Popular baby names in Idaho, 1930

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1930 were Betty for girls (199 babies) and Robert for boys (201). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,948 babies born in Idaho in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1930

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: 30 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Donna: 91 babies, 5× the national rate
Darlene: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Joy: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maxine: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carol: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roberta: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joyce: 76 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Beverly: 51 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Boyd: 19 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Keith: 31 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Darrell: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Dean: 31 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Max: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Gary: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Don: 54 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Larry: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Duane: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bob: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	199	–	2
2	Mary	125	–	1
3	Barbara	123	–	6
4	Dorothy	98	↑2	3
5	Shirley	93	–	11
6	Donna	91	↓2	37
7	Joyce	76	↑4	18
8	Helen	62	–	4
9	Lois	58	–	17
10	Norma	58	↑2	25
11	Margaret	56	↑4	5
12	Patricia	56	↓5	7
13	Beverly	51	↓3	34
14	Doris	51	↑2	9
15	Bonnie	47	↑2	78
16	Joan	47	↑4	8
17	Virginia	42	↑8	12
18	Carol	41	↑4	54
19	Ruth	41	↓5	10
20	Evelyn	36	↑3	19
21	Jean	35	↓3	14
22	Phyllis	34	↓9	28
23	Dolores	31	↑1	13
24	Marjorie	31	↓5	32
25	Colleen	30	↑6	>100
26	Wanda	29	↑4	56
27	June	28	–	47
28	Elaine	27	↑4	69
29	Frances	27	↑12	16
30	Geraldine	27	↓1	43
31	Marilyn	27	↑5	22
32	Maxine	26	↓11	93
33	Ethel	24	new	65
34	Alice	23	↓8	20
35	Darlene	23	new	>100
36	Irene	23	↑9	33
37	Rose	23	↑2	29
38	Anna	22	↑6	23
39	Gloria	22	new	30
40	Juanita	22	new	57
41	Rita	21	new	42
42	Eva	20	↓9	86
43	Florence	20	new	38
44	Mildred	20	↓16	21
45	Ruby	19	↓10	36
46	Arlene	18	↓4	>100
47	Billie	18	new	79
48	Laura	18	new	89
49	Peggy	18	new	67
50	Vivian	18	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	201	–	1
2	John	137	↑1	3
3	Donald	131	↓1	7
4	Richard	125	↑2	5
5	William	119	↓1	4
6	James	110	↓1	2
7	Charles	87	–	6
8	George	80	↑2	8
9	Jack	68	↓1	14
10	Kenneth	68	↓1	17
11	Don	54	↑4	68
12	Harold	49	↓1	18
13	Ronald	40	↑13	37
14	Edward	38	↑25	10
15	Raymond	36	↑10	16
16	Thomas	36	↑14	11
17	Ralph	35	↑1	25
18	Ray	35	↑18	57
19	Frank	34	↓3	13
20	Gerald	33	↓3	30
21	Melvin	33	↑12	50
22	Wayne	33	–	65
23	Fred	32	↑8	32
24	Dale	31	↓12	64
25	David	31	↓11	15
26	Dean	31	↓7	>100
27	Keith	31	↑1	>100
28	Marvin	30	↑1	48
29	Bob	29	↓6	88
30	Jerry	29	↑10	51
31	Larry	29	new	>100
32	Bill	28	↓19	59
33	Gene	28	↓13	70
34	Norman	28	–	40
35	Arthur	27	new	23
36	Joseph	27	↓1	9
37	Stanley	27	–	49
38	Gordon	25	↑5	77
39	Lawrence	25	new	36
40	Max	25	↑4	>100
41	Lloyd	24	new	69
42	Carl	23	↑7	26
43	Earl	23	↓19	38
44	Howard	23	↓12	31
45	Harry	22	new	28
46	Albert	21	new	24
47	Duane	21	new	>100
48	Eugene	21	↓21	21
49	Floyd	21	↓11	61
50	Paul	21	↓5	12

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