Popular baby names in Idaho, 1948

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1948 were Linda for girls (429 babies) and Robert for boys (305). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,763 babies born in Idaho in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1948

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

Girls

Deanna: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Carla: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Vicki: 68 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Patty: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Vickie: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jan: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Teresa: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julie: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kay: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Connie: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 40 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Ron: 17 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lynn: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lyle: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Randy: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dan: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ted: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rick: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jim: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mike: 63 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	429	–	1
2	Mary	177	–	2
3	Susan	164	↑1	5
4	Sandra	153	↓1	6
5	Patricia	143	↑3	4
6	Carol	135	↑1	8
7	Karen	133	↑4	12
8	Sharon	132	↓2	9
9	Barbara	131	–	3
10	Judy	127	↓5	16
11	Nancy	98	↓1	7
12	Kathleen	90	↑3	10
13	Cheryl	85	↑6	25
14	Donna	83	–	11
15	Connie	77	↓3	43
16	Janet	74	↓3	24
17	Bonnie	71	–	34
18	Janice	69	–	23
19	Peggy	69	↑10	38
20	Carolyn	68	↑3	14
21	Vicki	68	↑9	81
22	Pamela	66	↓2	22
23	Diana	63	↑5	48
24	Marilyn	62	↓8	33
25	Judith	59	↓4	15
26	Christine	55	↑10	35
27	Diane	51	↓1	19
28	Kathy	51	↓1	55
29	Shirley	50	↓7	20
30	Margaret	49	↓6	13
31	Betty	48	↓6	18
32	Teresa	48	new	82
33	Kathryn	47	↑11	54
34	Sherry	47	↓3	61
35	Gloria	43	new	28
36	Joyce	40	↓2	21
37	Dorothy	39	↑5	29
38	Lynda	38	↓5	84
39	Paula	38	↓4	52
40	Marsha	37	new	76
41	Beverly	36	↓3	31
42	Sue	34	new	78
43	Cynthia	32	new	27
44	Helen	32	↓7	40
45	Julie	32	new	>100
46	Sally	30	new	72
47	Ann	29	↓15	44
48	Katherine	29	new	68
49	Kay	29	↓8	>100
50	Catherine	28	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	305	–	2
2	David	262	↑1	5
3	John	259	↑2	3
4	James	246	↓2	1
5	Michael	237	↑2	6
6	Richard	198	↓2	7
7	William	176	↑4	4
8	Ronald	159	↑2	10
9	Gary	158	↓1	12
10	Dennis	157	↓1	17
11	Larry	154	↓5	11
12	Steven	138	–	23
13	Kenneth	112	↑5	15
14	Terry	112	↓1	26
15	Donald	106	↑2	14
16	Thomas	101	↓2	8
17	Jerry	94	↓2	21
18	Charles	92	↓2	9
19	Douglas	69	↑8	33
20	Dale	66	↑6	56
21	Steve	66	↓1	60
22	Mike	63	↓1	68
23	Roger	62	↑5	24
24	Stephen	59	↑7	20
25	Jack	58	↑8	43
26	Paul	57	↓4	18
27	Daniel	53	↑15	22
28	Bruce	51	↑1	28
29	Jim	50	↑1	86
30	Wayne	50	↓7	34
31	George	48	↓12	16
32	Craig	46	↑13	82
33	Randy	46	↑6	99
34	Alan	44	↑2	46
35	Danny	44	↓11	39
36	Frank	43	new	25
37	Mark	43	–	29
38	Brent	40	↓4	>100
39	Gregory	39	↑4	32
40	Edward	38	↓8	19
41	Raymond	38	new	27
42	Bill	37	↓17	84
43	Fred	37	↑1	66
44	Gerald	37	↓6	30
45	Joseph	36	↑2	13
46	Tom	36	new	94
47	Dan	34	↓1	>100
48	Roy	34	new	49
49	Allen	33	new	72
50	Don	33	↓1	91

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