Popular baby names in Idaho, 1925

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1925 were Betty for girls (219 babies) and Robert for boys (221). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,075 babies born in Idaho in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1925

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: 18 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Fern: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Donna: 46 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Bette: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lola: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maxine: 42 babies, 4× the national rate
Lila: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Dora: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Verna: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bonnie: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rex: 22 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Lynn: 15 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Keith: 30 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Don: 34 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Max: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Glen: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
Gene: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wayne: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Dale: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Betty	219	↑1	3
2	Mary	169	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	134	–	2
4	Helen	95	–	4
5	Ruth	93	↑1	6
6	Margaret	84	↓1	5
7	Lois	74	↑4	18
8	Shirley	63	↑2	17
9	Barbara	59	↑3	22
10	Doris	59	↓1	8
11	Norma	59	↑2	34
12	Patricia	56	↑5	28
13	Alice	55	↑1	15
14	Virginia	54	↓6	7
15	Jean	52	↑3	14
16	Marjorie	51	↓9	21
17	Donna	46	↓2	>100
18	June	43	↓2	39
19	Maxine	42	↑4	79
20	Frances	41	–	11
21	Florence	38	↑9	24
22	Lucille	35	↑14	41
23	Phyllis	34	↓4	40
24	Thelma	34	↑19	35
25	Evelyn	31	↓3	12
26	Ruby	30	↑2	30
27	Wilma	29	↓2	62
28	Marie	28	↓4	16
29	Ethel	27	↑18	43
30	Gladys	25	↑2	33
31	Grace	25	new	44
32	Lillian	25	new	25
33	Bette	24	new	>100
34	Joyce	24	↑7	59
35	Bonnie	23	↓2	>100
36	Gloria	23	new	20
37	Bernice	22	↑13	46
38	Elaine	22	↓4	73
39	Elizabeth	22	↓1	10
40	Geraldine	22	new	54
41	Hazel	22	↓1	45
42	Wanda	22	↓15	72
43	Dora	21	new	>100
44	Edith	21	–	42
45	Irene	21	↑4	19
46	Mildred	21	↓25	9
47	Fern	20	new	>100
48	Anna	19	↓17	13
49	Edna	19	↓23	37
50	Eva	19	↓11	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	221	–	1
2	William	143	–	3
3	John	142	↑1	2
4	James	135	↓1	4
5	Donald	111	–	10
6	Richard	103	↑5	8
7	Charles	88	↓1	5
8	George	88	↓1	6
9	Jack	85	↓1	17
10	Harold	66	↓1	14
11	Earl	47	↑20	31
12	Kenneth	47	↓2	19
13	David	43	↑2	22
14	Frank	41	–	12
15	Thomas	40	↑2	11
16	Edward	37	↑4	9
17	Howard	37	↑29	26
18	Paul	35	↑3	13
19	Calvin	34	↑16	47
20	Don	34	↑16	>100
21	Ralph	34	↓8	25
22	Wayne	34	–	74
23	Walter	33	↑16	16
24	Ray	32	↑18	64
25	Roy	32	↑12	32
26	Eugene	31	↓3	24
27	Joseph	31	↓11	7
28	Keith	30	↓16	>100
29	Lloyd	30	↑19	62
30	Norman	30	↑19	41
31	Gerald	29	↑16	45
32	Arthur	28	↓8	20
33	Clarence	28	↓3	30
34	Dale	28	↓16	86
35	Carl	27	↓6	28
36	Glenn	27	↓10	77
37	Leonard	27	new	38
38	Raymond	27	↓19	15
39	Harry	26	↑2	23
40	Albert	24	↑5	21
41	Glen	24	↓8	>100
42	Floyd	23	↓17	58
43	Gene	22	new	>100
44	Max	22	↓16	>100
45	Rex	22	new	>100
46	Fred	21	↓14	33
47	Henry	21	↓4	18
48	Melvin	21	↓21	50
49	Vernon	21	new	67
50	Bill	20	new	84

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