State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,834 Idaho births in 1916 across 351 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#52Aftonoutside the national top 200
#62Deanoutside the national top 200
#67Altaoutside the national top 200
#71Keithoutside the national top 200
#74Boydoutside the national top 200
#27Fern#152 nationally
#76Rexoutside the national top 200
#78Bethoutside the national top 200
#81Melbaoutside the national top 200
#84Rossoutside the national top 200
#44Don#160 nationally
#85Grantoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary171US #1
#2Helen143US #2
#3Dorothy123US #3
#4Margaret112US #4
#5Ruth111US #5
#6Edna64US #19
#7Virginia62US #10
#8Mildred58US #6
#9Hazel50US #31
#10Alice49US #13
#11Florence47US #14
#12Frances47US #9
#13Thelma46US #29
#14Evelyn44US #11
#15Marie43US #12
#16June40US #86
#17Marjorie39US #37
#18Lois38US #43
#19Doris36US #32
#20Grace36US #26
#21Elizabeth35US #8
#22Edith34US #28
#23Ethel34US #25
#24Maxine34US #96
#25Anna33US #7
#26Bernice33US #42
#27Fern33US #152
#28Esther32US #34
#29Gladys32US #22
#30Ruby30US #23
#31Betty28US #44
#32Irene27US #17
#33Jean27US #45
#34Bertha26US #49
#35Louise25US #18
#36Martha25US #24
#37Myrtle25US #58
#38Wilma25US #82
#39Barbara24US #74
#40Beulah24US #97
#41Emma24US #41
#42Lucille24US #30
#43Pearl24US #57
#44Wanda24US #138
#45Ella22US #81
#46Elsie21US #48
#47Lillian21US #16
#48Vera21US #66
#49Viola21US #59
#50Marguerite20US #78
#51Rose20US #15
#52Afton19
#53Beatrice19US #38
#54Clara19US #39
#55Eva19US #55
#56Nellie19US #61
#57Pauline19US #33
#58Agnes18US #50
#59Eleanor18US #27
#60Opal18US #91
#61Velma18US #99
#62Blanche17US #89
#63Elaine17US #161
#64Ida17US #54
#65Phyllis17US #95
#66Vivian17US #77
#67Alta16
#68Charlotte16US #80
#69Geneva16US #112
#70Gertrude16US #35
#71Jane16US #62
#72Juanita16US #90
#73Kathryn16US #60
#74Marian16US #72
#75Norma16US #111
#76Olive16US #132
#77Verna16US #125
#78Beth15
#79Josephine15US #21
#80Leona15US #75
#81Melba15
#82Sarah15US #52
#83Bessie14US #56
#84Genevieve14US #76
#85Jessie14US #68
#86Katherine14US #51
#87Lola14US #147
#88Mabel14US #65
#89Catherine13US #20
#90Ellen13US #87
#91Harriet13US #106
#92Julia13US #46
#93Stella13US #63
#94Ada12US #117
#95Erma12US #145
#96Isabel12US #183
#97Muriel12US #134
#98Nina12US #170
#99Marion11US #47
#100Ora11

Boys

#1John163US #1
#2Robert148US #4
#3William127US #2
#4James103US #3
#5Charles94US #6
#6George88US #7
#7Harold79US #13
#8Donald58US #20
#9Richard53US #15
#10Frank51US #9
#11Jack48US #26
#12Kenneth48US #27
#13Joseph47US #5
#14Ralph47US #21
#15Earl41US #32
#16Edward41US #8
#17Arthur40US #18
#18Walter40US #11
#19Thomas38US #10
#20Carl37US #23
#21Howard37US #25
#22Raymond37US #16
#23Floyd35US #60
#24Albert32US #17
#25Clarence31US #24
#26Elmer31US #45
#27Wayne31US #98
#28Paul29US #12
#29Leo28US #47
#30David27US #28
#31Fred26US #29
#32Henry26US #14
#33Glenn25US #84
#34Lawrence25US #38
#35Eugene24US #39
#36Melvin24US #57
#37Ray24US #73
#38Clyde23US #62
#39Edwin23US #53
#40Lester23US #59
#41Max23US #105
#42Glen22US #122
#43Marvin22US #66
#44Don21US #160
#45Lloyd21US #58
#46Vernon21US #75
#47Alvin20US #82
#48Chester20US #54
#49Ernest20US #36
#50Harry20US #19
#51Norman20US #48
#52Clifford19US #61
#53Dale19US #121
#54Gerald19US #76
#55Roy19US #33
#56Willard19US #69
#57Lee18US #83
#58Leonard17US #42
#59Marion17US #110
#60Russell17US #51
#61Claude16US #93
#62Dean16
#63Everett16US #91
#64Francis16US #31
#65Louis16US #22
#66Milton16US #72
#67Ronald16US #167
#68Gordon15US #90
#69Harvey15US #92
#70Jesse15US #77
#71Keith15
#72Ivan14US #165
#73Joe14US #35
#74Boyd13
#75Lewis13US #71
#76Rex13
#77Willis13US #136
#78Alfred12US #43
#79Cecil12US #80
#80Daniel12US #55
#81Herbert12US #40
#82Leroy12US #63
#83Leslie12US #112
#84Ross12
#85Grant11
#86Homer11US #103
#87Jay11US #184
#88Leland11US #198
#89Lynn11
#90Samuel11US #41
#91Virgil11US #104
#92Woodrow11US #64
#93Dan10US #192
#94Ellis10US #200
#95Ervin10US #173
#96Frederick10US #52
#97Guy10US #144
#98Roland10US #118
#99Wallace10US #124
#100Wendell10

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑48Betty#31
↑43Marguerite#50
↑40Agnes#58
↑39Claude#61
↑36Opal#60
↑35Alvin#47
↑29Bertha#34
↑29Emma#41

Falling

↓48Ellen#90
↓45Erma#95
↓40Francis#64
↓35Mabel#88
↓33Genevieve#84
↓31Cecil#79
↓29Phyllis#65
↓28Catherine#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.