State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,693 Idaho births in 1921 across 412 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#26Donna#189 nationally
#50Fayeoutside the national top 200
#24Fern#174 nationally
#58Rexoutside the national top 200
#61Bethoutside the national top 200
#72Aftonoutside the national top 200
#72Eldonoutside the national top 200
#77Duaneoutside the national top 200
#45Dean#168 nationally
#79Grantoutside the national top 200
#53Jay#174 nationally
#81Cleooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary207US #1
#2Dorothy167US #2
#3Helen154US #3
#4Ruth143US #5
#5Betty101US #8
#6Margaret99US #4
#7Marjorie87US #16
#8Virginia73US #6
#9Evelyn68US #12
#10Lois64US #38
#11June63US #50
#12Alice61US #15
#13Maxine58US #77
#14Doris57US #13
#15Mildred55US #7
#16Frances54US #9
#17Norma54US #51
#18Marie49US #14
#19Wilma49US #72
#20Irene48US #18
#21Barbara47US #40
#22Grace44US #35
#23Elizabeth43US #10
#24Fern40US #174
#25Ruby39US #26
#26Donna38US #189
#27Edith38US #33
#28Phyllis38US #60
#29Thelma38US #30
#30Florence37US #17
#31Lucille36US #31
#32Edna35US #27
#33Jean35US #25
#34Gladys34US #24
#35Wanda34US #101
#36Bernice32US #39
#37Hazel32US #34
#38Shirley32US #44
#39Esther30US #42
#40Eva30US #63
#41Elsie29US #55
#42Verna29US #141
#43Anna28US #11
#44Elaine28US #97
#45Martha28US #21
#46Josephine27US #28
#47Ethel26US #32
#48Louise26US #22
#49Eleanor24US #29
#50Faye23
#51Marian23US #69
#52Juanita22US #57
#53Leona22US #92
#54Mabel22US #85
#55Pearl22US #65
#56Lorraine21US #61
#57Lillian20US #19
#58Lola20US #157
#59Velma20US #108
#60Beatrice19US #41
#61Beth19
#62Blanche19US #112
#63Bonnie19US #151
#64Catherine19US #23
#65Eileen19US #100
#66Violet19US #81
#67Emma18US #52
#68Ida18US #67
#69Pauline18US #37
#70Rose18US #20
#71Vivian18US #68
#72Afton17
#73Ellen17US #95
#74Geraldine17US #62
#75Joyce17US #137
#76Julia17US #58
#77Opal17US #103
#78Vera17US #76
#79Audrey16US #82
#80Charlotte16US #79
#81Cleo16
#82Jane16US #47
#83Kathryn16US #64
#84Myrtle16US #73
#85Genevieve15US #90
#86Lila15
#87Marion15US #43
#88Viola15US #66
#89Ann14US #53
#90Dora14US #130
#91Ella14US #89
#92Katherine14US #49
#93Patricia14US #84
#94Ada13US #145
#95Alta13
#96Anne13US #70
#97Clara13US #45
#98Melba13
#99Nellie13US #80
#100Bertha12US #59

Boys

#1Robert253US #2
#2John179US #1
#3William179US #3
#4James145US #4
#5George109US #6
#6Donald98US #13
#7Jack98US #18
#8Charles96US #5
#9Harold83US #12
#10Richard78US #10
#11Kenneth67US #22
#12Ralph60US #23
#13Thomas54US #11
#14Earl48US #31
#15Frank48US #9
#16Joseph48US #7
#17Roy46US #32
#18David45US #25
#19Edward45US #8
#20Arthur43US #19
#21Walter43US #15
#22Harry42US #21
#23Fred41US #33
#24Warren41US #24
#25Howard40US #27
#26Paul36US #14
#27Eugene35US #26
#28Albert34US #20
#29Raymond34US #16
#30Dale33US #93
#31Lloyd33US #58
#32Wayne33US #81
#33Henry32US #17
#34Ray32US #67
#35Carl31US #30
#36Melvin31US #53
#37Floyd28US #63
#38Glen28US #119
#39Alfred27US #43
#40Elmer27US #48
#41Keith27US #153
#42Clarence26US #28
#43Clifford25US #62
#44Clyde25US #69
#45Dean25US #168
#46Don25US #136
#47Leo25US #50
#48Vernon25US #68
#49Gerald24US #60
#50Glenn23US #80
#51Lee23US #86
#52Marvin23US #59
#53Jay22US #174
#54Lawrence22US #37
#55Ernest21US #38
#56Max21US #112
#57Cecil20US #79
#58Rex20
#59Virgil20US #98
#60Gordon19US #84
#61Joe19US #36
#62Norman19US #46
#63Chester18US #56
#64Russell18US #52
#65Allen17US #94
#66Alvin16US #73
#67Clinton16US #169
#68Lewis16US #71
#69Stanley16US #41
#70Wallace16US #88
#71Willard16US #89
#72Eldon15
#73Leonard15US #39
#74Leslie15US #106
#75Lyle15US #150
#76Wesley15US #127
#77Duane14
#78Francis14US #35
#79Grant14
#80Leland14US #171
#81Blaine13
#82Daniel13US #49
#83Gene13US #170
#84Herbert13US #42
#85Lester13US #66
#86Marion13US #102
#87Ronald13US #154
#88Victor13US #83
#89Wilbur13US #100
#90Bill12US #121
#91Bruce12US #146
#92Harvey12US #87
#93Leroy12US #55
#94Merlin12
#95Milton12US #75
#96Theodore12US #65
#97Wendell12
#98Bert11
#99Boyd11
#100Douglas11US #111

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑61Alfred#39
↑52Verna#42
↑40Virgil#59
↑39Leona#53
↑39Harry#22
↑36Blanche#62
↑33Lee#51
↑30Lorraine#56

Falling

↓42Bill#90
↓41Myrtle#84
↓37Nellie#99
↓33Katherine#92
↓33Patricia#93
↓33Grant#79
↓32Clara#97
↓31Genevieve#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.