Popular baby names in Idaho, 1932

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1932 were Mary for girls (145 babies) and Robert for boys (205). Social Security records list 6,641 babies born in Idaho in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1932

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: 27 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Sharon: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Donna: 104 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darlene: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maxine: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Joy: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Beverly: 67 babies, 3× the national rate
Carol: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Janice: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Gary: 30 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jay: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Darrell: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Larry: 51 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Max: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Keith: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Glen: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Dick: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	145	–	1
2	Betty	132	–	2
3	Donna	104	↑1	29
4	Barbara	103	↓1	3
5	Shirley	83	–	9
6	Dorothy	72	–	4
7	Beverly	67	↑3	28
8	Helen	65	↑3	8
9	Patricia	65	↓1	6
10	Joan	64	↑3	5
11	Lois	62	↓2	20
12	Joyce	61	↓5	12
13	Carol	59	↑3	32
14	Ruth	51	↑4	11
15	Margaret	49	↓1	7
16	Bonnie	48	↓1	64
17	Doris	45	–	10
18	Norma	44	↓6	22
19	Jean	43	–	15
20	Marilyn	39	↑1	16
21	Phyllis	39	↑3	30
22	Frances	32	new	19
23	Virginia	30	↓3	14
24	Dolores	29	↓2	18
25	Colleen	27	↑18	>100
26	Darlene	27	–	>100
27	Maxine	27	↑9	>100
28	Anna	26	↑4	24
29	Gloria	26	↑17	25
30	Marjorie	26	↓7	37
31	Wanda	26	↑9	52
32	Alice	23	↓7	21
33	Joanne	23	↑2	62
34	Marlene	23	↓3	78
35	Thelma	23	new	51
36	Geraldine	22	↓7	42
37	Peggy	22	↑10	40
38	Janice	20	new	94
39	Joann	20	new	79
40	June	20	↑2	44
41	Sharon	20	new	>100
42	Wilma	20	↓4	65
43	Edna	19	new	50
44	Evelyn	19	↓10	23
45	Marian	19	new	86
46	Janet	18	new	35
47	Louise	18	new	36
48	Marie	18	↓18	31
49	Arlene	17	new	80
50	Elaine	17	↓23	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	205	–	1
2	William	128	↑4	4
3	Richard	127	–	5
4	Donald	122	↓2	7
5	James	119	↓1	2
6	John	111	↓1	3
7	Charles	79	–	6
8	Jack	73	–	17
9	Ronald	69	↑13	16
10	George	64	–	8
11	Kenneth	60	↓2	14
12	David	53	↓1	12
13	Larry	51	↑29	65
14	Jerry	46	↑10	34
15	Don	44	↑4	55
16	Gerald	39	↓1	24
17	Thomas	38	↑10	10
18	Ralph	37	↑3	27
19	Frank	36	↓6	15
20	Dale	34	↓8	61
21	Harold	34	↓5	18
22	Raymond	34	↑12	19
23	Wayne	32	↑6	57
24	Bill	30	↑6	58
25	Gary	30	↓8	>100
26	Joseph	30	↑6	9
27	Paul	30	↓9	13
28	Billy	29	new	20
29	Fred	29	↓9	33
30	Edward	28	↓7	11
31	Marvin	27	↑5	46
32	Lawrence	26	↑18	35
33	Melvin	25	new	51
34	Glen	24	↑12	>100
35	Keith	23	↓2	>100
36	Carl	22	↓5	28
37	Gene	22	new	64
38	Douglas	21	↑11	85
39	Earl	21	↓2	41
40	Max	21	↓2	>100
41	Norman	21	↓27	37
42	Clyde	20	new	82
43	Dean	20	↓17	>100
44	Jay	20	↓16	>100
45	Arthur	19	–	25
46	Clarence	19	new	40
47	Darrell	19	new	>100
48	Lloyd	19	–	71
49	Roy	19	↓6	38
50	Alvin	18	new	87

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