Popular baby names in Idaho, 1944

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1944 were Linda for girls (265 babies) and John for boys (229). Linda ranked #3 nationally for girls. John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,688 babies born in Idaho in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1944

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

Girls

Dixie: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Vicki: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Penny: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lynda: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cheryl: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kathy: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Pat: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Judy: 165 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Connie: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marsha: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 28 babies, 23.8× the national rate
Kent: 28 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lynn: 42 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Max: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dean: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dale: 56 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ted: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bob: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Craig: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Linda	265	–	3
2	Mary	174	↑1	1
3	Judy	165	↑3	12
4	Sharon	165	↓2	8
5	Carol	141	↓1	5
6	Karen	110	↑1	16
7	Barbara	101	↓2	2
8	Sandra	101	↑1	6
9	Patricia	96	↓1	4
10	Nancy	94	–	7
11	Carolyn	82	↑6	11
12	Cheryl	81	↑26	36
13	Donna	77	↑2	17
14	Judith	73	–	9
15	Susan	70	↑8	13
16	Betty	66	↑5	10
17	Kathleen	64	↑3	20
18	Bonnie	63	↓5	34
19	Janet	62	↓8	21
20	Marilyn	61	↓4	27
21	Janice	56	↓2	28
22	Shirley	55	↓10	15
23	Joan	53	↓1	22
24	Joyce	53	↓6	18
25	Connie	47	↓1	51
26	Dorothy	47	–	19
27	Margaret	47	↓2	14
28	Beverly	42	–	35
29	Diane	35	↓2	24
30	Peggy	33	↑4	45
31	Diana	31	↑15	60
32	Gloria	31	↓2	25
33	Phyllis	30	↑4	40
34	Darlene	29	↑11	76
35	Pamela	29	new	44
36	Alice	28	–	38
37	Ann	28	↓8	39
38	Lynda	28	new	>100
39	Virginia	25	↓7	26
40	Glenda	24	new	79
41	Jean	24	new	37
42	Kathy	24	new	>100
43	Roberta	23	↓1	70
44	Ruth	23	↓4	32
45	Brenda	22	↓4	30
46	Elizabeth	22	↑1	23
47	Helen	22	↓8	31
48	Jane	22	new	41
49	Kay	22	↓16	88
50	Lois	22	↓19	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	John	229	↑2	3
2	Robert	219	↓1	2
3	James	204	↓1	1
4	Richard	201	–	5
5	Gary	171	↑1	15
6	David	164	↑1	6
7	Larry	160	↓2	12
8	William	136	↑1	4
9	Michael	133	↑4	9
10	Dennis	124	–	20
11	Ronald	119	↓3	10
12	Charles	94	↑2	7
13	Kenneth	85	↑2	16
14	Thomas	77	↑3	8
15	Jerry	76	↓4	19
16	Donald	63	↓4	11
17	George	63	↑1	14
18	Dale	56	↑5	61
19	Terry	55	↑3	43
20	Paul	53	↑5	17
21	Wayne	47	↑13	37
22	Gerald	44	↓3	24
23	Jack	44	↓7	30
24	Steven	44	↓3	52
25	Bill	42	↑18	66
26	Jim	42	↓2	68
27	Lynn	42	↑6	>100
28	Douglas	41	↓1	34
29	Joseph	40	↓1	13
30	Roger	39	↓10	23
31	Bruce	38	↓2	51
32	Edward	38	↑5	18
33	Don	36	↓3	72
34	Daniel	32	↑4	25
35	Roy	31	new	39
36	Melvin	30	↑12	67
37	Mike	30	↑4	80
38	Stephen	30	↑4	28
39	Tom	29	new	87
40	Bob	28	new	>100
41	Brent	28	↓9	>100
42	Keith	28	↓2	>100
43	Kent	28	new	>100
44	Marvin	28	new	75
45	Raymond	28	↓19	22
46	Frank	27	↑1	21
47	Fred	26	↓8	47
48	Harold	25	↓17	27
49	Alan	24	↑1	55
50	Carl	24	↓14	36

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