Popular baby names in Idaho, 1941

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1941 were Sharon for girls (171 babies) and Robert for boys (237). Sharon ranked #15 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,158 babies born in Idaho in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1941

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: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dixie: 25 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Julie: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deanna: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Myrna: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karen: 134 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sharon: 171 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kay: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynda: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Connie: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 18 babies, 16× the national rate
Kent: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dick: 24 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dean: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Lynn: 31 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lyle: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Max: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Duane: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dale: 59 babies, 4× the national rate
Jay: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Sharon	171	–	15
2	Linda	164	↑4	5
3	Karen	134	↑4	19
4	Patricia	134	↑1	3
5	Mary	126	↓3	1
6	Carol	122	↓2	4
7	Barbara	119	↓4	2
8	Judy	118	↑3	16
9	Sandra	95	↑3	9
10	Judith	80	↑5	6
11	Donna	75	↓1	20
12	Shirley	74	↓3	10
13	Carolyn	73	↑7	11
14	Betty	70	↓6	7
15	Marilyn	65	↑1	30
16	Janet	64	↑7	18
17	Bonnie	59	↑1	33
18	Joyce	58	↑3	13
19	Janice	56	↑7	22
20	Beverly	52	↓3	29
21	Nancy	51	↓7	8
22	Joan	46	↑5	17
23	Phyllis	44	↑6	35
24	Ann	40	↑4	37
25	Dorothy	40	–	14
26	Kay	40	↑11	70
27	Margaret	40	↓14	12
28	Ruth	40	↑4	28
29	Alice	37	↑5	34
30	Diane	36	new	40
31	Evelyn	34	new	50
32	Gloria	34	↑3	26
33	Helen	34	↓11	24
34	Connie	33	↓3	79
35	Kathleen	33	new	36
36	Lois	32	↓12	43
37	Darlene	31	↓18	76
38	Frances	30	↑11	31
39	Norma	30	↓6	47
40	Elaine	29	↑8	44
41	Susan	29	new	27
42	Virginia	29	↓1	23
43	Elizabeth	27	new	21
44	Ellen	26	–	67
45	Deanna	25	↓15	>100
46	Dixie	25	↑1	>100
47	Doris	25	↓4	38
48	Carole	24	new	48
49	Peggy	24	↓13	39
50	Joann	23	–	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Robert	237	–	2
2	James	223	↑4	1
3	Richard	197	↑1	5
4	Larry	169	↓1	11
5	Gary	163	↓3	19
6	John	162	↓1	3
7	William	154	↑1	4
8	David	149	↓1	7
9	Ronald	139	–	9
10	Jerry	91	↑2	14
11	Dennis	85	↑4	23
12	Charles	80	↓1	6
13	Michael	80	↑1	16
14	Donald	79	↓4	10
15	Thomas	74	↑2	8
16	Kenneth	70	↓3	15
17	George	65	↓1	13
18	Dale	59	↑8	59
19	Gerald	56	↑1	20
20	Roger	48	↑3	25
21	Paul	45	↓3	18
22	Don	39	↓3	66
23	Jack	38	↓1	32
24	Wayne	37	↑4	37
25	Edward	36	↑6	17
26	Raymond	35	↑6	22
27	Melvin	34	↑3	56
28	Frank	33	new	21
29	Terry	32	↑15	64
30	Fred	31	↑18	43
31	Jim	31	↓2	80
32	Lynn	31	↓7	>100
33	Steven	31	new	90
34	Dean	30	new	>100
35	Douglas	29	new	53
36	Stanley	29	new	57
37	Carl	28	–	29
38	Harold	28	↓17	24
39	Duane	27	new	>100
40	Gene	27	↑9	72
41	Norman	27	↓14	49
42	Marvin	26	↓18	63
43	Roy	26	new	39
44	Bruce	25	↓11	51
45	Lawrence	25	new	34
46	Bill	24	↓4	68
47	Dick	24	new	>100
48	Keith	24	↓10	>100
49	Leroy	24	↓14	67
50	Eugene	23	new	42

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