State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,043 Idaho births in 1927 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.

#47Nadineoutside the national top 200
#41Colleen#192 nationally
#54Bethoutside the national top 200
#58Darwinoutside the national top 200
#64Verlaoutside the national top 200
#71Dellaoutside the national top 200
#75Lynnoutside the national top 200
#18Keith#141 nationally
#31Lola#154 nationally
#79Darrelloutside the national top 200
#63Joy#183 nationally
#82Grantoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Betty209US #3
#2Mary142US #1
#3Dorothy121US #2
#4Barbara96US #10
#5Donna92US #70
#6Helen87US #4
#7Lois84US #19
#8Marjorie60US #25
#9Norma60US #26
#10Shirley60US #9
#11Margaret59US #5
#12Ruth59US #6
#13Patricia55US #18
#14Doris51US #7
#15Jean48US #14
#16Virginia46US #8
#17Maxine45US #87
#18Alice40US #17
#19Joyce39US #35
#20Evelyn38US #15
#21Beverly34US #57
#22June33US #43
#23Phyllis32US #29
#24Thelma29US #38
#25Carol27US #106
#26Elaine27US #69
#27Frances27US #12
#28Bonnie26US #100
#29Florence26US #28
#30Irene25US #21
#31Lola24US #154
#32Mildred24US #11
#33Vera24US #89
#34Gladys23US #37
#35Wilma23US #68
#36Edith22US #48
#37Anna21US #16
#38Geraldine21US #58
#39Pauline21US #42
#40Ruby21US #30
#41Colleen19US #192
#42Edna19US #40
#43Esther19US #65
#44Eva18US #79
#45Marie18US #20
#46Martha18US #24
#47Nadine18
#48Elizabeth17US #13
#49Josephine17US #39
#50Leona17US #121
#51Peggy17US #96
#52Rose17US #23
#53Wanda17US #66
#54Beth16
#55Elsie16US #72
#56Hazel16US #53
#57Louise16US #27
#58Lucille16US #45
#59Marian16US #74
#60Erma15US #161
#61Georgia15US #120
#62Jacqueline15US #115
#63Joy15US #183
#64Verla15
#65Vivian15US #77
#66Bernice14US #49
#67Dolores14US #34
#68Joan14US #41
#69Marilyn14US #46
#70Arlene13US #108
#71Della13
#72Ethel13US #47
#73Lorraine13US #44
#74Violet13US #103
#75Agnes12US #81
#76Audrey12US #62
#77Darlene12US #185
#78Ellen12US #93
#79Gloria12US #22
#80Grace12US #50
#81Jeanne12US #85
#82Kathleen12US #83
#83Laura12US #82
#84Melba12
#85Naomi12US #137
#86Roberta12US #122
#87Dona11
#88Fern11
#89Ida11US #84
#90Jessie11US #95
#91Juanita11US #55
#92Lila11US #193
#93Mae11US #125
#94Myrtle11US #110
#95Velma11US #118
#96Verna11US #153
#97Charlotte10US #75
#98Eleanor10US #33
#99Faye10US #187
#100Gwendolyn10

Boys

#1Robert197US #1
#2John142US #2
#3William134US #4
#4James131US #3
#5Donald120US #8
#6Richard107US #6
#7George95US #7
#8Charles84US #5
#9Jack71US #16
#10Harold48US #14
#11Dale47US #81
#12Kenneth45US #18
#13Earl44US #33
#14Eugene43US #20
#15Gene42US #72
#16Dean41US #133
#17Thomas41US #11
#18Keith40US #141
#19Gerald39US #38
#20David37US #21
#21Walter36US #17
#22Don35US #90
#23Edward35US #10
#24Howard33US #28
#25Bill32US #69
#26Frank32US #12
#27Ralph32US #24
#28Ray32US #60
#29Carl31US #26
#30Norman31US #39
#31Ronald31US #63
#32Melvin30US #48
#33Raymond30US #15
#34Wayne30US #67
#35Arthur29US #22
#36Lloyd28US #58
#37Glen26US #115
#38Glenn26US #76
#39Paul26US #13
#40Floyd24US #53
#41Joseph24US #9
#42Leo24US #55
#43Everett23US #120
#44Henry23US #19
#45Leonard22US #40
#46Roy22US #34
#47Fred21US #35
#48Lyle21US #151
#49Albert20US #23
#50Billy20US #31
#51Harry20US #25
#52Joe19US #30
#53Lawrence19US #37
#54Calvin18US #73
#55Clarence18US #32
#56Clifford18US #65
#57Clyde17US #68
#58Darwin17
#59Jay17US #171
#60Bob16US #100
#61Gordon16US #74
#62Jim16US #136
#63Lester16US #83
#64Vernon16US #71
#65Alfred15US #45
#66Douglas15US #104
#67Elmer15US #61
#68Francis15US #36
#69Leroy15US #51
#70Alvin14US #66
#71Bobby14US #91
#72Ivan14US #188
#73Jerry14US #93
#74Lewis14US #82
#75Lynn14
#76Marvin14US #47
#77Russell14US #54
#78Allen13US #95
#79Darrell13
#80Delbert13US #159
#81Ernest13US #41
#82Grant13
#83Junior13US #119
#84Leland13US #177
#85Lowell13US #193
#86Theodore13US #62
#87Edwin12US #57
#88Louis12US #29
#89Max12US #142
#90Stanley12US #44
#91Virgil12US #121
#92Wallace12US #96
#93Boyd11
#94Cecil11US #92
#95Lee11US #86
#96Leslie11US #126
#97Warren11US #79
#98Daniel10US #46
#99Dick10US #186
#100Vern10

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑42Henry#44
↑35Esther#43
↑31Jim#62
↑29Lola#31
↑29Gladys#34
↑28Clyde#57
↑27Norman#30
↑26Martha#46

Falling

↓45Ernest#81
↓44Max#89
↓43Gloria#79
↓43Stanley#90
↓39Grace#80
↓37Violet#74
↓37Faye#99
↓37Marvin#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.