State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,050 Idaho births in 1945 across 380 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#47Kentoutside the national top 200
#50Brentoutside the national top 200
#51Dixieoutside the national top 200
#56Dick#196 nationally
#62Colleenoutside the national top 200
#47Deanna#175 nationally
#81Kayeoutside the national top 200
#75Sheryl#194 nationally
#42Lynn#156 nationally
#79Tim#192 nationally
#43Julie#155 nationally
#90Ronoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda217US #2
#2Mary169US #1
#3Carol134US #5
#4Judy126US #13
#5Karen118US #16
#6Sharon118US #8
#7Patricia109US #4
#8Barbara99US #3
#9Sandra95US #6
#10Susan84US #10
#11Marilyn82US #27
#12Carolyn80US #12
#13Janice72US #24
#14Donna69US #17
#15Nancy68US #7
#16Cheryl66US #32
#17Judith65US #9
#18Kathleen60US #19
#19Janet58US #20
#20Connie57US #47
#21Betty56US #11
#22Shirley52US #14
#23Diana50US #43
#24Bonnie49US #35
#25Diane45US #22
#26Joyce45US #18
#27Margaret44US #15
#28Ruth40US #33
#29Pamela35US #42
#30Gloria34US #23
#31Helen34US #31
#32Vicki33US #117
#33Dorothy29US #21
#34Lynda29US #111
#35Peggy29US #45
#36Beverly28US #37
#37Carole26US #51
#38Frances26US #34
#39Ann25US #39
#40Kathy25US #101
#41Virginia25US #28
#42Jean24US #38
#43Julie24US #155
#44Phyllis24US #40
#45Darlene23US #71
#46Kay23US #91
#47Deanna22US #175
#48Lois22US #48
#49Marie22US #49
#50Alice21US #41
#51Dixie21
#52Sue21US #66
#53Elizabeth20US #26
#54Joan20US #25
#55Norma20US #74
#56Elaine19US #44
#57Jane19US #36
#58Loretta19US #107
#59Marcia19US #88
#60Anne18US #81
#61Christine18US #62
#62Colleen18
#63Laura18US #77
#64Suzanne18US #68
#65Wanda18US #58
#66Jo17US #60
#67Patsy17US #84
#68Sherry17US #104
#69Ellen16US #61
#70Gail16US #52
#71Kathryn16US #65
#72Marsha16US #113
#73Maxine16US #162
#74Paulette16US #148
#75Sheryl16US #194
#76Brenda15US #29
#77Eileen15US #70
#78Glenda15US #92
#79Jeanette15US #122
#80Katherine15US #82
#81Kaye15
#82Rita15US #59
#83Charlene14US #114
#84Joanne14US #53
#85Martha14US #30
#86Patty14US #192
#87Sally14US #64
#88Wilma14US #128
#89Doris13US #46
#90Jackie13US #172
#91Marlene13US #110
#92Pat13US #154
#93Anita12US #100
#94Catherine12US #50
#95Charlotte12US #55
#96Dianna12US #182
#97Georgia12US #116
#98Geraldine12US #56
#99Jeanne12US #98
#100Juanita12US #108

Boys

#1Robert206US #2
#2John194US #3
#3James188US #1
#4Richard187US #5
#5David152US #6
#6Gary147US #13
#7Larry141US #11
#8Michael114US #9
#9Dennis112US #19
#10Ronald104US #10
#11William104US #4
#12Kenneth90US #16
#13Charles79US #7
#14Jerry79US #20
#15Terry62US #33
#16Thomas59US #8
#17George53US #15
#18Donald51US #12
#19Steven51US #43
#20Paul50US #17
#21Douglas44US #29
#22Jack44US #32
#23Roger43US #22
#24Gerald41US #25
#25Jim39US #68
#26Don36US #73
#27Raymond36US #23
#28Stephen36US #26
#29Mike35US #69
#30Steve34US #79
#31Frank33US #21
#32Wayne33US #35
#33Bruce32US #48
#34Dale32US #61
#35Keith30US #108
#36Alan28US #52
#37Roy28US #40
#38Stanley28US #59
#39Ralph27US #44
#40Joe26US #36
#41Joseph26US #14
#42Lynn26US #156
#43Bill25US #66
#44Edward25US #18
#45Gene25US #100
#46Daniel24US #24
#47Kent24
#48Rodney24US #105
#49Bob23US #107
#50Brent23
#51Tom23US #89
#52Fred22US #51
#53Ray22US #92
#54Danny21US #56
#55Dean21US #136
#56Dick21US #196
#57Marvin21US #80
#58Albert20US #49
#59Harold20US #28
#60Ronnie20US #67
#61Dan19US #127
#62Darrell19US #141
#63Jay19US #125
#64Lee19US #87
#65Ted19US #155
#66Timothy19US #70
#67Leroy18US #83
#68Norman18US #65
#69Glenn17US #93
#70Gordon17US #109
#71Johnny17US #45
#72Leslie17US #115
#73Mark17US #72
#74Melvin17US #78
#75Russell17US #64
#76Carl16US #39
#77Duane16US #138
#78Jimmy16US #41
#79Tim16US #192
#80Edwin15US #117
#81Leonard15US #57
#82Max15US #189
#83Patrick15US #63
#84Walter15US #27
#85Allen14US #74
#86Arthur14US #34
#87Earl14US #71
#88Gregory14US #96
#89Jon14US #112
#90Ron14
#91Tommy14US #75
#92Clifford13US #99
#93Dwight13US #126
#94Eugene13US #50
#95Glen13US #148
#96Louis13US #55
#97Lyle13US #194
#98Micheal13US #173
#99Victor13US #95
#100Barry12US #84

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑53Deanna#47
↑44Julie#43
↑40Carole#37
↑37Colleen#62
↑37Dick#56
↑34Steve#30
↑32Suzanne#64
↑29Elaine#56

Falling

↓43Eugene#94
↓40Anita#93
↓38Glenda#78
↓38Melvin#74
↓36Sally#87
↓31Joan#54
↓31Brenda#76
↓31Charlotte#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.