Popular baby names in Idaho, 1911

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1911 were Mary for girls (50 babies) and William for boys (38). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,338 babies born in Idaho in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1911

Names given at least 15 times in Idaho that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lois: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Esther: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Hazel: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gertrude: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Thelma: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Charles: 22 babies, 2× the national rate
Edward: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	50	–	1
2	Helen	45	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	35	↓1	4
4	Margaret	34	–	3
5	Ruth	32	–	5
6	Mildred	21	↑2	8
7	Hazel	18	↑10	25
8	Florence	16	↑5	12
9	Gertrude	16	new	30
10	Lois	16	↑32	68
11	Marie	16	↑7	9
12	Thelma	16	↓3	27
13	Anna	15	↑16	6
14	Edna	15	↑10	17
15	Esther	15	↑10	34
16	Gladys	14	↓10	18
17	Alice	13	↓10	11
18	Elizabeth	13	↓7	7
19	Frances	13	↓5	10
20	Lucille	13	new	32
21	Clara	12	↓5	33
22	Irene	12	↓2	21
23	Lillian	12	↑10	13
24	Louise	12	new	19
25	Ruby	12	↑19	22
26	Fern	11	↑14	>100
27	Pearl	11	–	48
28	Ethel	10	↑2	15
29	Georgia	10	new	96
30	Grace	10	↓11	23
31	Josephine	10	new	29
32	Mae	10	new	71
33	Vera	10	↓11	67
34	Viola	10	↑11	47
35	Violet	10	↑11	83
36	Jean	9	new	74
37	Leona	9	new	76
38	Lola	9	↓4	>100
39	Mabel	9	new	43
40	Alta	8	new	>100
41	Beatrice	8	new	37
42	Bernice	8	↓19	51
43	Bertha	8	↓11	36
44	Edith	8	↓34	31
45	Ellen	8	↓7	84
46	Eva	8	↓7	46
47	Evelyn	8	↓35	16
48	Minnie	8	↓5	52
49	Myrtle	8	↓28	50
50	Ann	7	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	William	38	↑1	2
2	John	36	↓1	1
3	James	27	–	3
4	Charles	22	↑2	7
5	George	21	–	4
6	Robert	20	↓2	5
7	Edward	16	↑3	9
8	Clifford	13	new	62
9	Joseph	13	–	6
10	Paul	13	↑11	17
11	Walter	13	↑4	12
12	Ray	11	↑10	71
13	Donald	10	↑16	36
14	Harold	10	↓6	16
15	Richard	9	↓4	20
16	Albert	8	new	15
17	Clarence	8	–	23
18	David	8	new	27
19	Jack	8	new	25
20	Roy	8	new	31
21	Thomas	8	↑4	10
22	Carl	7	↓15	26
23	Frank	7	↓10	8
24	Fred	7	new	22
25	Henry	7	new	11
26	Wayne	7	–	>100
27	Elmer	6	new	48
28	Eugene	6	↑2	43
29	Kenneth	6	↑3	40
30	Lee	6	new	67
31	Ralph	6	↑2	24
32	Arnold	5	new	>100
33	Arthur	5	↓17	18
34	Clyde	5	↓16	61
35	Earl	5	new	34
36	Ernest	5	↓17	32
37	Harry	5	↓17	13
38	Harvey	5	new	91
39	Howard	5	↓8	28
40	Victor	5	new	81

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