Popular baby names in Idaho, 1923

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1923 were Mary for girls (195 babies) and Robert for boys (235). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,392 babies born in Idaho in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1923

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

Girls

Leah: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Donna: 48 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Alta: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Fern: 27 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Erma: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lila: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lola: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maxine: 45 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Norma: 61 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Wanda: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 20 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Keith: 31 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Jay: 23 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Dean: 26 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Don: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ronald: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Glen: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Wayne: 46 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lyle: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Max: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	195	–	1
2	Betty	173	↑2	5
3	Dorothy	146	↓1	2
4	Ruth	112	↑1	6
5	Helen	110	↓2	3
6	Margaret	102	–	4
7	Marjorie	68	–	16
8	Barbara	66	↑5	33
9	Virginia	62	↓1	7
10	Norma	61	↑2	41
11	Doris	55	↓1	11
12	June	55	↑7	42
13	Phyllis	53	↑18	45
14	Donna	48	↑3	>100
15	Frances	47	↑3	10
16	Lois	47	↓5	27
17	Maxine	45	↓1	76
18	Mildred	45	↑6	8
19	Alice	44	↓10	15
20	Evelyn	43	–	12
21	Florence	43	–	18
22	Marie	42	↑12	14
23	Elizabeth	39	–	9
24	Wanda	35	↑4	80
25	Jean	34	↓11	19
26	Shirley	34	↑12	26
27	Irene	32	–	17
28	Ruby	31	↓3	25
29	Wilma	31	↑3	74
30	Anna	29	↓1	13
31	Edith	29	↓1	36
32	Esther	28	↑7	47
33	Fern	27	↑8	>100
34	Vera	26	new	82
35	Edna	25	↓20	32
36	Elaine	25	↑12	87
37	Gladys	25	new	29
38	Louise	25	↓16	22
39	Lucille	25	↑1	35
40	Elsie	24	new	61
41	Erma	24	new	>100
42	Eva	24	↓6	66
43	Grace	24	↑3	39
44	Velma	24	–	>100
45	Vivian	24	new	69
46	Bernice	23	↑3	43
47	Juanita	23	new	51
48	Lola	22	new	>100
49	Patricia	22	↓2	56
50	Clara	21	↓5	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	235	–	2
2	William	160	↑1	3
3	John	159	↓1	1
4	James	131	–	4
5	Donald	110	–	10
6	Jack	97	↑2	17
7	Charles	82	↓1	5
8	Richard	80	↑1	9
9	George	67	↓2	6
10	Frank	59	↑2	11
11	Kenneth	58	–	21
12	Harold	54	↓2	13
13	Ralph	48	↑1	23
14	Wayne	46	↑2	75
15	Joseph	45	↓2	7
16	Arthur	43	↑23	19
17	Raymond	42	↑2	15
18	Thomas	42	↓3	12
19	Paul	41	↑1	14
20	Edward	39	↑3	8
21	Eugene	33	↑10	25
22	Dale	32	↑7	90
23	Earl	31	↓2	31
24	Harry	31	↑9	22
25	Keith	31	↓1	>100
26	Walter	31	↓8	16
27	Albert	30	↑11	20
28	Carl	30	↓2	28
29	David	30	↓12	24
30	Fred	30	new	33
31	Lloyd	30	↑13	59
32	Melvin	30	–	48
33	Ray	30	↑3	61
34	Howard	29	↓4	26
35	Don	28	↓1	>100
36	Glen	27	↓14	>100
37	Roy	27	↓12	32
38	Wallace	27	new	69
39	Dean	26	new	>100
40	Ronald	25	new	>100
41	Floyd	24	new	64
42	Henry	24	↑8	18
43	Max	24	↓8	>100
44	Norman	24	↑1	44
45	Jay	23	new	>100
46	Lee	23	new	85
47	Marvin	23	new	51
48	Clarence	22	↓1	29
49	Francis	22	new	34
50	Glenn	21	↓23	84

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