State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,079 Idaho births in 1926 across 351 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#47Bethoutside the national top 200
#57Colleenoutside the national top 200
#64Glennaoutside the national top 200
#65Eldonoutside the national top 200
#68Joyoutside the national top 200
#18Keith#148 nationally
#74Rexoutside the national top 200
#76Cleooutside the national top 200
#51Jay#175 nationally
#77Donaoutside the national top 200
#70Ted#191 nationally
#81Reedoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty175US #3
#2Mary135US #1
#3Dorothy119US #2
#4Helen116US #4
#5Barbara88US #16
#6Ruth75US #6
#7Shirley74US #14
#8Lois70US #19
#9Margaret69US #5
#10Donna61US #90
#11Norma55US #29
#12Phyllis55US #33
#13Marjorie54US #22
#14Virginia46US #8
#15Alice44US #17
#16Jean44US #12
#17Doris43US #7
#18June43US #40
#19Frances40US #10
#20Mildred40US #9
#21Evelyn37US #13
#22Patricia37US #23
#23Irene36US #21
#24Joyce36US #44
#25Ruby32US #30
#26Maxine31US #85
#27Beverly30US #74
#28Edith30US #42
#29Elaine29US #68
#30Edna27US #38
#31Wanda27US #66
#32Bernice26US #45
#33Bonnie26US #105
#34Florence26US #26
#35Geraldine25US #54
#36Gloria25US #20
#37Violet24US #94
#38Wilma24US #67
#39Anna23US #15
#40Clara23US #61
#41Grace22US #46
#42Lorraine22US #53
#43Emma21US #59
#44Louise21US #27
#45Pauline21US #39
#46Thelma21US #36
#47Beth20
#48Elizabeth19US #11
#49Ethel19US #41
#50Eva19US #79
#51Marie19US #18
#52Arlene18US #108
#53Elsie18US #69
#54Hazel18US #48
#55Vera18US #84
#56Bette17US #166
#57Colleen17
#58Josephine17US #37
#59Lillian17US #28
#60Lola17US #162
#61Vivian17US #80
#62Faye16US #173
#63Gladys16US #35
#64Glenna16
#65Peggy16US #104
#66Rose16US #25
#67Joan15US #51
#68Joy15
#69Laura15US #81
#70Leona15US #112
#71Lila15US #190
#72Martha15US #24
#73Velma15US #124
#74Lucille14US #43
#75Catherine13US #31
#76Cleo13
#77Dona13
#78Esther13US #62
#79Ida13US #82
#80Jacqueline13US #119
#81Jeanne13US #88
#82Marian13US #70
#83Roberta13US #135
#84Verla13
#85Audrey12US #60
#86Billie12US #122
#87Della12US #196
#88Dolores12US #49
#89Dora12US #140
#90Eileen12US #92
#91Eleanor12US #32
#92Ellen12US #100
#93Gertrude12US #71
#94Jessie12US #93
#95Juanita12US #52
#96Kathleen12US #83
#97Pearl12US #96
#98Verna12US #152
#99Bertha11US #76
#100Charlotte11US #78

Boys

#1Robert255US #1
#2John147US #2
#3James122US #3
#4William122US #4
#5Donald114US #9
#6Jack86US #16
#7Richard80US #7
#8Kenneth73US #18
#9Charles72US #5
#10George62US #6
#11Harold52US #14
#12Don51US #96
#13David44US #22
#14Frank42US #12
#15Joseph40US #8
#16Ralph40US #24
#17Ray40US #57
#18Keith39US #148
#19Thomas39US #11
#20Walter39US #17
#21Edward38US #10
#22Wayne35US #68
#23Gene34US #91
#24Dale32US #84
#25Roy32US #34
#26Clarence30US #29
#27Earl30US #32
#28Arthur29US #20
#29Carl29US #26
#30Paul29US #13
#31Bill28US #74
#32Gerald28US #41
#33Raymond28US #15
#34Howard27US #27
#35Ronald27US #88
#36Ernest26US #37
#37Eugene26US #23
#38Fred26US #31
#39Marvin26US #50
#40Glen25US #121
#41Melvin25US #47
#42Dean24US #139
#43Glenn24US #75
#44Harry24US #25
#45Max24US #137
#46Lyle23US #152
#47Stanley23US #43
#48Vernon23US #66
#49Junior22US #117
#50Gordon21US #76
#51Jay21US #175
#52Lawrence21US #36
#53Albert20US #21
#54Floyd20US #53
#55Lewis20US #82
#56Lloyd20US #60
#57Norman18US #39
#58Joe17US #33
#59Leonard17US #38
#60Billy16US #40
#61Bob16US #102
#62Calvin16US #65
#63Elmer16US #61
#64Daniel15US #46
#65Eldon15
#66Everett15US #119
#67Leo15US #54
#68Leroy15US #51
#69Lester15US #78
#70Ted15US #191
#71Clifford14US #62
#72Leland14US #186
#73Marion14US #113
#74Rex14
#75Roger14US #89
#76Russell14US #52
#77Samuel14US #48
#78Ivan13US #189
#79Leon13US #73
#80Louis13US #30
#81Reed13
#82Alfred12US #45
#83Alvin12US #72
#84Bruce12US #127
#85Clyde12US #67
#86Henry12US #19
#87Leslie12US #126
#88Delbert11US #163
#89Douglas11US #103
#90Edwin11US #55
#91Francis11US #35
#92Gilbert11US #101
#93Jim11US #143
#94Roland11US #107
#95Ross11
#96Wallace11US #95
#97Warren11US #71
#98Boyd10
#99Darrell10
#100Duane10US #160

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑58Clara#40
↑52Beverly#27
↑47Ronald#35
↑42Colleen#57
↑38Junior#49
↑34Lyle#46
↑32Billy#60
↑32Bob#61

Falling

↓52Lucille#74
↓48Charlotte#100
↓46Dora#89
↓44Warren#97
↓43Calvin#62
↓40Wallace#96
↓39Henry#86
↓33Gladys#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.