Popular baby names in Idaho, 1926

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1926 were Betty for girls (175 babies) and Robert for boys (255). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,079 babies born in Idaho in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1926

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: 20 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Glenna: 16 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Donna: 61 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Colleen: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Joy: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lila: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Faye: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bette: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lola: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Bonnie: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Keith: 39 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Don: 51 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jay: 21 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Eldon: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lyle: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Ted: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dean: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Max: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Gene: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Glen: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Betty	175	–	3
2	Mary	135	–	1
3	Dorothy	119	–	2
4	Helen	116	–	4
5	Barbara	88	↑4	16
6	Ruth	75	↓1	6
7	Shirley	74	↑1	14
8	Lois	70	↓1	19
9	Margaret	69	↓3	5
10	Donna	61	↑7	90
11	Norma	55	–	29
12	Phyllis	55	↑11	33
13	Marjorie	54	↑3	22
14	Virginia	46	–	8
15	Alice	44	↓2	17
16	Jean	44	↓1	12
17	Doris	43	↓7	7
18	June	43	–	40
19	Frances	40	↑1	10
20	Mildred	40	↑26	9
21	Evelyn	37	↑4	13
22	Patricia	37	↓10	23
23	Irene	36	↑22	21
24	Joyce	36	↑10	44
25	Ruby	32	↑1	30
26	Maxine	31	↓7	85
27	Beverly	30	new	74
28	Edith	30	↑16	42
29	Elaine	29	↑9	68
30	Edna	27	↑19	38
31	Wanda	27	↑11	66
32	Bernice	26	↑5	45
33	Bonnie	26	↑2	>100
34	Florence	26	↓13	26
35	Geraldine	25	↑5	54
36	Gloria	25	–	20
37	Violet	24	new	94
38	Wilma	24	↓11	67
39	Anna	23	↑9	15
40	Clara	23	new	61
41	Grace	22	↓10	46
42	Lorraine	22	new	53
43	Emma	21	new	59
44	Louise	21	new	27
45	Pauline	21	new	39
46	Thelma	21	↓22	36
47	Beth	20	new	>100
48	Elizabeth	19	↓9	11
49	Ethel	19	↓20	41
50	Eva	19	–	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	255	–	1
2	John	147	↑1	2
3	James	122	↑1	3
4	William	122	↓2	4
5	Donald	114	–	9
6	Jack	86	↑3	16
7	Richard	80	↓1	7
8	Kenneth	73	↑4	18
9	Charles	72	↓2	5
10	George	62	↓2	6
11	Harold	52	↓1	14
12	Don	51	↑8	96
13	David	44	–	22
14	Frank	42	–	12
15	Joseph	40	↑12	8
16	Ralph	40	↑5	24
17	Ray	40	↑7	57
18	Keith	39	↑10	>100
19	Thomas	39	↓4	11
20	Walter	39	↑3	17
21	Edward	38	↓5	10
22	Wayne	35	–	68
23	Gene	34	↑20	91
24	Dale	32	↑10	84
25	Roy	32	–	34
26	Clarence	30	↑7	29
27	Earl	30	↓16	32
28	Arthur	29	↑4	20
29	Carl	29	↑6	26
30	Paul	29	↓12	13
31	Bill	28	↑19	74
32	Gerald	28	↓1	41
33	Raymond	28	↑5	15
34	Howard	27	↓17	27
35	Ronald	27	new	88
36	Ernest	26	new	37
37	Eugene	26	↓11	23
38	Fred	26	↑8	31
39	Marvin	26	new	50
40	Glen	25	↑1	>100
41	Melvin	25	↑7	47
42	Dean	24	new	>100
43	Glenn	24	↓7	75
44	Harry	24	↓5	25
45	Max	24	↓1	>100
46	Lyle	23	new	>100
47	Stanley	23	new	43
48	Vernon	23	↑1	66
49	Junior	22	new	>100
50	Gordon	21	new	76

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