bernice#91
↓39Martha#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.