State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,777 Idaho births in 1943 across 398 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#32Brentoutside the national top 200
#59Colleenoutside the national top 200
#70Rexoutside the national top 200
#50Vicki#179 nationally
#74Kent#198 nationally
#33Lynn#147 nationally
#48Julie#156 nationally
#79Patty#187 nationally
#93Myrnaoutside the national top 200
#53Deanna#160 nationally
#65Jackie#172 nationally
#79Lyle#185 nationally

Girls

#1Linda236US #4
#2Sharon188US #8
#3Mary162US #1
#4Carol159US #5
#5Barbara129US #2
#6Judy126US #13
#7Karen124US #15
#8Patricia107US #3
#9Sandra95US #6
#10Nancy84US #9
#11Janet74US #20
#12Shirley74US #12
#13Bonnie71US #34
#14Judith69US #7
#15Donna66US #17
#16Marilyn66US #27
#17Carolyn62US #11
#18Joyce62US #16
#19Janice61US #26
#20Kathleen61US #22
#21Betty57US #10
#22Joan49US #21
#23Susan48US #18
#24Connie47US #59
#25Margaret46US #14
#26Dorothy44US #19
#27Diane42US #24
#28Beverly36US #32
#29Ann33US #37
#30Gloria32US #30
#31Lois32US #43
#32Virginia32US #25
#33Kay30US #81
#34Peggy30US #41
#35Sally30US #57
#36Alice29US #38
#37Phyllis29US #39
#38Cheryl27US #102
#39Helen27US #28
#40Ruth27US #33
#41Brenda26US #35
#42Roberta26US #66
#43Joann25US #60
#44Rita24US #52
#45Darlene23US #73
#46Diana23US #62
#47Elizabeth23US #23
#48Julie23US #156
#49Kathryn23US #75
#50Vicki23US #179
#51Jo22US #63
#52Marsha22US #132
#53Deanna21US #160
#54Glenda21US #83
#55Norma21US #58
#56Elaine20US #46
#57Kathy20US #136
#58Pat20US #145
#59Colleen19
#60Jean19US #36
#61Lynda19US #115
#62Marjorie19US #79
#63Charlotte18US #47
#64Georgia18US #119
#65Jackie18US #172
#66Marie18US #45
#67Martha18US #29
#68Charlene17US #121
#69Frances17US #31
#70Louise17US #70
#71Wanda17US #56
#72Doris16US #40
#73Ellen16US #67
#74Gail16US #55
#75Irene16US #85
#76Pamela16US #54
#77Geraldine15US #51
#78Laura15US #117
#79Patty15US #187
#80Sue15US #72
#81Carole14US #42
#82Evelyn14US #53
#83Katherine14US #78
#84Sherry14US #123
#85Sylvia14US #77
#86Wilma14US #120
#87Anita13US #98
#88Anna13US #64
#89Jane13US #44
#90Joanne13US #49
#91Marlene13US #104
#92Maxine13US #153
#93Myrna13
#94Annette12US #142
#95Beth12
#96Delores12US #99
#97Jacqueline12US #65
#98Julia12US #95
#99Kaye12
#100Lynn12US #134

Boys

#1Robert283US #2
#2James212US #1
#3John200US #3
#4Richard195US #5
#5Larry193US #12
#6Gary176US #16
#7David159US #6
#8Ronald157US #9
#9William142US #4
#10Dennis111US #20
#11Jerry104US #17
#12Donald99US #11
#13Michael91US #10
#14Charles87US #7
#15Kenneth80US #15
#16Jack67US #34
#17Thomas65US #8
#18George52US #14
#19Gerald50US #23
#20Roger48US #24
#21Steven48US #58
#22Terry48US #49
#23Dale47US #59
#24Jim39US #75
#25Paul39US #19
#26Raymond39US #22
#27Douglas38US #28
#28Joseph38US #13
#29Bruce37US #51
#30Don36US #72
#31Harold35US #27
#32Brent34
#33Lynn34US #147
#34Wayne34US #41
#35Ralph31US #40
#36Carl30US #33
#37Edward30US #18
#38Daniel28US #25
#39Fred28US #45
#40Keith28US #108
#41Mike27US #90
#42Stephen27US #29
#43Bill26US #65
#44Ray26US #84
#45Stanley26US #54
#46Earl25US #60
#47Frank25US #21
#48Melvin25US #63
#49Steve25US #93
#50Alan24US #67
#51Jay24US #134
#52Lawrence24US #32
#53Marvin24US #66
#54Norman24US #56
#55Roy24US #38
#56Glen23US #146
#57Leroy23US #74
#58Danny22US #88
#59Joe22US #35
#60Rodney22US #118
#61Gordon21US #98
#62Howard20US #48
#63Patrick20US #69
#64Bob19US #110
#65Duane18US #138
#66Eugene18US #47
#67Harry18US #50
#68Lee18US #91
#69Mark18US #101
#70Rex18
#71Vernon18US #117
#72Arthur17US #30
#73Gene17US #89
#74Kent17US #198
#75Alvin16US #113
#76Calvin16US #126
#77Dean16US #142
#78Jimmy16US #42
#79Lyle16US #185
#80Phillip16US #81
#81Darrell15US #140
#82Ernest15US #61
#83Johnny15US #52
#84Ronnie15US #71
#85Samuel15US #62
#86Tom15US #87
#87Tommy15US #77
#88Walter15US #26
#89Allen14US #76
#90Barry14US #82
#91Billy14US #37
#92Francis14US #64
#93Glenn14US #85
#94Lloyd14US #104
#95Russell14US #73
#96Curtis13US #100
#97Dick13US #188
#98Dwight13US #158
#99Floyd13US #112
#100Jon13US #127

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑60Cheryl#38
↑56Brenda#41
↑47Alan#50
↑40Rita#44
↑33Steve#49
↑30Sally#35
↑29Diana#46
↑29Bruce#29

Falling

↓43Marlene#91
↓41Carole#81
↓41Darrell#81
↓41Russell#95
↓38Walter#88
↓34Geraldine#77
↓34Jacqueline#97
↓32Myrna#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.