State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,075 Idaho births in 1925 across 352 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#45Rexoutside the national top 200
#47Fernoutside the national top 200
#51Bethoutside the national top 200
#65Lynnoutside the national top 200
#33Bette#155 nationally
#28Keith#146 nationally
#83Wendelloutside the national top 200
#84Aftonoutside the national top 200
#84Bertoutside the national top 200
#85Fayeoutside the national top 200
#86Grantoutside the national top 200
#87Verlaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty219US #3
#2Mary169US #1
#3Dorothy134US #2
#4Helen95US #4
#5Ruth93US #6
#6Margaret84US #5
#7Lois74US #18
#8Shirley63US #17
#9Barbara59US #22
#10Doris59US #8
#11Norma59US #34
#12Patricia56US #28
#13Alice55US #15
#14Virginia54US #7
#15Jean52US #14
#16Marjorie51US #21
#17Donna46US #110
#18June43US #39
#19Maxine42US #79
#20Frances41US #11
#21Florence38US #24
#22Lucille35US #41
#23Phyllis34US #40
#24Thelma34US #35
#25Evelyn31US #12
#26Ruby30US #30
#27Wilma29US #62
#28Marie28US #16
#29Ethel27US #43
#30Gladys25US #33
#31Grace25US #44
#32Lillian25US #25
#33Bette24US #155
#34Joyce24US #59
#35Bonnie23US #107
#36Gloria23US #20
#37Bernice22US #46
#38Elaine22US #73
#39Elizabeth22US #10
#40Geraldine22US #54
#41Hazel22US #45
#42Wanda22US #72
#43Dora21US #136
#44Edith21US #42
#45Irene21US #19
#46Mildred21US #9
#47Fern20
#48Anna19US #13
#49Edna19US #37
#50Eva19US #71
#51Beth18
#52Charlotte18US #77
#53Lola18US #164
#54Louise18US #27
#55Marian18US #67
#56Violet18US #92
#57Blanche17US #138
#58Catherine17US #29
#59Dolores17US #64
#60Elsie17US #63
#61Esther17US #56
#62Lorraine17US #51
#63Juanita16US #49
#64Muriel16US #126
#65Vera16US #86
#66Verna16US #153
#67Bessie15US #87
#68Carol15US #119
#69Ellen15US #101
#70Lila15US #175
#71Margie15US #99
#72Pauline15US #38
#73Velma15US #128
#74Bertha14US #74
#75Eileen14US #96
#76Genevieve14US #113
#77Martha14US #23
#78Arlene13US #120
#79Beverly13US #105
#80Ella13US #93
#81Josephine13US #36
#82Laura13US #75
#83Vivian13US #76
#84Afton12
#85Faye12
#86Myrtle12US #95
#87Verla12
#88Beatrice11US #50
#89Della11US #198
#90Erma11US #162
#91Jane11US #53
#92Joan11US #66
#93Julia11US #65
#94Katherine11US #61
#95Kathleen11US #81
#96Rose11US #26
#97Alta10
#98Clara10US #55
#99Colleen10
#100Gertrude10US #70

Boys

#1Robert221US #1
#2William143US #3
#3John142US #2
#4James135US #4
#5Donald111US #10
#6Richard103US #8
#7Charles88US #5
#8George88US #6
#9Jack85US #17
#10Harold66US #14
#11Earl47US #31
#12Kenneth47US #19
#13David43US #22
#14Frank41US #12
#15Thomas40US #11
#16Edward37US #9
#17Howard37US #26
#18Paul35US #13
#19Calvin34US #47
#20Don34US #106
#21Ralph34US #25
#22Wayne34US #74
#23Walter33US #16
#24Ray32US #64
#25Roy32US #32
#26Eugene31US #24
#27Joseph31US #7
#28Keith30US #146
#29Lloyd30US #62
#30Norman30US #41
#31Gerald29US #45
#32Arthur28US #20
#33Clarence28US #30
#34Dale28US #86
#35Carl27US #28
#36Glenn27US #77
#37Leonard27US #38
#38Raymond27US #15
#39Harry26US #23
#40Albert24US #21
#41Glen24US #117
#42Floyd23US #58
#43Gene22US #112
#44Max22US #128
#45Rex22
#46Fred21US #33
#47Henry21US #18
#48Melvin21US #50
#49Vernon21US #67
#50Bill20US #84
#51Lawrence20US #36
#52Lee20US #82
#53Warren20US #66
#54Herbert18US #42
#55Stanley18US #40
#56Wallace18US #92
#57Clifford17US #59
#58Leo17US #54
#59Marvin17US #51
#60Dean16US #140
#61Ernest16US #37
#62Gordon16US #72
#63Marion16US #109
#64Elmer15US #61
#65Lynn15
#66Francis14US #35
#67Russell14US #53
#68Wesley14US #135
#69Alfred13US #43
#70Alvin13US #70
#71Allen12US #94
#72Cecil12US #87
#73Delbert12US #167
#74Douglas12US #103
#75Edgar12US #96
#76Jay12US #182
#77Jerry12US #107
#78Joe12US #34
#79Lewis12US #79
#80Lyle12US #154
#81Philip12US #75
#82Ronald12US #104
#83Wendell12
#84Bert11
#85Claude11US #102
#86Grant11
#87Junior11US #115
#88Leroy11US #52
#89Leslie11US #119
#90Ted11
#91Theodore11US #63
#92Billy10US #49
#93Bob10US #129
#94Darrell10
#95Edwin10US #57
#96Jim10US #147
#97Neil10
#98Ross10
#99Samuel10US #46
#100Boyd9

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑48Geraldine#40
↑48Fern#47
↑39Lillian#32
↑36Beth#51
↑35Rex#45
↑33Gloria#36
↑33Lee#52
↑32Vernon#49

Falling

↓53Laura#82
↓43Katherine#94
↓37Rose#96
↓32Jay#76
↓31Carol#68
↓29Erma#90
↓27Lorraine#62
↓26Darrell#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.