Most popular boys’ names in Idaho, 1940

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	242
2	Gary	194
3	Larry	179
3	Richard	179
5	John	171
6	James	154
7	David	139
8	William	128
9	Ronald	111
10	Donald	96
11	Charles	94
11	Jerry	94
13	Kenneth	74
14	Michael	73
15	Dennis	66
16	George	58
17	Thomas	51
18	Paul	46
19	Don	45
20	Gerald	44
20	Harold	44
20	Jack	44
23	Roger	41
24	Marvin	40
25	Lynn	39

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dale	38
26	Norman	38
26	Wayne	38
29	Jim	36
29	Melvin	36
31	Edward	35
32	Raymond	34
33	Bruce	33
34	Darrell	31
34	Leroy	31
34	Ralph	31
37	Carl	30
37	Keith	30
39	Bob	29
39	Jay	29
41	Arthur	28
41	Bill	28
43	Ray	27
44	Terry	26
45	Gordon	25
46	Allen	24
46	Brent	24
46	Fred	24
46	Gene	24
46	Joe	24
46	Joseph	24
52	Billy	23
52	Lawrence	23
54	Dean	22
54	Frank	22
54	Lee	22
54	Leonard	22
54	Steven	22
54	Vernon	22
60	Douglas	21
60	Rodney	21
60	Ronnie	21
63	Dick	20
63	Eugene	20
63	Howard	20
63	Mike	20
63	Stanley	20
63	Walter	20
69	Albert	19
69	Earl	19
69	Roy	19
69	Stephen	19
69	Steve	19
74	Duane	18
74	Patrick	18
74	Virgil	18
77	Lyle	17
77	Max	17
79	Danny	16
79	Glen	16
79	Leon	16
79	Russell	16
79	Tom	16
84	Floyd	15
84	Henry	15
84	Karl	15
84	Lloyd	15
84	Rex	15
84	Ted	15
90	Clifford	14
90	Doyle	14
90	Jimmy	14
90	Jon	14
90	Monte	14
95	Darwin	13
95	Eldon	13
95	Glenn	13
95	Harry	13
95	Ivan	13
95	Neil	13