Popular baby names in Idaho, 1936

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1936 were Shirley for girls (159 babies) and Robert for boys (201). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,819 babies born in Idaho in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1936

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

Girls

Ila: 16 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Karen: 51 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Sharon: 89 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Colleen: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Myrna: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Connie: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Leona: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donna: 99 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darlene: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Pat: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jay: 32 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Darrell: 32 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Gary: 109 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lyle: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jim: 46 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dick: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Delbert: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dean: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dale: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Shirley	159	–	2
2	Mary	145	–	1
3	Barbara	137	–	3
4	Carol	103	↑3	10
5	Donna	99	↓1	22
6	Patricia	96	↑2	5
7	Sharon	89	↑16	60
8	Betty	78	↓3	4
9	Beverly	66	↓3	17
10	Joan	65	↑2	7
11	Marilyn	62	↓2	13
12	Helen	58	↑4	11
13	Joyce	58	↓3	12
14	Dorothy	52	↓3	6
15	Karen	51	↑7	>100
16	Norma	50	↑3	29
17	Nancy	49	↑20	8
18	Janet	46	↓3	21
19	Lois	45	↓6	26
20	Margaret	43	↓3	9
21	Carolyn	42	↑17	23
22	Virginia	42	↑8	14
23	Janice	41	↑5	31
24	Arlene	40	new	54
25	Jean	39	↑17	20
26	Darlene	37	↓5	83
27	Gloria	34	new	32
28	Phyllis	34	↓10	25
29	Alice	33	↓3	27
30	Bonnie	33	↓16	65
31	Marlene	33	↓7	39
32	Joann	32	↓5	55
33	Sandra	30	new	38
34	Connie	29	↑14	>100
35	Ruth	29	↓10	16
36	Evelyn	27	↑5	34
37	Myrna	26	↑2	>100
38	Elaine	25	new	50
39	Joanne	25	↓10	48
40	Kay	25	↓4	98
41	Carole	24	↑3	73
42	Charlotte	24	new	61
43	Frances	24	↓12	19
44	Patsy	24	new	52
45	Peggy	22	↑5	35
46	Ann	21	↓14	28
47	Anna	21	new	36
48	Colleen	21	new	>100
49	Dolores	21	–	30
50	Doris	21	↓30	15

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	201	–	1
2	John	174	↑3	3
3	James	164	–	2
4	Donald	141	–	7
5	Richard	133	↓3	5
6	William	119	–	4
7	Larry	116	↑1	25
8	Gary	109	↓1	38
9	David	94	↑5	10
10	Charles	90	↑1	6
11	Ronald	82	↓1	12
12	Kenneth	74	–	14
13	George	67	↑2	9
14	Jack	67	↓5	20
15	Jerry	64	↓2	18
16	Dale	54	↑1	59
17	Gerald	53	↓1	19
18	Wayne	49	↑7	45
19	Don	48	↓1	51
20	Jim	46	↑2	85
21	Paul	39	↑27	15
22	Raymond	38	new	17
23	Thomas	37	↑1	8
24	Roger	36	new	35
25	Bob	35	↓6	77
26	Harold	35	↓6	21
27	Bill	34	↓1	61
28	Norman	33	↑2	43
29	Carl	32	–	27
30	Darrell	32	↑12	>100
31	Earl	32	↑6	47
32	Jay	32	↑6	>100
33	Ralph	32	↓1	31
34	Dennis	30	↓1	74
35	Marvin	28	↑5	49
36	Gene	27	new	66
37	Melvin	27	↓6	53
38	Edward	26	↑7	13
39	Arthur	25	new	30
40	Dean	25	↓13	>100
41	Frank	25	↓20	16
42	Gordon	25	new	75
43	Douglas	24	new	78
44	Joe	24	new	23
45	Joseph	24	↓11	11
46	Stanley	24	↓5	58
47	Ray	23	new	65
48	Dick	22	↓5	>100
49	Fred	22	↓21	36
50	Keith	21	↓27	>100

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