State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 4,103 Idaho births in 1914 across 266 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#59Deanoutside the national top 200
#60Altaoutside the national top 200
#61Eldonoutside the national top 200
#35Fern#172 nationally
#65Rexoutside the national top 200
#71Rossoutside the national top 200
#72Vernoutside the national top 200
#39Wanda#164 nationally
#81Verlaoutside the national top 200
#81Markoutside the national top 200
#87Ilaoutside the national top 200
#60Don#173 nationally

Girls

#1Mary93US #1
#2Margaret73US #4
#3Helen72US #2
#4Dorothy67US #3
#5Ruth67US #5
#6Mildred51US #7
#7Alice43US #12
#8Virginia32US #14
#9Florence31US #13
#10Evelyn29US #11
#11Edna27US #19
#12Esther27US #35
#13Hazel27US #29
#14Marjorie27US #45
#15Thelma27US #26
#16Elizabeth26US #8
#17Ruby26US #24
#18Frances25US #9
#19Elsie24US #46
#20Vera24US #68
#21Grace23US #25
#22Edith22US #31
#23Gladys22US #20
#24Lucille22US #30
#25Ethel21US #21
#26Marie21US #10
#27Eleanor20US #28
#28Doris19US #36
#29Jean19US #54
#30Anna18US #6
#31Irene18US #22
#32Lois18US #51
#33Martha18US #27
#34Maxine18US #114
#35Fern17US #172
#36Jessie17US #64
#37Juanita17US #94
#38Viola16US #57
#39Wanda16US #164
#40Beatrice15US #38
#41Eva15US #52
#42Leona15US #79
#43Louise15US #17
#44Nellie15US #61
#45Norma15US #128
#46Bernice14US #43
#47Blanche14US #80
#48Gertrude14US #32
#49Kathryn14US #63
#50Mabel14US #58
#51Marguerite14US #84
#52Pearl14US #56
#53Barbara13US #82
#54Betty13US #62
#55Ellen13US #86
#56Erma13US #147
#57Jane13US #71
#58Opal13US #89
#59Agnes12US #44
#60Alta12
#61Clara12US #37
#62Laura12US #59
#63Lola12US #144
#64Mae12US #85
#65Myrtle12US #60
#66Josephine11US #23
#67Bertha10US #41
#68Catherine10US #18
#69Ella10US #72
#70Genevieve10US #76
#71Ida10US #49
#72Katherine10US #48
#73Lillian10US #16
#74Bessie9US #55
#75Beulah9US #96
#76Emma9US #39
#77Nora9US #143
#78Olive9US #127
#79Pauline9US #34
#80Sarah9US #47
#81Verla9
#82Vivian9US #81
#83Wilma9US #95
#84Audrey8US #138
#85Della8US #165
#86Georgia8US #107
#87Ila8
#88Roberta8US #158
#89Rose8US #15
#90Velma8US #92
#91Violet8US #83
#92Ada7US #106
#93Berniece7
#94Bonnie7US #174
#95Elma7
#96Fay7
#97Faye7US #199
#98Geraldine7US #123
#99Harriet7US #111
#100Hattie7US #97

Boys

#1John118US #1
#2William93US #2
#3Robert81US #4
#4James79US #3
#5George74US #6
#6Charles57US #7
#7Harold36US #14
#8Ralph34US #21
#9Donald32US #23
#10Earl31US #33
#11Frank31US #9
#12Joseph31US #5
#13Paul31US #13
#14Richard31US #17
#15Edward30US #8
#16Harry29US #19
#17Fred28US #28
#18Howard28US #26
#19Arthur27US #18
#20Henry26US #12
#21Kenneth26US #30
#22Walter25US #10
#23Jack24US #27
#24Raymond24US #16
#25Roy23US #32
#26Albert22US #15
#27David22US #29
#28Ernest22US #38
#29Lloyd21US #66
#30Carl20US #24
#31Clarence20US #22
#32Thomas20US #11
#33Wayne20US #111
#34Melvin19US #59
#35Ray19US #74
#36Edwin18US #53
#37Glen17US #123
#38Willard16US #92
#39Elmer15US #46
#40Everett15US #90
#41Floyd15US #58
#42Leo15US #47
#43Clyde14US #63
#44Eugene14US #43
#45Herbert14US #42
#46Joe14US #34
#47Vernon14US #83
#48Alfred13US #41
#49Gordon13US #88
#50Lawrence13US #35
#51Leonard13US #45
#52Cecil12US #79
#53Milton12US #69
#54Russell12US #49
#55Francis11US #31
#56Glenn11US #91
#57Lester11US #57
#58Virgil11US #107
#59Dean10
#60Don10US #173
#61Eldon10
#62Homer10US #101
#63Leslie10US #103
#64Oliver10US #122
#65Rex10
#66Woodrow10US #71
#67Gerald9US #81
#68Lee9US #84
#69Lewis9US #72
#70Lyle9US #178
#71Ross9
#72Vern9
#73Victor9US #76
#74Wallace9US #127
#75Clifford8US #62
#76Harvey8US #95
#77Jim8US #174
#78Leon8US #85
#79Leroy8US #60
#80Marion8US #115
#81Mark8
#82Max8US #99
#83Norman8US #54
#84Philip8US #68
#85Ronald8US #163
#86Stanley8US #39
#87Chester7US #56
#88Ira7US #152
#89Ivan7US #193
#90Jess7
#91Jesse7US #82
#92Louis7US #20
#93Marvin7US #75
#94Maurice7US #94
#95Roland7US #121
#96Warren7US #108
#97Alvin6US #78
#98Benjamin6US #70
#99Carroll6
#100Dale6US #142

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑67Ernest#28
↑55Leo#42
↑47Fern#35
↑47Kathryn#49
↑46Jean#29
↑38Willard#38
↑37Elsie#19
↑37Herbert#45

Falling

↓66Wilma#83
↓66Rose#89
↓64Ada#92
↓53Sarah#80
↓53Violet#91
↓48Alvin#97
↓47Chester#87
↓44Lillian#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.