State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,201 Idaho births in 1917 across 359 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#51Donnaoutside the national top 200
#57Melbaoutside the national top 200
#62Rexoutside the national top 200
#63Deanoutside the national top 200
#69Irisoutside the national top 200
#36Fern#162 nationally
#77Eldonoutside the national top 200
#79Altaoutside the national top 200
#79Merlinoutside the national top 200
#46Don#167 nationally
#80Darrelloutside the national top 200
#81Elvaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary199US #1
#2Helen149US #2
#3Dorothy142US #3
#4Ruth112US #5
#5Margaret84US #4
#6Virginia78US #10
#7Marjorie57US #36
#8Alice53US #13
#9Betty51US #34
#10Hazel49US #31
#11June49US #73
#12Lois49US #43
#13Doris46US #25
#14Evelyn46US #11
#15Elizabeth45US #8
#16Florence44US #14
#17Grace44US #30
#18Mildred43US #6
#19Frances39US #9
#20Edna38US #20
#21Ethel38US #24
#22Lucille38US #29
#23Barbara37US #67
#24Gladys37US #23
#25Jean36US #40
#26Marie36US #12
#27Maxine36US #93
#28Irene35US #17
#29Thelma34US #32
#30Louise33US #19
#31Ruby32US #27
#32Edith29US #28
#33Vera29US #66
#34Bessie28US #61
#35Esther28US #38
#36Fern28US #162
#37Anna27US #7
#38Bernice27US #42
#39Clara27US #41
#40Lillian27US #15
#41Norma26US #108
#42Rose26US #16
#43Vivian26US #79
#44Beulah25US #102
#45Pearl24US #57
#46Jessie23US #70
#47Violet23US #84
#48Bertha22US #51
#49Phyllis22US #92
#50Ada21US #119
#51Donna21
#52Josephine21US #21
#53Wanda21US #140
#54Wilma21US #82
#55Eleanor20US #26
#56Ida20US #56
#57Melba20
#58Opal20US #95
#59Pauline20US #33
#60Blanche19US #91
#61Gertrude19US #37
#62Juanita19US #87
#63Martha19US #22
#64Catherine18US #18
#65Erma18US #148
#66Eva18US #54
#67Leona18US #80
#68Mabel18US #68
#69Iris17
#70Kathryn17US #60
#71Marion17US #45
#72Myrtle17US #58
#73Nellie17US #64
#74Ella16US #83
#75Ellen16US #90
#76Emma16US #46
#77Katherine16US #49
#78Laura16US #65
#79Alta15
#80Audrey15US #117
#81Elva15
#82Geraldine15US #89
#83Viola15US #59
#84Beatrice14US #39
#85Beth14
#86Cleo14US #189
#87Ann13US #44
#88Elsie13US #50
#89Genevieve13US #77
#90Jane13US #55
#91Lucile13US #142
#92Marian13US #74
#93Olive13US #138
#94Velma13US #99
#95Alma12US #71
#96Ila12
#97Lila12
#98Lola12US #143
#99Muriel12US #128
#100Sarah12US #52

Boys

#1Robert178US #4
#2John158US #1
#3William146US #2
#4James117US #3
#5George108US #6
#6Charles89US #7
#7Harold81US #12
#8Ralph60US #21
#9Jack59US #22
#10Donald56US #20
#11Frank56US #9
#12Richard50US #14
#13Joseph49US #5
#14Edward46US #8
#15Arthur45US #17
#16Earl43US #32
#17Thomas43US #10
#18Kenneth42US #27
#19Raymond40US #16
#20Carl39US #24
#21Harry37US #19
#22Walter36US #11
#23Paul35US #13
#24Ray35US #74
#25Fred34US #29
#26Howard32US #26
#27David31US #28
#28Elmer30US #45
#29Wayne30US #96
#30Joe28US #35
#31Dale27US #120
#32Albert26US #18
#33Glenn23US #86
#34Herbert23US #40
#35Melvin23US #57
#36Chester22US #56
#37Clarence22US #25
#38Ernest22US #37
#39Lloyd22US #53
#40Gerald21US #69
#41Henry21US #15
#42Leo21US #47
#43Roy21US #33
#44Russell21US #52
#45Clifford20US #59
#46Don20US #167
#47Edwin20US #55
#48Leonard20US #41
#49Max20US #104
#50Willard20US #80
#51Glen19US #122
#52Lawrence19US #36
#53Lewis19US #70
#54Victor19US #78
#55Alfred18US #43
#56Daniel18US #54
#57Gordon18US #84
#58Floyd17US #62
#59Francis17US #30
#60Ivan17US #168
#61Philip17US #66
#62Rex17
#63Dean16
#64Eugene16US #39
#65Ronald16US #165
#66Alvin15US #81
#67Cecil15US #83
#68Harvey15US #90
#69Leroy15US #60
#70Norman15US #46
#71Wilbur15US #92
#72Clyde14US #64
#73Everett14US #94
#74Marion14US #108
#75Stanley14US #34
#76Vernon14US #71
#77Eldon13
#78Louis13US #23
#79Merlin13
#80Darrell12
#81Frederick12US #51
#82Keith12
#83Leslie12US #107
#84Lester12US #61
#85Lyle12US #153
#86Sidney12US #95
#87Virgil12US #103
#88Arnold11US #91
#89Calvin11US #160
#90Edgar11US #88
#91Jay11US #188
#92Lee11US #85
#93Marvin11US #68
#94Warren11US #93
#95Wesley11US #136
#96Maurice10US #101
#97Samuel10US #42
#98Willis10US #140
#99Bill9US #147
#100Bruce9US #156

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑49Bessie#34
↑47Herbert#34
↑44Ada#50
↑43Joe#30
↑39Jessie#46
↑34Norma#41
↑30Erma#65
↑29Harry#21

Falling

↓50Marvin#93
↓44Lester#84
↓42Elsie#88
↓35Myrtle#72
↓35Emma#76
↓35Floyd#58
↓35Lee#92
↓34Viola#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.