Popular baby names in Idaho, 1940

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1940 were Sharon for girls (211 babies) and Robert for boys (242). Sharon ranked #17 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,122 babies born in Idaho in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1940

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

Girls

Deanna: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sharon: 211 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dixie: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Myrna: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Darlene: 53 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Karen: 93 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Connie: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Pat: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynda: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bonnie: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 24 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Lynn: 39 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Rex: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jay: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darrell: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dick: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Keith: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Virgil: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dean: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Sharon	211	–	17
2	Mary	144	↑1	1
3	Barbara	134	↓1	2
4	Carol	128	↑1	6
5	Patricia	114	↓1	3
6	Linda	112	↑11	8
7	Karen	93	↑3	34
8	Betty	85	–	5
9	Shirley	82	↓2	9
10	Donna	80	↓4	23
11	Judy	79	↑5	16
12	Sandra	78	↑1	10
13	Margaret	66	↑13	11
14	Nancy	64	↑9	7
15	Judith	63	↑5	4
16	Marilyn	62	↓5	25
17	Beverly	55	↓8	27
18	Bonnie	54	↑1	39
19	Darlene	53	↑6	79
20	Carolyn	52	↓5	15
21	Joyce	52	↓3	13
22	Helen	50	↑2	18
23	Janet	47	↓11	19
24	Lois	45	↓2	38
25	Dorothy	43	↑6	12
26	Janice	43	↓5	22
27	Joan	43	↓13	14
28	Ann	39	↑10	35
29	Phyllis	38	new	33
30	Deanna	37	↑2	>100
31	Connie	36	↑12	88
32	Ruth	34	↓4	24
33	Norma	33	↓6	43
34	Alice	30	↑1	32
35	Gloria	29	new	30
36	Peggy	29	new	37
37	Kay	28	new	77
38	June	26	new	82
39	Wanda	26	new	52
40	Myrna	25	↓11	>100
41	Virginia	25	↓11	21
42	Pat	24	new	>100
43	Doris	23	↓10	31
44	Ellen	23	new	74
45	Jean	23	↓3	29
46	Rose	23	↑4	44
47	Dixie	22	↓6	>100
48	Elaine	22	↓2	50
49	Frances	22	↓13	28
50	Joann	22	↓2	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Robert	242	–	2
2	Gary	194	–	19
3	Larry	179	↑2	13
4	Richard	179	↓1	5
5	John	171	↓1	3
6	James	154	–	1
7	David	139	↑1	7
8	William	128	↓1	4
9	Ronald	111	–	10
10	Donald	96	–	9
11	Charles	94	↑2	6
12	Jerry	94	↓1	14
13	Kenneth	74	↓1	15
14	Michael	73	↑7	18
15	Dennis	66	↓1	24
16	George	58	↑1	11
17	Thomas	51	↑3	8
18	Paul	46	↑5	17
19	Don	45	↑13	62
20	Gerald	44	↓5	21
21	Harold	44	↑9	23
22	Jack	44	↓6	29
23	Roger	41	↓1	26
24	Marvin	40	↑4	63
25	Lynn	39	↑23	>100
26	Dale	38	↓8	57
27	Norman	38	new	48
28	Wayne	38	↓1	39
29	Jim	36	↑9	78
30	Melvin	36	↓5	53
31	Edward	35	↓12	16
32	Raymond	34	↓1	22
33	Bruce	33	new	55
34	Darrell	31	↓1	>100
35	Leroy	31	new	66
36	Ralph	31	↓10	37
37	Carl	30	↑7	32
38	Keith	30	new	>100
39	Bob	29	↑4	99
40	Jay	29	new	>100
41	Arthur	28	new	33
42	Bill	28	↓13	67
43	Ray	27	new	77
44	Terry	26	↓20	73
45	Gordon	25	↑1	91
46	Allen	24	new	71
47	Brent	24	↑2	>100
48	Fred	24	↓12	40
49	Gene	24	↓4	70
50	Joe	24	↓3	28

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