Popular baby names in Idaho, 1918

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1918 were Mary for girls (214 babies) and Robert for boys (214). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,226 babies born in Idaho in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1918

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

Girls

Verla: 15 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Beth: 20 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Donna: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Melba: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Wanda: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Fern: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Alta: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maxine: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Norma: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
June: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Vern: 15 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Keith: 24 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Grant: 18 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Rex: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Glen: 37 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Delbert: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ellis: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Don: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ivan: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	214	–	1
2	Helen	168	–	2
3	Dorothy	165	–	3
4	Ruth	155	–	5
5	Margaret	112	–	4
6	Virginia	69	–	7
7	Mildred	68	↑11	6
8	Evelyn	61	↑6	11
9	Alice	59	↓1	13
10	Doris	59	↑3	19
11	Marjorie	59	↓4	34
12	Florence	56	↑4	14
13	June	55	↓2	66
14	Thelma	55	↑15	32
15	Frances	52	↑4	8
16	Edith	51	↑16	30
17	Gladys	48	↑7	22
18	Maxine	47	↑9	87
19	Lois	45	↓7	42
20	Ruby	45	↑11	27
21	Elizabeth	44	↓6	9
22	Lucille	44	–	29
23	Edna	43	↓3	23
24	Marie	42	↑2	12
25	Ethel	40	↓4	28
26	Martha	40	new	25
27	Betty	39	↓18	21
28	Irene	38	–	16
29	Norma	38	↑12	98
30	Esther	36	↑5	38
31	Jean	36	↓6	37
32	Wanda	36	new	>100
33	Hazel	34	↓23	33
34	Pauline	34	new	35
35	Bernice	32	↑3	41
36	Grace	32	↓19	31
37	Vivian	29	↑6	72
38	Anna	28	↓1	10
39	Wilma	28	new	82
40	Clara	27	↓1	43
41	Barbara	26	↓18	60
42	Bertha	26	↑6	51
43	Fern	26	↓7	>100
44	Louise	26	↓14	18
45	Violet	26	↑2	83
46	Laura	25	new	64
47	Lillian	25	↓7	15
48	Nellie	25	new	65
49	Vera	25	↓16	68
50	Ellen	24	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Robert	214	–	4
2	John	190	–	1
3	William	158	–	2
4	James	131	–	3
5	Charles	114	↑1	5
6	George	113	↓1	6
7	Jack	94	↑2	21
8	Harold	88	↓1	13
9	Donald	85	↑1	18
10	Frank	67	↑1	9
11	Richard	58	↑1	12
12	Earl	57	↑4	31
13	Kenneth	57	↑5	27
14	Arthur	52	↑1	17
15	Clarence	51	↑22	23
16	Walter	46	↑6	11
17	Howard	45	↑9	26
18	Joseph	44	↓5	7
19	Edward	42	↓5	8
20	Paul	42	↑3	14
21	Raymond	42	↓2	15
22	Roy	41	↑21	32
23	Thomas	41	↓6	10
24	David	40	↑3	28
25	Ralph	40	↓17	22
26	Glen	37	new	>100
27	Albert	36	↑5	19
28	Harry	35	↓7	20
29	Wayne	34	–	91
30	Elmer	33	↓2	44
31	Melvin	33	↑4	56
32	Lloyd	32	↑7	51
33	Carl	30	↓13	25
34	Lawrence	29	new	38
35	Herbert	28	↓1	40
36	Vernon	28	new	66
37	Ray	27	↓13	69
38	Clyde	26	new	67
39	Fred	26	↓14	33
40	Floyd	25	new	61
41	Dale	24	↓10	>100
42	Henry	24	↓1	16
43	Keith	24	new	>100
44	Leonard	24	↑4	41
45	Clifford	23	–	60
46	Eugene	23	new	35
47	Louis	22	new	24
48	Norman	22	new	49
49	Delbert	21	new	>100
50	Ernest	21	↓12	37

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