Popular baby names in Idaho, 1920

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1920 were Mary for girls (209 babies) and Robert for boys (231). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,371 babies born in Idaho in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1920

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

Girls

Beth: 23 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Donna: 38 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Fern: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maxine: 55 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carol: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nina: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wanda: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Norma: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elaine: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Grant: 23 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Dean: 39 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Don: 37 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lynn: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Rex: 22 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jay: 21 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Keith: 22 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Wayne: 44 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gene: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Max: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	209	–	1
2	Dorothy	168	↑3	2
3	Helen	161	↓1	3
4	Ruth	126	↓1	5
5	Margaret	108	↓1	4
6	Betty	99	↑1	11
7	Marjorie	71	↑4	24
8	Virginia	70	↑2	7
9	Doris	63	↑5	14
10	Frances	63	↑3	9
11	Alice	58	↑1	15
12	Lois	56	↓6	38
13	Evelyn	55	↑2	12
14	Maxine	55	↑3	81
15	Barbara	52	↑11	47
16	Jean	52	↑4	33
17	Marie	49	↑13	13
18	Irene	46	–	17
19	Mildred	46	↓10	6
20	Norma	46	↑11	69
21	June	45	↓5	53
22	Phyllis	45	↑27	72
23	Edna	42	↓15	27
24	Donna	38	new	>100
25	Elizabeth	38	↑3	8
26	Anna	37	↑20	10
27	Thelma	37	↓2	31
28	Hazel	36	↓9	34
29	Wilma	36	↑8	78
30	Bernice	35	↑10	40
31	Edith	35	↑3	32
32	Gladys	35	↑4	22
33	Florence	34	↓10	16
34	Louise	34	↓5	19
35	Lucille	34	↓11	29
36	Eva	33	↓1	58
37	Ruby	33	↓10	26
38	Ethel	32	–	30
39	Grace	32	↓7	37
40	Marian	31	new	73
41	Elsie	29	↑4	51
42	Martha	29	↓20	23
43	Myrtle	29	new	68
44	Shirley	29	new	56
45	Esther	28	↓3	39
46	Elaine	27	new	>100
47	Fern	27	new	>100
48	Vivian	27	new	64
49	Wanda	26	↓16	>100
50	Charlotte	24	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	231	–	3
2	William	210	↑2	2
3	John	181	↓1	1
4	James	179	↓1	4
5	George	122	↑1	6
6	Jack	97	↑4	20
7	Charles	89	↓2	5
8	Donald	87	↓1	16
9	Harold	81	–	12
10	Richard	70	↓2	10
11	Kenneth	67	↑2	23
12	Frank	57	↓1	9
13	Joseph	55	↑5	7
14	Edward	49	↑3	8
15	Thomas	47	↑4	11
16	Howard	44	↑4	24
17	Walter	44	↑7	13
18	Wayne	44	↑4	86
19	Ralph	43	↓4	22
20	Dean	39	new	>100
21	Earl	38	↓5	31
22	Paul	38	↓8	14
23	Arthur	37	↓2	18
24	Don	37	↑26	>100
25	David	36	↑7	25
26	Raymond	36	↓14	15
27	Albert	34	↑11	19
28	Elmer	33	↑17	45
29	Warren	33	new	39
30	Melvin	32	↑1	54
31	Ray	32	↓5	67
32	Carl	31	↓4	27
33	Dale	31	↓10	>100
34	Max	30	↑1	>100
35	Roy	30	↓8	32
36	Glenn	28	↑12	80
37	Eugene	27	↓4	30
38	Fred	27	↓8	33
39	Lloyd	26	↓14	58
40	Vernon	26	new	65
41	Clarence	24	↓1	26
42	Clyde	23	new	68
43	Floyd	23	new	61
44	Glen	23	↓5	>100
45	Gordon	23	↑1	85
46	Grant	23	new	>100
47	Wallace	23	↓5	93
48	Bill	22	new	>100
49	Keith	22	↓12	>100
50	Lawrence	22	↓16	36

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