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Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,158 Idaho births in 1941 across 393 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#55Kentoutside the national top 200
#60Colleenoutside the national top 200
#46Dixie#181 nationally
#69Brentoutside the national top 200
#75Altaoutside the national top 200
#47Dick#171 nationally
#86Grantoutside the national top 200
#56Julie#169 nationally
#32Lynn#141 nationally
#34Dean#143 nationally
#64Lyle#168 nationally
#65Max#169 nationally

Girls

#1Sharon171US #15
#2Linda164US #5
#3Karen134US #19
#4Patricia134US #3
#5Mary126US #1
#6Carol122US #4
#7Barbara119US #2
#8Judy118US #16
#9Sandra95US #9
#10Judith80US #6
#11Donna75US #20
#12Shirley74US #10
#13Carolyn73US #11
#14Betty70US #7
#15Marilyn65US #30
#16Janet64US #18
#17Bonnie59US #33
#18Joyce58US #13
#19Janice56US #22
#20Beverly52US #29
#21Nancy51US #8
#22Joan46US #17
#23Phyllis44US #35
#24Ann40US #37
#25Dorothy40US #14
#26Kay40US #70
#27Margaret40US #12
#28Ruth40US #28
#29Alice37US #34
#30Diane36US #40
#31Evelyn34US #50
#32Gloria34US #26
#33Helen34US #24
#34Connie33US #79
#35Kathleen33US #36
#36Lois32US #43
#37Darlene31US #76
#38Frances30US #31
#39Norma30US #47
#40Elaine29US #44
#41Susan29US #27
#42Virginia29US #23
#43Elizabeth27US #21
#44Ellen26US #67
#45Deanna25US #137
#46Dixie25US #181
#47Doris25US #38
#48Carole24US #48
#49Peggy24US #39
#50Joann23US #58
#51Wanda23US #53
#52Jo21US #66
#53Marie21US #42
#54Roberta20US #72
#55Jean19US #32
#56Julie18US #169
#57Maxine18US #139
#58Myrna18US #161
#59Anita17US #91
#60Colleen17
#61Patsy17US #52
#62Charlene16US #125
#63Georgia16US #127
#64Juanita16US #84
#65Loretta16US #81
#66Lynda16US #153
#67Marjorie16US #71
#68Charlotte15US #55
#69Clara15US #111
#70Jane15US #46
#71Joy15US #150
#72Marlene15US #83
#73Pat15US #134
#74Sally15US #61
#75Alta14
#76Anna14US #56
#77Arlene14US #77
#78June14US #90
#79Louise14US #62
#80Marcia14US #105
#81Rita14US #63
#82Brenda13US #41
#83Gail13US #68
#84Geraldine13US #45
#85Laura13US #115
#86Martha13US #25
#87Patty13US #176
#88Rosalie13US #152
#89Sherry13US #172
#90Sylvia13US #65
#91Edna12US #89
#92Gayle12US #187
#93Glenda12US #96
#94Irene12US #74
#95Jeanette12US #98
#96Katherine12US #85
#97Sue12US #75
#98Joanne11US #54
#99Lillian11US #104
#100Lola11

Boys

#1Robert237US #2
#2James223US #1
#3Richard197US #5
#4Larry169US #11
#5Gary163US #19
#6John162US #3
#7William154US #4
#8David149US #7
#9Ronald139US #9
#10Jerry91US #14
#11Dennis85US #23
#12Charles80US #6
#13Michael80US #16
#14Donald79US #10
#15Thomas74US #8
#16Kenneth70US #15
#17George65US #13
#18Dale59US #59
#19Gerald56US #20
#20Roger48US #25
#21Paul45US #18
#22Don39US #66
#23Jack38US #32
#24Wayne37US #37
#25Edward36US #17
#26Raymond35US #22
#27Melvin34US #56
#28Frank33US #21
#29Terry32US #64
#30Fred31US #43
#31Jim31US #80
#32Lynn31US #141
#33Steven31US #90
#34Dean30US #143
#35Douglas29US #53
#36Stanley29US #57
#37Carl28US #29
#38Harold28US #24
#39Duane27US #129
#40Gene27US #72
#41Norman27US #49
#42Marvin26US #63
#43Roy26US #39
#44Bruce25US #51
#45Lawrence25US #34
#46Bill24US #68
#47Dick24US #171
#48Keith24US #119
#49Leroy24US #67
#50Eugene23US #42
#51Stephen23US #41
#52Bob22US #103
#53Joe22US #30
#54Joseph22US #12
#55Kent22
#56Steve22US #112
#57Jay21US #137
#58Ralph21US #38
#59Allen20US #73
#60Darrell20US #130
#61Gordon20US #92
#62Patrick20US #70
#63Arthur19US #33
#64Lyle19US #168
#65Max19US #169
#66Mike19US #111
#67Philip19US #52
#68Barry18US #91
#69Brent18
#70Harry18US #48
#71Rodney18US #127
#72Walter18US #26
#73Earl17US #58
#74Billy16US #27
#75Floyd16US #102
#76Leonard16US #54
#77Lloyd16US #96
#78Neil16US #161
#79Ray16US #83
#80Warren16US #105
#81Phillip15US #77
#82Vernon15US #108
#83Alfred14US #74
#84Clifford14US #94
#85Daniel14US #31
#86Grant14
#87Lee14US #81
#88Lester14US #125
#89Mark14US #122
#90Tom14US #88
#91Danny13US #120
#92Delbert13US #192
#93Glenn13US #86
#94Henry13US #28
#95Jon13US #128
#96Albert12US #40
#97Boyd12
#98Doyle12
#99Eddie12US #78
#100Jimmy12US #45

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑35Duane#39
↑32Georgia#63
↑31Stanley#36
↑30Jane#70
↑28Patsy#61
↑28Roy#43
↑28Harry#70
↑27Frank#28

Falling

↓40June#78
↓37Joanne#98
↓36Ray#79
↓31Pat#73
↓31Lee#87
↓30Geraldine#84
↓27Albert#96
↓26Darrell#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.