State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,833 Idaho births in 1947 across 448 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#34Brentoutside the national top 200
#68Colleenoutside the national top 200
#75Deannaoutside the national top 200
#60Kent#182 nationally
#62Rick#183 nationally
#84Ronoutside the national top 200
#54Vickie#169 nationally
#100Dickoutside the national top 200
#88Dianna#185 nationally
#87Carla#182 nationally
#65Lynn#151 nationally
#90Greg#171 nationally

Girls

#1Linda530US #1
#2Mary188US #2
#3Sandra151US #5
#4Susan142US #8
#5Judy140US #14
#6Sharon140US #9
#7Carol139US #6
#8Patricia128US #3
#9Barbara127US #4
#10Nancy119US #7
#11Karen109US #13
#12Connie97US #43
#13Janet82US #23
#14Donna74US #10
#15Kathleen73US #11
#16Marilyn72US #29
#17Bonnie71US #35
#18Janice71US #22
#19Cheryl66US #24
#20Pamela66US #28
#21Judith64US #12
#22Shirley62US #19
#23Carolyn58US #15
#24Margaret56US #16
#25Betty54US #17
#26Diane51US #18
#27Kathy51US #64
#28Diana49US #48
#29Peggy49US #42
#30Vicki48US #101
#31Sherry43US #67
#32Ann42US #41
#33Lynda42US #77
#34Joyce41US #20
#35Paula41US #54
#36Christine40US #45
#37Helen40US #38
#38Beverly38US #31
#39Joan38US #30
#40Jean36US #40
#41Kay36US #104
#42Dorothy35US #26
#43Jo34US #51
#44Kathryn33US #55
#45Virginia33US #34
#46Lois32US #63
#47Anita31US #94
#48Phyllis31US #37
#49Alice30US #47
#50Jane30US #36
#51Sheila30US #73
#52Suzanne30US #53
#53Gloria29US #27
#54Vickie29US #169
#55Evelyn27US #72
#56Ruth27US #44
#57Marsha26US #88
#58Sally26US #70
#59Julie25US #124
#60Gail24US #49
#61Glenda24US #96
#62Catherine23US #46
#63Marcia23US #81
#64Martha23US #32
#65Penny23US #142
#66Sue23US #69
#67Charlotte22US #68
#68Colleen22
#69Teresa22US #121
#70Darlene21US #71
#71Elizabeth21US #25
#72Jacqueline21US #59
#73Katherine21US #76
#74Rose21US #65
#75Deanna20
#76Elaine20US #50
#77Marie20US #57
#78Norma20US #82
#79Brenda19US #21
#80Cynthia19US #33
#81Dianne19US #83
#82Ellen19US #61
#83Jeanne19US #86
#84Leslie19US #132
#85Lorraine19US #84
#86Wanda19US #66
#87Carla18US #182
#88Dianna18US #185
#89Julia18US #116
#90Terry18US #135
#91Irene17US #107
#92Joanne17US #56
#93Laura17US #74
#94Lynn17US #75
#95Charlene16US #105
#96Joann16US #89
#97Maureen16US #98
#98Roberta16US #90
#99Yvonne16US #117
#100Eileen15US #91

Boys

#1Robert273US #2
#2James258US #1
#3David254US #6
#4Richard250US #5
#5John248US #3
#6Larry205US #10
#7Michael202US #7
#8Gary179US #12
#9Dennis169US #17
#10Ronald167US #11
#11William143US #4
#12Steven126US #24
#13Terry119US #26
#14Thomas116US #8
#15Jerry103US #20
#16Charles101US #9
#17Donald92US #13
#18Kenneth92US #15
#19George73US #16
#20Steve73US #58
#21Mike65US #65
#22Paul64US #18
#23Wayne63US #30
#24Danny62US #39
#25Bill61US #76
#26Dale59US #63
#27Douglas59US #31
#28Roger55US #25
#29Bruce54US #29
#30Jim54US #77
#31Stephen54US #21
#32Edward48US #19
#33Jack47US #37
#34Brent45
#35Rodney45US #94
#36Alan44US #45
#37Mark42US #47
#38Gerald40US #28
#39Randy39US #116
#40Keith37US #91
#41Bob36US #115
#42Daniel36US #22
#43Gregory36US #33
#44Fred35US #56
#45Craig34US #93
#46Dan34US #109
#47Joseph34US #14
#48Ralph34US #50
#49Don33US #86
#50Harold31US #35
#51Joe31US #43
#52Roy31US #48
#53Tom31US #87
#54Ray30US #97
#55Jay28US #119
#56Patrick28US #53
#57Raymond28US #27
#58Ronnie28US #61
#59Frank27US #23
#60Kent27US #182
#61Lee27US #92
#62Rick27US #183
#63Allen26US #73
#64Arthur26US #38
#65Lynn26US #151
#66Melvin26US #85
#67Russell26US #69
#68Carl25US #40
#69Dean25US #140
#70Stanley25US #67
#71Scott24US #139
#72Timothy24US #52
#73Duane23US #135
#74Howard23US #62
#75Marvin23US #89
#76Tony23US #126
#77Walter23US #34
#78Barry22US #68
#79Ernest22US #75
#80Leslie22US #124
#81Norman21US #81
#82Lawrence20US #32
#83Randall20US #106
#84Ron20
#85Gene19US #103
#86Johnny19US #49
#87Darrell18US #125
#88Glenn18US #70
#89Gordon18US #111
#90Greg18US #171
#91Philip18US #57
#92Glen17US #138
#93Lonnie17US #137
#94Vernon17US #134
#95Dave16US #155
#96Eugene16US #59
#97Henry16US #46
#98Lloyd16US #112
#99Micheal16US #159
#100Dick15

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑60Randy#39
↑48Roy#52
↑41Paula#35
↑40Jay#55
↑37Christine#36
↑37Gregory#43
↑29Vickie#54
↑27Melvin#66

Falling

↓43Laura#93
↓37Gordon#89
↓36Elaine#76
↓35Elizabeth#71
↓34Lynn#65
↓31Darlene#70
↓28Marvin#75
↓25Lloyd#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.