Popular baby names in Idaho, 1939

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1939 were Sharon for girls (158 babies) and Robert for boys (243). Sharon ranked #23 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,697 babies born in Idaho in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1939

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: 24 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Myrna: 36 babies, 6× the national rate
Dixie: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Deanna: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sharon: 158 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darlene: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karen: 71 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Pat: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Donna: 103 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 24 babies, 31.2× the national rate
Kent: 19 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Eldon: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lynn: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dean: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Darrell: 30 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jay: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Steven: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gary: 176 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Sharon	158	↑3	23
2	Barbara	152	–	2
3	Mary	144	↓2	1
4	Patricia	127	↑2	3
5	Carol	113	↓2	6
6	Donna	103	↑1	20
7	Shirley	85	↓2	5
8	Betty	73	–	4
9	Beverly	72	–	25
10	Karen	71	↑2	39
11	Marilyn	66	↓1	19
12	Janet	62	↑4	17
13	Sandra	61	↓2	13
14	Joan	57	↑7	11
15	Carolyn	56	↑5	14
16	Judy	55	↑34	28
17	Linda	55	new	15
18	Joyce	54	↓1	12
19	Bonnie	52	↑18	61
20	Judith	52	↑8	8
21	Janice	50	↑4	24
22	Lois	48	↑1	35
23	Nancy	48	↓9	7
24	Helen	47	↓11	16
25	Darlene	44	↓3	75
26	Margaret	37	↓11	10
27	Norma	37	↓9	38
28	Ruth	37	↓2	22
29	Myrna	36	↓2	>100
30	Virginia	36	↓6	21
31	Dorothy	35	↓12	9
32	Deanna	33	↑6	>100
33	Doris	33	↑16	29
34	Kathleen	33	new	48
35	Alice	31	↑1	31
36	Frances	29	↑9	26
37	Roberta	29	new	71
38	Ann	28	↓5	33
39	Marjorie	28	↑2	60
40	Charlotte	27	new	66
41	Dixie	26	new	>100
42	Jean	26	↑2	32
43	Connie	25	↑5	>100
44	Sally	25	↓1	52
45	Colleen	24	new	>100
46	Elaine	24	↓7	45
47	Evelyn	24	new	40
48	Joann	23	↓8	57
49	Marlene	23	↓20	64
50	Rose	23	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	243	–	1
2	Gary	176	↑3	21
3	Richard	171	↑1	5
4	John	165	↑2	3
5	Larry	161	↓2	14
6	James	156	↓4	2
7	William	135	↑2	4
8	David	134	↑2	7
9	Ronald	122	↓2	10
10	Donald	105	↓2	8
11	Jerry	93	↑1	16
12	Kenneth	77	↑1	13
13	Charles	76	↓2	6
14	Dennis	62	↑16	34
15	Gerald	54	↑2	19
16	Jack	53	↓2	26
17	George	49	↓2	11
18	Dale	48	↑1	59
19	Edward	47	↑5	15
20	Thomas	46	–	9
21	Michael	45	↑4	18
22	Roger	43	↓6	28
23	Paul	42	↓2	17
24	Terry	39	↑9	83
25	Melvin	38	↑11	51
26	Ralph	38	↑3	35
27	Wayne	38	↓9	39
28	Marvin	37	↑4	52
29	Bill	32	↓6	67
30	Harold	32	↑7	23
31	Raymond	32	↓5	22
32	Don	31	↓10	56
33	Darrell	30	new	>100
34	Dean	30	↑9	>100
35	Frank	30	↑9	20
36	Fred	30	↓2	40
37	Joseph	30	↓6	12
38	Jim	29	↓11	75
39	Douglas	27	↑7	58
40	Earl	27	new	50
41	Walter	27	new	25
42	Eugene	26	↑8	37
43	Bob	25	↑6	89
44	Carl	25	↓5	30
45	Gene	25	↓5	69
46	Gordon	25	↓5	82
47	Joe	25	new	27
48	Lynn	25	↓13	>100
49	Brent	24	new	>100
50	Daniel	24	new	38

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