Popular baby names in Idaho, 1927

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1927 were Betty for girls (209 babies) and Robert for boys (197). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,043 babies born in Idaho in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1927

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

Girls

Verla: 15 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Beth: 16 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Nadine: 18 babies, 8× the national rate
Donna: 92 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Colleen: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lola: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maxine: 45 babies, 5× the national rate
Joy: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Erma: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Carol: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 17 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Keith: 40 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Dean: 41 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jay: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dale: 47 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Glen: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Don: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gene: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Everett: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Betty	209	–	3
2	Mary	142	–	1
3	Dorothy	121	–	2
4	Barbara	96	↑1	10
5	Donna	92	↑5	70
6	Helen	87	↓2	4
7	Lois	84	↑1	19
8	Marjorie	60	↑5	25
9	Norma	60	↑2	26
10	Shirley	60	↓3	9
11	Margaret	59	↓2	5
12	Ruth	59	↓6	6
13	Patricia	55	↑9	18
14	Doris	51	↑3	7
15	Jean	48	↑1	14
16	Virginia	46	↓2	8
17	Maxine	45	↑9	87
18	Alice	40	↓3	17
19	Joyce	39	↑5	35
20	Evelyn	38	↑1	15
21	Beverly	34	↑6	57
22	June	33	↓4	43
23	Phyllis	32	↓11	29
24	Thelma	29	↑22	38
25	Carol	27	new	>100
26	Elaine	27	↑3	69
27	Frances	27	↓8	12
28	Bonnie	26	↑5	100
29	Florence	26	↑5	28
30	Irene	25	↓7	21
31	Lola	24	new	>100
32	Mildred	24	↓12	11
33	Vera	24	new	89
34	Gladys	23	new	37
35	Wilma	23	↑3	68
36	Edith	22	↓8	48
37	Anna	21	↑2	16
38	Geraldine	21	↓3	58
39	Pauline	21	↑6	42
40	Ruby	21	↓15	30
41	Colleen	19	new	>100
42	Edna	19	↓12	40
43	Esther	19	new	65
44	Eva	18	↑6	79
45	Marie	18	new	20
46	Martha	18	new	24
47	Nadine	18	new	>100
48	Elizabeth	17	–	13
49	Josephine	17	new	39
50	Leona	17	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Robert	197	–	1
2	John	142	–	2
3	William	134	↑1	4
4	James	131	↓1	3
5	Donald	120	–	8
6	Richard	107	↑1	6
7	George	95	↑3	7
8	Charles	84	↑1	5
9	Jack	71	↓3	16
10	Harold	48	↑1	14
11	Dale	47	↑13	81
12	Kenneth	45	↓4	18
13	Earl	44	↑14	33
14	Eugene	43	↑23	20
15	Gene	42	↑8	72
16	Dean	41	↑26	>100
17	Thomas	41	↑2	11
18	Keith	40	–	>100
19	Gerald	39	↑13	38
20	David	37	↓7	21
21	Walter	36	↓1	17
22	Don	35	↓10	90
23	Edward	35	↓2	10
24	Howard	33	↑10	28
25	Bill	32	↑6	69
26	Frank	32	↓12	12
27	Ralph	32	↓11	24
28	Ray	32	↓11	60
29	Carl	31	–	26
30	Norman	31	new	39
31	Ronald	31	↑4	63
32	Melvin	30	↑9	48
33	Raymond	30	–	15
34	Wayne	30	↓12	67
35	Arthur	29	↓7	22
36	Lloyd	28	new	58
37	Glen	26	↑3	>100
38	Glenn	26	↑5	76
39	Paul	26	↓9	13
40	Floyd	24	new	53
41	Joseph	24	↓26	9
42	Leo	24	new	55
43	Everett	23	new	>100
44	Henry	23	new	19
45	Leonard	22	new	40
46	Roy	22	↓21	34
47	Fred	21	↓9	35
48	Lyle	21	↓2	>100
49	Albert	20	new	23
50	Billy	20	new	31

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