Baby names in Idaho in the 1910s

In Idaho in the 1910s the most given names were John (1,181 boys) and Mary (1,282 girls), of 48,288 births recorded.

1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Babies SSA recorded in Idaho each year, the 1910s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Idaho, 1910-1919: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Idaho, 1910s

Girls, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	1,282
2	Helen	979
3	Dorothy	879
4	Ruth	818
5	Margaret	723
6	Mildred	438
7	Virginia	392
8	Alice	380
9	Edna	379
10	Lois	338
11	Evelyn	335
12	Florence	329
13	Frances	317
14	Marjorie	317
15	Thelma	313
16	Hazel	312
17	Elizabeth	283
18	Marie	282
19	Doris	280
20	Grace	279

Boys, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	John	1,181
2	Robert	1,107
3	William	979
4	James	814
5	George	701
6	Charles	624
7	Harold	491
8	Donald	455
9	Frank	385
10	Jack	369
11	Richard	362
12	Joseph	335
13	Kenneth	319
14	Ralph	316
15	Edward	307
16	Earl	305
17	Raymond	293
18	Arthur	292
19	Thomas	278
20	Paul	260

Births summed over 1910-1919, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Idaho in the 1910s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Alta · 4.8×Fern · 4.6×Wanda · 3.5×Maxine · 2.7×June · 2.5×Erma · 2.3×

Boys

Don · 4.8×Glen · 4.0×Wayne · 3.8×Dale · 3.4×Ray · 2.5×Max · 2.4×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1910-1919.

More about names in Idaho

The 1910s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
Idaho: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
Idaho in the 1920sThe next decade in the state.
The top names of 1910The first year of the decade, nationally.
Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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