State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,697 Idaho births in 1939 across 389 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#45Colleenoutside the national top 200
#49Brentoutside the national top 200
#64Kentoutside the national top 200
#66Eldonoutside the national top 200
#41Dixie#169 nationally
#48Lynn#167 nationally
#83Dallasoutside the national top 200
#58Lyle#175 nationally
#29Myrna#144 nationally
#90Glennaoutside the national top 200
#91Sherryoutside the national top 200
#93Boydoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Sharon158US #23
#2Barbara152US #2
#3Mary144US #1
#4Patricia127US #3
#5Carol113US #6
#6Donna103US #20
#7Shirley85US #5
#8Betty73US #4
#9Beverly72US #25
#10Karen71US #39
#11Marilyn66US #19
#12Janet62US #17
#13Sandra61US #13
#14Joan57US #11
#15Carolyn56US #14
#16Judy55US #28
#17Linda55US #15
#18Joyce54US #12
#19Bonnie52US #61
#20Judith52US #8
#21Janice50US #24
#22Lois48US #35
#23Nancy48US #7
#24Helen47US #16
#25Darlene44US #75
#26Margaret37US #10
#27Norma37US #38
#28Ruth37US #22
#29Myrna36US #144
#30Virginia36US #21
#31Dorothy35US #9
#32Deanna33US #133
#33Doris33US #29
#34Kathleen33US #48
#35Alice31US #31
#36Frances29US #26
#37Roberta29US #71
#38Ann28US #33
#39Marjorie28US #60
#40Charlotte27US #66
#41Dixie26US #169
#42Jean26US #32
#43Connie25US #111
#44Sally25US #52
#45Colleen24
#46Elaine24US #45
#47Evelyn24US #40
#48Joann23US #57
#49Marlene23US #64
#50Rose23US #42
#51Anita22US #97
#52Joanne22US #53
#53June22US #83
#54Peggy22US #34
#55Phyllis22US #30
#56Wanda21US #50
#57Rosalie20US #114
#58Wilma20US #87
#59Delores19US #79
#60Diane19US #51
#61Maxine19US #137
#62Pat19US #142
#63Glenda18US #112
#64Gloria18US #36
#65Jeanette18US #82
#66Loretta18US #65
#67Marie18US #37
#68Anna17US #43
#69Dolores17US #58
#70Elizabeth17US #18
#71Jo17US #70
#72Kay17US #76
#73Patsy17US #56
#74Geraldine16US #41
#75Jacqueline16US #72
#76Arlene15US #69
#77Eleanor15US #63
#78Gail15US #73
#79Jackie14US #185
#80Lorraine14US #95
#81Rita14US #78
#82Susan14US #44
#83Jane13US #46
#84Kathryn13US #106
#85Martha13US #27
#86Verna13US #190
#87Vivian13US #128
#88Ellen12US #80
#89Eva12US #129
#90Glenna12
#91Sherry12
#92Sylvia12US #62
#93Thelma12US #88
#94Billie11US #149
#95Edith11US #102
#96Elsie11US #140
#97Juanita11US #77
#98Louise11US #59
#99Mildred11US #55
#100Vonda11

Boys

#1Robert243US #1
#2Gary176US #21
#3Richard171US #5
#4John165US #3
#5Larry161US #14
#6James156US #2
#7William135US #4
#8David134US #7
#9Ronald122US #10
#10Donald105US #8
#11Jerry93US #16
#12Kenneth77US #13
#13Charles76US #6
#14Dennis62US #34
#15Gerald54US #19
#16Jack53US #26
#17George49US #11
#18Dale48US #59
#19Edward47US #15
#20Thomas46US #9
#21Michael45US #18
#22Roger43US #28
#23Paul42US #17
#24Terry39US #83
#25Melvin38US #51
#26Ralph38US #35
#27Wayne38US #39
#28Marvin37US #52
#29Bill32US #67
#30Harold32US #23
#31Raymond32US #22
#32Don31US #56
#33Darrell30US #130
#34Dean30US #134
#35Frank30US #20
#36Fred30US #40
#37Joseph30US #12
#38Jim29US #75
#39Douglas27US #58
#40Earl27US #50
#41Walter27US #25
#42Eugene26US #37
#43Bob25US #89
#44Carl25US #30
#45Gene25US #69
#46Gordon25US #82
#47Joe25US #27
#48Lynn25US #167
#49Brent24
#50Daniel24US #38
#51Jay23US #142
#52Lawrence23US #36
#53Keith22US #117
#54Leroy22US #61
#55Norman22US #44
#56Steven22US #144
#57Edwin21US #96
#58Lyle21US #175
#59Roy21US #42
#60Arthur20US #32
#61Billy20US #24
#62Jimmy20US #43
#63Glen19US #123
#64Kent19
#65Ronnie19US #109
#66Eldon18
#67Glenn18US #87
#68Lee18US #78
#69Ray18US #74
#70Russell18US #73
#71Ted18US #149
#72Allen17US #72
#73Bruce17US #64
#74Lloyd17US #95
#75Max17US #162
#76Stanley16US #57
#77Vernon16US #100
#78Duane15US #118
#79Eddie15US #81
#80Howard15US #47
#81Stephen15US #65
#82Clifford14US #88
#83Dallas14
#84Delbert14US #174
#85Leonard14US #54
#86Lonnie14US #150
#87Mike14US #129
#88Patrick14US #79
#89Arnold13US #113
#90Dick13US #169
#91Everett13US #163
#92Warren13US #104
#93Boyd12
#94Harry12US #45
#95Leland12
#96Monte12
#97Rodney12US #122
#98Steve12US #139
#99Albert11US #41
#100Darwin11

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑45Linda#17
↑43Darrell#33
↑40Steven#56
↑39Colleen#45
↑38Dixie#41
↑37Kathleen#34
↑36Wilma#58
↑34Judy#16

Falling

↓46Arlene#76
↓37Jo#71
↓34Albert#99
↓33Gloria#64
↓33Ellen#88
↓33Howard#80
↓33Harry#94
↓27Norman#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.