Popular baby names in Idaho, 1935

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1935 were Shirley for girls (209 babies) and Robert for boys (177). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,315 babies born in Idaho in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1935

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

Girls

Karen: 35 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Colleen: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Myrna: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kay: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 107 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sharon: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bonnie: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Darlene: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Connie: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Beverly: 79 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Keith: 34 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Jay: 26 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Gary: 99 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dean: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dick: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Darrell: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Terry: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bob: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	209	–	2
2	Mary	136	↑1	1
3	Barbara	116	↓1	3
4	Donna	107	↑1	23
5	Betty	103	↓1	4
6	Beverly	79	↑4	20
7	Carol	79	↓1	11
8	Patricia	70	↓1	5
9	Marilyn	65	↑4	14
10	Joyce	60	↓2	12
11	Dorothy	55	–	6
12	Joan	54	↓3	7
13	Lois	49	↓1	21
14	Bonnie	48	↑1	62
15	Janet	47	↑9	22
16	Helen	45	↑3	10
17	Margaret	41	↑1	8
18	Phyllis	40	↑10	27
19	Norma	38	↓5	29
20	Doris	37	↓4	13
21	Darlene	36	↓1	91
22	Karen	35	new	>100
23	Sharon	33	↓6	96
24	Marlene	32	↑9	39
25	Ruth	32	↓2	15
26	Alice	31	↓4	25
27	Joann	31	↑3	53
28	Janice	30	↑1	47
29	Joanne	28	↓4	44
30	Virginia	28	↓4	16
31	Frances	27	↑8	19
32	Ann	26	↑17	30
33	Marjorie	25	↑12	46
34	Geraldine	24	↑6	40
35	Jo	24	↑8	73
36	Kay	24	new	>100
37	Nancy	24	↑4	9
38	Carolyn	23	↓11	28
39	Myrna	23	new	>100
40	Roberta	23	new	77
41	Evelyn	22	↓5	31
42	Jean	22	↓21	18
43	Marie	22	new	33
44	Carole	21	new	93
45	Delores	21	↓14	57
46	Marian	21	new	>100
47	Wilma	21	↓5	70
48	Connie	20	↓4	>100
49	Dolores	20	↓11	26
50	Peggy	20	↓2	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	177	–	1
2	Richard	152	↑2	5
3	James	129	↓1	2
4	Donald	123	↑1	7
5	John	119	↓2	3
6	William	108	–	4
7	Gary	99	↑2	44
8	Larry	89	↑2	33
9	Jack	86	↑5	18
10	Ronald	83	↓2	12
11	Charles	79	↓4	6
12	Kenneth	74	↑3	15
13	Jerry	66	↓1	22
14	David	65	↓3	11
15	George	58	↓2	8
16	Gerald	56	↑1	21
17	Dale	45	↑2	61
18	Don	42	↓2	51
19	Bob	41	↑13	81
20	Harold	35	↓2	20
21	Frank	34	↑3	16
22	Jim	34	↑3	90
23	Keith	34	↑7	>100
24	Thomas	34	↑3	9
25	Wayne	34	↓4	49
26	Bill	32	↓6	60
27	Dean	32	↑6	>100
28	Fred	32	new	34
29	Carl	31	↓1	28
30	Norman	31	↑16	38
31	Melvin	30	↑3	57
32	Ralph	30	↓1	32
33	Dennis	29	new	72
34	Joseph	29	↑5	10
35	Eugene	28	new	26
36	Albert	26	new	31
37	Earl	26	new	46
38	Jay	26	↓9	>100
39	Billy	25	new	19
40	Marvin	25	↑5	45
41	Stanley	25	↓4	56
42	Darrell	24	↓2	>100
43	Dick	24	↓5	>100
44	Duane	24	new	>100
45	Edward	24	↓19	13
46	Lee	24	↓3	80
47	Howard	23	↑2	39
48	Paul	23	↓26	14
49	Floyd	22	new	76
50	Lawrence	22	new	35

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