Popular baby names in Idaho, 1946

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1946 were Linda for girls (283 babies) and Robert for boys (248). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,896 babies born in Idaho in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1946

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

Girls

Vicky: 15 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Colleen: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vickie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sheryl: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vicki: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gayle: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deanna: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lana: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Julie: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lynda: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 35 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Kent: 32 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lynn: 40 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Delbert: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ron: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dick: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lyle: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Scott: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bob: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dean: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	283	–	2
2	Mary	180	–	1
3	Carol	167	–	5
4	Sharon	146	↑2	9
5	Judy	137	↓1	11
6	Barbara	134	↑2	4
7	Sandra	132	↑2	6
8	Susan	132	↑2	8
9	Patricia	115	↓2	3
10	Karen	114	↓5	15
11	Nancy	102	↑4	7
12	Donna	85	↑2	13
13	Janet	74	↑6	21
14	Kathleen	72	↑4	16
15	Cheryl	70	↑1	27
16	Carolyn	69	↓4	12
17	Betty	65	↑4	14
18	Connie	64	↑2	45
19	Janice	59	↓6	22
20	Margaret	59	↑7	17
21	Marilyn	59	↓10	29
22	Shirley	59	–	18
23	Judith	55	↓6	10
24	Diana	50	↓1	42
25	Bonnie	45	↓1	33
26	Diane	42	↓1	19
27	Kathy	42	↑13	79
28	Pamela	40	↑1	34
29	Vicki	37	↑3	>100
30	Ann	36	↑9	40
31	Joyce	36	↓5	20
32	Lynda	33	↑2	>100
33	Beverly	31	↑3	30
34	Gloria	31	↓4	26
35	Ruth	31	↓7	38
36	Elizabeth	30	new	25
37	Jo	30	new	53
38	Lois	30	↑10	55
39	Darlene	29	↑6	71
40	Elaine	29	new	47
41	Sheila	29	new	70
42	Sue	29	new	61
43	Sherry	28	new	73
44	Virginia	27	↓3	31
45	Alice	26	↑5	44
46	Julie	26	↓3	>100
47	Kathryn	26	new	63
48	Kay	26	↓2	>100
49	Helen	25	↓18	36
50	Laura	25	new	75

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	248	–	2
2	John	245	–	3
3	Richard	221	↑1	5
4	James	213	↓1	1
5	David	196	–	6
6	Larry	166	↑1	11
7	Gary	163	↓1	12
8	Michael	153	–	7
9	Dennis	152	–	17
10	William	146	↑1	4
11	Ronald	123	↓1	10
12	Donald	98	↑6	13
13	Terry	96	↑2	26
14	Kenneth	92	↓2	15
15	Charles	91	↓2	9
16	Jerry	90	↓2	20
17	Steven	90	↑2	28
18	Thomas	87	↓2	8
19	Roger	63	↑4	23
20	Paul	59	–	18
21	Mike	55	↑8	64
22	Bruce	50	↑11	32
23	Douglas	49	↓2	34
24	Dale	48	↑10	62
25	Stephen	48	↑3	24
26	George	45	↓9	16
27	Jack	43	↓5	35
28	Jim	43	↓3	73
29	Steve	42	↑1	69
30	Bill	41	↑13	72
31	Lynn	40	↑11	>100
32	Alan	38	↑4	49
33	Tom	38	new	87
34	Don	37	↓8	79
35	Bob	36	↑14	>100
36	Brent	35	↑14	>100
37	Fred	35	new	51
38	Gerald	35	↓14	27
39	Danny	34	new	46
40	Daniel	33	↑6	21
41	Frank	32	↓10	22
42	Keith	32	↓7	96
43	Kent	32	↑4	>100
44	Harold	31	new	33
45	Wayne	31	↓13	29
46	Edward	29	↓2	19
47	Marvin	29	new	88
48	Rodney	29	–	93
49	Mark	28	new	58
50	Raymond	28	↓23	25

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