State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,896 Idaho births in 1946 across 427 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#36Brentoutside the national top 200
#43Kent#195 nationally
#74Ronoutside the national top 200
#31Lynn#154 nationally
#83Vickieoutside the national top 200
#83Delbertoutside the national top 200
#85Colleenoutside the national top 200
#78Deanna#193 nationally
#87Vickyoutside the national top 200
#89Dickoutside the national top 200
#79Lana#189 nationally
#92Lyle#200 nationally

Girls

#1Linda283US #2
#2Mary180US #1
#3Carol167US #5
#4Sharon146US #9
#5Judy137US #11
#6Barbara134US #4
#7Sandra132US #6
#8Susan132US #8
#9Patricia115US #3
#10Karen114US #15
#11Nancy102US #7
#12Donna85US #13
#13Janet74US #21
#14Kathleen72US #16
#15Cheryl70US #27
#16Carolyn69US #12
#17Betty65US #14
#18Connie64US #45
#19Janice59US #22
#20Margaret59US #17
#21Marilyn59US #29
#22Shirley59US #18
#23Judith55US #10
#24Diana50US #42
#25Bonnie45US #33
#26Diane42US #19
#27Kathy42US #79
#28Pamela40US #34
#29Vicki37US #108
#30Ann36US #40
#31Joyce36US #20
#32Lynda33US #109
#33Beverly31US #30
#34Gloria31US #26
#35Ruth31US #38
#36Elizabeth30US #25
#37Jo30US #53
#38Lois30US #55
#39Darlene29US #71
#40Elaine29US #47
#41Sheila29US #70
#42Sue29US #61
#43Sherry28US #73
#44Virginia27US #31
#45Alice26US #44
#46Julie26US #128
#47Kathryn26US #63
#48Kay26US #101
#49Helen25US #36
#50Laura25US #75
#51Peggy25US #43
#52Dorothy24US #23
#53Gayle24US #141
#54Jean24US #37
#55Frances22US #39
#56Joan22US #28
#57Phyllis22US #41
#58Anita21US #84
#59Sheryl21US #165
#60Evelyn20US #65
#61Jane20US #35
#62Sally20US #67
#63Jeanne19US #83
#64Wanda19US #59
#65Brenda18US #24
#66Charlotte18US #64
#67Dianne18US #76
#68Gail18US #49
#69Glenda18US #99
#70Katherine18US #78
#71Pat18US #147
#72Catherine17US #48
#73Christine17US #50
#74Doris17US #51
#75Norma17US #77
#76Paula17US #69
#77Penny17US #163
#78Deanna16US #193
#79Lana16US #189
#80Marcia16US #89
#81Marsha16US #98
#82Rita16US #56
#83Vickie16
#84Claudia15US #124
#85Colleen15
#86Geraldine15US #66
#87Vicky15
#88Anna14US #87
#89Anne14US #81
#90Ellen14US #58
#91Marie14US #54
#92Marjorie14US #106
#93Marlene14US #112
#94Patty14US #191
#95Roberta14US #86
#96Charlene13US #107
#97Cynthia13US #46
#98Irene13US #102
#99Jeanette13US #121
#100Joanne13US #57

Boys

#1Robert248US #2
#2John245US #3
#3Richard221US #5
#4James213US #1
#5David196US #6
#6Larry166US #11
#7Gary163US #12
#8Michael153US #7
#9Dennis152US #17
#10William146US #4
#11Ronald123US #10
#12Donald98US #13
#13Terry96US #26
#14Kenneth92US #15
#15Charles91US #9
#16Jerry90US #20
#17Steven90US #28
#18Thomas87US #8
#19Roger63US #23
#20Paul59US #18
#21Mike55US #64
#22Bruce50US #32
#23Douglas49US #34
#24Dale48US #62
#25Stephen48US #24
#26George45US #16
#27Jack43US #35
#28Jim43US #73
#29Steve42US #69
#30Bill41US #72
#31Lynn40US #154
#32Alan38US #49
#33Tom38US #87
#34Don37US #79
#35Bob36US #107
#36Brent35
#37Fred35US #51
#38Gerald35US #27
#39Danny34US #46
#40Daniel33US #21
#41Frank32US #22
#42Keith32US #96
#43Kent32US #195
#44Harold31US #33
#45Wayne31US #29
#46Edward29US #19
#47Marvin29US #88
#48Rodney29US #93
#49Mark28US #58
#50Raymond28US #25
#51Carl27US #39
#52Gordon27US #111
#53Dean26US #132
#54Joe26US #37
#55Joseph26US #14
#56Ralph26US #48
#57Patrick25US #59
#58Arthur24US #36
#59Craig24US #108
#60Norman24US #76
#61Ronnie24US #54
#62Billy23US #45
#63Lee23US #91
#64Scott23US #155
#65Timothy23US #60
#66Dan22US #116
#67Stanley22US #65
#68Allen21US #74
#69Leslie21US #119
#70Ernest20US #71
#71Gene19US #98
#72Jimmy19US #42
#73Lloyd19US #106
#74Ron19
#75Ted19US #158
#76Albert18US #52
#77Barry18US #68
#78Duane18US #142
#79Earl18US #82
#80Gregory18US #56
#81Philip18US #61
#82Russell18US #66
#83Delbert17
#84Howard17US #55
#85Lawrence17US #31
#86Randall17US #123
#87Vernon17US #130
#88Walter17US #30
#89Dick16
#90Johnny16US #47
#91Leon16US #113
#92Lyle16US #200
#93Melvin16US #86
#94Eddie15US #85
#95Jay15US #115
#96Jon15US #117
#97Lewis15US #118
#98Phillip15US #83
#99Randy15US #148
#100Roy15US #43

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑36Jeanne#63
↑35Anita#58
↑29Jo#37
↑29Charlotte#66
↑28Arthur#58
↑26Patrick#57
↑25Sherry#43
↑25Sally#62

Falling

↓63Roy#100
↓42Marie#91
↓33Dick#89
↓32Jay#95
↓31Deanna#78
↓29Anne#89
↓29Stanley#67
↓26Gene#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.