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Baby names in Idaho, 1930s

1930–1939 · 74,728 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Idaho across the 1930s, with 2,110 births in the decade. The state recorded 74,728 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Idaho in the 1930s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Afton3928×
Larae3921×
Rulon1920×
Garth4915×
Reed6015×
Carma4414×
Blaine7913×
Brent4112×

Top 25 in the 1930s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert2,110
#2Mary1,423
#3James1,392
#4Richard1,389
#5John1,364
#6Barbara1,281
#7Donald1,223
#8Shirley1,197
#9Betty1,180
#10William1,176
#11Donna1,012
#12Larry914
#13Carol860
#14Gary848
#15Patricia841
#16Charles826
#17Ronald806
#18David747
#19Kenneth693
#20Jack668
#21Dorothy652
#22Beverly649
#23Jerry645
#24Joyce638
#25George623

Other decades in Idaho

All Idaho names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org