State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,211 Idaho births in 1951 across 466 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Idaho more than they say America.

#41Brentoutside the national top 200
#47Kent#182 nationally
#72Kellyoutside the national top 200
#49Kristine#172 nationally
#49Kim#172 nationally
#87Kirkoutside the national top 200
#84Toni#193 nationally
#92Cherioutside the national top 200
#85Kerry#191 nationally
#95Deannaoutside the national top 200
#97Blaineoutside the national top 200
#52Lynn#155 nationally

Girls

#1Linda271US #1
#2Susan189US #6
#3Mary169US #2
#4Patricia160US #3
#5Kathleen138US #10
#6Karen130US #8
#7Sandra118US #9
#8Debra112US #18
#9Carol110US #11
#10Barbara108US #5
#11Connie106US #44
#12Deborah105US #4
#13Nancy104US #7
#14Pamela87US #16
#15Sharon86US #13
#16Donna83US #12
#17Cheryl82US #30
#18Judy82US #26
#19Christine75US #24
#20Janet74US #19
#21Kathy72US #35
#22Brenda67US #14
#23Janice66US #21
#24Vicki65US #58
#25Bonnie61US #37
#26Marilyn61US #41
#27Peggy59US #40
#28Vickie57US #87
#29Teresa56US #63
#30Judith49US #25
#31Margaret49US #17
#32Shirley49US #27
#33Diane46US #15
#34Julie45US #99
#35Catherine44US #34
#36Carolyn41US #22
#37Kathryn41US #45
#38Beverly40US #33
#39Cynthia40US #20
#40Rebecca40US #32
#41Betty39US #29
#42Diana39US #50
#43Paula39US #51
#44Katherine37US #55
#45Joyce34US #28
#46Sherry34US #70
#47Gloria33US #31
#48Ann32US #46
#49Kristine32US #172
#50Martha32US #38
#51Sally31US #77
#52Cathy30US #71
#53Laura29US #60
#54Virginia29US #47
#55Annette28US #143
#56Kay28US #120
#57Marsha28US #76
#58Helen27US #54
#59Joan27US #39
#60Lois27US #85
#61Ruth27US #53
#62Anita26US #96
#63Elizabeth26US #23
#64Marcia25US #74
#65Dorothy24US #42
#66Ellen24US #68
#67Jean24US #49
#68Sheila24US #69
#69Carla23US #147
#70Jeanne23US #98
#71Penny23US #153
#72Roberta23US #92
#73Colleen22US #114
#74Sheryl22US #161
#75Terry22US #115
#76Anne21US #82
#77Darlene21US #79
#78Gayle21US #124
#79Glenda21US #89
#80Jane21US #43
#81Victoria21US #81
#82Gail20US #36
#83Marie20US #78
#84Toni20US #193
#85Alice19US #62
#86Jo19US #67
#87Leslie19US #133
#88Lynn19US #72
#89Phyllis19US #57
#90Rita19US #61
#91Terri19US #185
#92Cheri18
#93Juanita18US #126
#94Rhonda18US #111
#95Deanna17
#96Denise17US #48
#97Elaine17US #66
#98Jacqueline17US #56
#99Marlene17US #118
#100Irene16US #105

Boys

#1Michael315US #4
#2Robert280US #2
#3David272US #5
#4John270US #3
#5James253US #1
#6Steven214US #13
#7Richard211US #7
#8Gary189US #10
#9William176US #6
#10Larry145US #11
#11Thomas141US #8
#12Dennis120US #17
#13Ronald118US #12
#14Terry116US #30
#15Douglas113US #27
#16Donald105US #15
#17Randy101US #56
#18Charles99US #9
#19Kenneth96US #16
#20Mark89US #20
#21Daniel88US #21
#22Gregory81US #25
#23Jerry72US #24
#24Scott70US #68
#25Stephen68US #19
#26Bruce65US #26
#27Craig65US #63
#28Alan59US #40
#29Roger58US #29
#30Paul57US #18
#31Patrick56US #39
#32Timothy53US #28
#33Dale52US #49
#34Danny47US #41
#35Jack46US #48
#36George45US #22
#37Rodney44US #84
#38Joseph43US #14
#39Stanley43US #54
#40Kevin41US #53
#41Brent38
#42Wayne38US #37
#43Jay36US #116
#44Raymond35US #32
#45Randall34US #66
#46Dean32US #105
#47Kent32US #182
#48Jeffrey31US #35
#49Kim31US #172
#50Marvin31US #96
#51Brian30US #75
#52Lynn30US #155
#53Don29US #117
#54Gerald29US #36
#55Rick29US #143
#56Frank28US #31
#57Lawrence28US #33
#58Micheal28US #97
#59Harold27US #46
#60Dan26US #136
#61Keith26US #59
#62Darrell25US #109
#63Edward25US #23
#64Steve25US #86
#65Bradley24US #146
#66Gordon24US #108
#67Jim24US #164
#68Mike24US #128
#69Ricky24US #102
#70Allen23US #72
#71Roy23US #52
#72Kelly22
#73Eugene21US #65
#74Ralph21US #51
#75Clifford20US #101
#76Russell20US #73
#77Eric19US #93
#78Martin19US #81
#79Rex19US #170
#80Ted19US #180
#81Carl18US #43
#82Ray18US #114
#83Anthony17US #34
#84Barry17US #71
#85Kerry17US #191
#86Joe16US #57
#87Kirk16
#88Norman16US #90
#89Walter16US #42
#90Bill15US #157
#91Billy15US #64
#92Clyde15US #132
#93Duane15US #130
#94Gene15US #126
#95Melvin15US #88
#96Neil15US #149
#97Blaine14
#98Glenn14US #58
#99Lyle14
#100Philip14US #55

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑44Catherine#35
↑37Vickie#28
↑37Don#53
↑36Kevin#40
↑35Kim#49
↑28Virginia#54
↑24Clifford#75
↑23Annette#55

Falling

↓39Jo#86
↓32Jacqueline#98
↓30Elizabeth#63
↓29Elaine#97
↓28Glenda#79
↓28Jane#80
↓28Russell#76
↓26Edward#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.