State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,100 Idaho births in 1934 across 356 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#47Colleenoutside the national top 200
#50Lynnoutside the national top 200
#52Boydoutside the national top 200
#17Sharon#150 nationally
#68Bethoutside the national top 200
#29Jay#157 nationally
#76Karenoutside the national top 200
#79Myrnaoutside the national top 200
#80Vernoutside the national top 200
#79Rex#197 nationally
#85Rossoutside the national top 200
#88Lilaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Shirley152US #4
#2Barbara124US #3
#3Mary120US #1
#4Betty113US #2
#5Donna104US #23
#6Carol89US #14
#7Patricia88US #6
#8Joyce79US #12
#9Joan70US #7
#10Beverly58US #22
#11Dorothy58US #5
#12Lois48US #20
#13Marilyn46US #17
#14Norma46US #24
#15Bonnie45US #58
#16Doris44US #11
#17Sharon43US #150
#18Margaret42US #8
#19Helen40US #9
#20Darlene39US #90
#21Jean39US #16
#22Alice36US #25
#23Ruth34US #13
#24Janet32US #21
#25Joanne30US #45
#26Virginia29US #15
#27Carolyn28US #33
#28Phyllis28US #28
#29Janice27US #68
#30Joann27US #50
#31Delores25US #51
#32Gloria25US #30
#33Marlene25US #57
#34Arlene24US #53
#35Elaine24US #54
#36Evelyn24US #29
#37Patsy24US #59
#38Dolores23US #26
#39Frances23US #19
#40Geraldine23US #43
#41Nancy22US #10
#42Wilma22US #73
#43Jo21US #75
#44Connie20US #145
#45Marjorie20US #41
#46Martha20US #27
#47Colleen19
#48Peggy19US #36
#49Ann18US #32
#50Wanda18US #47
#51Carole17US #89
#52Elizabeth17US #18
#53Kathleen17US #74
#54Lorraine17US #56
#55Louise16US #40
#56Pat16US #162
#57Anna15US #31
#58Charlotte15US #72
#59Edith15US #81
#60Hazel15US #87
#61Irene15US #49
#62June15US #46
#63Kay15US #143
#64Laura15US #96
#65Marie15US #34
#66Maxine15US #114
#67Roberta15US #104
#68Beth14
#69Juanita14US #64
#70Sally14US #62
#71Thelma14US #65
#72Edna13US #55
#73Sandra13US #93
#74Velma13US #144
#75Diane12US #124
#76Karen12
#77Leona12US #140
#78Mildred12US #35
#79Myrna12
#80Rita12US #63
#81Ruby12US #39
#82Billie11US #92
#83Clara11US #76
#84Emma11US #85
#85Florence11US #61
#86Gladys11US #66
#87Joy11US #152
#88Lila11
#89Lola11US #170
#90Yvonne11US #137
#91Bernice10US #82
#92Ella10US #113
#93Gayle10
#94Glenda10US #194
#95Grace10US #79
#96Ilene10
#97Jane10US #48
#98Lucille10US #84
#99Rose10US #37
#100Viola10US #142

Boys

#1Robert191US #1
#2James141US #2
#3John133US #3
#4Richard130US #5
#5Donald122US #6
#6William115US #4
#7Charles86US #7
#8Ronald80US #11
#9Gary76US #60
#10Larry76US #43
#11David67US #12
#12Jerry62US #25
#13George61US #8
#14Jack61US #17
#15Kenneth52US #15
#16Don49US #50
#17Gerald48US #22
#18Harold44US #18
#19Dale41US #62
#20Bill37US #59
#21Wayne37US #48
#22Paul34US #14
#23Raymond34US #19
#24Frank32US #16
#25Jim32US #90
#26Edward31US #13
#27Thomas31US #9
#28Carl30US #28
#29Jay30US #157
#30Keith29US #125
#31Ralph29US #31
#32Bob27US #75
#33Dean27US #118
#34Melvin27US #55
#35Max26US #126
#36Ray26US #63
#37Stanley26US #58
#38Dick25US #138
#39Joseph25US #10
#40Darrell24US #140
#41Douglas24US #72
#42Gene24US #67
#43Lee24US #79
#44Leonard24US #53
#45Marvin24US #44
#46Norman23US #38
#47Clifford22US #85
#48Leroy22US #54
#49Howard21US #37
#50Lynn21
#51Roy21US #35
#52Boyd20
#53Duane20US #104
#54Earl20US #41
#55Gordon20US #71
#56Roger20US #39
#57Clarence19US #45
#58Fred19US #33
#59Joe19US #26
#60Billy18US #20
#61Lyle18US #155
#62Ernest17US #51
#63Harry17US #36
#64Eugene16US #24
#65Floyd16US #73
#66Lawrence16US #34
#67Delbert15US #163
#68Francis15US #49
#69Franklin15US #46
#70Albert14US #32
#71Arthur14US #29
#72Bruce14US #78
#73Daniel14US #42
#74Glenn14US #81
#75Lloyd14US #82
#76Walter14US #21
#77Dennis13US #95
#78Leland13US #190
#79Rex13US #197
#80Vern13
#81Wesley13US #142
#82Alfred12US #64
#83Leo12US #86
#84Leon12US #87
#85Ross12
#86Vernon12US #89
#87Alan11US #124
#88Eddie11US #92
#89Harvey11US #99
#90Kay11
#91Kent11
#92Louis11US #40
#93Terry11US #182
#94Arnold10US #105
#95Clyde10US #84
#96Doyle10
#97Edwin10US #80
#98Elmer10US #108
#99Glen10US #120
#100Henry10US #27

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑38Delores#31
↑37Kathleen#53
↑37Louise#55
↑35Floyd#65
↑34Clifford#47
↑33Lee#43
↑33Boyd#52
↑32Martha#46

Falling

↓59Glen#99
↓46Mildred#78
↓44Edwin#97
↓39Edna#72
↓38Leon#84
↓36Maxine#66
↓35Eugene#64
↓33Henry#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.