State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,626 Idaho births in 1953 across 496 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#38Brentoutside the national top 200
#56Kristineoutside the national top 200
#64Kellyoutside the national top 200
#49Kent#166 nationally
#72Becky#189 nationally
#48Brad#164 nationally
#88Dixieoutside the national top 200
#59Lynn#170 nationally
#78Rex#188 nationally
#93Karlaoutside the national top 200
#94Grantoutside the national top 200
#97Shannonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Debra223US #7
#2Linda203US #2
#3Mary184US #1
#4Susan181US #5
#5Deborah138US #3
#6Patricia130US #4
#7Karen120US #9
#8Barbara115US #6
#9Kathleen109US #14
#10Pamela108US #10
#11Carol106US #16
#12Nancy92US #8
#13Cynthia86US #12
#14Janet84US #19
#15Sandra83US #11
#16Vicki76US #61
#17Connie72US #47
#18Diane68US #17
#19Teresa65US #42
#20Julie64US #74
#21Christine63US #32
#22Cheryl61US #28
#23Donna60US #13
#24Sharon59US #15
#25Judy56US #27
#26Rebecca56US #24
#27Kathryn55US #48
#28Kathy55US #23
#29Peggy55US #44
#30Brenda54US #18
#31Margaret53US #20
#32Janice50US #22
#33Marilyn47US #36
#34Bonnie46US #45
#35Vickie44US #79
#36Cindy43US #99
#37Katherine41US #63
#38Ann40US #46
#39Paula40US #40
#40Carolyn39US #25
#41Laura39US #51
#42Catherine38US #35
#43Debbie37US #119
#44Jo36US #54
#45Diana34US #55
#46Joyce34US #26
#47Judith34US #30
#48Terri34US #130
#49Elizabeth33US #21
#50Beverly32US #34
#51Rhonda32US #85
#52Betty31US #33
#53Cathy31US #56
#54Shirley30US #29
#55Helen28US #65
#56Kristine28
#57Marsha28US #83
#58Sherry27US #70
#59Robin26US #66
#60Ruth26US #62
#61Virginia26US #53
#62Claudia25US #126
#63Martha25US #41
#64Theresa24US #50
#65Elaine23US #77
#66Gail23US #39
#67Gloria23US #38
#68Jill23US #114
#69Sheila23US #60
#70Victoria23US #82
#71Anne22US #80
#72Becky22US #189
#73Carla22US #129
#74Colleen22US #115
#75Marcia22US #84
#76Penny22US #157
#77Sally22US #81
#78Denise21US #31
#79Jan21US #140
#80Lynn21US #67
#81Terry21US #117
#82Jacqueline20US #58
#83Jane20US #43
#84Joan20US #37
#85Wendy20US #110
#86Anita19US #89
#87Annette19US #145
#88Dixie19
#89Dorothy19US #49
#90Jeanne19US #97
#91Leslie19US #96
#92Valerie19US #88
#93Karla18
#94Lisa18US #111
#95Michelle18US #107
#96Rose18US #59
#97Shannon18
#98Gayle17US #136
#99Glenda17US #105
#100Jean17US #52

Boys

#1Michael345US #3
#2David313US #5
#3Robert279US #1
#4James243US #2
#5Steven242US #11
#6Richard220US #7
#7John218US #4
#8William192US #6
#9Thomas153US #8
#10Gary148US #10
#11Ronald118US #15
#12Kenneth113US #17
#13Mark113US #12
#14Douglas112US #27
#15Dennis109US #19
#16Charles108US #9
#17Randy107US #35
#18Daniel102US #20
#19Larry101US #18
#20Donald100US #14
#21Terry87US #30
#22Paul84US #16
#23Gregory79US #24
#24Rodney74US #58
#25Roger69US #31
#26Craig65US #60
#27Kevin65US #36
#28Jeffrey64US #25
#29Bruce63US #28
#30Scott63US #46
#31Jerry59US #29
#32Timothy59US #26
#33Stephen56US #21
#34Dale54US #48
#35Edward51US #23
#36Gerald50US #42
#37Joseph50US #13
#38Brent49
#39Alan48US #43
#40Kim48US #127
#41George43US #22
#42Danny39US #41
#43Micheal39US #88
#44Randall39US #64
#45Wayne39US #40
#46Dan38US #139
#47Jack38US #57
#48Brad37US #164
#49Kent37US #166
#50Patrick34US #39
#51Stanley34US #62
#52Roy33US #55
#53Raymond32US #34
#54Rick31US #101
#55Russell30US #71
#56Steve30US #84
#57Carl29US #44
#58Frank29US #33
#59Lynn28US #170
#60Bradley27US #118
#61Gordon27US #116
#62Jay27US #99
#63Ricky27US #51
#64Kelly26
#65Clifford25US #102
#66Lawrence25US #37
#67Ray25US #115
#68Dean24US #105
#69Mike24US #136
#70Curtis23US #86
#71Ralph23US #59
#72Brian22US #53
#73Jon22US #120
#74Keith22US #47
#75Earl21US #96
#76Eric21US #89
#77Jeffery21US #109
#78Rex21US #188
#79Wesley21US #159
#80Allen20US #81
#81Anthony20US #32
#82Don20US #121
#83Martin20US #82
#84Bill19US #176
#85Chris19US #168
#86Norman19US #98
#87Walter19US #45
#88Darrell18US #103
#89Duane18US #132
#90Jim18US #173
#91Kerry18US #194
#92Henry17US #54
#93Arthur16US #50
#94Grant16
#95Marvin16US #94
#96Philip16US #61
#97Tony16US #117
#98Fred15US #92
#99Harold15US #56
#100Howard15US #77

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑52Jo#44
↑48Micheal#43
↑42Roy#52
↑38Helen#55
↑30Terri#48
↑30Dan#46
↑28Mike#69
↑27Cindy#36

Falling

↓38Sally#77
↓38Marvin#95
↓36Jean#100
↓35Carla#73
↓30Jane#83
↓29Wendy#85
↓25Jeanne#90
↓23Keith#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.