Popular baby names in Idaho, 1945

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1945 were Linda for girls (217 babies) and Robert for boys (206). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,050 babies born in Idaho in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1945

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

Girls

Kaye: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Dixie: 21 babies, 7× the national rate
Colleen: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Deanna: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Julie: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sheryl: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Vicki: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lynda: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maxine: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Connie: 57 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 23 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Kent: 24 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Dick: 21 babies, 8× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Tim: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Max: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ted: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Keith: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Dean: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darrell: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	217	–	2
2	Mary	169	–	1
3	Carol	134	↑2	5
4	Judy	126	↓1	13
5	Karen	118	↑1	16
6	Sharon	118	↓2	8
7	Patricia	109	↑2	4
8	Barbara	99	↓1	3
9	Sandra	95	↓1	6
10	Susan	84	↑5	10
11	Marilyn	82	↑9	27
12	Carolyn	80	↓1	12
13	Janice	72	↑8	24
14	Donna	69	↓1	17
15	Nancy	68	↓5	7
16	Cheryl	66	↓4	32
17	Judith	65	↓3	9
18	Kathleen	60	↓1	19
19	Janet	58	–	20
20	Connie	57	↑5	47
21	Betty	56	↓5	11
22	Shirley	52	–	14
23	Diana	50	↑8	43
24	Bonnie	49	↓6	35
25	Diane	45	↑4	22
26	Joyce	45	↓2	18
27	Margaret	44	–	15
28	Ruth	40	↑16	33
29	Pamela	35	↑6	42
30	Gloria	34	↑2	23
31	Helen	34	↑16	31
32	Vicki	33	new	>100
33	Dorothy	29	↓7	21
34	Lynda	29	↑4	>100
35	Peggy	29	↓5	45
36	Beverly	28	↓8	37
37	Carole	26	new	51
38	Frances	26	new	34
39	Ann	25	↓2	39
40	Kathy	25	↑2	>100
41	Virginia	25	↓2	28
42	Jean	24	↓1	38
43	Julie	24	new	>100
44	Phyllis	24	↓11	40
45	Darlene	23	↓11	71
46	Kay	23	↑3	91
47	Deanna	22	new	>100
48	Lois	22	↑2	48
49	Marie	22	new	49
50	Alice	21	↓14	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	206	↑1	2
2	John	194	↓1	3
3	James	188	–	1
4	Richard	187	–	5
5	David	152	↑1	6
6	Gary	147	↓1	13
7	Larry	141	–	11
8	Michael	114	↑1	9
9	Dennis	112	↑1	19
10	Ronald	104	↑1	10
11	William	104	↓3	4
12	Kenneth	90	↑1	16
13	Charles	79	↓1	7
14	Jerry	79	↑1	20
15	Terry	62	↑4	33
16	Thomas	59	↓2	8
17	George	53	–	15
18	Donald	51	↓2	12
19	Steven	51	↑5	43
20	Paul	50	–	17
21	Douglas	44	↑7	29
22	Jack	44	↑1	32
23	Roger	43	↑7	22
24	Gerald	41	↓2	25
25	Jim	39	↑1	68
26	Don	36	↑7	73
27	Raymond	36	↑18	23
28	Stephen	36	↑10	26
29	Mike	35	↑8	69
30	Steve	34	new	79
31	Frank	33	↑15	21
32	Wayne	33	↓11	35
33	Bruce	32	↓2	48
34	Dale	32	↓16	61
35	Keith	30	↑7	>100
36	Alan	28	↑13	52
37	Roy	28	↓2	40
38	Stanley	28	new	59
39	Ralph	27	new	44
40	Joe	26	new	36
41	Joseph	26	↓12	14
42	Lynn	26	↓15	>100
43	Bill	25	↓18	66
44	Edward	25	↓12	18
45	Gene	25	new	100
46	Daniel	24	↓12	24
47	Kent	24	↓4	>100
48	Rodney	24	new	>100
49	Bob	23	↓9	>100
50	Brent	23	↓9	>100

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