Popular baby names in Idaho, 1914

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1914 were Mary for girls (93 babies) and John for boys (118). Social Security records list 4,103 babies born in Idaho in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1914

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

Girls

Fern: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Wanda: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Maxine: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Norma: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Juanita: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Vera: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marjorie: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Leona: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Elsie: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jessie: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Wayne: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Glen: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willard: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ray: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lloyd: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Everett: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Melvin: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Earl: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Edwin: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Floyd: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	93	–	1
2	Margaret	73	↑2	4
3	Helen	72	↓1	2
4	Dorothy	67	↑1	3
5	Ruth	67	↓2	5
6	Mildred	51	↑1	7
7	Alice	43	↑3	12
8	Virginia	32	↑22	14
9	Florence	31	↑16	13
10	Evelyn	29	↑4	11
11	Edna	27	↓5	19
12	Esther	27	↑21	35
13	Hazel	27	–	29
14	Marjorie	27	↑8	45
15	Thelma	27	↓3	26
16	Elizabeth	26	↓8	8
17	Ruby	26	↑17	24
18	Frances	25	↑18	9
19	Elsie	24	new	46
20	Vera	24	↑24	68
21	Grace	23	↓12	25
22	Edith	22	↓3	31
23	Gladys	22	↓8	20
24	Lucille	22	new	30
25	Ethel	21	↓4	21
26	Marie	21	↓10	10
27	Eleanor	20	↑12	28
28	Doris	19	↑7	36
29	Jean	19	new	54
30	Anna	18	↓12	6
31	Irene	18	↑18	22
32	Lois	18	↓21	51
33	Martha	18	new	27
34	Maxine	18	new	>100
35	Fern	17	new	>100
36	Jessie	17	new	64
37	Juanita	17	new	94
38	Viola	16	new	57
39	Wanda	16	new	>100
40	Beatrice	15	new	38
41	Eva	15	↓17	52
42	Leona	15	new	79
43	Louise	15	–	17
44	Nellie	15	↓7	61
45	Norma	15	new	>100
46	Bernice	14	–	43
47	Blanche	14	↓15	80
48	Gertrude	14	new	32
49	Kathryn	14	new	63
50	Mabel	14	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	118	–	1
2	William	93	↑2	2
3	Robert	81	↓1	4
4	James	79	↓1	3
5	George	74	–	6
6	Charles	57	↑2	7
7	Harold	36	–	14
8	Ralph	34	↑5	21
9	Donald	32	–	23
10	Earl	31	–	33
11	Frank	31	↑3	9
12	Joseph	31	↓6	5
13	Paul	31	↑6	13
14	Richard	31	↓3	17
15	Edward	30	↓3	8
16	Harry	29	↑15	19
17	Fred	28	↑11	28
18	Howard	28	↑17	26
19	Arthur	27	↑2	18
20	Henry	26	↓5	12
21	Kenneth	26	↓3	30
22	Walter	25	↑17	10
23	Jack	24	↓6	27
24	Raymond	24	↑5	16
25	Roy	23	↓5	32
26	Albert	22	↓10	15
27	David	22	↑7	29
28	Ernest	22	new	38
29	Lloyd	21	↓6	66
30	Carl	20	↓6	24
31	Clarence	20	↑2	22
32	Thomas	20	↓6	11
33	Wayne	20	↑9	>100
34	Melvin	19	↓7	59
35	Ray	19	↓3	74
36	Edwin	18	new	53
37	Glen	17	↑8	>100
38	Willard	16	new	92
39	Elmer	15	↓2	46
40	Everett	15	new	90
41	Floyd	15	↓19	58
42	Leo	15	new	47
43	Clyde	14	↓7	63
44	Eugene	14	↓14	43
45	Herbert	14	new	42
46	Joe	14	new	34
47	Vernon	14	new	83
48	Alfred	13	new	41
49	Gordon	13	new	88
50	Lawrence	13	↓4	35

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