Popular baby names in Idaho, 1942

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1942 were Sharon for girls (206 babies) and James for boys (229). Sharon ranked #11 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,179 babies born in Idaho in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1942

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

Girls

Vicki: 28 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Dixie: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Myrna: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Deanna: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Julie: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Kathy: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sherry: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sharon: 206 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karen: 154 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Connie: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 23 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kent: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Max: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dick: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Keith: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Darrell: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rodney: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Don: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Sharon	206	–	11
2	Linda	195	–	4
3	Karen	154	–	16
4	Mary	150	↑1	1
5	Judy	134	↑3	15
6	Carol	128	–	5
7	Barbara	97	–	2
8	Sandra	97	↑1	6
9	Patricia	93	↓5	3
10	Donna	81	↑1	20
11	Nancy	78	↑10	8
12	Betty	74	↑2	9
13	Janet	74	↑3	19
14	Judith	68	↓4	7
15	Marilyn	68	–	27
16	Joyce	65	↑2	13
17	Carolyn	64	↓4	10
18	Shirley	63	↓6	12
19	Janice	61	–	25
20	Bonnie	60	↓3	34
21	Kathleen	55	↑14	24
22	Joan	49	–	18
23	Dorothy	40	↑2	17
24	Beverly	38	↓4	32
25	Ann	36	↓1	38
26	Ruth	36	↑2	33
27	Virginia	36	↑15	23
28	Connie	35	↑6	70
29	Margaret	35	↓2	14
30	Diane	34	–	28
31	Kay	34	↓5	75
32	Susan	34	↑9	21
33	Helen	33	–	26
34	Darlene	30	↑3	78
35	Lois	30	↑1	44
36	Gloria	29	↓4	31
37	Jean	29	new	36
38	Phyllis	28	↓15	37
39	Vicki	28	new	>100
40	Carole	27	↑8	35
41	Peggy	26	↑8	42
42	Norma	24	↓3	52
43	Geraldine	23	new	47
44	Rose	23	new	50
45	Alice	22	↓16	39
46	Deanna	22	↓1	>100
47	Elaine	22	↓7	45
48	Marlene	22	new	84
49	Charlotte	21	new	51
50	Marie	21	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	229	↑1	1
2	Robert	216	↓1	2
3	John	212	↑3	3
4	Richard	164	↓1	5
5	Larry	155	↓1	12
6	Gary	147	↓1	18
7	Ronald	146	↑2	9
8	William	143	↓1	4
9	David	141	↓1	6
10	Dennis	105	↑1	20
11	Michael	96	↑2	13
12	Jerry	89	↓2	16
13	Charles	83	↓1	7
14	Kenneth	83	↑2	15
15	Donald	74	↓1	10
16	Thomas	71	↓1	8
17	Jack	60	↑6	34
18	Douglas	58	↑17	23
19	Roger	58	↑1	25
20	George	55	↓3	14
21	Terry	50	↑8	52
22	Dale	45	↓4	63
23	Joseph	45	new	11
24	Don	44	↓2	72
25	Paul	44	↓4	19
26	Steven	37	↑7	75
27	Gerald	36	↓8	22
28	Bill	32	↑18	65
29	Ralph	32	new	38
30	Stephen	32	new	32
31	Jim	31	–	74
32	Keith	31	↑16	>100
33	Marvin	31	↑9	66
34	Raymond	31	↓8	24
35	Edward	30	↓10	17
36	Frank	30	↓8	21
37	Gordon	29	new	92
38	Wayne	29	↓14	41
39	Carl	28	↓2	36
40	Darrell	27	new	>100
41	Harold	27	↓3	27
42	Joe	27	new	33
43	Eugene	26	↑7	45
44	Lynn	26	↓12	>100
45	Daniel	25	new	28
46	Melvin	25	↓19	60
47	Norman	25	↓6	53
48	Roy	25	↓5	42
49	Fred	24	↓19	46
50	Walter	24	new	26

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