State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,392 Idaho births in 1923 across 354 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#33Fern#187 nationally
#53Rexoutside the national top 200
#14Donna#156 nationally
#62Leahoutside the national top 200
#63Altaoutside the national top 200
#67Lila#196 nationally
#41Erma#168 nationally
#45Jay#172 nationally
#74Grantoutside the national top 200
#25Keith#145 nationally
#81Boydoutside the national top 200
#83Darrelloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary195US #1
#2Betty173US #5
#3Dorothy146US #2
#4Ruth112US #6
#5Helen110US #3
#6Margaret102US #4
#7Marjorie68US #16
#8Barbara66US #33
#9Virginia62US #7
#10Norma61US #41
#11Doris55US #11
#12June55US #42
#13Phyllis53US #45
#14Donna48US #156
#15Frances47US #10
#16Lois47US #27
#17Maxine45US #76
#18Mildred45US #8
#19Alice44US #15
#20Evelyn43US #12
#21Florence43US #18
#22Marie42US #14
#23Elizabeth39US #9
#24Wanda35US #80
#25Jean34US #19
#26Shirley34US #26
#27Irene32US #17
#28Ruby31US #25
#29Wilma31US #74
#30Anna29US #13
#31Edith29US #36
#32Esther28US #47
#33Fern27US #187
#34Vera26US #82
#35Edna25US #32
#36Elaine25US #87
#37Gladys25US #29
#38Louise25US #22
#39Lucille25US #35
#40Elsie24US #61
#41Erma24US #168
#42Eva24US #66
#43Grace24US #39
#44Velma24US #116
#45Vivian24US #69
#46Bernice23US #43
#47Juanita23US #51
#48Lola22US #157
#49Patricia22US #56
#50Clara21US #49
#51Hazel21US #40
#52Laura21US #73
#53Lorraine20US #57
#54Violet20US #86
#55Thelma19US #31
#56Gloria18US #48
#57Kathryn18US #72
#58Opal18US #113
#59Rose18US #23
#60Bonnie17US #126
#61Eleanor17US #28
#62Leah17
#63Alta16
#64Ella16US #93
#65Josephine16US #30
#66Katherine16US #60
#67Lila16US #196
#68Myrtle16US #84
#69Blanche15US #119
#70Ethel15US #38
#71Martha15US #21
#72Pauline15US #37
#73Pearl15US #78
#74Viola15US #79
#75Alma14US #89
#76Dora14US #136
#77Georgia14US #112
#78Ida14US #68
#79Bertha13US #64
#80Genevieve13US #97
#81Olive13US #179
#82Audrey12US #85
#83Bessie12US #81
#84Bette12US #148
#85Carol12US #139
#86Eileen12US #95
#87Ellen12US #103
#88Jane12US #55
#89Lillian12US #20
#90Verna12US #146
#91Beulah11US #129
#92Beverly11US #144
#93Catherine11US #24
#94Faye11
#95Gertrude11US #59
#96Leona11US #100
#97Lorna11
#98Mabel11US #102
#99Marcella11US #158
#100Margie11US #101

Boys

#1Robert235US #2
#2William160US #3
#3John159US #1
#4James131US #4
#5Donald110US #10
#6Jack97US #17
#7Charles82US #5
#8Richard80US #9
#9George67US #6
#10Frank59US #11
#11Kenneth58US #21
#12Harold54US #13
#13Ralph48US #23
#14Wayne46US #75
#15Joseph45US #7
#16Arthur43US #19
#17Raymond42US #15
#18Thomas42US #12
#19Paul41US #14
#20Edward39US #8
#21Eugene33US #25
#22Dale32US #90
#23Earl31US #31
#24Harry31US #22
#25Keith31US #145
#26Walter31US #16
#27Albert30US #20
#28Carl30US #28
#29David30US #24
#30Fred30US #33
#31Lloyd30US #59
#32Melvin30US #48
#33Ray30US #61
#34Howard29US #26
#35Don28US #130
#36Glen27US #121
#37Roy27US #32
#38Wallace27US #69
#39Dean26US #153
#40Ronald25US #142
#41Floyd24US #64
#42Henry24US #18
#43Max24US #122
#44Norman24US #44
#45Jay23US #172
#46Lee23US #85
#47Marvin23US #51
#48Clarence22US #29
#49Francis22US #34
#50Glenn21US #84
#51Lawrence21US #36
#52Warren21US #43
#53Rex20
#54Vernon20US #67
#55Bill18US #98
#56Leo18US #49
#57Lyle18US #154
#58Elmer17US #57
#59Ernest17US #38
#60Lester17US #71
#61Philip17US #70
#62Victor17US #88
#63Clifford16US #65
#64Daniel16US #47
#65Gerald16US #54
#66Russell16US #52
#67Cecil15US #87
#68Leonard15US #37
#69Alvin14US #73
#70Billy14US #78
#71Calvin14US #82
#72Delbert14US #156
#73Gordon14US #76
#74Grant14
#75Herbert14US #40
#76Virgil14US #100
#77Willard14US #92
#78Alfred13US #42
#79Claude13US #103
#80Leslie13US #112
#81Boyd12
#82Clyde12US #68
#83Darrell12
#84Duane12US #190
#85Harvey12US #91
#86Joe12US #35
#87Lewis12US #74
#88Lynn12
#89Allen11US #97
#90Blaine11
#91Edgar11US #94
#92Edwin11US #56
#93Gilbert11US #102
#94Leroy11US #55
#95Loren11
#96Marion11US #106
#97Stanley11US #41
#98Bob10US #164
#99Bruce10US #135
#100Byron10

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑50Fred#30
↑49Lee#46
↑43Juanita#47
↑43Ronald#40
↑34Erma#41
↑33Laura#52
↑33Lyle#57
↑31Jay#45

Falling

↓46Lillian#89
↓45Gordon#73
↓45Stanley#97
↓44Leona#96
↓37Ethel#70
↓35Joe#86
↓34Ellen#87
↓29Thelma#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.