Popular baby names in Idaho, 1928

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1928 were Betty for girls (174 babies) and Robert for boys (201). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,039 babies born in Idaho in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1928

Names given at least 15 times in Idaho that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Beth: 18 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Nola: 16 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Donna: 95 babies, 7× the national rate
Colleen: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Maxine: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Verna: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carol: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ramona: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bonnie: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Beverly: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Dean: 39 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Keith: 30 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Darrell: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Max: 29 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Don: 48 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lyle: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Glen: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Delbert: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dick: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	174	–	2
2	Mary	147	–	1
3	Dorothy	137	–	3
4	Barbara	100	–	8
5	Donna	95	–	61
6	Shirley	87	↑4	10
7	Lois	82	–	18
8	Helen	80	↓2	4
9	Doris	66	↑5	7
10	Margaret	59	↑1	5
11	Norma	59	↓2	23
12	Ruth	58	–	6
13	Patricia	55	–	11
14	Marjorie	52	↓6	29
15	Beverly	46	↑6	46
16	Phyllis	45	↑7	26
17	Alice	42	↑1	19
18	Maxine	42	↓1	84
19	Jean	41	↓4	12
20	Joyce	39	↓1	30
21	Carol	37	↑4	77
22	Virginia	37	↓6	9
23	Frances	35	↑4	13
24	Ruby	35	↑16	34
25	Wilma	34	↑10	69
26	June	32	↓4	44
27	Bonnie	30	↑1	89
28	Geraldine	29	↑10	50
29	Marie	28	↑16	21
30	Dolores	25	new	20
31	Edna	25	↑11	45
32	Evelyn	25	↓12	17
33	Florence	25	↓4	32
34	Mildred	25	↓2	15
35	Wanda	25	new	63
36	Gloria	24	new	25
37	Ramona	24	new	>100
38	Laura	23	new	83
39	Lorraine	23	new	39
40	Anna	22	↓3	16
41	Colleen	22	–	>100
42	Louise	21	new	31
43	Ellen	20	new	98
44	Emma	20	new	67
45	Joan	20	new	27
46	Lillian	20	new	35
47	Marilyn	20	new	38
48	Beth	18	new	>100
49	Grace	18	new	52
50	Hazel	18	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	201	–	1
2	Donald	148	↑3	7
3	William	116	–	4
4	John	112	↓2	2
5	James	108	↓1	3
6	Richard	91	–	6
7	Charles	89	↑1	5
8	Jack	83	↑1	15
9	George	74	↓2	8
10	Kenneth	68	↑2	17
11	David	60	↑9	19
12	Harold	52	↓2	14
13	Don	48	↑9	84
14	Eugene	44	–	20
15	Thomas	44	↑2	11
16	Norman	42	↑14	39
17	Ralph	41	↑10	24
18	Dale	40	↓7	75
19	Dean	39	↓3	>100
20	Wayne	39	↑14	69
21	Earl	38	↓8	37
22	Gene	37	↓7	62
23	Walter	36	↓2	18
24	Edward	34	↓1	10
25	Frank	34	↑1	12
26	Ronald	34	↑5	50
27	Carl	33	↑2	28
28	Roy	31	↑18	34
29	Arthur	30	↑6	22
30	Fred	30	↑17	36
31	Glen	30	↑6	>100
32	Keith	30	↓14	>100
33	Bill	29	↓8	64
34	Gerald	29	↓15	41
35	Joseph	29	↑6	9
36	Lloyd	29	–	59
37	Max	29	new	>100
38	Floyd	28	↑2	54
39	Harry	28	new	26
40	Howard	28	↓16	31
41	Ray	27	↓13	57
42	Vernon	27	new	70
43	Albert	26	↑6	23
44	Lawrence	26	new	38
45	Paul	26	↓6	13
46	Raymond	26	↓13	16
47	Bob	24	new	95
48	Clarence	22	new	35
49	Clyde	21	new	74
50	Marvin	21	new	46

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