Popular baby names in Idaho, 1917

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1917 were Mary for girls (199 babies) and Robert for boys (178). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,201 babies born in Idaho in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1917

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

Girls

Donna: 21 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Melba: 20 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Iris: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Fern: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Elva: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Alta: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
June: 49 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maxine: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Wanda: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Erma: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 17 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Don: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ivan: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dale: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ronald: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Wayne: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Glen: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ray: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Max: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	199	–	1
2	Helen	149	–	2
3	Dorothy	142	–	3
4	Ruth	112	↑1	5
5	Margaret	84	↓1	4
6	Virginia	78	↑1	10
7	Marjorie	57	↑10	36
8	Alice	53	↑2	13
9	Betty	51	↑22	34
10	Hazel	49	↓1	31
11	June	49	↑5	73
12	Lois	49	↑6	43
13	Doris	46	↑6	25
14	Evelyn	46	–	11
15	Elizabeth	45	↑6	8
16	Florence	44	↓5	14
17	Grace	44	↑3	30
18	Mildred	43	↓10	6
19	Frances	39	↓7	9
20	Edna	38	↓14	20
21	Ethel	38	↑2	24
22	Lucille	38	↑20	29
23	Barbara	37	↑16	67
24	Gladys	37	↑5	23
25	Jean	36	↑8	40
26	Marie	36	↓11	12
27	Maxine	36	↓3	93
28	Irene	35	↑4	17
29	Thelma	34	↓16	32
30	Louise	33	↑5	19
31	Ruby	32	↓1	27
32	Edith	29	↓10	28
33	Vera	29	↑15	66
34	Bessie	28	new	61
35	Esther	28	↓7	38
36	Fern	28	↓9	>100
37	Anna	27	↓12	7
38	Bernice	27	↓12	42
39	Clara	27	new	41
40	Lillian	27	↑7	15
41	Norma	26	new	>100
42	Rose	26	new	16
43	Vivian	26	new	79
44	Beulah	25	↓4	>100
45	Pearl	24	↓2	57
46	Jessie	23	new	70
47	Violet	23	new	84
48	Bertha	22	↓14	51
49	Phyllis	22	new	92
50	Ada	21	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Robert	178	↑1	4
2	John	158	↓1	1
3	William	146	–	2
4	James	117	–	3
5	George	108	↑1	6
6	Charles	89	↓1	7
7	Harold	81	–	12
8	Ralph	60	↑6	21
9	Jack	59	↑2	22
10	Donald	56	↓2	20
11	Frank	56	↓1	9
12	Richard	50	↓3	14
13	Joseph	49	–	5
14	Edward	46	↑2	8
15	Arthur	45	↑2	17
16	Earl	43	↓1	32
17	Thomas	43	↑2	10
18	Kenneth	42	↓6	27
19	Raymond	40	↑3	16
20	Carl	39	–	24
21	Harry	37	↑29	19
22	Walter	36	↓4	11
23	Paul	35	↑5	13
24	Ray	35	↑13	74
25	Fred	34	↑6	29
26	Howard	32	↓5	26
27	David	31	↑3	28
28	Elmer	30	↓2	45
29	Wayne	30	↓2	96
30	Joe	28	new	35
31	Dale	27	new	>100
32	Albert	26	↓8	18
33	Glenn	23	–	86
34	Herbert	23	new	40
35	Melvin	23	↑1	57
36	Chester	22	↑12	56
37	Clarence	22	↓12	25
38	Ernest	22	↑11	37
39	Lloyd	22	↑6	53
40	Gerald	21	new	69
41	Henry	21	↓9	15
42	Leo	21	↓13	47
43	Roy	21	new	33
44	Russell	21	new	52
45	Clifford	20	new	59
46	Don	20	↓2	>100
47	Edwin	20	↓8	55
48	Leonard	20	new	41
49	Max	20	↓8	>100
50	Willard	20	new	80

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