Popular baby names in Idaho, 1916

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1916 were Mary for girls (171 babies) and John for boys (163). Social Security records list 6,834 babies born in Idaho in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1916

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

Girls

Afton: 19 babies, 82.3× the national rate
Beth: 15 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Melba: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Fern: 33 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Alta: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wanda: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
June: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maxine: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Elaine: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Beulah: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dean: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Keith: 15 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Don: 21 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ronald: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wayne: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Glen: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dale: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Max: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Floyd: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Glenn: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	171	–	1
2	Helen	143	–	2
3	Dorothy	123	–	3
4	Margaret	112	↑1	4
5	Ruth	111	↓1	5
6	Edna	64	–	19
7	Virginia	62	↑6	10
8	Mildred	58	↑1	6
9	Hazel	50	↑14	31
10	Alice	49	↓2	13
11	Florence	47	–	14
12	Frances	47	–	9
13	Thelma	46	↑12	29
14	Evelyn	44	↓4	11
15	Marie	43	–	12
16	June	40	↑21	86
17	Marjorie	39	↓1	37
18	Lois	38	↓11	43
19	Doris	36	↓2	32
20	Grace	36	↓2	26
21	Elizabeth	35	↑18	8
22	Edith	34	↓3	28
23	Ethel	34	↓3	25
24	Maxine	34	↑14	96
25	Anna	33	↓4	7
26	Bernice	33	↑1	42
27	Fern	33	↓1	>100
28	Esther	32	↓6	34
29	Gladys	32	↑4	22
30	Ruby	30	↓16	23
31	Betty	28	new	44
32	Irene	27	↓8	17
33	Jean	27	↑14	45
34	Bertha	26	new	49
35	Louise	25	↓6	18
36	Martha	25	↑4	24
37	Myrtle	25	↑12	58
38	Wilma	25	new	82
39	Barbara	24	↓5	74
40	Beulah	24	new	97
41	Emma	24	new	41
42	Lucille	24	↓7	30
43	Pearl	24	↑1	57
44	Wanda	24	new	>100
45	Ella	22	new	81
46	Elsie	21	↓3	48
47	Lillian	21	↓17	16
48	Vera	21	↓20	66
49	Viola	21	new	59
50	Marguerite	20	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	John	163	–	1
2	Robert	148	↑1	4
3	William	127	↓1	2
4	James	103	↑1	3
5	Charles	94	↑2	6
6	George	88	↓2	7
7	Harold	79	↑2	13
8	Donald	58	↓2	20
9	Richard	53	↑8	15
10	Frank	51	↓2	9
11	Jack	48	–	26
12	Kenneth	48	↑1	27
13	Joseph	47	↑2	5
14	Ralph	47	↑2	21
15	Earl	41	↑5	32
16	Edward	41	↓4	8
17	Arthur	40	↑4	18
18	Walter	40	↑18	11
19	Thomas	38	↓5	10
20	Carl	37	↑5	23
21	Howard	37	↓3	25
22	Raymond	37	↓12	16
23	Floyd	35	↑19	60
24	Albert	32	↓5	17
25	Clarence	31	↑9	24
26	Elmer	31	↑6	45
27	Wayne	31	↑10	98
28	Paul	29	↓2	12
29	Leo	28	↑17	47
30	David	27	↑19	28
31	Fred	26	↓3	29
32	Henry	26	↓3	14
33	Glenn	25	↑6	84
34	Lawrence	25	↑11	38
35	Eugene	24	↓13	39
36	Melvin	24	↓6	57
37	Ray	24	↓6	73
38	Clyde	23	↑3	62
39	Edwin	23	new	53
40	Lester	23	new	59
41	Max	23	↑6	>100
42	Glen	22	↓7	>100
43	Marvin	22	new	66
44	Don	21	new	>100
45	Lloyd	21	↓2	58
46	Vernon	21	new	75
47	Alvin	20	new	82
48	Chester	20	new	54
49	Ernest	20	↓16	36
50	Harry	20	↓27	19

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