Popular baby names in Idaho, 1950

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1950 were Linda for girls (348 babies) and Robert for boys (290). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,931 babies born in Idaho in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1950

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

Girls

Carla: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sheryl: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Vicky: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Connie: 116 babies, 4× the national rate
Kay: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Terri: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Vicki: 74 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jackie: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julie: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 47 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Kelly: 17 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kent: 34 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kim: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rick: 33 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lynn: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Max: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Randy: 88 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ted: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	348	–	1
2	Susan	192	↑1	5
3	Mary	187	↓1	2
4	Patricia	159	–	3
5	Karen	139	↑3	12
6	Kathleen	133	↑1	10
7	Sandra	132	↓2	8
8	Connie	116	↑10	44
9	Nancy	112	↑3	6
10	Barbara	104	↑1	4
11	Carol	95	↓5	9
12	Janet	87	↑3	18
13	Sharon	85	↓3	11
14	Pamela	84	↓1	17
15	Deborah	77	↑23	7
16	Judy	75	↓7	25
17	Cheryl	74	↓1	29
18	Donna	74	↓4	13
19	Vicki	74	↑4	61
20	Christine	67	↑6	28
21	Janice	67	↓2	22
22	Judith	65	↓2	21
23	Bonnie	60	↑1	33
24	Carolyn	59	↓3	20
25	Marilyn	58	↓8	37
26	Kathryn	55	↑5	46
27	Kathy	54	↑2	38
28	Debra	52	new	59
29	Diane	52	↓4	16
30	Peggy	48	↓2	41
31	Shirley	48	↓9	19
32	Rebecca	45	↑13	36
33	Elizabeth	44	↑9	24
34	Margaret	44	↓7	15
35	Cynthia	43	↑2	23
36	Brenda	42	↓4	14
37	Diana	42	↓7	47
38	Betty	40	↓5	26
39	Beverly	40	↑1	31
40	Marsha	40	↓6	68
41	Teresa	39	–	81
42	Ann	38	↓6	45
43	Sherry	37	–	62
44	Julie	36	↑6	>100
45	Kay	35	new	>100
46	Gloria	34	↑1	30
47	Jo	34	↑1	64
48	Joyce	34	↓9	27
49	Sheryl	32	new	>100
50	Katherine	31	↓15	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	290	–	2
2	Michael	288	↑2	4
3	David	284	–	5
4	John	267	↓2	3
5	Richard	214	↑1	7
6	William	201	↑3	6
7	Gary	196	↑1	10
8	James	196	↓3	1
9	Steven	189	↓2	16
10	Larry	171	–	11
11	Ronald	143	–	12
12	Dennis	119	–	17
13	Thomas	114	–	8
14	Kenneth	108	↑2	15
15	Terry	97	↑2	30
16	Bruce	95	↑4	26
17	Douglas	93	↑2	28
18	Donald	92	↓3	14
19	Randy	88	↑2	80
20	Charles	83	↓6	9
21	Jerry	79	↓3	24
22	Mark	75	↑1	23
23	Roger	71	↑1	27
24	Daniel	70	↑4	21
25	Paul	70	↑1	18
26	Stephen	66	↓4	19
27	George	62	↑6	20
28	Gregory	61	↑3	25
29	Scott	51	↑13	82
30	Timothy	50	↑2	32
31	Craig	48	↑3	69
32	Brent	47	↑7	>100
33	Danny	47	↓6	39
34	Joseph	47	↑10	13
35	Rodney	46	↑15	88
36	Dale	45	↓11	49
37	Edward	45	–	22
38	Alan	38	new	41
39	Randall	38	↑7	70
40	Wayne	38	↓11	35
41	Frank	37	new	29
42	Jack	37	↓12	48
43	Dan	36	new	>100
44	Lynn	35	↓4	>100
45	Stanley	35	new	60
46	Gerald	34	↓11	34
47	Kent	34	new	>100
48	Russell	34	new	67
49	Rick	33	new	>100
50	Patrick	32	↓7	38

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