Popular baby names in Idaho, 1938

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1938 were Mary for girls (156 babies) and Robert for boys (253). Social Security records list 8,732 babies born in Idaho in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1938

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

Girls

Myrna: 38 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lola: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sharon: 138 babies, 5× the national rate
Karen: 65 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darlene: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Pat: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Deanna: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Donna: 102 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charlene: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jo: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Lynn: 32 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Kent: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Jay: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Keith: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dean: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dick: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gary: 146 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	156	–	1
2	Barbara	151	–	2
3	Carol	149	↑1	6
4	Sharon	138	↑4	30
5	Shirley	118	↑1	5
6	Patricia	106	↑1	3
7	Donna	102	↓2	20
8	Betty	97	↓5	4
9	Beverly	76	–	18
10	Marilyn	70	↑2	19
11	Sandra	69	↑14	14
12	Karen	65	↑4	50
13	Helen	58	–	13
14	Nancy	57	↑4	7
15	Margaret	54	↑2	9
16	Janet	52	↓1	16
17	Joyce	52	↓7	11
18	Norma	48	↑8	34
19	Dorothy	47	↓8	8
20	Carolyn	46	↓1	15
21	Joan	44	↓7	10
22	Darlene	43	↑1	76
23	Lois	43	↓3	33
24	Virginia	41	↑11	22
25	Janice	40	↓1	24
26	Ruth	40	↑5	21
27	Myrna	38	↑10	>100
28	Judith	37	new	12
29	Marlene	35	↑5	51
30	Arlene	33	↑8	63
31	Gloria	32	new	36
32	Phyllis	32	↓11	28
33	Ann	31	↓4	32
34	Jo	30	↑14	78
35	Carole	29	↑7	46
36	Alice	28	↓4	29
37	Bonnie	27	↓7	65
38	Deanna	26	↓5	>100
39	Elaine	26	new	42
40	Joann	26	new	68
41	Marjorie	26	new	53
42	Peggy	26	↓1	35
43	Sally	26	↑6	54
44	Jean	25	↓17	27
45	Frances	24	new	23
46	Joanne	23	new	57
47	Patsy	23	new	55
48	Connie	22	↓12	>100
49	Doris	22	↓10	25
50	Judy	22	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	253	–	1
2	James	183	↑2	2
3	Larry	160	–	16
4	Richard	157	↓2	5
5	Gary	146	↑1	22
6	John	134	↓1	3
7	Ronald	119	↑1	10
8	Donald	116	↓1	7
9	William	114	–	4
10	David	108	↑1	8
11	Charles	90	↑1	6
12	Jerry	89	↓2	17
13	Kenneth	75	–	14
14	Jack	64	↑1	25
15	George	59	↓1	11
16	Roger	56	↑15	31
17	Gerald	55	↓1	19
18	Wayne	53	↑11	40
19	Dale	51	↓2	56
20	Thomas	45	↓1	9
21	Paul	42	↑1	15
22	Don	41	↓4	52
23	Bill	40	↑2	67
24	Edward	38	↑6	13
25	Michael	38	↑9	21
26	Raymond	38	↓2	20
27	Jim	36	↓1	81
28	Norman	36	↑14	43
29	Ralph	36	↑9	35
30	Dennis	35	↓3	49
31	Joseph	35	↑8	12
32	Marvin	34	↑12	53
33	Terry	33	new	86
34	Fred	32	↓6	38
35	Lynn	32	new	>100
36	Melvin	32	↑4	54
37	Harold	30	↓14	23
38	Keith	30	new	>100
39	Carl	29	↓7	29
40	Gene	29	↑6	65
41	Gordon	29	↑2	78
42	Jay	27	↑5	>100
43	Dean	26	↓8	>100
44	Frank	26	↓23	18
45	Ray	26	new	72
46	Douglas	25	new	60
47	Howard	25	↓6	42
48	Lee	25	↓11	80
49	Bob	24	↓29	94
50	Eugene	24	↓5	33

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