Popular baby names in Idaho, 1929

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1929 were Betty for girls (172 babies) and Robert for boys (215). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,817 babies born in Idaho in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1929

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

Girls

Colleen: 24 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Donna: 93 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 43 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lola: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jeannine: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maxine: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beverly: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ramona: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carol: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Eva: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 16 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Boyd: 17 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Dean: 36 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jay: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Keith: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dick: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Max: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dale: 44 babies, 5× the national rate
Glen: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Betty	172	–	2
2	Mary	151	–	1
3	Barbara	108	↑1	7
4	Donna	93	↑1	47
5	Shirley	92	↑1	9
6	Dorothy	80	↓3	3
7	Patricia	70	↑6	10
8	Helen	62	–	4
9	Lois	62	↓2	17
10	Beverly	56	↑5	39
11	Joyce	53	↑9	23
12	Norma	53	↓1	25
13	Phyllis	53	↑3	24
14	Ruth	53	↓2	8
15	Margaret	51	↓5	5
16	Doris	48	↓7	6
17	Bonnie	43	↑10	86
18	Jean	43	↑1	12
19	Marjorie	41	↓5	30
20	Joan	37	↑25	13
21	Maxine	34	↓3	85
22	Carol	33	↓1	63
23	Evelyn	32	↑9	19
24	Dolores	31	↑6	14
25	Virginia	31	↓3	11
26	Alice	29	↓9	21
27	June	26	↓1	48
28	Mildred	26	↑6	18
29	Geraldine	25	↓1	43
30	Wanda	25	↑5	61
31	Colleen	24	↑10	>100
32	Elaine	23	new	67
33	Eva	23	new	83
34	Louise	23	↑8	31
35	Ruby	23	↓11	36
36	Marilyn	22	↑11	33
37	Elizabeth	20	new	15
38	Marie	20	↓9	22
39	Rose	20	new	26
40	Edna	19	↓9	51
41	Frances	19	↓18	16
42	Arlene	18	new	>100
43	Lola	18	new	>100
44	Anna	17	↓4	20
45	Irene	17	new	29
46	Marian	17	new	75
47	Ellen	16	↓4	97
48	Elsie	16	new	78
49	Gladys	16	new	44
50	Hazel	16	–	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	215	–	1
2	Donald	168	–	7
3	John	136	↑1	3
4	William	132	↓1	4
5	James	127	–	2
6	Richard	110	–	6
7	Charles	89	–	5
8	Jack	85	–	14
9	Kenneth	72	↑1	18
10	George	57	↓1	8
11	Harold	46	↑1	16
12	Dale	44	↑6	73
13	Bill	41	↑20	63
14	David	38	↓3	17
15	Don	38	↓2	78
16	Frank	37	↑9	12
17	Gerald	37	↑17	33
18	Ralph	37	↓1	26
19	Dean	36	–	>100
20	Gene	34	↑2	68
21	Walter	33	↑2	19
22	Wayne	33	↓2	69
23	Bob	31	↑24	89
24	Earl	30	↓3	36
25	Raymond	30	↑21	15
26	Ronald	30	–	45
27	Eugene	28	↓13	20
28	Keith	28	↑4	>100
29	Marvin	28	↑21	46
30	Thomas	28	↓15	11
31	Fred	27	↓1	34
32	Howard	27	↑8	31
33	Melvin	27	new	49
34	Norman	27	↓18	40
35	Joseph	26	–	9
36	Ray	26	↑5	57
37	Stanley	26	new	48
38	Floyd	25	–	58
39	Edward	24	↓15	10
40	Jerry	24	new	61
41	Vernon	24	↑1	71
42	Glen	23	↓11	>100
43	Gordon	23	new	79
44	Max	23	↓7	>100
45	Paul	22	–	13
46	Roy	22	↓18	35
47	Jay	21	new	>100
48	Lyle	21	new	>100
49	Carl	20	↓22	28
50	Clifford	19	new	72

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