State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,026 Idaho births in 1937 across 370 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
#60Lynn#186 nationally
#75Boydoutside the national top 200
#67Patty#180 nationally
#59Lyle#167 nationally
#94Gwenoutside the national top 200
#33Deanna#139 nationally
#96Sherryoutside the national top 200
#97Rexoutside the national top 200
#98Dellaoutside the national top 200
#45Pat#147 nationally
#100Deeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary158US #1
#2Barbara124US #2
#3Betty116US #5
#4Carol112US #6
#5Donna111US #21
#6Shirley105US #4
#7Patricia93US #3
#8Sharon90US #41
#9Beverly71US #14
#10Joyce70US #11
#11Dorothy64US #8
#12Marilyn61US #13
#13Helen52US #12
#14Joan52US #9
#15Janet50US #18
#16Karen50US #113
#17Margaret47US #10
#18Nancy45US #7
#19Carolyn43US #20
#20Lois43US #29
#21Phyllis42US #27
#22Evelyn40US #36
#23Darlene39US #72
#24Janice39US #25
#25Sandra39US #26
#26Norma37US #33
#27Jean36US #23
#28Kay35US #79
#29Ann33US #30
#30Bonnie33US #64
#31Ruth33US #15
#32Alice30US #28
#33Deanna30US #139
#34Marlene30US #40
#35Virginia30US #16
#36Connie29US #128
#37Myrna29US #137
#38Arlene28US #60
#39Doris26US #22
#40Diane25US #76
#41Peggy25US #31
#42Carole23US #56
#43Colleen22
#44Lorraine22US #83
#45Pat22US #147
#46Anita21US #93
#47Delores21US #68
#48Jo21US #73
#49Sally21US #59
#50Jeanette20US #90
#51Elaine19US #45
#52Frances19US #19
#53Geraldine19US #44
#54Roberta19US #66
#55Rose19US #38
#56Wanda19US #55
#57Charlotte18US #67
#58Gloria18US #32
#59Irene18US #62
#60Joanne18US #51
#61Judy18US #91
#62Marjorie18US #57
#63Wilma18US #80
#64Yvonne18US #77
#65Martha17US #24
#66Patsy17US #54
#67Patty17US #180
#68Rita17US #69
#69Joann16US #58
#70Kathryn16US #108
#71Elizabeth15US #17
#72Gail15US #99
#73Louise15US #48
#74Ruby15US #52
#75Dixie14US #174
#76Dolores14US #37
#77Ellen14US #102
#78Juanita14US #75
#79Judith14US #34
#80June14US #71
#81Vera14US #150
#82Billie13US #126
#83Edna13US #74
#84Marcia13US #124
#85Maxine13US #136
#86Loretta12US #63
#87Margie12US #111
#88Marie12US #35
#89Ramona12US #188
#90Sylvia12US #50
#91Anna11US #39
#92Eleanor11US #53
#93Ethel11US #88
#94Gwen11
#95Linda11US #49
#96Sherry11
#97Susan11US #97
#98Della10
#99Edith10US #96
#100Emma10US #89

Boys

#1Robert212US #1
#2Richard155US #5
#3Larry150US #16
#4James147US #2
#5John137US #3
#6Gary116US #29
#7Donald109US #7
#8Ronald109US #11
#9William107US #4
#10Jerry101US #17
#11David91US #8
#12Charles74US #6
#13Kenneth73US #14
#14George64US #10
#15Jack59US #23
#16Gerald57US #20
#17Dale52US #59
#18Don47US #51
#19Thomas45US #9
#20Bob43US #81
#21Frank40US #18
#22Paul40US #15
#23Harold39US #21
#24Raymond39US #19
#25Bill37US #64
#26Jim35US #82
#27Dennis34US #63
#28Fred34US #35
#29Wayne34US #44
#30Edward33US #13
#31Roger32US #36
#32Carl31US #28
#33Lawrence31US #38
#34Michael31US #27
#35Dean30US #127
#36Leroy29US #56
#37Lee28US #78
#38Ralph28US #34
#39Joseph27US #12
#40Melvin27US #50
#41Howard26US #42
#42Norman26US #43
#43Gordon25US #75
#44Marvin25US #49
#45Eugene24US #33
#46Gene24US #61
#47Jay24US #136
#48Vernon24US #96
#49Bruce23US #70
#50Walter23US #26
#51Arthur22US #31
#52Keith22US #123
#53Ray22US #71
#54Billy21US #22
#55Duane21US #115
#56Earl21US #48
#57Glen21US #122
#58Joe21US #25
#59Lyle20US #167
#60Lynn20US #186
#61Glenn19US #88
#62Jimmy19US #45
#63Terry19US #113
#64Clifford18US #90
#65Max18US #141
#66Stanley18US #57
#67Clarence17US #54
#68Darrell17US #130
#69Delbert17US #161
#70Douglas17US #74
#71Floyd17US #80
#72Dick16US #153
#73Roy16US #40
#74Alfred15US #60
#75Boyd15
#76Harvey15US #95
#77Ted15US #147
#78Edwin14US #89
#79Neil14US #157
#80Rodney14US #151
#81Allen13US #76
#82Alvin13US #99
#83Leonard13US #58
#84Lester13US #116
#85Alan12US #103
#86Albert12US #37
#87Bobby12US #24
#88Henry12US #30
#89Russell12US #67
#90Ernest11US #53
#91Jimmie11US #72
#92Johnny11US #69
#93Jon11US #150
#94Leo11US #97
#95Lloyd11US #91
#96Philip11US #62
#97Rex11
#98Virgil11US #158
#99Clyde10US #93
#100Dee10

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑45Diane#40
↑39Rose#55
↑34Lee#37
↑33Michael#34
↑32Vernon#48
↑32Clarence#67
↑30Eugene#45
↑27Duane#55

Falling

↓44Anna#91
↓38Darrell#68
↓37Joann#69
↓37Ernest#90
↓35Albert#86
↓34Lloyd#95
↓31Gloria#58
↓27Dolores#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.