Popular baby names in Idaho, 1943

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1943 were Linda for girls (236 babies) and Robert for boys (283). Linda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,777 babies born in Idaho in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1943

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: 19 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Vicki: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Julie: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Deanna: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jackie: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Patty: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Pat: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Connie: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marsha: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kathy: 20 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 34 babies, 26.4× the national rate
Rex: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Lynn: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kent: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lyle: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Glen: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jay: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Keith: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Steven: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dale: 47 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Linda	236	↑1	4
2	Sharon	188	↓1	8
3	Mary	162	↑1	1
4	Carol	159	↑2	5
5	Barbara	129	↑2	2
6	Judy	126	↓1	13
7	Karen	124	↓4	15
8	Patricia	107	↑1	3
9	Sandra	95	↓1	6
10	Nancy	84	↑1	9
11	Janet	74	↑2	20
12	Shirley	74	↑6	12
13	Bonnie	71	↑7	34
14	Judith	69	–	7
15	Donna	66	↓5	17
16	Marilyn	66	↓1	27
17	Carolyn	62	–	11
18	Joyce	62	↓2	16
19	Janice	61	–	26
20	Kathleen	61	↑1	22
21	Betty	57	↓9	10
22	Joan	49	–	21
23	Susan	48	↑9	18
24	Connie	47	↑4	59
25	Margaret	46	↑4	14
26	Dorothy	44	↓3	19
27	Diane	42	↑3	24
28	Beverly	36	↓4	32
29	Ann	33	↓4	37
30	Gloria	32	↑6	30
31	Lois	32	↑4	43
32	Virginia	32	↓5	25
33	Kay	30	↓2	81
34	Peggy	30	↑7	41
35	Sally	30	new	57
36	Alice	29	↑9	38
37	Phyllis	29	↑1	39
38	Cheryl	27	new	>100
39	Helen	27	↓6	28
40	Ruth	27	↓14	33
41	Brenda	26	new	35
42	Roberta	26	new	66
43	Joann	25	new	60
44	Rita	24	new	52
45	Darlene	23	↓11	73
46	Diana	23	new	62
47	Elizabeth	23	new	23
48	Julie	23	new	>100
49	Kathryn	23	new	75
50	Vicki	23	↓11	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	283	↑1	2
2	James	212	↓1	1
3	John	200	–	3
4	Richard	195	–	5
5	Larry	193	–	12
6	Gary	176	–	16
7	David	159	↑2	6
8	Ronald	157	↓1	9
9	William	142	↓1	4
10	Dennis	111	–	20
11	Jerry	104	↑1	17
12	Donald	99	↑3	11
13	Michael	91	↓2	10
14	Charles	87	↓1	7
15	Kenneth	80	↓1	15
16	Jack	67	↑1	34
17	Thomas	65	↓1	8
18	George	52	↑2	14
19	Gerald	50	↑8	23
20	Roger	48	↓1	24
21	Steven	48	↑5	58
22	Terry	48	↓1	49
23	Dale	47	↓1	59
24	Jim	39	↑7	75
25	Paul	39	–	19
26	Raymond	39	↑8	22
27	Douglas	38	↓9	28
28	Joseph	38	↓5	13
29	Bruce	37	new	51
30	Don	36	↓6	72
31	Harold	35	↑10	27
32	Brent	34	new	>100
33	Lynn	34	↑11	>100
34	Wayne	34	↑4	41
35	Ralph	31	↓6	40
36	Carl	30	↑3	33
37	Edward	30	↓2	18
38	Daniel	28	↑7	25
39	Fred	28	↑10	45
40	Keith	28	↓8	>100
41	Mike	27	new	90
42	Stephen	27	↓12	29
43	Bill	26	↓15	65
44	Ray	26	new	84
45	Stanley	26	new	54
46	Earl	25	new	60
47	Frank	25	↓11	21
48	Melvin	25	↓2	63
49	Steve	25	new	93
50	Alan	24	new	67

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