State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,371 Idaho births in 1920 across 392 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#24Donnaoutside the national top 200
#20Dean#180 nationally
#46Grantoutside the national top 200
#51Rexoutside the national top 200
#52Bethoutside the national top 200
#53Jayoutside the national top 200
#73Lynnoutside the national top 200
#49Keith#175 nationally
#76Eldonoutside the national top 200
#24Don#148 nationally
#47Fern#170 nationally
#80Rossoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary209US #1
#2Dorothy168US #2
#3Helen161US #3
#4Ruth126US #5
#5Margaret108US #4
#6Betty99US #11
#7Marjorie71US #24
#8Virginia70US #7
#9Doris63US #14
#10Frances63US #9
#11Alice58US #15
#12Lois56US #38
#13Evelyn55US #12
#14Maxine55US #81
#15Barbara52US #47
#16Jean52US #33
#17Marie49US #13
#18Irene46US #17
#19Mildred46US #6
#20Norma46US #69
#21June45US #53
#22Phyllis45US #72
#23Edna42US #27
#24Donna38
#25Elizabeth38US #8
#26Anna37US #10
#27Thelma37US #31
#28Hazel36US #34
#29Wilma36US #78
#30Bernice35US #40
#31Edith35US #32
#32Gladys35US #22
#33Florence34US #16
#34Louise34US #19
#35Lucille34US #29
#36Eva33US #58
#37Ruby33US #26
#38Ethel32US #30
#39Grace32US #37
#40Marian31US #73
#41Elsie29US #51
#42Martha29US #23
#43Myrtle29US #68
#44Shirley29US #56
#45Esther28US #39
#46Elaine27US #107
#47Fern27US #170
#48Vivian27US #64
#49Wanda26US #117
#50Charlotte24US #79
#51Vera24US #75
#52Beth23
#53Lillian23US #18
#54Genevieve21US #86
#55Geraldine21US #60
#56Velma21US #105
#57Violet21US #77
#58Emma20US #46
#59Katherine20US #45
#60Patricia20US #104
#61Stella20US #82
#62Nellie19US #76
#63Pauline19US #36
#64Ann18US #49
#65Clara18US #44
#66Eleanor18US #25
#67Ellen18US #92
#68Juanita18US #61
#69Lola18US #147
#70Pearl18US #62
#71Sarah18US #50
#72Josephine17US #28
#73Laura17US #63
#74Beulah16US #109
#75Carol16US #182
#76Ella16US #88
#77Ida16US #66
#78Jane16US #48
#79Jessie16US #84
#80Kathryn16US #67
#81Mae16US #99
#82Nina16US #179
#83Viola16US #59
#84Bertha15US #57
#85Inez15US #122
#86Lorraine15US #70
#87Marion15US #43
#88Opal15US #101
#89Roberta15US #144
#90Eileen14US #100
#91Erma14US #152
#92Leona14US #89
#93Olive14US #151
#94Verna14US #135
#95Alma13US #80
#96Alta13
#97Bette13US #196
#98Blanche13US #102
#99Della13US #183
#100Georgia13US #113

Boys

#1Robert231US #3
#2William210US #2
#3John181US #1
#4James179US #4
#5George122US #6
#6Jack97US #20
#7Charles89US #5
#8Donald87US #16
#9Harold81US #12
#10Richard70US #10
#11Kenneth67US #23
#12Frank57US #9
#13Joseph55US #7
#14Edward49US #8
#15Thomas47US #11
#16Howard44US #24
#17Walter44US #13
#18Wayne44US #86
#19Ralph43US #22
#20Dean39US #180
#21Earl38US #31
#22Paul38US #14
#23Arthur37US #18
#24Don37US #148
#25David36US #25
#26Raymond36US #15
#27Albert34US #19
#28Elmer33US #45
#29Warren33US #39
#30Melvin32US #54
#31Ray32US #67
#32Carl31US #27
#33Dale31US #105
#34Max30US #112
#35Roy30US #32
#36Glenn28US #80
#37Eugene27US #30
#38Fred27US #33
#39Lloyd26US #58
#40Vernon26US #65
#41Clarence24US #26
#42Clyde23US #68
#43Floyd23US #61
#44Glen23US #122
#45Gordon23US #85
#46Grant23
#47Wallace23US #93
#48Bill22US #121
#49Keith22US #175
#50Lawrence22US #36
#51Rex22
#52Russell22US #51
#53Jay21
#54Leo21US #48
#55Marvin21US #62
#56Clifford20US #59
#57Gerald20US #64
#58Leonard20US #38
#59Chester19US #55
#60Francis19US #34
#61Harry19US #21
#62Henry19US #17
#63Lewis19US #72
#64Daniel18US #52
#65Edwin17US #53
#66Alvin16US #76
#67Cecil16US #77
#68Ernest16US #37
#69Gene16US #173
#70Harvey16US #87
#71Marion16US #109
#72Joe15US #35
#73Lynn15
#74Maurice15US #102
#75Samuel15US #44
#76Eldon14
#77Herbert14US #41
#78Norman14US #47
#79Ronald14US #168
#80Ross14
#81Willard14US #88
#82Arnold13US #91
#83Everett13US #95
#84Lee13US #82
#85Leroy13US #56
#86Louis13US #28
#87Lyle13US #151
#88Stanley13US #40
#89Theodore13US #63
#90Allen12US #94
#91Billy12US #132
#92Claude12US #92
#93Martin12US #78
#94Douglas11US #106
#95Ellis11
#96Leland11US #177
#97Mark11
#98Victor11US #81
#99Virgil11US #101
#100Alfred10US #42

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑52Warren#29
↑44Elaine#46
↑41Marian#40
↑38Dean#20
↑34Clyde#42
↑33Donna#24
↑33Nellie#62
↑31Chester#59

Falling

↓52Alta#96
↓42Blanche#98
↓41Stanley#88
↓40Opal#88
↓32Harry#61
↓31Leland#96
↓30Vera#51
↓29Leona#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.