Popular baby names in Idaho, 1933

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1933 were Mary for girls (135 babies) and Robert for boys (189). Social Security records list 6,526 babies born in Idaho in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1933

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: 20 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Sharon: 27 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Darlene: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Connie: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maxine: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donna: 84 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marlene: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ellen: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roberta: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Jay: 24 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Keith: 33 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dean: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Gary: 47 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Darrell: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Larry: 59 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dan: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Glen: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	135	–	1
2	Barbara	133	↑2	3
3	Betty	130	↓1	2
4	Shirley	93	↑1	9
5	Donna	84	↓2	24
6	Patricia	76	↑3	6
7	Dorothy	74	↓1	4
8	Carol	63	↑5	20
9	Lois	62	↑2	19
10	Joyce	56	↑2	12
11	Helen	52	↓3	8
12	Beverly	50	↓5	26
13	Doris	50	↑4	10
14	Margaret	50	↑1	7
15	Marlene	42	↑19	50
16	Joan	40	↓6	5
17	Ruth	40	↓3	13
18	Darlene	38	↑8	96
19	Norma	38	↓1	23
20	Bonnie	36	↓4	68
21	Phyllis	35	–	28
22	Virginia	35	↑1	15
23	Alice	34	↑9	22
24	Marilyn	31	↓4	16
25	Jean	27	↓6	14
26	Sharon	27	↑15	>100
27	Evelyn	26	↑17	30
28	Joann	25	↑11	72
29	Arlene	24	↑20	74
30	Maxine	24	↓3	>100
31	Dolores	23	↓7	21
32	Mildred	23	new	32
33	Edna	22	↑10	55
34	Janice	22	↑4	81
35	June	21	↑5	45
36	Marjorie	21	↓6	41
37	Ann	20	new	34
38	Colleen	20	↓13	>100
39	Wilma	20	↑3	66
40	Connie	19	new	>100
41	Ellen	19	new	>100
42	Frances	19	↓20	18
43	Geraldine	19	↓7	42
44	Wanda	19	↓13	48
45	Gloria	18	↓16	31
46	Carole	17	new	>100
47	Carolyn	17	new	40
48	Roberta	17	new	>100
49	Sally	17	new	76
50	Irene	16	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	189	–	1
2	John	129	↑4	3
3	James	116	↑2	2
4	Donald	115	–	7
5	William	115	↓3	4
6	Richard	111	↓3	5
7	Charles	79	–	6
8	Ronald	69	↑1	12
9	Kenneth	68	↑2	15
10	Jack	61	↓2	17
11	Larry	59	↑2	58
12	George	56	↓2	8
13	Gerald	56	↑3	22
14	David	55	↓2	13
15	Gary	47	↑10	80
16	Jerry	47	↓2	31
17	Don	46	↓2	54
18	Wayne	42	↑5	52
19	Frank	41	–	16
20	Ralph	36	↓2	29
21	Thomas	36	↓4	10
22	Keith	33	↑13	>100
23	Dean	32	↑20	>100
24	Paul	32	↑3	14
25	Bill	31	↓1	59
26	Dale	30	↓6	65
27	Roy	29	↑22	39
28	Edward	27	↑2	11
29	Eugene	27	new	23
30	Harold	27	↓9	18
31	Joseph	27	↓5	9
32	Norman	26	↑9	37
33	Billy	25	↓5	20
34	Jim	25	new	98
35	Jay	24	↑9	>100
36	Carl	23	–	28
37	Gordon	23	new	71
38	Raymond	23	↓16	19
39	Franklin	22	new	33
40	Glen	22	↓6	>100
41	Howard	22	new	36
42	Ray	22	new	62
43	Darrell	21	↑4	>100
44	Duane	21	new	>100
45	Bob	19	new	82
46	Leon	19	new	85
47	Melvin	19	↓14	51
48	Stanley	19	new	55
49	Fred	18	↓20	34
50	Walter	18	new	21

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