State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,845 Idaho births in 1949 across 456 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#39Brentoutside the national top 200
#70Kent#194 nationally
#40Lynn#159 nationally
#82Lyleoutside the national top 200
#69Carla#187 nationally
#83Rexoutside the national top 200
#88Deannaoutside the national top 200
#91Karlaoutside the national top 200
#92Maxoutside the national top 200
#96Kristineoutside the national top 200
#98Billieoutside the national top 200
#100Darreloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda415US #1
#2Mary198US #2
#3Susan190US #5
#4Patricia152US #3
#5Sandra134US #6
#6Carol133US #8
#7Kathleen127US #9
#8Karen125US #11
#9Judy116US #20
#10Sharon115US #10
#11Barbara110US #4
#12Nancy107US #7
#13Pamela84US #21
#14Donna79US #12
#15Janet76US #23
#16Cheryl74US #28
#17Marilyn74US #33
#18Connie71US #43
#19Janice71US #24
#20Judith63US #16
#21Carolyn62US #17
#22Shirley62US #18
#23Vicki62US #70
#24Bonnie61US #35
#25Diane61US #19
#26Christine58US #30
#27Margaret58US #14
#28Peggy58US #38
#29Kathy55US #42
#30Diana52US #48
#31Kathryn48US #52
#32Brenda47US #13
#33Betty43US #22
#34Marsha43US #79
#35Katherine42US #59
#36Ann40US #44
#37Cynthia39US #27
#38Deborah39US #15
#39Joyce39US #26
#40Beverly37US #31
#41Teresa36US #82
#42Elizabeth35US #25
#43Sherry35US #68
#44Laura33US #65
#45Rebecca33US #40
#46Darlene32US #75
#47Gloria32US #29
#48Jo31US #60
#49Colleen30US #146
#50Julie30US #113
#51Rita30US #54
#52Catherine29US #37
#53Helen29US #46
#54Marcia28US #78
#55Vickie28US #124
#56Virginia28US #39
#57Alice27US #53
#58Sheryl27US #149
#59Dorothy26US #32
#60Louise26US #104
#61Sheila26US #76
#62Jacqueline25US #58
#63Jane25US #41
#64Lynda25US #93
#65Sally25US #77
#66Gail24US #51
#67Ruth24US #47
#68Suzanne24US #62
#69Carla23US #187
#70Elaine23US #57
#71Kay23US #119
#72Lois23US #73
#73Marlene23US #110
#74Terry23US #115
#75Paula22US #55
#76Phyllis22US #50
#77Dianne21US #85
#78Ellen21US #64
#79Joan21US #36
#80Rose21US #66
#81Theresa21US #63
#82Charlotte20US #71
#83Penny20US #158
#84Roberta20US #97
#85Victoria20US #96
#86Cathy19US #81
#87Lynn19US #74
#88Deanna18
#89Glenda18US #87
#90Jean18US #45
#91Karla17
#92Martha17US #34
#93Anita16US #99
#94Christina16US #160
#95Evelyn16US #80
#96Kristine16
#97Leslie16US #132
#98Billie15
#99Charlene15US #100
#100Constance15US #83

Boys

#1Robert293US #2
#2John274US #3
#3David270US #6
#4Michael252US #5
#5James220US #1
#6Richard203US #7
#7Steven188US #20
#8Gary182US #12
#9William181US #4
#10Larry161US #10
#11Ronald148US #11
#12Dennis130US #16
#13Thomas114US #8
#14Charles108US #9
#15Donald104US #13
#16Kenneth99US #15
#17Terry98US #28
#18Jerry87US #23
#19Douglas86US #29
#20Bruce73US #26
#21Randy72US #92
#22Stephen70US #19
#23Mark69US #24
#24Roger68US #25
#25Dale66US #54
#26Paul65US #17
#27Danny64US #40
#28Daniel55US #22
#29Wayne53US #35
#30Jack52US #47
#31Gregory48US #31
#32Timothy48US #34
#33George47US #18
#34Craig45US #77
#35Gerald44US #33
#36Keith44US #85
#37Edward43US #21
#38Steve43US #68
#39Brent41
#40Lynn41US #159
#41Mike41US #88
#42Scott38US #99
#43Patrick37US #39
#44Joseph36US #14
#45Raymond35US #30
#46Randall32US #79
#47Carl31US #43
#48Allen30US #71
#49Gordon30US #113
#50Rodney30US #87
#51Alan29US #45
#52Bill29US #106
#53Dan29US #125
#54Don29US #98
#55Frank29US #27
#56Fred28US #72
#57Harold28US #42
#58Stanley28US #60
#59Brian27US #86
#60Jim27US #108
#61Leonard27US #74
#62Dean26US #129
#63Glen26US #127
#64Micheal26US #122
#65Marvin24US #89
#66Roy24US #51
#67Jay22US #118
#68Phillip22US #66
#69Tom22US #114
#70Kent21US #194
#71Russell21US #69
#72Neil20US #161
#73Ricky20US #148
#74Ted20US #169
#75Duane19US #137
#76Joe19US #52
#77Norman19US #90
#78Ralph19US #50
#79Ray19US #109
#80Darrell18US #117
#81Lee18US #93
#82Lyle18
#83Rex18
#84Curtis17US #97
#85Jeffrey17US #48
#86Ronnie17US #65
#87Eric16US #105
#88Ernest16US #76
#89Eugene16US #58
#90Howard16US #63
#91Lloyd16US #124
#92Max16
#93Rick16US #170
#94Bob15US #162
#95Calvin15US #112
#96Glenn15US #61
#97Lawrence15US #32
#98Barry14US #73
#99Chris14US #168
#100Darrel14

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑42Laura#44
↑40Elizabeth#42
↑40Colleen#49
↑40Louise#60
↑38Alice#57
↑33Scott#42
↑30Sheryl#58
↑28Brenda#32

Falling

↓36Paula#75
↓31Jim#60
↓31Lawrence#97
↓26Lynda#64
↓25Jean#90
↓25Bob#94
↓24Deanna#88
↓24Ronnie#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.