Popular baby names in Idaho, 1924

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1924 were Mary for girls (180 babies) and Robert for boys (242). Social Security records list 7,503 babies born in Idaho in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1924

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

Girls

Donna: 50 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lila: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Erma: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carol: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bette: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bonnie: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maxine: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Wanda: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Norma: 52 babies, 2.6× the national rate
June: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Keith: 44 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Lynn: 15 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Jay: 23 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ted: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dean: 26 babies, 7× the national rate
Max: 30 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Don: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Glen: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lyle: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dale: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	180	–	1
2	Betty	173	–	4
3	Dorothy	162	–	2
4	Helen	124	↑1	3
5	Margaret	93	↑1	5
6	Ruth	85	↓2	6
7	Marjorie	74	–	17
8	Virginia	69	↑1	7
9	Doris	61	↑2	9
10	Shirley	61	↑16	19
11	Lois	60	↑5	22
12	Barbara	58	↓4	28
13	Norma	52	↓3	40
14	Alice	50	↑5	15
15	Donna	50	↓1	>100
16	June	50	↓4	45
17	Patricia	44	↑32	35
18	Jean	43	↑7	16
19	Phyllis	43	↓6	44
20	Frances	42	↓5	10
21	Mildred	41	↓3	8
22	Evelyn	40	↓2	12
23	Maxine	38	↓6	77
24	Marie	35	↓2	14
25	Wilma	32	↑4	67
26	Edna	31	↑9	31
27	Wanda	31	↓3	74
28	Ruby	30	–	26
29	Laura	29	new	72
30	Florence	28	↓9	20
31	Anna	27	↓1	13
32	Gladys	27	↑5	30
33	Bonnie	25	new	>100
34	Elaine	25	↑2	73
35	Lorraine	25	new	52
36	Lucille	25	↑3	37
37	Carol	24	new	>100
38	Elizabeth	24	↓15	11
39	Eva	24	↑3	66
40	Hazel	24	new	42
41	Joyce	24	new	83
42	Louise	24	↓4	24
43	Thelma	24	new	33
44	Edith	23	↓13	36
45	Vera	23	↓11	85
46	Viola	23	new	82
47	Ethel	22	new	39
48	Ida	22	new	70
49	Irene	22	↓22	18
50	Bernice	21	↓4	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	242	–	1
2	William	153	–	3
3	James	147	↑1	4
4	John	133	↓1	2
5	Donald	120	–	10
6	Charles	88	↑1	5
7	George	86	↑2	6
8	Jack	81	↓2	17
9	Harold	80	↑3	13
10	Kenneth	74	↑1	19
11	Richard	70	↓3	8
12	Keith	44	↑13	>100
13	Ralph	44	–	23
14	Frank	42	↓4	12
15	David	41	↑14	24
16	Joseph	41	↓1	7
17	Thomas	40	↑1	11
18	Dale	39	↑4	84
19	Raymond	37	↓2	15
20	Edward	36	–	9
21	Paul	34	↓2	14
22	Wayne	34	↓8	74
23	Eugene	33	↓2	25
24	Arthur	32	↓8	20
25	Floyd	32	↑16	66
26	Glenn	32	↑24	79
27	Melvin	31	↑5	48
28	Max	30	↑15	>100
29	Carl	29	↓1	27
30	Clarence	29	↑18	29
31	Earl	29	↓8	33
32	Fred	29	↓2	32
33	Glen	28	↑3	>100
34	Lawrence	28	new	36
35	Calvin	27	new	44
36	Don	27	↓1	>100
37	Roy	27	–	31
38	Dean	26	↑1	>100
39	Walter	26	↓13	16
40	Clifford	25	new	64
41	Harry	25	↓17	22
42	Ray	25	↓9	60
43	Henry	24	↓1	18
44	Jay	23	↑1	>100
45	Albert	22	↓18	21
46	Howard	22	↓12	26
47	Gerald	21	new	49
48	Lloyd	21	↓17	61
49	Norman	21	↓5	42
50	Gordon	20	new	75

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