State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 3,179 Idaho births in 1913 across 228 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#31Altaoutside the national top 200
#43Deanoutside the national top 200
#44Eldonoutside the national top 200
#59Rexoutside the national top 200
#60Rossoutside the national top 200
#61Melbaoutside the national top 200
#66Donnaoutside the national top 200
#68Lorinoutside the national top 200
#70Lowelloutside the national top 200
#72Myronoutside the national top 200
#52Don#176 nationally
#80Aftonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary91US #1
#2Helen65US #2
#3Ruth59US #5
#4Margaret49US #4
#5Dorothy42US #3
#6Edna41US #18
#7Mildred38US #6
#8Elizabeth30US #8
#9Grace30US #25
#10Alice29US #11
#11Lois28US #59
#12Thelma28US #26
#13Hazel26US #27
#14Evelyn22US #12
#15Gladys21US #19
#16Marie21US #10
#17Wilma21US #92
#18Anna20US #7
#19Edith20US #29
#20Ellen20US #88
#21Ethel20US #20
#22Marjorie20US #48
#23Rose20US #14
#24Eva19US #50
#25Florence18US #13
#26Pearl18US #55
#27Sarah18US #43
#28Ada17US #104
#29Lillian17US #16
#30Virginia17US #15
#31Alta16
#32Blanche16US #76
#33Esther16US #32
#34Ruby16US #23
#35Doris15US #44
#36Frances15US #9
#37Nellie15US #58
#38Violet15US #82
#39Eleanor14US #34
#40Ella14US #70
#41Emma14US #38
#42Josephine14US #24
#43Louise14US #17
#44Vera14US #68
#45Myrtle13US #53
#46Bernice12US #45
#47Genevieve12US #84
#48Georgia12US #100
#49Irene12US #21
#50Pauline12US #35
#51Beatrice11US #37
#52Bessie11US #47
#53Betty11US #67
#54Beulah11US #85
#55Lucille11US #31
#56Elsie10US #40
#57Julia10US #42
#58Mabel10US #56
#59Martha10US #28
#60Maxine10US #119
#61Melba10
#62Norma10US #139
#63Velma10US #89
#64Viola10US #52
#65Bertha9US #39
#66Donna9
#67Phyllis9US #122
#68Wanda9US #168
#69Charlotte8US #87
#70Clara8US #36
#71Erma8US #140
#72Gertrude8US #33
#73Ida8US #49
#74Jane8US #81
#75Jean8US #60
#76Laura8US #62
#77Leona8US #74
#78Muriel8US #137
#79Opal8US #86
#80Afton7
#81Agnes7US #41
#82Fern7US #166
#83Flora7US #132
#84Lena7US #73
#85Mae7US #79
#86Marguerite7US #78
#87Rachel7US #145
#88Verna7US #126
#89Ann6US #46
#90Audrey6US #136
#91Bonnie6US #180
#92Dora6US #109
#93Elva6
#94Geneva6US #120
#95Hilda6US #105
#96Kathryn6US #66
#97Luella6
#98Mable6US #134
#99Maude6US #179
#100Sylvia6US #72

Boys

#1John93US #1
#2Robert66US #4
#3James60US #3
#4William51US #2
#5George49US #6
#6Joseph37US #5
#7Harold36US #13
#8Charles34US #7
#9Donald32US #25
#10Earl29US #31
#11Richard29US #19
#12Edward28US #8
#13Ralph27US #22
#14Frank24US #9
#15Henry24US #12
#16Albert23US #16
#17Jack23US #28
#18Kenneth23US #33
#19Paul22US #14
#20Roy20US #32
#21Arthur19US #17
#22Floyd19US #58
#23Lloyd19US #67
#24Carl18US #23
#25Cecil18US #74
#26Thomas18US #10
#27Melvin17US #61
#28Fred16US #27
#29Raymond16US #18
#30Eugene15US #43
#31Harry15US #15
#32Ray15US #73
#33Clarence14US #21
#34David14US #29
#35Howard14US #26
#36Clyde13US #64
#37Elmer13US #45
#38Wallace13US #126
#39Walter13US #11
#40Chester12US #56
#41Leonard12US #46
#42Wayne11US #113
#43Dean10
#44Eldon10
#45Glen10US #129
#46Lawrence10US #35
#47Orville10US #120
#48Clifford9US #68
#49Alvin8US #82
#50Arnold8US #92
#51Daniel8US #54
#52Don8US #176
#53Edwin8US #55
#54Gerald8US #84
#55Jesse8US #79
#56Leslie8US #105
#57Lester8US #59
#58Lewis8US #72
#59Rex8
#60Ross8
#61Virgil8US #107
#62Woodrow8US #44
#63Alfred7US #42
#64Claude7US #88
#65Delbert7US #184
#66Forrest7US #173
#67Harvey7US #93
#68Lorin7
#69Louis7US #20
#70Lowell7
#71Milton7US #71
#72Myron7
#73Philip7US #69
#74Stanley7US #41
#75Vernon7US #83
#76Willard7US #99
#77Francis6US #30
#78Franklin6US #132
#79Frederick6US #49
#80Glenn6US #85
#81Gordon6US #94
#82Herbert6US #39
#83Jay6US #193
#84Jim6US #154
#85Laurence6
#86Lee6US #78
#87Lynn6
#88Marvin6US #77
#89Maurice6US #95
#90Ronald6US #167
#91Russell6US #50
#92Theodore6US #60
#93Bernard5US #52
#94Bert5US #197
#95Ernest5US #34
#96Homer5US #96
#97Leo5US #48
#98Norman5US #57
#99Reuben5
#100Rodney5

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑75Ellen#20
↑65Rose#23
↑52Violet#38
↑48Georgia#48
↑47Blanche#32
↑45Floyd#22
↑43Lillian#29
↑41Jack#17

Falling

↓54Glenn#80
↓54Gordon#81
↓51Russell#91
↓46Dora#92
↓46Ernest#95
↓45Leona#77
↓45Agnes#81
↓45Kathryn#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.