State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,503 Idaho births in 1924 across 366 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#12Keith#150 nationally
#65Lynnoutside the national top 200
#67Tedoutside the national top 200
#68Darrelloutside the national top 200
#70Eldonoutside the national top 200
#70Lila#199 nationally
#44Jay#170 nationally
#76Boydoutside the national top 200
#80Rexoutside the national top 200
#82Melbaoutside the national top 200
#83Grantoutside the national top 200
#15Donna#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary180US #1
#2Betty173US #4
#3Dorothy162US #2
#4Helen124US #3
#5Margaret93US #5
#6Ruth85US #6
#7Marjorie74US #17
#8Virginia69US #7
#9Doris61US #9
#10Shirley61US #19
#11Lois60US #22
#12Barbara58US #28
#13Norma52US #40
#14Alice50US #15
#15Donna50US #131
#16June50US #45
#17Patricia44US #35
#18Jean43US #16
#19Phyllis43US #44
#20Frances42US #10
#21Mildred41US #8
#22Evelyn40US #12
#23Maxine38US #77
#24Marie35US #14
#25Wilma32US #67
#26Edna31US #31
#27Wanda31US #74
#28Ruby30US #26
#29Laura29US #72
#30Florence28US #20
#31Anna27US #13
#32Gladys27US #30
#33Bonnie25US #117
#34Elaine25US #73
#35Lorraine25US #52
#36Lucille25US #37
#37Carol24US #132
#38Elizabeth24US #11
#39Eva24US #66
#40Hazel24US #42
#41Joyce24US #83
#42Louise24US #24
#43Thelma24US #33
#44Edith23US #36
#45Vera23US #85
#46Viola23US #82
#47Ethel22US #39
#48Ida22US #70
#49Irene22US #18
#50Bernice21US #47
#51Katherine21US #59
#52Bette20US #151
#53Ellen20US #99
#54Esther20US #51
#55Grace20US #43
#56Ella19US #94
#57Jeanne19US #90
#58Martha19US #21
#59Rose19US #25
#60Emma18US #57
#61Erma18US #168
#62Juanita18US #48
#63Nellie18US #92
#64Eleanor17US #29
#65Marian17US #64
#66Myrtle17US #89
#67Audrey16US #84
#68Elsie16US #61
#69Gloria16US #41
#70Lila16US #199
#71Lillian16US #23
#72Opal16US #120
#73Pauline16US #38
#74Vivian16US #71
#75Beverly15US #121
#76Jessie15US #91
#77Julia15US #62
#78Velma15US #123
#79Violet15US #88
#80Genevieve14US #107
#81Georgia14US #113
#82Melba14
#83Peggy14US #133
#84Verna14US #153
#85Alta13
#86Ann13US #55
#87Beth13
#88Geraldine13US #58
#89Kathryn13US #81
#90Nadine13
#91Pearl13US #78
#92Beatrice12US #50
#93Clara12US #56
#94Cleo12
#95Fern12US #197
#96Leah12
#97Mabel12US #108
#98Margie12US #102
#99Marion12US #46
#100Rita12US #49

Boys

#1Robert242US #1
#2William153US #3
#3James147US #4
#4John133US #2
#5Donald120US #10
#6Charles88US #5
#7George86US #6
#8Jack81US #17
#9Harold80US #13
#10Kenneth74US #19
#11Richard70US #8
#12Keith44US #150
#13Ralph44US #23
#14Frank42US #12
#15David41US #24
#16Joseph41US #7
#17Thomas40US #11
#18Dale39US #84
#19Raymond37US #15
#20Edward36US #9
#21Paul34US #14
#22Wayne34US #74
#23Eugene33US #25
#24Arthur32US #20
#25Floyd32US #66
#26Glenn32US #79
#27Melvin31US #48
#28Max30US #126
#29Carl29US #27
#30Clarence29US #29
#31Earl29US #33
#32Fred29US #32
#33Glen28US #118
#34Lawrence28US #36
#35Calvin27US #44
#36Don27US #125
#37Roy27US #31
#38Dean26US #144
#39Walter26US #16
#40Clifford25US #64
#41Harry25US #22
#42Ray25US #60
#43Henry24US #18
#44Jay23US #170
#45Albert22US #21
#46Howard22US #26
#47Gerald21US #49
#48Lloyd21US #61
#49Norman21US #42
#50Gordon20US #75
#51Stanley20US #40
#52Alvin19US #73
#53Gene19US #135
#54Leo19US #51
#55Elmer18US #57
#56Leonard18US #38
#57Everett17US #104
#58Lester17US #72
#59Lyle17US #159
#60Russell17US #52
#61Warren17US #58
#62Clyde16US #69
#63Bill15US #92
#64Delbert15US #161
#65Lynn15
#66Marvin15US #50
#67Ted15
#68Darrell14
#69Edwin14US #55
#70Eldon14
#71Ernest14US #37
#72Francis14US #34
#73Herbert14US #41
#74Joe14US #35
#75Wallace14US #87
#76Boyd13
#77Bruce13US #133
#78Leroy13US #53
#79Lewis13US #77
#80Rex13
#81Vernon13US #68
#82Arnold12US #95
#83Grant12
#84Junior12US #121
#85Lee12US #83
#86Leland12US #185
#87Philip12US #71
#88Wendell12
#89Alfred11US #43
#90Allen11US #94
#91Bob11US #142
#92Byron11
#93Chester11US #67
#94Dick11
#95Guy11US #151
#96Homer11US #109
#97Ivan11US #183
#98Leon11US #76
#99Willard11US #97
#100Willis11US #136

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑48Carol#37
↑46Stanley#51
↑36Calvin#35
↑34Ellen#53
↑32Patricia#17
↑32Bette#52
↑30Ida#48
↑28Viola#46

Falling

↓62Fern#95
↓43Clara#93
↓39Lee#85
↓37Wallace#75
↓34Velma#78
↓34Leah#96
↓32Kathryn#89
↓29Vivian#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.