State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 1,338 Idaho births in 1911 across 124 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Idaho more than they say America.

#40Altaoutside the national top 200
#26Fern#172 nationally
#68Patriciaoutside the national top 200
#74Ilaoutside the national top 200
#71Dolores#196 nationally
#76Juneoutside the national top 200
#84Wanda#189 nationally
#26Wayne#126 nationally
#38Lola#120 nationally
#32Arnold#108 nationally
#79Maxine#152 nationally
#61Della#130 nationally

Girls

#1Mary50US #1
#2Helen45US #2
#3Dorothy35US #4
#4Margaret34US #3
#5Ruth32US #5
#6Mildred21US #8
#7Hazel18US #25
#8Florence16US #12
#9Gertrude16US #30
#10Lois16US #68
#11Marie16US #9
#12Thelma16US #27
#13Anna15US #6
#14Edna15US #17
#15Esther15US #34
#16Gladys14US #18
#17Alice13US #11
#18Elizabeth13US #7
#19Frances13US #10
#20Lucille13US #32
#21Clara12US #33
#22Irene12US #21
#23Lillian12US #13
#24Louise12US #19
#25Ruby12US #22
#26Fern11US #172
#27Pearl11US #48
#28Ethel10US #15
#29Georgia10US #96
#30Grace10US #23
#31Josephine10US #29
#32Mae10US #71
#33Vera10US #67
#34Viola10US #47
#35Violet10US #83
#36Jean9US #74
#37Leona9US #76
#38Lola9US #120
#39Mabel9US #43
#40Alta8
#41Beatrice8US #37
#42Bernice8US #51
#43Bertha8US #36
#44Edith8US #31
#45Ellen8US #84
#46Eva8US #46
#47Evelyn8US #16
#48Minnie8US #52
#49Myrtle8US #50
#50Ann7US #53
#51Blanche7US #75
#52Charlotte7US #95
#53Julia7US #44
#54Marjorie7US #59
#55Martha7US #28
#56Virginia7US #26
#57Wilma7US #102
#58Agnes6US #39
#59Betty6US #69
#60Catherine6US #20
#61Della6US #130
#62Doris6US #56
#63Flora6US #117
#64Genevieve6US #93
#65Harriet6US #115
#66Katherine6US #55
#67Marguerite6US #87
#68Patricia6
#69Pauline6US #38
#70Vivian6US #80
#71Dolores5US #196
#72Eleanor5US #49
#73Erma5US #138
#74Ila5
#75Inez5US #99
#76June5
#77Laura5US #57
#78Lydia5US #142
#79Maxine5US #152
#80Nora5US #116
#81Opal5US #81
#82Rachel5US #150
#83Rose5US #14
#84Wanda5US #189

Boys

#1William38US #2
#2John36US #1
#3James27US #3
#4Charles22US #7
#5George21US #4
#6Robert20US #5
#7Edward16US #9
#8Clifford13US #62
#9Joseph13US #6
#10Paul13US #17
#11Walter13US #12
#12Ray11US #71
#13Donald10US #36
#14Harold10US #16
#15Richard9US #20
#16Albert8US #15
#17Clarence8US #23
#18David8US #27
#19Jack8US #25
#20Roy8US #31
#21Thomas8US #10
#22Carl7US #26
#23Frank7US #8
#24Fred7US #22
#25Henry7US #11
#26Wayne7US #126
#27Elmer6US #48
#28Eugene6US #43
#29Kenneth6US #40
#30Lee6US #67
#31Ralph6US #24
#32Arnold5US #108
#33Arthur5US #18
#34Clyde5US #61
#35Earl5US #34
#36Ernest5US #32
#37Harry5US #13
#38Harvey5US #91
#39Howard5US #28
#40Victor5US #81

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑43Gertrude#9
↑39Josephine#31
↑35Lucille#20
↑32Lois#10
↑30Louise#24
↑26Mae#32
↑21Beatrice#41
↑19Ruby#25

Falling

↓55Rose#83
↓43Agnes#58
↓43Pauline#69
↓35Evelyn#47
↓34Edith#44
↓28Myrtle#49
↓24Laura#77
↓20Virginia#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.