Popular baby names in Idaho, 1915

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1915 were Mary for girls (149 babies) and John for boys (156). Social Security records list 6,111 babies born in Idaho in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1915

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: 30 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Erma: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Wanda: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Phyllis: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lois: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
June: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maxine: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Norma: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Barbara: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vera: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Delbert: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Don: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Glen: 25 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dale: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wayne: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Max: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Glenn: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ray: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Everett: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Melvin: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	149	–	1
2	Helen	113	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	101	↑1	3
4	Ruth	89	↑1	5
5	Margaret	69	↓3	4
6	Edna	56	↑5	20
7	Lois	49	↑25	47
8	Alice	46	↓1	13
9	Mildred	45	↓3	6
10	Evelyn	44	–	10
11	Florence	44	↓2	14
12	Frances	44	↑6	9
13	Virginia	43	↓5	12
14	Ruby	42	↑3	24
15	Marie	41	↑11	11
16	Marjorie	39	↓2	39
17	Doris	38	↑11	34
18	Grace	37	↑3	27
19	Edith	33	↑3	31
20	Ethel	33	↑5	23
21	Anna	32	↑9	7
22	Esther	32	↓10	33
23	Hazel	32	↓10	26
24	Irene	32	↑7	17
25	Thelma	31	↓10	30
26	Fern	30	↑9	>100
27	Bernice	29	↑19	42
28	Vera	28	↓8	65
29	Louise	27	↑14	18
30	Lillian	26	new	15
31	Pauline	26	new	32
32	Eleanor	24	↓5	28
33	Gladys	24	↓10	21
34	Barbara	23	new	83
35	Lucille	23	↓11	29
36	Phyllis	23	new	100
37	June	22	new	96
38	Maxine	22	↓4	98
39	Elizabeth	21	↓23	8
40	Martha	21	↓7	25
41	Clara	20	new	38
42	Ellen	20	new	88
43	Elsie	20	↓24	41
44	Pearl	20	new	56
45	Beatrice	19	↓5	37
46	Ida	19	new	54
47	Jean	19	↓18	48
48	Kathryn	19	↑1	60
49	Myrtle	19	new	58
50	Erma	18	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	156	–	1
2	William	143	–	2
3	Robert	125	–	4
4	George	103	↑1	6
5	James	88	↓1	3
6	Donald	66	↑3	20
7	Charles	64	↓1	7
8	Frank	61	↑3	9
9	Harold	58	↓2	12
10	Raymond	47	↑14	16
11	Jack	44	↑12	27
12	Edward	42	↑3	8
13	Kenneth	41	↑8	28
14	Thomas	41	↑18	10
15	Joseph	40	↓3	5
16	Ralph	37	↓8	21
17	Richard	37	↓3	15
18	Howard	36	–	25
19	Albert	35	↑7	17
20	Earl	35	↓10	33
21	Arthur	34	↓2	18
22	Eugene	34	↑22	41
23	Harry	31	↓7	19
24	Francis	30	new	29
25	Carl	29	↑5	22
26	Paul	29	↓13	13
27	Roy	29	↓2	32
28	Fred	28	↓11	26
29	Henry	28	↓9	14
30	Melvin	28	↑4	60
31	Ray	27	↑4	67
32	Elmer	26	↑7	45
33	Ernest	26	↓5	35
34	Clarence	25	↓3	24
35	Glen	25	↑2	>100
36	Walter	24	↓14	11
37	Wayne	23	↓4	97
38	Dale	22	new	>100
39	Glenn	22	new	87
40	Clifford	21	new	61
41	Clyde	21	↑2	63
42	Floyd	21	↓1	59
43	Lloyd	21	↓14	62
44	Norman	21	new	50
45	Lawrence	20	↑5	37
46	Leo	20	↓4	47
47	Max	20	new	>100
48	Cecil	18	new	76
49	David	18	↓22	31
50	Everett	18	↓10	89

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