State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,698 Idaho births in 1922 across 369 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#46Rexoutside the national top 200
#17Donna#166 nationally
#59Grantoutside the national top 200
#41Fern#182 nationally
#63Tedoutside the national top 200
#24Keith#157 nationally
#77Bethoutside the national top 200
#81Lynnoutside the national top 200
#85Reedoutside the national top 200
#89Cleooutside the national top 200
#89Boydoutside the national top 200
#91Lilaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary223US #1
#2Dorothy148US #2
#3Helen140US #3
#4Betty134US #6
#5Ruth113US #5
#6Margaret97US #4
#7Marjorie81US #16
#8Virginia75US #7
#9Alice57US #15
#10Doris56US #11
#11Lois50US #35
#12Norma50US #46
#13Barbara48US #40
#14Jean48US #20
#15Edna47US #29
#16Maxine47US #82
#17Donna44US #166
#18Frances44US #10
#19June44US #45
#20Evelyn42US #13
#21Florence39US #18
#22Louise37US #22
#23Elizabeth35US #9
#24Mildred35US #8
#25Ruby35US #26
#26Thelma34US #31
#27Irene33US #17
#28Wanda33US #92
#29Anna31US #12
#30Edith30US #34
#31Phyllis30US #53
#32Wilma29US #77
#33Ethel28US #32
#34Marie27US #14
#35Violet27US #86
#36Eva26US #64
#37Marian26US #67
#38Shirley26US #39
#39Esther25US #44
#40Lucille25US #33
#41Fern24US #182
#42Josephine24US #27
#43Lillian24US #19
#44Velma24US #113
#45Clara23US #47
#46Grace23US #38
#47Patricia23US #69
#48Elaine22US #102
#49Bernice21US #41
#50Charlotte21US #76
#51Gladys21US #25
#52Leona21US #101
#53Ellen20US #95
#54Kathryn20US #73
#55Vera20US #79
#56Hazel19US #37
#57Lorraine19US #56
#58Opal19US #108
#59Rose19US #23
#60Carol18US #158
#61Eleanor18US #28
#62Elsie18US #59
#63Harriet18US #117
#64Joyce18US #126
#65Martha18US #21
#66Myrtle18US #75
#67Pauline18US #36
#68Vivian18US #74
#69Audrey17US #89
#70Geraldine17US #58
#71Jane17US #55
#72Katherine17US #54
#73Viola17US #72
#74Bette16US #160
#75Erma16US #164
#76Ida16US #65
#77Beth15
#78Catherine15US #24
#79Dora15US #138
#80Eileen15US #96
#81Emma15US #50
#82Genevieve15US #98
#83Agnes14US #62
#84Bertha14US #63
#85Laura14US #68
#86Ada13US #148
#87Alma13US #84
#88Bonnie13US #137
#89Cleo13
#90Juanita13US #57
#91Lila13
#92Margie13US #100
#93Ann12US #49
#94Anne12US #66
#95Eunice12US #119
#96Faye12
#97Ila12
#98Irma12US #184
#99Mabel12US #99
#100Marion12US #42

Boys

#1Robert233US #2
#2John176US #1
#3William173US #3
#4James141US #4
#5Donald110US #12
#6Charles95US #5
#7George93US #6
#8Jack80US #18
#9Richard75US #9
#10Harold71US #13
#11Kenneth67US #21
#12Frank65US #10
#13Joseph51US #7
#14Ralph51US #23
#15Thomas50US #11
#16Wayne49US #78
#17David44US #24
#18Walter43US #15
#19Raymond41US #16
#20Paul39US #14
#21Earl37US #31
#22Glen37US #123
#23Edward36US #8
#24Keith36US #157
#25Roy36US #32
#26Carl35US #30
#27Glenn33US #79
#28Gordon33US #76
#29Dale32US #89
#30Howard31US #26
#31Eugene30US #25
#32Melvin30US #50
#33Harry29US #22
#34Don28US #136
#35Max28US #117
#36Ray28US #65
#37Vernon28US #68
#38Albert27US #20
#39Arthur27US #19
#40Bill27US #104
#41Russell26US #49
#42Lawrence25US #36
#43Leonard23US #38
#44Lloyd23US #59
#45Norman23US #44
#46Rex23
#47Clarence22US #29
#48Gerald21US #58
#49Cecil20US #85
#50Henry19US #17
#51Joe19US #35
#52Stanley19US #41
#53Clifford18US #63
#54Lester18US #69
#55Marvin18US #56
#56Wallace18US #87
#57Dean17US #158
#58Floyd17US #61
#59Grant17
#60Virgil17US #99
#61Herbert16US #40
#62Lewis16US #75
#63Ted16
#64Willard16US #91
#65Alvin15US #73
#66Clyde15US #67
#67Francis15US #34
#68Leo15US #51
#69Leslie15US #114
#70Edwin14US #52
#71Elmer14US #54
#72Ernest14US #37
#73Gene14US #144
#74Harvey14US #88
#75Homer14US #108
#76Jay14US #180
#77Louis14US #27
#78Warren14US #45
#79Douglas13US #106
#80Fred13US #33
#81Lynn13
#82Marion13US #107
#83Ronald13US #147
#84Delbert12US #162
#85Reed12
#86Wesley12US #127
#87Benjamin11US #82
#88Bob11US #179
#89Boyd11
#90Lyle11US #146
#91Mark11US #199
#92Allen10US #95
#93Hugh10US #120
#94Jerry10US #135
#95Lee10US #83
#96Lowell10US #197
#97Merlin10
#98Phillip10US #164
#99Byron9
#100Chester9US #64

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑52Clara#45
↑50Bill#40
↑46Patricia#47
↑32Gordon#28
↑31Violet#35
↑31Lester#54
↑30Charlotte#50
↑30Leonard#43

Falling

↓57Fred#80
↓54Warren#78
↓46Faye#96
↓45Mabel#99
↓44Lee#95
↓38Juanita#90
↓37Chester#100
↓31Elmer#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.