State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,931 Idaho births in 1950 across 455 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
#47Kent#180 nationally
#49Rick#168 nationally
#84Kimoutside the national top 200
#88Kellyoutside the national top 200
#90Beckyoutside the national top 200
#44Lynn#154 nationally
#93Vickyoutside the national top 200
#63Ted#170 nationally
#54Carla#160 nationally
#95Maxoutside the national top 200
#96Monteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Linda348US #1
#2Susan192US #5
#3Mary187US #2
#4Patricia159US #3
#5Karen139US #12
#6Kathleen133US #10
#7Sandra132US #8
#8Connie116US #44
#9Nancy112US #6
#10Barbara104US #4
#11Carol95US #9
#12Janet87US #18
#13Sharon85US #11
#14Pamela84US #17
#15Deborah77US #7
#16Judy75US #25
#17Cheryl74US #29
#18Donna74US #13
#19Vicki74US #61
#20Christine67US #28
#21Janice67US #22
#22Judith65US #21
#23Bonnie60US #33
#24Carolyn59US #20
#25Marilyn58US #37
#26Kathryn55US #46
#27Kathy54US #38
#28Debra52US #59
#29Diane52US #16
#30Peggy48US #41
#31Shirley48US #19
#32Rebecca45US #36
#33Elizabeth44US #24
#34Margaret44US #15
#35Cynthia43US #23
#36Brenda42US #14
#37Diana42US #47
#38Betty40US #26
#39Beverly40US #31
#40Marsha40US #68
#41Teresa39US #81
#42Ann38US #45
#43Sherry37US #62
#44Julie36US #111
#45Kay35US #123
#46Gloria34US #30
#47Jo34US #64
#48Joyce34US #27
#49Sheryl32US #145
#50Katherine31US #58
#51Glenda30US #87
#52Jane30US #39
#53Cathy29US #75
#54Carla28US #160
#55Helen28US #50
#56Lois28US #83
#57Gail26US #42
#58Joan26US #40
#59Lynda26US #107
#60Charlotte25US #80
#61Darlene25US #79
#62Paula25US #54
#63Ruth25US #49
#64Sally25US #78
#65Vickie25US #108
#66Jacqueline24US #55
#67Sheila24US #70
#68Elaine23US #60
#69Laura23US #63
#70Phyllis23US #53
#71Suzanne23US #71
#72Charlene22US #103
#73Jean22US #48
#74Dorothy21US #35
#75Jeanne21US #95
#76Marcia21US #77
#77Anita20US #99
#78Annette20US #144
#79Catherine20US #34
#80Dianne20US #90
#81Rita20US #56
#82Virginia20US #43
#83Anne19US #84
#84Claudia19US #126
#85Colleen19US #124
#86Leslie19US #134
#87Rhonda19US #125
#88Roberta19US #96
#89Terry19US #127
#90Becky18
#91Constance18US #85
#92Marie18US #72
#93Vicky18
#94Frances17US #51
#95Joy17US #159
#96Shelley17US #170
#97Valerie17US #116
#98Beth16US #177
#99Gayle16US #133
#100Marlene16US #112

Boys

#1Robert290US #2
#2Michael288US #4
#3David284US #5
#4John267US #3
#5Richard214US #7
#6William201US #6
#7Gary196US #10
#8James196US #1
#9Steven189US #16
#10Larry171US #11
#11Ronald143US #12
#12Dennis119US #17
#13Thomas114US #8
#14Kenneth108US #15
#15Terry97US #30
#16Bruce95US #26
#17Douglas93US #28
#18Donald92US #14
#19Randy88US #80
#20Charles83US #9
#21Jerry79US #24
#22Mark75US #23
#23Roger71US #27
#24Daniel70US #21
#25Paul70US #18
#26Stephen66US #19
#27George62US #20
#28Gregory61US #25
#29Scott51US #82
#30Timothy50US #32
#31Craig48US #69
#32Brent47
#33Danny47US #39
#34Joseph47US #13
#35Rodney46US #88
#36Dale45US #49
#37Edward45US #22
#38Alan38US #41
#39Randall38US #70
#40Wayne38US #35
#41Frank37US #29
#42Jack37US #48
#43Dan36US #129
#44Lynn35US #154
#45Stanley35US #60
#46Gerald34US #34
#47Kent34US #180
#48Russell34US #67
#49Rick33US #168
#50Patrick32US #38
#51Raymond29US #31
#52Allen28US #71
#53Jim28US #139
#54Micheal28US #104
#55Marvin27US #93
#56Jay26US #115
#57Steve26US #83
#58Harold25US #45
#59Ralph25US #52
#60Keith24US #78
#61Ricky24US #128
#62Roy24US #51
#63Ted24US #170
#64Brian23US #79
#65Dean23US #120
#66Gordon23US #108
#67Barry22US #74
#68Duane22US #137
#69Jeffrey22US #43
#70Joe22US #54
#71Mike22US #113
#72Glen21US #125
#73Lawrence21US #33
#74Phillip21US #64
#75Carl20US #44
#76Kevin20US #73
#77Melvin20US #87
#78Samuel19US #62
#79Tom19US #145
#80Bill18US #131
#81Bradley18US #152
#82Eugene18US #58
#83Johnny18US #50
#84Kim18
#85Wesley18US #165
#86Clyde17US #136
#87Harry17US #61
#88Kelly17
#89Philip17US #53
#90Don16US #107
#91Ernest16US #81
#92Floyd16US #143
#93Fred16US #84
#94Lewis16US #132
#95Max16
#96Monte16
#97Ray16US #111
#98Chris15US #178
#99Clifford15US #100
#100Curtis15US #97

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑44Rick#49
↑38Glenda#51
↑33Cathy#53
↑31Barry#67
↑27Charlene#72
↑26Kay#45
↑24Lawrence#73
↑23Deborah#15

Falling

↓37Fred#93
↓36Colleen#85
↓36Don#90
↓30Rita#81
↓30Mike#71
↓28Carl#75
↓28Bill#80
↓27Catherine#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.