Popular baby names in Idaho, 1931

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1931 were Mary for girls (159 babies) and Robert for boys (238). Social Security records list 6,924 babies born in Idaho in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1931

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

Girls

Nadine: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Colleen: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lila: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Connie: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Donna: 107 babies, 5× the national rate
Darlene: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 52 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lola: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joy: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Marlene: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Vern: 15 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Gary: 34 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jay: 29 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Dean: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Darrell: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Max: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Keith: 28 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ted: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Glen: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	159	↑1	1
2	Betty	139	↓1	2
3	Barbara	118	–	4
4	Donna	107	↑2	32
5	Shirley	100	–	9
6	Dorothy	97	↓2	3
7	Joyce	72	–	15
8	Patricia	64	↑4	8
9	Lois	62	–	20
10	Beverly	59	↑3	31
11	Helen	58	↓3	6
12	Norma	57	↓2	22
13	Joan	54	↑3	5
14	Margaret	54	↓3	7
15	Bonnie	52	–	73
16	Carol	47	↑2	46
17	Doris	47	↓3	10
18	Ruth	46	↑1	11
19	Jean	43	↑2	13
20	Virginia	43	↓3	12
21	Marilyn	36	↑10	19
22	Dolores	34	↑1	14
23	Marjorie	31	↑1	34
24	Phyllis	31	↓2	29
25	Alice	30	↑9	21
26	Darlene	29	↑9	>100
27	Elaine	28	↑1	72
28	Elizabeth	27	new	16
29	Geraldine	27	↑1	38
30	Marie	26	new	27
31	Marlene	26	new	95
32	Anna	25	↑6	25
33	Eleanor	25	new	40
34	Evelyn	25	↓14	24
35	Joanne	25	new	68
36	Maxine	24	↓4	>100
37	Mildred	24	↑7	26
38	Wilma	21	new	69
39	Lila	20	new	>100
40	Wanda	20	↓14	54
41	Connie	19	new	>100
42	June	19	↓15	44
43	Colleen	18	↓18	>100
44	Florence	18	↓1	43
45	Gladys	18	new	55
46	Gloria	18	↓7	23
47	Peggy	18	↑2	42
48	Roberta	18	new	>100
49	Charlotte	17	new	75
50	Ellen	17	new	99

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	238	–	1
2	Donald	139	↑1	7
3	Richard	128	↑1	5
4	James	127	↑2	2
5	John	125	↓3	3
6	William	116	↓1	4
7	Charles	86	–	6
8	Jack	76	↑1	15
9	Kenneth	72	↑1	14
10	George	65	↓2	8
11	David	49	↑14	13
12	Dale	40	↑12	62
13	Frank	40	↑6	16
14	Norman	39	↑20	36
15	Gerald	38	↑5	26
16	Harold	37	↓4	18
17	Gary	34	new	>100
18	Paul	34	↑32	12
19	Don	33	↓8	59
20	Fred	33	↑3	33
21	Ralph	33	↓4	25
22	Ronald	33	↓9	27
23	Edward	32	↓9	11
24	Jerry	32	↑6	43
25	Ray	31	↓7	60
26	Dean	30	–	>100
27	Thomas	30	↓11	10
28	Jay	29	new	>100
29	Wayne	29	↓7	58
30	Bill	28	↑2	57
31	Carl	28	↑11	28
32	Joseph	28	↑4	9
33	Keith	28	↓6	>100
34	Raymond	27	↓19	17
35	Bob	26	↓6	78
36	Marvin	26	↓8	45
37	Earl	25	↑6	40
38	Max	25	↑2	>100
39	Eugene	24	↑9	21
40	Howard	24	↑4	34
41	Stanley	24	↓4	49
42	Larry	23	↓11	88
43	Roy	23	new	35
44	Floyd	22	↑5	66
45	Arthur	21	↓10	23
46	Glen	21	new	>100
47	Leroy	21	new	52
48	Lloyd	21	↓7	68
49	Douglas	20	new	85
50	Lawrence	20	↓11	38

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