State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,111 Idaho births in 1915 across 336 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#67Keithoutside the national top 200
#26Fern#157 nationally
#73Aftonoutside the national top 200
#54Delbert#179 nationally
#83Altaoutside the national top 200
#83Burtonoutside the national top 200
#84Eldonoutside the national top 200
#87Rexoutside the national top 200
#88Rossoutside the national top 200
#89Wendelloutside the national top 200
#91Deanoutside the national top 200
#92Grantoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary149US #1
#2Helen113US #2
#3Dorothy101US #3
#4Ruth89US #5
#5Margaret69US #4
#6Edna56US #20
#7Lois49US #47
#8Alice46US #13
#9Mildred45US #6
#10Evelyn44US #10
#11Florence44US #14
#12Frances44US #9
#13Virginia43US #12
#14Ruby42US #24
#15Marie41US #11
#16Marjorie39US #39
#17Doris38US #34
#18Grace37US #27
#19Edith33US #31
#20Ethel33US #23
#21Anna32US #7
#22Esther32US #33
#23Hazel32US #26
#24Irene32US #17
#25Thelma31US #30
#26Fern30US #157
#27Bernice29US #42
#28Vera28US #65
#29Louise27US #18
#30Lillian26US #15
#31Pauline26US #32
#32Eleanor24US #28
#33Gladys24US #21
#34Barbara23US #83
#35Lucille23US #29
#36Phyllis23US #100
#37June22US #96
#38Maxine22US #98
#39Elizabeth21US #8
#40Martha21US #25
#41Clara20US #38
#42Ellen20US #88
#43Elsie20US #41
#44Pearl20US #56
#45Beatrice19US #37
#46Ida19US #54
#47Jean19US #48
#48Kathryn19US #60
#49Myrtle19US #58
#50Erma18US #139
#51Genevieve18US #76
#52Gertrude18US #35
#53Mabel18US #62
#54Velma18US #94
#55Vivian18US #78
#56Wilma18US #80
#57Blanche17US #87
#58Eva17US #55
#59Laura17US #61
#60Norma17US #118
#61Catherine16US #19
#62Wanda16US #154
#63Bertha15US #46
#64Ella15US #75
#65Jessie15US #66
#66Nellie15US #63
#67Rose15US #16
#68Beulah14US #95
#69Elaine14US #155
#70Emma14US #40
#71Leona14US #74
#72Viola14US #59
#73Afton13
#74Jennie13US #73
#75Katherine13US #49
#76Lola13US #136
#77Ada12US #114
#78Alma12US #70
#79Betty12US #53
#80Mable12US #145
#81Olive12US #123
#82Verna12US #126
#83Alta11
#84Anne11US #52
#85Audrey11US #127
#86Bessie11US #57
#87Della11US #169
#88Harriet11US #112
#89Jane11US #69
#90Josephine11US #22
#91Lucile11US #135
#92Lucy11US #79
#93Marguerite11US #85
#94Marion11US #50
#95Melba11
#96Opal11US #90
#97Violet11US #82
#98Agnes10US #45
#99Carol10
#100Elva10

Boys

#1John156US #1
#2William143US #2
#3Robert125US #4
#4George103US #6
#5James88US #3
#6Donald66US #20
#7Charles64US #7
#8Frank61US #9
#9Harold58US #12
#10Raymond47US #16
#11Jack44US #27
#12Edward42US #8
#13Kenneth41US #28
#14Thomas41US #10
#15Joseph40US #5
#16Ralph37US #21
#17Richard37US #15
#18Howard36US #25
#19Albert35US #17
#20Earl35US #33
#21Arthur34US #18
#22Eugene34US #41
#23Harry31US #19
#24Francis30US #29
#25Carl29US #22
#26Paul29US #13
#27Roy29US #32
#28Fred28US #26
#29Henry28US #14
#30Melvin28US #60
#31Ray27US #67
#32Elmer26US #45
#33Ernest26US #35
#34Clarence25US #24
#35Glen25US #123
#36Walter24US #11
#37Wayne23US #97
#38Dale22US #125
#39Glenn22US #87
#40Clifford21US #61
#41Clyde21US #63
#42Floyd21US #59
#43Lloyd21US #62
#44Norman21US #50
#45Lawrence20US #37
#46Leo20US #47
#47Max20US #102
#48Cecil18US #76
#49David18US #31
#50Everett18US #89
#51Don17US #156
#52Gordon17US #90
#53Russell17US #51
#54Delbert16US #179
#55Herbert16US #40
#56Joe16US #38
#57Lester16US #57
#58Stanley16US #34
#59Arnold15US #91
#60Herman15US #56
#61Louis15US #23
#62Vernon15US #80
#63Victor15US #74
#64Edwin14US #53
#65Harvey14US #95
#66Ivan14US #173
#67Keith14
#68Virgil14US #108
#69Alfred13US #42
#70Jesse13US #77
#71Marion13US #112
#72Oscar13US #88
#73Wesley13US #133
#74Willard13US #58
#75Gerald12US #78
#76Allen11US #99
#77Chester11US #54
#78Lewis11US #70
#79Orville11US #127
#80Ronald11US #155
#81Samuel11US #39
#82Alvin10US #81
#83Burton10
#84Eldon10
#85Leonard10US #44
#86Lyle10US #159
#87Rex10
#88Ross10
#89Wendell10
#90Daniel9US #55
#91Dean9
#92Grant9
#93Homer9US #98
#94Leland9US #185
#95Leslie9US #106
#96Lorin9
#97Merle9US #186
#98Warren9US #105
#99Archie8US #151
#100Claude8US #96

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑62Dale#38
↑48Pauline#31
↑43Lillian#30
↑39Norman#44
↑36Velma#54
↑35Clifford#40
↑35Max#47
↑31Francis#24

Falling

↓42Marguerite#93
↓39Agnes#98
↓38Opal#96
↓36Willard#74
↓34Viola#72
↓34Leonard#85
↓32Jane#89
↓32Dean#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.