Popular baby names in Idaho, 1919

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1919 were Mary for girls (185 babies) and Robert for boys (196). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,726 babies born in Idaho in 1919 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1919

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: 16 babies, 60.7× the national rate
Beth: 21 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Alta: 27 babies, 10× the national rate
Donna: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Faye: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Wanda: 35 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Fern: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maxine: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lois: 72 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Norma: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Darrell: 15 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Keith: 27 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Grant: 16 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Rex: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Delbert: 23 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dale: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dean: 18 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Leland: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Max: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Don: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1919

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Mary	185	–	1
2	Helen	145	–	2
3	Ruth	123	↑1	5
4	Margaret	119	↑1	4
5	Dorothy	118	↓2	3
6	Lois	72	↑13	40
7	Betty	67	↑20	15
8	Edna	64	↑15	22
9	Mildred	64	↓2	6
10	Virginia	63	↓4	7
11	Marjorie	54	–	33
12	Alice	51	↓3	13
13	Frances	48	↑2	9
14	Doris	46	↓4	18
15	Evelyn	46	↓7	11
16	June	44	↓3	64
17	Maxine	44	↑1	85
18	Irene	42	↑10	16
19	Hazel	41	↑14	32
20	Jean	41	↑11	37
21	Vera	41	↑28	65
22	Martha	40	↑4	25
23	Florence	39	↓11	14
24	Lucille	38	↓2	27
25	Thelma	38	↓11	31
26	Barbara	37	↑15	60
27	Ruby	37	↓7	24
28	Elizabeth	36	↓7	8
29	Louise	36	↑15	20
30	Marie	36	↓6	12
31	Norma	36	↓2	83
32	Grace	35	↑4	34
33	Wanda	35	↓1	>100
34	Edith	33	↓18	29
35	Eva	32	new	55
36	Gladys	32	↓19	21
37	Wilma	32	↑2	86
38	Ethel	31	↓13	28
39	Ellen	29	↑11	92
40	Bernice	28	↓5	42
41	Emma	28	new	45
42	Esther	28	↓12	38
43	Pearl	28	new	56
44	Alta	27	new	>100
45	Elsie	27	new	47
46	Anna	25	↓8	10
47	Katherine	24	new	51
48	Opal	24	new	98
49	Phyllis	24	new	84
50	Velma	24	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1918	US rank
1	Robert	196	–	4
2	John	162	–	1
3	James	135	↑1	3
4	William	129	↓1	2
5	Charles	99	–	5
6	George	90	–	6
7	Donald	79	↑2	17
8	Richard	69	↑3	12
9	Harold	64	↓1	13
10	Jack	62	↓3	21
11	Frank	60	↓1	9
12	Raymond	60	↑9	14
13	Kenneth	49	–	26
14	Paul	45	↑6	15
15	Ralph	44	↑10	22
16	Earl	42	↓4	31
17	Edward	41	↑2	8
18	Joseph	41	–	7
19	Thomas	41	↑4	10
20	Howard	40	↓3	24
21	Arthur	39	↓7	19
22	Wayne	38	↑7	90
23	Dale	36	↑18	>100
24	Walter	35	↓8	11
25	Lloyd	34	↑7	58
26	Ray	34	↑11	69
27	Roy	33	↓5	32
28	Carl	32	↑5	29
29	Harry	32	↓1	20
30	Fred	31	↑9	30
31	Melvin	30	–	56
32	David	29	↓8	27
33	Eugene	29	↑13	33
34	Lawrence	29	–	38
35	Max	29	new	>100
36	Clifford	27	↑9	60
37	Keith	27	↑6	>100
38	Albert	25	↓11	18
39	Glen	25	↓13	>100
40	Clarence	23	↓25	25
41	Delbert	23	↑8	>100
42	Wallace	23	new	>100
43	Ernest	22	↑7	36
44	Alvin	21	new	76
45	Elmer	21	↓15	44
46	Gordon	21	new	86
47	Stanley	21	new	37
48	Glenn	20	new	84
49	Leonard	20	↓5	39
50	Don	19	new	>100

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