State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,315 Idaho births in 1935 across 358 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#22Karen#172 nationally
#57Colleenoutside the national top 200
#39Myrna#176 nationally
#68Lynnoutside the national top 200
#79Rex#198 nationally
#85Boydoutside the national top 200
#87Darwinoutside the national top 200
#89Lilaoutside the national top 200
#90Lelandoutside the national top 200
#38Jay#147 nationally
#93Reneeoutside the national top 200
#94Verlaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Shirley209US #2
#2Mary136US #1
#3Barbara116US #3
#4Donna107US #23
#5Betty103US #4
#6Beverly79US #20
#7Carol79US #11
#8Patricia70US #5
#9Marilyn65US #14
#10Joyce60US #12
#11Dorothy55US #6
#12Joan54US #7
#13Lois49US #21
#14Bonnie48US #62
#15Janet47US #22
#16Helen45US #10
#17Margaret41US #8
#18Phyllis40US #27
#19Norma38US #29
#20Doris37US #13
#21Darlene36US #91
#22Karen35US #172
#23Sharon33US #96
#24Marlene32US #39
#25Ruth32US #15
#26Alice31US #25
#27Joann31US #53
#28Janice30US #47
#29Joanne28US #44
#30Virginia28US #16
#31Frances27US #19
#32Ann26US #30
#33Marjorie25US #46
#34Geraldine24US #40
#35Jo24US #73
#36Kay24US #134
#37Nancy24US #9
#38Carolyn23US #28
#39Myrna23US #176
#40Roberta23US #77
#41Evelyn22US #31
#42Jean22US #18
#43Marie22US #33
#44Carole21US #93
#45Delores21US #57
#46Marian21US #105
#47Wilma21US #70
#48Connie20US #140
#49Dolores20US #26
#50Peggy20US #36
#51Anna19US #34
#52Elaine19US #51
#53Georgia18US #123
#54Gloria18US #32
#55June18US #55
#56Sandra18US #50
#57Colleen17
#58Sally17US #58
#59Wanda17US #49
#60Yvonne17US #98
#61Arlene16US #59
#62Edith16US #87
#63Mildred16US #35
#64Patsy16US #56
#65Ruby16US #41
#66Maxine15US #120
#67Diane14US #109
#68Irene14US #52
#69Juanita14US #72
#70Laura14US #101
#71Clara13US #81
#72Edna13US #67
#73Elizabeth13US #17
#74Ellen13US #95
#75Lorraine13US #68
#76Velma13US #147
#77Charlene12US #146
#78Eleanor12US #48
#79Lucille12US #85
#80Pat12US #150
#81Rose12US #37
#82Thelma12US #76
#83Violet12US #159
#84Charlotte11US #65
#85Dixie11US #188
#86Grace11US #83
#87Joy11US #148
#88Katherine11US #103
#89Lila11
#90Loretta11US #69
#91Louise11US #45
#92Martha11US #24
#93Renee11
#94Verla11
#95Verna11US #181
#96Viola11US #152
#97Anita10US #119
#98Eileen10US #108
#99Esther10US #94
#100Jane10US #43

Boys

#1Robert177US #1
#2Richard152US #5
#3James129US #2
#4Donald123US #7
#5John119US #3
#6William108US #4
#7Gary99US #44
#8Larry89US #33
#9Jack86US #18
#10Ronald83US #12
#11Charles79US #6
#12Kenneth74US #15
#13Jerry66US #22
#14David65US #11
#15George58US #8
#16Gerald56US #21
#17Dale45US #61
#18Don42US #51
#19Bob41US #81
#20Harold35US #20
#21Frank34US #16
#22Jim34US #90
#23Keith34US #125
#24Thomas34US #9
#25Wayne34US #49
#26Bill32US #60
#27Dean32US #120
#28Fred32US #34
#29Carl31US #28
#30Norman31US #38
#31Melvin30US #57
#32Ralph30US #32
#33Dennis29US #72
#34Joseph29US #10
#35Eugene28US #26
#36Albert26US #31
#37Earl26US #46
#38Jay26US #147
#39Billy25US #19
#40Marvin25US #45
#41Stanley25US #56
#42Darrell24US #136
#43Dick24US #142
#44Duane24US #105
#45Edward24US #13
#46Lee24US #80
#47Howard23US #39
#48Paul23US #14
#49Floyd22US #76
#50Lawrence22US #35
#51Douglas21US #75
#52Gordon21US #70
#53Raymond21US #17
#54Leonard20US #54
#55Roy20US #40
#56Lloyd19US #84
#57Max19US #128
#58Ray19US #64
#59Clifford18US #88
#60Gene18US #66
#61Jimmy18US #47
#62Roger18US #36
#63Terry18US #154
#64Vernon18US #94
#65Arthur17US #29
#66Glen17US #124
#67Glenn17US #78
#68Lynn17
#69Walter17US #23
#70Philip16US #65
#71Alan15US #122
#72Allen15US #83
#73Bruce15US #77
#74Delbert15US #165
#75Edwin15US #89
#76Henry14US #27
#77Leroy14US #50
#78Ted14US #144
#79Rex13US #198
#80Clyde12US #82
#81Eddie12US #87
#82Rodney12US #149
#83Warren12US #97
#84Alfred11US #63
#85Boyd11
#86Clarence11US #48
#87Darwin11
#88Everett11US #146
#89Joe11US #25
#90Leland11
#91Leon11US #86
#92Lester11US #114
#93Tom11US #110
#94Alvin10US #91
#95Dee10
#96Elmer10US #115
#97Harry10US #37
#98Herbert10US #58
#99Jerald10
#100Kent10

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑54Karen#22
↑44Dennis#33
↑40Myrna#39
↑34Albert#36
↑33Glen#66
↑30Yvonne#60
↑30Fred#28
↑30Terry#63

Falling

↓46Martha#92
↓36Louise#91
↓34Harry#97
↓33Boyd#85
↓30Raymond#53
↓30Joe#89
↓29Leroy#77
↓29Clarence#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.