State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,530 Idaho births in 1952 across 491 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#32Brentoutside the national top 200
#47Kellyoutside the national top 200
#63Lyleoutside the national top 200
#48Kent#164 nationally
#84Kirk#199 nationally
#89Marlaoutside the national top 200
#54Kristine#165 nationally
#56Lynn#167 nationally
#90Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#92Monteoutside the national top 200
#38Carla#138 nationally
#94Jackie#190 nationally

Girls

#1Linda247US #1
#2Susan206US #5
#3Mary186US #2
#4Debra175US #9
#5Patricia148US #3
#6Karen143US #8
#7Nancy117US #7
#8Sandra116US #10
#9Deborah114US #4
#10Christine106US #20
#11Barbara105US #6
#12Kathleen104US #11
#13Pamela104US #17
#14Carol95US #12
#15Janet81US #19
#16Connie78US #44
#17Judy70US #26
#18Kathy69US #29
#19Diane67US #16
#20Donna61US #13
#21Sharon61US #14
#22Janice59US #23
#23Vicki59US #61
#24Cheryl58US #31
#25Peggy58US #43
#26Julie57US #85
#27Cynthia56US #18
#28Kathryn52US #48
#29Marilyn52US #38
#30Teresa50US #52
#31Bonnie49US #41
#32Carolyn49US #24
#33Vickie47US #76
#34Diana45US #51
#35Brenda43US #15
#36Ann42US #45
#37Rebecca42US #30
#38Carla40US #138
#39Sally37US #81
#40Margaret34US #21
#41Sherry34US #68
#42Cathy33US #56
#43Judith32US #25
#44Katherine32US #59
#45Marsha32US #75
#46Paula31US #47
#47Shirley31US #28
#48Catherine30US #34
#49Elizabeth30US #22
#50Victoria30US #74
#51Virginia30US #49
#52Colleen29US #108
#53Jane29US #42
#54Kristine29US #165
#55Ruth29US #57
#56Wendy29US #105
#57Joyce28US #27
#58Betty27US #32
#59Beverly27US #35
#60Denise27US #33
#61Jan27US #143
#62Laura27US #53
#63Cindy26US #140
#64Jean26US #50
#65Jeanne26US #98
#66Rita26US #66
#67Ellen25US #70
#68Joan25US #37
#69Marcia25US #80
#70Penny25US #157
#71Rhonda24US #95
#72Jacqueline23US #58
#73Kay23US #133
#74Elaine22US #73
#75Gail22US #39
#76Gloria22US #36
#77Lois22US #86
#78Terri22US #158
#79Martha21US #40
#80Shelley21US #164
#81Sheryl21US #151
#82Wanda21US #54
#83Darlene19US #77
#84Glenda19US #97
#85Janis19US #153
#86Lynda19US #129
#87Sheila19US #64
#88Charlotte18US #89
#89Marla18
#90Shauna18
#91Charlene17US #106
#92Dianne17US #96
#93Helen17US #63
#94Jackie17US #190
#95Jill17US #118
#96Jo17US #55
#97Rose17US #62
#98Valerie17US #87
#99Alice16US #69
#100Anita16US #91

Boys

#1Michael329US #4
#2Robert305US #2
#3David297US #5
#4John270US #3
#5James262US #1
#6Steven224US #11
#7Richard214US #7
#8William203US #6
#9Gary156US #10
#10Thomas143US #8
#11Mark126US #17
#12Randy124US #41
#13Ronald122US #15
#14Dennis114US #18
#15Larry109US #14
#16Donald101US #13
#17Kenneth101US #16
#18Charles99US #9
#19Douglas97US #28
#20Daniel90US #20
#21Paul81US #19
#22Bruce75US #25
#23Jerry73US #26
#24Terry73US #29
#25Stephen72US #21
#26Roger70US #30
#27Timothy67US #27
#28Scott65US #54
#29Gregory63US #24
#30Craig60US #59
#31George60US #22
#32Brent58
#33Dale57US #46
#34Alan54US #42
#35Kevin51US #43
#36Kim51US #126
#37Joseph47US #12
#38Rodney45US #84
#39Patrick44US #37
#40Jeffrey42US #31
#41Edward38US #23
#42Jack36US #52
#43Ricky35US #81
#44Danny34US #40
#45Gerald34US #39
#46Raymond34US #33
#47Kelly33
#48Kent33US #164
#49Randall33US #63
#50Wayne33US #38
#51Keith32US #49
#52Stanley32US #58
#53Brian30US #64
#54Gordon29US #110
#55Clifford27US #99
#56Lynn26US #167
#57Marvin26US #95
#58Ralph26US #56
#59Russell26US #70
#60Glenn25US #61
#61Jay25US #106
#62Lawrence25US #35
#63Lyle25
#64Walter25US #44
#65Frank24US #32
#66Rick24US #119
#67Steve24US #85
#68Bradley23US #141
#69Curtis23US #86
#70Leslie23US #125
#71Martin23US #80
#72Dean22US #103
#73Philip22US #60
#74Allen21US #78
#75Carl21US #45
#76Dan21US #129
#77Don21US #120
#78Fred21US #90
#79Rex21US #174
#80Eric20US #88
#81Barry19US #69
#82Darrell19US #109
#83Jon19US #135
#84Kirk19US #199
#85Nicholas19US #127
#86Norman19US #96
#87Ted19US #182
#88Bill18US #168
#89Eugene18US #71
#90Harold18US #51
#91Micheal18US #94
#92Monte18
#93Phillip18US #74
#94Roy18US #55
#95Samuel18US #67
#96Jimmy17US #72
#97Mike17US #136
#98Ronnie17US #82
#99Anthony16US #34
#100Jim16US #172

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑38Glenn#60
↑36Denise#60
↑36Lyle#63
↑31Carla#38
↑31Victoria#50
↑27Jane#53
↑27Philip#73
↑26Jacqueline#72

Falling

↓38Anita#100
↓35Helen#93
↓33Micheal#91
↓33Jim#100
↓31Harold#90
↓29Gloria#76
↓29Martha#79
↓29Mike#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.