State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,732 Idaho births in 1938 across 399 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#35Lynn#181 nationally
#63Lola#199 nationally
#70Kentoutside the national top 200
#60Lyle#183 nationally
#84Colleenoutside the national top 200
#86Monteoutside the national top 200
#27Myrna#134 nationally
#95Betteoutside the national top 200
#93Verna#197 nationally
#98Ilaoutside the national top 200
#72Delbert#169 nationally
#42Jay#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary156US #1
#2Barbara151US #2
#3Carol149US #6
#4Sharon138US #30
#5Shirley118US #5
#6Patricia106US #3
#7Donna102US #20
#8Betty97US #4
#9Beverly76US #18
#10Marilyn70US #19
#11Sandra69US #14
#12Karen65US #50
#13Helen58US #13
#14Nancy57US #7
#15Margaret54US #9
#16Janet52US #16
#17Joyce52US #11
#18Norma48US #34
#19Dorothy47US #8
#20Carolyn46US #15
#21Joan44US #10
#22Darlene43US #76
#23Lois43US #33
#24Virginia41US #22
#25Janice40US #24
#26Ruth40US #21
#27Myrna38US #134
#28Judith37US #12
#29Marlene35US #51
#30Arlene33US #63
#31Gloria32US #36
#32Phyllis32US #28
#33Ann31US #32
#34Jo30US #78
#35Carole29US #46
#36Alice28US #29
#37Bonnie27US #65
#38Deanna26US #115
#39Elaine26US #42
#40Joann26US #68
#41Marjorie26US #53
#42Peggy26US #35
#43Sally26US #54
#44Jean25US #27
#45Frances24US #23
#46Joanne23US #57
#47Patsy23US #55
#48Connie22US #110
#49Doris22US #25
#50Judy22US #41
#51Diane21US #64
#52Kay21US #81
#53Marie21US #37
#54Rose21US #39
#55Ellen20US #89
#56Geraldine20US #45
#57Loretta20US #62
#58Anna19US #40
#59Charlotte19US #70
#60Evelyn19US #38
#61June19US #79
#62Linda19US #31
#63Lola19US #199
#64Jeanette18US #91
#65Pat18US #149
#66Anita17US #99
#67Charlene17US #143
#68Glenda17US #123
#69Roberta17US #73
#70Wanda17US #49
#71Kathleen16US #58
#72Louise16US #59
#73Martha16US #26
#74Delores15US #75
#75Dolores15US #43
#76Maxine15US #130
#77Pauline15US #97
#78Yvonne15US #101
#79Dixie14US #167
#80Laura14US #108
#81Velma14US #174
#82Ethel13US #94
#83Jeanne13US #148
#84Colleen12
#85Eleanor12US #60
#86Gail12US #77
#87Hazel12US #111
#88Jacqueline12US #69
#89Juanita12US #80
#90Lucille12US #106
#91Margie12US #109
#92Sylvia12US #56
#93Verna12US #197
#94Wilma12US #85
#95Bette11
#96Esther11US #120
#97Georgia11US #138
#98Ila11
#99Irene11US #72
#100Kathryn11US #114

Boys

#1Robert253US #1
#2James183US #2
#3Larry160US #16
#4Richard157US #5
#5Gary146US #22
#6John134US #3
#7Ronald119US #10
#8Donald116US #7
#9William114US #4
#10David108US #8
#11Charles90US #6
#12Jerry89US #17
#13Kenneth75US #14
#14Jack64US #25
#15George59US #11
#16Roger56US #31
#17Gerald55US #19
#18Wayne53US #40
#19Dale51US #56
#20Thomas45US #9
#21Paul42US #15
#22Don41US #52
#23Bill40US #67
#24Edward38US #13
#25Michael38US #21
#26Raymond38US #20
#27Jim36US #81
#28Norman36US #43
#29Ralph36US #35
#30Dennis35US #49
#31Joseph35US #12
#32Marvin34US #53
#33Terry33US #86
#34Fred32US #38
#35Lynn32US #181
#36Melvin32US #54
#37Harold30US #23
#38Keith30US #120
#39Carl29US #29
#40Gene29US #65
#41Gordon29US #78
#42Jay27US #138
#43Dean26US #129
#44Frank26US #18
#45Ray26US #72
#46Douglas25US #60
#47Howard25US #42
#48Lee25US #80
#49Bob24US #94
#50Eugene24US #33
#51Joe24US #28
#52Bruce23US #66
#53Roy23US #41
#54Walter23US #26
#55Lawrence22US #36
#56Leon22US #85
#57Arthur21US #32
#58Leroy21US #61
#59Lloyd21US #92
#60Lyle21US #183
#61Harry20US #44
#62Billy19US #24
#63Glen19US #121
#64Earl18US #50
#65Albert17US #37
#66Alvin17US #98
#67Russell17US #70
#68Daniel16US #39
#69Dick16US #165
#70Kent16
#71Philip16US #64
#72Delbert15US #169
#73Rodney15US #133
#74Warren15US #102
#75Clyde14US #97
#76Darrell14US #128
#77Duane14US #114
#78Floyd14US #96
#79Glenn14US #83
#80Phillip14US #95
#81Allen13US #73
#82Eddie13US #79
#83Edwin13US #90
#84Leo13US #104
#85Max13US #140
#86Monte13
#87Ronnie13US #113
#88Stanley13US #59
#89Vernon13US #103
#90Alan12US #91
#91Ernest12US #55
#92Jon12US #126
#93Mark12US #166
#94Patrick12US #88
#95Samuel12US #62
#96Steven12US #184
#97Tom12US #106
#98Wallace12US #139
#99Alfred11US #69
#100Clifford11US #89

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑51Judith#28
↑36Lloyd#59
↑35Marie#53
↑33Anna#58
↑33Linda#62
↑30Terry#33
↑29Joann#40
↑29Loretta#57

Falling

↓41Colleen#84
↓41Vernon#89
↓40Irene#99
↓38Evelyn#60
↓36Clifford#100
↓31Wilma#94
↓30Kathryn#100
↓29Bob#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.