Popular baby names in Idaho, 1934

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1934 were Shirley for girls (152 babies) and Robert for boys (191). Shirley ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,100 babies born in Idaho in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1934

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

Girls

Sharon: 43 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Colleen: 19 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Darlene: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Connie: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 104 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Pat: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kay: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carol: 89 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beverly: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Boyd: 20 babies, 14× the national rate
Lynn: 21 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Jay: 30 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Gary: 76 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dick: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Keith: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Darrell: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Max: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lyle: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dean: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Shirley	152	↑3	4
2	Barbara	124	–	3
3	Mary	120	↓2	1
4	Betty	113	↓1	2
5	Donna	104	–	23
6	Carol	89	↑2	14
7	Patricia	88	↓1	6
8	Joyce	79	↑2	12
9	Joan	70	↑7	7
10	Beverly	58	↑2	22
11	Dorothy	58	↓4	5
12	Lois	48	↓3	20
13	Marilyn	46	↑11	17
14	Norma	46	↑5	24
15	Bonnie	45	↑5	58
16	Doris	44	↓3	11
17	Sharon	43	↑9	>100
18	Margaret	42	↓4	8
19	Helen	40	↓8	9
20	Darlene	39	↓2	90
21	Jean	39	↑4	16
22	Alice	36	↑1	25
23	Ruth	34	↓6	13
24	Janet	32	new	21
25	Joanne	30	new	45
26	Virginia	29	↓4	15
27	Carolyn	28	↑20	33
28	Phyllis	28	↓7	28
29	Janice	27	↑5	68
30	Joann	27	↓2	50
31	Delores	25	new	51
32	Gloria	25	↑13	30
33	Marlene	25	↓18	57
34	Arlene	24	↓5	53
35	Elaine	24	new	54
36	Evelyn	24	↓9	29
37	Patsy	24	new	59
38	Dolores	23	↓7	26
39	Frances	23	↑3	19
40	Geraldine	23	↑3	43
41	Nancy	22	new	10
42	Wilma	22	↓3	73
43	Jo	21	new	75
44	Connie	20	↓4	>100
45	Marjorie	20	↓9	41
46	Martha	20	new	27
47	Colleen	19	↓9	>100
48	Peggy	19	new	36
49	Ann	18	↓12	32
50	Wanda	18	↓6	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	191	–	1
2	James	141	↑1	2
3	John	133	↓1	3
4	Richard	130	↑2	5
5	Donald	122	↓1	6
6	William	115	↓1	4
7	Charles	86	–	7
8	Ronald	80	–	11
9	Gary	76	↑6	60
10	Larry	76	↑1	43
11	David	67	↑3	12
12	Jerry	62	↑4	25
13	George	61	↓1	8
14	Jack	61	↓4	17
15	Kenneth	52	↓6	15
16	Don	49	↑1	50
17	Gerald	48	↓4	22
18	Harold	44	↑12	18
19	Dale	41	↑7	62
20	Bill	37	↑5	59
21	Wayne	37	↓3	48
22	Paul	34	↑2	14
23	Raymond	34	↑15	19
24	Frank	32	↓5	16
25	Jim	32	↑9	90
26	Edward	31	↑2	13
27	Thomas	31	↓6	9
28	Carl	30	↑8	28
29	Jay	30	↑6	>100
30	Keith	29	↓8	>100
31	Ralph	29	↓11	31
32	Bob	27	↑13	75
33	Dean	27	↓10	>100
34	Melvin	27	↑13	55
35	Max	26	new	>100
36	Ray	26	↑6	63
37	Stanley	26	↑11	58
38	Dick	25	new	>100
39	Joseph	25	↓8	10
40	Darrell	24	↑3	>100
41	Douglas	24	new	72
42	Gene	24	new	67
43	Lee	24	new	79
44	Leonard	24	new	53
45	Marvin	24	new	44
46	Norman	23	↓14	38
47	Clifford	22	new	85
48	Leroy	22	new	54
49	Howard	21	↓8	37
50	Lynn	21	new	>100

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