Popular baby names in Idaho, 1922

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1922 were Mary for girls (223 babies) and Robert for boys (233). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,698 babies born in Idaho in 1922 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1922

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: 15 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Donna: 44 babies, 10× the national rate
Fern: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Maxine: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carol: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Erma: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Wanda: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bette: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Velma: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Norma: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Grant: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Rex: 23 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Keith: 36 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Glen: 37 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ted: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Don: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Wayne: 49 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Max: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dean: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Bill: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1922

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Mary	223	–	1
2	Dorothy	148	–	2
3	Helen	140	–	3
4	Betty	134	↑1	6
5	Ruth	113	↓1	5
6	Margaret	97	–	4
7	Marjorie	81	–	16
8	Virginia	75	–	7
9	Alice	57	↑3	15
10	Doris	56	↑4	11
11	Lois	50	↓1	35
12	Norma	50	↑5	46
13	Barbara	48	↑8	40
14	Jean	48	↑19	20
15	Edna	47	↑17	29
16	Maxine	47	↓3	82
17	Donna	44	↑9	>100
18	Frances	44	↓2	10
19	June	44	↓8	45
20	Evelyn	42	↓11	13
21	Florence	39	↑9	18
22	Louise	37	↑26	22
23	Elizabeth	35	–	9
24	Mildred	35	↓9	8
25	Ruby	35	–	26
26	Thelma	34	↑3	31
27	Irene	33	↓7	17
28	Wanda	33	↑7	92
29	Anna	31	↑14	12
30	Edith	30	↓3	34
31	Phyllis	30	↓3	53
32	Wilma	29	↓13	77
33	Ethel	28	↑14	32
34	Marie	27	↓16	14
35	Violet	27	new	86
36	Eva	26	↑4	64
37	Marian	26	new	67
38	Shirley	26	–	39
39	Esther	25	–	44
40	Lucille	25	↓9	33
41	Fern	24	↓17	>100
42	Josephine	24	↑4	27
43	Lillian	24	new	19
44	Velma	24	new	>100
45	Clara	23	new	47
46	Grace	23	↓24	38
47	Patricia	23	new	69
48	Elaine	22	↓4	>100
49	Bernice	21	↓13	41
50	Charlotte	21	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1921	US rank
1	Robert	233	–	2
2	John	176	–	1
3	William	173	–	3
4	James	141	–	4
5	Donald	110	↑1	12
6	Charles	95	↑2	5
7	George	93	↓2	6
8	Jack	80	↓1	18
9	Richard	75	↑1	9
10	Harold	71	↓1	13
11	Kenneth	67	–	21
12	Frank	65	↑3	10
13	Joseph	51	↑3	7
14	Ralph	51	↓2	23
15	Thomas	50	↓2	11
16	Wayne	49	↑16	78
17	David	44	↑1	24
18	Walter	43	↑3	15
19	Raymond	41	↑10	16
20	Paul	39	↑6	14
21	Earl	37	↓7	31
22	Glen	37	↑16	>100
23	Edward	36	↓4	8
24	Keith	36	↑17	>100
25	Roy	36	↓8	32
26	Carl	35	↑9	30
27	Glenn	33	↑23	79
28	Gordon	33	new	76
29	Dale	32	↑1	89
30	Howard	31	↓5	26
31	Eugene	30	↓4	25
32	Melvin	30	↑4	50
33	Harry	29	↓11	22
34	Don	28	↑12	>100
35	Max	28	new	>100
36	Ray	28	↓2	65
37	Vernon	28	↑11	68
38	Albert	27	↓10	20
39	Arthur	27	↓19	19
40	Bill	27	new	>100
41	Russell	26	new	49
42	Lawrence	25	new	36
43	Leonard	23	new	38
44	Lloyd	23	↓13	59
45	Norman	23	new	44
46	Rex	23	new	>100
47	Clarence	22	↓5	29
48	Gerald	21	↑1	58
49	Cecil	20	new	85
50	Henry	19	↓17	17

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