State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 2,481 Idaho births in 1912 across 195 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#44Lynnoutside the national top 200
#58Altaoutside the national top 200
#35Don#177 nationally
#59Lelandoutside the national top 200
#43Wanda#181 nationally
#63Tedoutside the national top 200
#66Eldonoutside the national top 200
#39Fern#167 nationally
#76Aftonoutside the national top 200
#78Clarkoutside the national top 200
#82Ellisoutside the national top 200
#83Leahoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary77US #1
#2Dorothy55US #3
#3Helen49US #2
#4Margaret47US #4
#5Ruth46US #5
#6Mildred31US #6
#7Hazel23US #25
#8Ruby22US #23
#9Edna21US #16
#10Grace21US #24
#11Evelyn20US #13
#12Florence19US #12
#13Frances19US #9
#14Louise19US #17
#15Thelma19US #26
#16Alice18US #11
#17Irene18US #22
#18Lucille18US #32
#19Elsie17US #42
#20Gladys17US #19
#21Elizabeth16US #8
#22Lois16US #63
#23Doris15US #48
#24Vera15US #68
#25Edith14US #31
#26Esther14US #33
#27Eva14US #49
#28Marie14US #10
#29Anna13US #7
#30Catherine13US #21
#31Ethel13US #18
#32Leona13US #76
#33Nellie13US #59
#34Virginia13US #20
#35Sarah12US #41
#36Agnes11US #40
#37Eleanor11US #39
#38Ella11US #69
#39Fern11US #167
#40Katherine11US #53
#41Mabel11US #46
#42Viola11US #52
#43Wanda11US #181
#44Betty10US #66
#45Beulah10US #80
#46Dora10US #110
#47Emma10US #35
#48Jane10US #89
#49Jean10US #64
#50Juanita10US #103
#51Kathryn10US #71
#52Alma9US #62
#53Bertha9US #36
#54Erma9US #141
#55Ida9US #45
#56Marjorie9US #56
#57Olive9US #131
#58Alta8
#59Bernice8US #51
#60Josephine8US #28
#61Laura8US #57
#62Martha8US #29
#63Opal8US #85
#64Pearl8US #54
#65Phyllis8US #140
#66Ada7US #96
#67Clara7US #34
#68Genevieve7US #92
#69Gertrude7US #30
#70Jessie7US #65
#71Lena7US #72
#72Lillian7US #14
#73Lucy7US #78
#74Marguerite7US #79
#75Myrtle7US #50
#76Afton6
#77Ann6US #47
#78Anne6US #58
#79Blanche6US #75
#80Della6US #148
#81Eunice6US #109
#82Geneva6US #116
#83Leah6
#84Mae6US #74
#85Marion6US #55
#86Melba6
#87Naomi6US #132
#88Rose6US #15
#89Verna6US #126
#90Violet6US #83
#91Amy5
#92Beth5
#93Cora5US #98
#94Elaine5
#95Ellen5US #86
#96Georgia5US #101
#97Golda5
#98Goldie5US #158
#99Gwen5
#100Leola5US #190

Boys

#1John71US #1
#2William65US #2
#3Robert54US #4
#4James46US #3
#5George37US #6
#6Charles34US #7
#7Donald32US #27
#8Harold28US #13
#9Arthur25US #15
#10Earl22US #34
#11Joseph22US #5
#12Kenneth22US #33
#13Thomas22US #10
#14Frank21US #9
#15Raymond20US #18
#16Howard17US #25
#17Richard17US #19
#18Ralph16US #23
#19Walter15US #11
#20Elmer14US #47
#21Henry14US #12
#22Melvin14US #71
#23Clarence13US #21
#24David13US #29
#25Fred13US #26
#26Glenn13US #84
#27Gordon13US #93
#28Ray13US #77
#29Wayne13US #118
#30Clifford12US #62
#31Eugene12US #41
#32Leonard12US #45
#33Lester12US #58
#34Carl11US #24
#35Don11US #177
#36Edward11US #8
#37Lawrence11US #38
#38Lewis10US #68
#39Roy10US #31
#40Russell10US #56
#41Stanley10US #43
#42Albert9US #17
#43Herbert9US #39
#44Lynn9
#45Alfred8US #40
#46Archie8US #130
#47Cecil8US #76
#48Claude8US #89
#49Ernest8US #32
#50Francis8US #35
#51Gerald8US #87
#52Harry8US #16
#53Lloyd8US #70
#54Louis8US #20
#55Paul8US #14
#56Clyde7US #65
#57Glen7US #139
#58Jack7US #28
#59Leland7
#60Marion7US #112
#61Max7US #101
#62Norman7US #61
#63Ted7
#64Virgil7US #111
#65Willard7US #105
#66Eldon6
#67Floyd6US #59
#68Harvey6US #91
#69Hugh6US #116
#70Lee6US #78
#71Leslie6US #108
#72Peter6US #48
#73Philip6US #69
#74Phillip6US #189
#75Samuel6US #30
#76Ben5US #102
#77Chester5US #55
#78Clark5
#79Daniel5US #53
#80Douglas5US #165
#81Edwin5US #54
#82Ellis5
#83Everett5US #96
#84Frederick5US #51
#85Herman5US #50
#86Irvin5US #170
#87Keith5
#88Leo5US #49
#89Merle5
#90Roland5US #127
#91Theodore5US #52

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑41Wanda#43
↑39Doris#23
↑36Evelyn#11
↑35Eleanor#37
↑30Catherine#30
↑26Katherine#40
↑25Earl#10
↑24Arthur#9

Falling

↓67Georgia#96
↓60Gertrude#69
↓55Violet#90
↓52Mae#84
↓50Ellen#95
↓49Lillian#72
↓46Clara#67
↓45Paul#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.