Popular baby names in Idaho, 1921

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1921 were Mary for girls (207 babies) and Robert for boys (253). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,693 babies born in Idaho in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1921

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: 17 babies, 69.2× the national rate
Beth: 19 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Donna: 38 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Fern: 40 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Faye: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lila: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maxine: 58 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Verna: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cleo: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wilma: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 20 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Dean: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Keith: 27 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jay: 22 babies, 7× the national rate
Eldon: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Don: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Glen: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Clinton: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dale: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	207	–	1
2	Dorothy	167	–	2
3	Helen	154	–	3
4	Ruth	143	–	5
5	Betty	101	↑1	8
6	Margaret	99	↓1	4
7	Marjorie	87	–	16
8	Virginia	73	–	6
9	Evelyn	68	↑4	12
10	Lois	64	↑2	38
11	June	63	↑10	50
12	Alice	61	↓1	15
13	Maxine	58	↑1	77
14	Doris	57	↓5	13
15	Mildred	55	↑4	7
16	Frances	54	↓6	9
17	Norma	54	↑3	51
18	Marie	49	↓1	14
19	Wilma	49	↑10	72
20	Irene	48	↓2	18
21	Barbara	47	↓6	40
22	Grace	44	↑17	35
23	Elizabeth	43	↑2	10
24	Fern	40	↑23	>100
25	Ruby	39	↑12	26
26	Donna	38	↓2	>100
27	Edith	38	↑4	33
28	Phyllis	38	↓6	60
29	Thelma	38	↓2	30
30	Florence	37	↑3	17
31	Lucille	36	↑4	31
32	Edna	35	↓9	27
33	Jean	35	↓17	25
34	Gladys	34	↓2	24
35	Wanda	34	↑14	>100
36	Bernice	32	↓6	39
37	Hazel	32	↓9	34
38	Shirley	32	↑6	44
39	Esther	30	↑6	42
40	Eva	30	↓4	63
41	Elsie	29	–	55
42	Verna	29	new	>100
43	Anna	28	↓17	11
44	Elaine	28	↑2	97
45	Martha	28	↓3	21
46	Josephine	27	new	28
47	Ethel	26	↓9	32
48	Louise	26	↓14	22
49	Eleanor	24	new	29
50	Faye	23	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	253	–	2
2	John	179	↑1	1
3	William	179	↓1	3
4	James	145	–	4
5	George	109	–	6
6	Donald	98	↑2	13
7	Jack	98	↓1	18
8	Charles	96	↓1	5
9	Harold	83	–	12
10	Richard	78	–	10
11	Kenneth	67	–	22
12	Ralph	60	↑7	23
13	Thomas	54	↑2	11
14	Earl	48	↑7	31
15	Frank	48	↓3	9
16	Joseph	48	↓3	7
17	Roy	46	↑18	32
18	David	45	↑7	25
19	Edward	45	↓5	8
20	Arthur	43	↑3	19
21	Walter	43	↓4	15
22	Harry	42	new	21
23	Fred	41	↑15	33
24	Warren	41	↑5	24
25	Howard	40	↓9	27
26	Paul	36	↓4	14
27	Eugene	35	↑10	26
28	Albert	34	↓1	20
29	Raymond	34	↓3	16
30	Dale	33	↑3	93
31	Lloyd	33	↑8	58
32	Wayne	33	↓14	81
33	Henry	32	new	17
34	Ray	32	↓3	67
35	Carl	31	↓3	30
36	Melvin	31	↓6	53
37	Floyd	28	↑6	63
38	Glen	28	↑6	>100
39	Alfred	27	new	43
40	Elmer	27	↓12	48
41	Keith	27	↑8	>100
42	Clarence	26	↓1	28
43	Clifford	25	new	62
44	Clyde	25	↓2	69
45	Dean	25	↓25	>100
46	Don	25	↓22	>100
47	Leo	25	new	50
48	Vernon	25	↓8	68
49	Gerald	24	new	60
50	Glenn	23	↓14	80

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