State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,726 Idaho births in 1919 across 378 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#37Keith#194 nationally
#44Altaoutside the national top 200
#55Bethoutside the national top 200
#57Donnaoutside the national top 200
#58Fayeoutside the national top 200
#62Grantoutside the national top 200
#67Rexoutside the national top 200
#69Darrelloutside the national top 200
#65Leland#192 nationally
#77Markoutside the national top 200
#58Dean#181 nationally
#82Aftonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary185US #1
#2Helen145US #2
#3Ruth123US #5
#4Margaret119US #4
#5Dorothy118US #3
#6Lois72US #40
#7Betty67US #15
#8Edna64US #22
#9Mildred64US #6
#10Virginia63US #7
#11Marjorie54US #33
#12Alice51US #13
#13Frances48US #9
#14Doris46US #18
#15Evelyn46US #11
#16June44US #64
#17Maxine44US #85
#18Irene42US #16
#19Hazel41US #32
#20Jean41US #37
#21Vera41US #65
#22Martha40US #25
#23Florence39US #14
#24Lucille38US #27
#25Thelma38US #31
#26Barbara37US #60
#27Ruby37US #24
#28Elizabeth36US #8
#29Louise36US #20
#30Marie36US #12
#31Norma36US #83
#32Grace35US #34
#33Wanda35US #128
#34Edith33US #29
#35Eva32US #55
#36Gladys32US #21
#37Wilma32US #86
#38Ethel31US #28
#39Ellen29US #92
#40Bernice28US #42
#41Emma28US #45
#42Esther28US #38
#43Pearl28US #56
#44Alta27
#45Elsie27US #47
#46Anna25US #10
#47Katherine24US #51
#48Opal24US #98
#49Phyllis24US #84
#50Velma24US #104
#51Charlotte23US #79
#52Clara23US #43
#53Lillian22US #17
#54Sarah22US #46
#55Beth21
#56Blanche21US #97
#57Donna21
#58Faye21
#59Fern20US #176
#60Gertrude20US #39
#61Jessie20US #75
#62Laura20US #71
#63Leona20US #90
#64Rose20US #19
#65Viola20US #58
#66Beulah19US #108
#67Catherine19US #23
#68Geraldine19US #68
#69Inez19US #117
#70Juanita19US #73
#71Marguerite19US #96
#72Bertha18US #52
#73Eleanor18US #30
#74Ida18US #57
#75Josephine18US #26
#76Patricia18US #114
#77Verna18US #131
#78Vivian18US #72
#79Bessie17US #59
#80Genevieve17US #88
#81Marian17US #82
#82Afton16
#83Eileen16US #103
#84Julia16US #48
#85Violet16US #74
#86Ann15US #49
#87Lola15US #142
#88Anne14US #63
#89Dora14US #127
#90Elaine14US #136
#91Lorraine14US #62
#92Mabel14US #78
#93Mae14US #99
#94Melba14
#95Nellie14US #69
#96Verda14
#97Audrey13US #115
#98Carol13US #200
#99Erma13US #147
#100Iris13

Boys

#1Robert196US #4
#2John162US #1
#3James135US #3
#4William129US #2
#5Charles99US #5
#6George90US #6
#7Donald79US #17
#8Richard69US #12
#9Harold64US #13
#10Jack62US #21
#11Frank60US #9
#12Raymond60US #14
#13Kenneth49US #26
#14Paul45US #15
#15Ralph44US #22
#16Earl42US #31
#17Edward41US #8
#18Joseph41US #7
#19Thomas41US #10
#20Howard40US #24
#21Arthur39US #19
#22Wayne38US #90
#23Dale36US #112
#24Walter35US #11
#25Lloyd34US #58
#26Ray34US #69
#27Roy33US #32
#28Carl32US #29
#29Harry32US #20
#30Fred31US #30
#31Melvin30US #56
#32David29US #27
#33Eugene29US #33
#34Lawrence29US #38
#35Max29US #110
#36Clifford27US #60
#37Keith27US #194
#38Albert25US #18
#39Glen25US #116
#40Clarence23US #25
#41Delbert23US #157
#42Wallace23US #107
#43Ernest22US #36
#44Alvin21US #76
#45Elmer21US #44
#46Gordon21US #86
#47Stanley21US #37
#48Glenn20US #84
#49Leonard20US #39
#50Don19US #145
#51Edwin19US #52
#52Francis19US #34
#53Gerald19US #70
#54Henry19US #16
#55Lewis19US #74
#56Vernon19US #65
#57Cecil18US #78
#58Dean18US #181
#59Floyd18US #59
#60Lester18US #62
#61Everett16US #93
#62Grant16
#63Herbert16US #40
#64Lee16US #82
#65Leland16US #192
#66Lyle16US #153
#67Rex16
#68Wesley16US #135
#69Darrell15
#70Leo15US #49
#71Louis15US #28
#72Marvin15US #63
#73Milton15US #73
#74Norman15US #48
#75Victor15US #68
#76Clyde14US #67
#77Mark14
#78Roland14US #119
#79Russell14US #50
#80Theodore14US #54
#81Warren14US #83
#82Boyd13
#83Douglas13US #121
#84Gilbert13US #102
#85Leroy13US #55
#86Ronald13US #171
#87Samuel13US #43
#88Virgil13US #103
#89Allen12US #101
#90Chester12US #53
#91Lowell12
#92Lynn12
#93Willard12US #87
#94Calvin11US #163
#95Clinton11US #167
#96Franklin11US #129
#97Gene11US #191
#98Harvey11US #85
#99Ivan11US #183
#100Jesse11US #77

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑47Pearl#43
↑43Edwin#51
↑37Sarah#54
↑35Max#35
↑33Alta#44
↑31Alvin#44
↑30Wallace#42
↑28Vera#21

Falling

↓47Nellie#95
↓41Vivian#78
↓41Willard#93
↓40Violet#85
↓38Clyde#76
↓30Bertha#72
↓30Mabel#92
↓30Harvey#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.