Popular baby names in Idaho, 1949

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1949 were Linda for girls (415 babies) and Robert for boys (293). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,840 babies born in Idaho in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1949

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

Girls

Karla: 17 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Deanna: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Carla: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colleen: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sheryl: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kristine: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Michelle: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vicki: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Billie: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vickie: 28 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 41 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Lynn: 41 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lyle: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Max: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Randy: 72 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kent: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rex: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Ted: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Neil: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dan: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	415	–	1
2	Mary	198	–	2
3	Susan	190	–	5
4	Patricia	152	↑1	3
5	Sandra	134	↓1	6
6	Carol	133	–	8
7	Kathleen	127	↑5	9
8	Karen	125	↓1	11
9	Judy	116	↑1	20
10	Sharon	115	↓2	10
11	Barbara	110	↓2	4
12	Nancy	107	↓1	7
13	Pamela	84	↑9	21
14	Donna	79	–	12
15	Janet	76	↑1	23
16	Cheryl	74	↓3	28
17	Marilyn	74	↑7	33
18	Connie	71	↓3	43
19	Janice	71	↓1	24
20	Judith	63	↑5	16
21	Carolyn	62	↓1	17
22	Shirley	62	↑7	18
23	Vicki	62	↓2	70
24	Bonnie	61	↓7	35
25	Diane	61	↑2	19
26	Christine	58	–	30
27	Margaret	58	↑3	14
28	Peggy	58	↓9	38
29	Kathy	55	↓1	42
30	Diana	52	↓7	48
31	Kathryn	48	↑2	52
32	Brenda	47	new	13
33	Betty	43	↓2	22
34	Marsha	43	↑6	79
35	Katherine	42	↑13	59
36	Ann	40	↑11	44
37	Cynthia	39	↑6	27
38	Deborah	39	new	15
39	Joyce	39	↓3	26
40	Beverly	37	↑1	31
41	Teresa	36	↓9	82
42	Elizabeth	35	new	25
43	Sherry	35	↓9	68
44	Laura	33	new	65
45	Rebecca	33	new	40
46	Darlene	32	new	75
47	Gloria	32	↓12	29
48	Jo	31	new	60
49	Colleen	30	new	>100
50	Julie	30	↓5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	293	–	2
2	John	274	↑1	3
3	David	270	↓1	6
4	Michael	252	↑1	5
5	James	220	↓1	1
6	Richard	203	–	7
7	Steven	188	↑5	20
8	Gary	182	↑1	12
9	William	181	↓2	4
10	Larry	161	↑1	10
11	Ronald	148	↓3	11
12	Dennis	130	↓2	16
13	Thomas	114	↑3	8
14	Charles	108	↑4	9
15	Donald	104	–	13
16	Kenneth	99	↓3	15
17	Terry	98	↓3	28
18	Jerry	87	↓1	23
19	Douglas	86	–	29
20	Bruce	73	↑8	26
21	Randy	72	↑12	92
22	Stephen	70	↑2	19
23	Mark	69	↑14	24
24	Roger	68	↓1	25
25	Dale	66	↓5	54
26	Paul	65	–	17
27	Danny	64	↑8	40
28	Daniel	55	↓1	22
29	Wayne	53	↑1	35
30	Jack	52	↓5	47
31	Gregory	48	↑8	31
32	Timothy	48	new	34
33	George	47	↓2	18
34	Craig	45	↓2	77
35	Gerald	44	↑9	33
36	Keith	44	new	85
37	Edward	43	↑3	21
38	Steve	43	↓17	68
39	Brent	41	↓1	>100
40	Lynn	41	new	>100
41	Mike	41	↓19	88
42	Scott	38	new	99
43	Patrick	37	new	39
44	Joseph	36	↑1	14
45	Raymond	35	↓4	30
46	Randall	32	new	79
47	Carl	31	new	43
48	Allen	30	↑1	71
49	Gordon	30	new	>100
50	Rodney	30	new	87

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