State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,122 Idaho births in 1940 across 404 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#47Brentoutside the national top 200
#25Lynn#160 nationally
#47Dixie#171 nationally
#79Colleenoutside the national top 200
#84Lornaoutside the national top 200
#86Sherryoutside the national top 200
#88Rexoutside the national top 200
#40Myrna#150 nationally
#91Doyleoutside the national top 200
#63Dick#171 nationally
#94Monteoutside the national top 200
#30Deanna#136 nationally

Girls

#1Sharon211US #17
#2Mary144US #1
#3Barbara134US #2
#4Carol128US #6
#5Patricia114US #3
#6Linda112US #8
#7Karen93US #34
#8Betty85US #5
#9Shirley82US #9
#10Donna80US #23
#11Judy79US #16
#12Sandra78US #10
#13Margaret66US #11
#14Nancy64US #7
#15Judith63US #4
#16Marilyn62US #25
#17Beverly55US #27
#18Bonnie54US #39
#19Darlene53US #79
#20Carolyn52US #15
#21Joyce52US #13
#22Helen50US #18
#23Janet47US #19
#24Lois45US #38
#25Dorothy43US #12
#26Janice43US #22
#27Joan43US #14
#28Ann39US #35
#29Phyllis38US #33
#30Deanna37US #136
#31Connie36US #88
#32Ruth34US #24
#33Norma33US #43
#34Alice30US #32
#35Gloria29US #30
#36Peggy29US #37
#37Kay28US #77
#38June26US #82
#39Wanda26US #52
#40Myrna25US #150
#41Virginia25US #21
#42Pat24US #134
#43Doris23US #31
#44Ellen23US #74
#45Jean23US #29
#46Rose23US #44
#47Dixie22US #171
#48Elaine22US #50
#49Frances22US #28
#50Joann22US #63
#51Kathleen21US #40
#52Arlene20US #75
#53Delores20US #83
#54Geraldine20US #46
#55Diane19US #45
#56Evelyn19US #48
#57Marie19US #41
#58Sally19US #61
#59Susan19US #36
#60Anita18US #87
#61Joanne18US #54
#62Roberta18US #71
#63Brenda17US #42
#64Carole17US #49
#65Elizabeth17US #20
#66Juanita17US #78
#67Kathryn17US #103
#68Anna16US #51
#69Charlotte16US #55
#70Jo16US #72
#71Maxine16US #137
#72Rita16US #70
#73Sylvia16US #62
#74Gail15US #65
#75Julia15US #91
#76Laura15US #108
#77Lynda15US #165
#78Marlene15US #80
#79Colleen14
#80Edith14US #98
#81Gayle14US #177
#82Irene14US #73
#83Jeanette14US #90
#84Lorna14
#85Marjorie14US #64
#86Sherry14
#87Audrey13US #99
#88Loretta13US #69
#89Patsy13US #57
#90Pauline13US #104
#91Rosalie13US #139
#92Wilma13US #93
#93Diana12US #117
#94Elsie12US #151
#95Georgia12US #138
#96Katherine12US #92
#97Marcia12US #112
#98Verna12
#99Anne11US #84
#100Jane11US #47

Boys

#1Robert242US #2
#2Gary194US #19
#3Larry179US #13
#4Richard179US #5
#5John171US #3
#6James154US #1
#7David139US #7
#8William128US #4
#9Ronald111US #10
#10Donald96US #9
#11Charles94US #6
#12Jerry94US #14
#13Kenneth74US #15
#14Michael73US #18
#15Dennis66US #24
#16George58US #11
#17Thomas51US #8
#18Paul46US #17
#19Don45US #62
#20Gerald44US #21
#21Harold44US #23
#22Jack44US #29
#23Roger41US #26
#24Marvin40US #63
#25Lynn39US #160
#26Dale38US #57
#27Norman38US #48
#28Wayne38US #39
#29Jim36US #78
#30Melvin36US #53
#31Edward35US #16
#32Raymond34US #22
#33Bruce33US #55
#34Darrell31US #131
#35Leroy31US #66
#36Ralph31US #37
#37Carl30US #32
#38Keith30US #125
#39Bob29US #99
#40Jay29US #139
#41Arthur28US #33
#42Bill28US #67
#43Ray27US #77
#44Terry26US #73
#45Gordon25US #91
#46Allen24US #71
#47Brent24
#48Fred24US #40
#49Gene24US #70
#50Joe24US #28
#51Joseph24US #12
#52Billy23US #27
#53Lawrence23US #36
#54Dean22US #143
#55Frank22US #20
#56Lee22US #80
#57Leonard22US #54
#58Steven22US #119
#59Vernon22US #105
#60Douglas21US #56
#61Rodney21US #133
#62Ronnie21US #101
#63Dick20US #171
#64Eugene20US #38
#65Howard20US #45
#66Mike20US #122
#67Stanley20US #59
#68Walter20US #25
#69Albert19US #41
#70Earl19US #52
#71Roy19US #42
#72Stephen19US #49
#73Steve19US #121
#74Duane18US #134
#75Patrick18US #74
#76Virgil18US #166
#77Lyle17US #173
#78Max17US #165
#79Danny16US #126
#80Glen16US #130
#81Leon16US #89
#82Russell16US #72
#83Tom16US #92
#84Floyd15US #103
#85Henry15US #31
#86Karl15US #174
#87Lloyd15US #100
#88Rex15
#89Ted15US #159
#90Clifford14US #94
#91Doyle14
#92Jimmy14US #44
#93Jon14US #123
#94Monte14
#95Darwin13
#96Eldon13
#97Glenn13US #83
#98Harry13US #47
#99Ivan13
#100Neil13US #156

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑44Ellen#44
↑40Bruce#33
↑36Rodney#61
↑35Kay#37
↑31Juanita#66
↑30Albert#69
↑29Gloria#35
↑28Norman#27

Falling

↓46Marjorie#85
↓34Colleen#79
↓34Rosalie#91
↓34Wilma#92
↓30Earl#70
↓30Jimmy#92
↓30Eldon#96
↓30Glenn#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.