Popular baby names in Idaho, 1947

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1947 were Linda for girls (530 babies) and Robert for boys (273). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,834 babies born in Idaho in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1947

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: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Vickie: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Deanna: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Vicki: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Carla: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dianna: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Connie: 97 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Penny: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kay: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Julie: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 45 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Kent: 27 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rick: 27 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ron: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Dick: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Max: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Randy: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bob: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Greg: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	530	–	1
2	Mary	188	–	2
3	Sandra	151	↑4	5
4	Susan	142	↑4	8
5	Judy	140	–	14
6	Sharon	140	↓2	9
7	Carol	139	↓4	6
8	Patricia	128	↑1	3
9	Barbara	127	↓3	4
10	Nancy	119	↑1	7
11	Karen	109	↓1	13
12	Connie	97	↑6	43
13	Janet	82	–	23
14	Donna	74	↓2	10
15	Kathleen	73	↓1	11
16	Marilyn	72	↑5	29
17	Bonnie	71	↑8	35
18	Janice	71	↑1	22
19	Cheryl	66	↓4	24
20	Pamela	66	↑8	28
21	Judith	64	↑2	12
22	Shirley	62	–	19
23	Carolyn	58	↓7	15
24	Margaret	56	↓4	16
25	Betty	54	↓8	17
26	Diane	51	–	18
27	Kathy	51	–	64
28	Diana	49	↓4	48
29	Peggy	49	new	42
30	Vicki	48	↓1	>100
31	Sherry	43	↑12	67
32	Ann	42	↓2	41
33	Lynda	42	↓1	77
34	Joyce	41	↓3	20
35	Paula	41	new	54
36	Christine	40	new	45
37	Helen	40	↑12	38
38	Beverly	38	↓5	31
39	Joan	38	new	30
40	Jean	36	new	40
41	Kay	36	↑7	>100
42	Dorothy	35	new	26
43	Jo	34	↓6	51
44	Kathryn	33	↑3	55
45	Virginia	33	↓1	34
46	Lois	32	↓8	63
47	Anita	31	new	94
48	Phyllis	31	new	37
49	Alice	30	↓4	47
50	Jane	30	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	273	–	2
2	James	258	↑2	1
3	David	254	↑2	6
4	Richard	250	↓1	5
5	John	248	↓3	3
6	Larry	205	–	10
7	Michael	202	↑1	7
8	Gary	179	↓1	12
9	Dennis	169	–	17
10	Ronald	167	↑1	11
11	William	143	↓1	4
12	Steven	126	↑5	24
13	Terry	119	–	26
14	Thomas	116	↑4	8
15	Jerry	103	↑1	20
16	Charles	101	↓1	9
17	Donald	92	↓5	13
18	Kenneth	92	↓4	15
19	George	73	↑7	16
20	Steve	73	↑9	58
21	Mike	65	–	65
22	Paul	64	↓2	18
23	Wayne	63	↑22	30
24	Danny	62	↑15	39
25	Bill	61	↑5	76
26	Dale	59	↓2	63
27	Douglas	59	↓4	31
28	Roger	55	↓9	25
29	Bruce	54	↓7	29
30	Jim	54	↓2	77
31	Stephen	54	↓6	21
32	Edward	48	↑14	19
33	Jack	47	↓6	37
34	Brent	45	↑2	>100
35	Rodney	45	↑13	94
36	Alan	44	↓4	45
37	Mark	42	↑12	47
38	Gerald	40	–	28
39	Randy	39	new	>100
40	Keith	37	↑2	91
41	Bob	36	↓6	>100
42	Daniel	36	↓2	22
43	Gregory	36	new	33
44	Fred	35	↓7	56
45	Craig	34	new	93
46	Dan	34	new	>100
47	Joseph	34	new	14
48	Ralph	34	new	50
49	Don	33	↓15	86
50	Harold	31	↓6	35

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