Popular baby names in Idaho, 1913

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1913 were Mary for girls (91 babies) and John for boys (93). Social Security records list 3,179 babies born in Idaho in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1913

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

Girls

Alta: 16 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Wilma: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ada: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ellen: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lois: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Blanche: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Violet: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Edna: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marjorie: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Grace: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Cecil: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lloyd: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ray: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Floyd: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Melvin: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Earl: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donald: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Kenneth: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ralph: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jack: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	91	–	1
2	Helen	65	↑1	2
3	Ruth	59	↑2	5
4	Margaret	49	–	4
5	Dorothy	42	↓3	3
6	Edna	41	↑3	18
7	Mildred	38	↓1	6
8	Elizabeth	30	↑13	8
9	Grace	30	↑1	25
10	Alice	29	↑6	11
11	Lois	28	↑11	59
12	Thelma	28	↑3	26
13	Hazel	26	↓6	27
14	Evelyn	22	↓3	12
15	Gladys	21	↑5	19
16	Marie	21	↑12	10
17	Wilma	21	new	92
18	Anna	20	↑11	7
19	Edith	20	↑6	29
20	Ellen	20	new	88
21	Ethel	20	↑10	20
22	Marjorie	20	new	48
23	Rose	20	new	14
24	Eva	19	↑3	50
25	Florence	18	↓13	13
26	Pearl	18	new	55
27	Sarah	18	↑8	43
28	Ada	17	new	>100
29	Lillian	17	new	16
30	Virginia	17	↑4	15
31	Alta	16	new	>100
32	Blanche	16	new	76
33	Esther	16	↓7	32
34	Ruby	16	↓26	23
35	Doris	15	↓12	44
36	Frances	15	↓23	9
37	Nellie	15	↓4	58
38	Violet	15	new	82
39	Eleanor	14	↓2	34
40	Ella	14	↓2	70
41	Emma	14	↑6	38
42	Josephine	14	new	24
43	Louise	14	↓29	17
44	Vera	14	↓20	68
45	Myrtle	13	new	53
46	Bernice	12	new	45
47	Genevieve	12	new	84
48	Georgia	12	new	100
49	Irene	12	↓32	21
50	Pauline	12	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	93	–	1
2	Robert	66	↑1	4
3	James	60	↑1	3
4	William	51	↓2	2
5	George	49	–	6
6	Joseph	37	↑5	5
7	Harold	36	↑1	13
8	Charles	34	↓2	7
9	Donald	32	↓2	25
10	Earl	29	–	31
11	Richard	29	↑6	19
12	Edward	28	↑24	8
13	Ralph	27	↑5	22
14	Frank	24	–	9
15	Henry	24	↑6	12
16	Albert	23	↑26	16
17	Jack	23	new	28
18	Kenneth	23	↓6	33
19	Paul	22	new	14
20	Roy	20	↑19	32
21	Arthur	19	↓12	17
22	Floyd	19	new	58
23	Lloyd	19	new	67
24	Carl	18	↑10	23
25	Cecil	18	↑22	74
26	Thomas	18	↓13	10
27	Melvin	17	↓5	61
28	Fred	16	↓3	27
29	Raymond	16	↓14	18
30	Eugene	15	↑1	43
31	Harry	15	new	15
32	Ray	15	↓4	73
33	Clarence	14	↓10	21
34	David	14	↓10	29
35	Howard	14	↓19	26
36	Clyde	13	new	64
37	Elmer	13	↓17	45
38	Wallace	13	new	>100
39	Walter	13	↓20	11
40	Chester	12	new	56
41	Leonard	12	↓9	46
42	Wayne	11	↓13	>100
43	Dean	10	new	>100
44	Eldon	10	new	>100
45	Glen	10	new	>100
46	Lawrence	10	↓9	35
47	Orville	10	new	>100
48	Clifford	9	↓18	68
49	Alvin	8	new	82
50	Arnold	8	new	92

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