State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,827 Idaho births in 1954 across 498 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
#45Kellyoutside the national top 200
#74Monteoutside the national top 200
#63Lynn#187 nationally
#71Kirk#190 nationally
#87Joleneoutside the national top 200
#88Shaneoutside the national top 200
#55Kent#167 nationally
#89Kristineoutside the national top 200
#92Shannonoutside the national top 200
#73Becky#179 nationally
#65Kerry#170 nationally

Girls

#1Debra251US #6
#2Linda200US #2
#3Susan198US #5
#4Mary159US #1
#5Karen157US #8
#6Patricia137US #4
#7Pamela132US #12
#8Deborah123US #3
#9Barbara105US #7
#10Nancy101US #9
#11Sandra101US #13
#12Teresa87US #34
#13Cynthia86US #10
#14Julie83US #70
#15Carol81US #15
#16Donna79US #11
#17Connie76US #39
#18Janet74US #19
#19Rebecca66US #26
#20Vicki64US #50
#21Diane63US #17
#22Cheryl61US #22
#23Christine61US #43
#24Kathleen60US #14
#25Brenda59US #18
#26Kathy59US #23
#27Peggy56US #48
#28Sharon56US #16
#29Janice54US #25
#30Elizabeth53US #20
#31Cindy50US #91
#32Judy50US #29
#33Margaret50US #21
#34Vickie48US #69
#35Marilyn45US #35
#36Rhonda45US #71
#37Jo40US #53
#38Paula39US #38
#39Ann38US #44
#40Carla36US #135
#41Diana36US #57
#42Kathryn36US #51
#43Beverly35US #31
#44Sherry35US #62
#45Terri35US #100
#46Bonnie34US #52
#47Judith34US #30
#48Katherine34US #64
#49Shirley34US #33
#50Betty32US #36
#51Debbie32US #92
#52Joyce32US #28
#53Robin32US #41
#54Sally32US #84
#55Colleen31US #119
#56Terry31US #88
#57Denise30US #24
#58Laura29US #45
#59Gail28US #37
#60Carolyn27US #27
#61Leslie27US #99
#62Ruth27US #66
#63Wendy27US #95
#64Jan26US #131
#65Jill26US #107
#66Joan26US #40
#67Lori26US #121
#68Shelley26US #161
#69Catherine25US #32
#70Cathy25US #59
#71Sheila25US #60
#72Wanda25US #58
#73Becky24US #179
#74Valerie24US #87
#75Marcia23US #90
#76Lynn22US #63
#77Marsha22US #86
#78Rita22US #67
#79Roxanne22US #158
#80Sheryl22US #133
#81Elaine21US #74
#82Kay21US #146
#83Roberta21US #102
#84Rose21US #54
#85Dorothy20US #55
#86Jean20US #56
#87Jolene20
#88Kim20US #134
#89Kristine20
#90Lois20US #110
#91Marie18US #79
#92Shannon18
#93Annette17US #154
#94Gloria17US #42
#95Jane17US #49
#96Julia17US #127
#97Laurie17US #98
#98Penny17US #163
#99Virginia17US #61
#100Helen16US #72

Boys

#1Michael348US #1
#2David304US #5
#3Robert294US #2
#4John254US #4
#5Steven254US #11
#6James246US #3
#7Richard223US #7
#8William171US #6
#9Gary152US #9
#10Mark144US #12
#11Thomas132US #8
#12Ronald122US #15
#13Douglas116US #29
#14Daniel114US #18
#15Donald114US #14
#16Randy110US #33
#17Terry103US #27
#18Kenneth98US #17
#19Larry97US #19
#20Dennis88US #21
#21Charles86US #10
#22Bruce80US #30
#23Paul80US #16
#24Kevin78US #28
#25Craig75US #51
#26Scott72US #40
#27Jeffrey70US #23
#28Jerry61US #31
#29Timothy59US #26
#30Gregory56US #25
#31Rodney56US #66
#32Roger56US #34
#33Kim55US #109
#34Stephen54US #20
#35Dale52US #50
#36George49US #24
#37Joseph47US #13
#38Alan44US #43
#39Brian44US #48
#40Jack44US #57
#41Brent42
#42Wayne42US #41
#43Edward40US #22
#44Keith40US #45
#45Kelly40
#46Patrick40US #38
#47Gerald39US #44
#48Danny38US #42
#49Randall38US #55
#50Carl34US #47
#51Raymond34US #35
#52Rick34US #102
#53Russell34US #69
#54Ricky33US #46
#55Kent32US #167
#56Roy31US #56
#57Bradley29US #106
#58Frank29US #36
#59Stanley29US #58
#60Steve29US #76
#61Martin28US #79
#62Don27US #120
#63Lynn27US #187
#64Dan26US #139
#65Kerry26US #170
#66Mike26US #130
#67Curtis25US #84
#68Dean25US #110
#69Gordon25US #122
#70Jon25US #111
#71Kirk24US #190
#72Brad23US #154
#73Clifford23US #112
#74Monte23
#75Ralph23US #61
#76Walter23US #49
#77Darrell22US #95
#78Fred22US #93
#79Jeffery22US #90
#80Ray22US #118
#81Anthony21US #32
#82Lawrence21US #39
#83Chris20US #159
#84Harold20US #60
#85Lee20US #96
#86Micheal20US #88
#87Arthur19US #52
#88Shane19
#89Vernon19US #144
#90Allen18US #82
#91Barry18US #68
#92Howard18US #80
#93Philip18US #62
#94Allan17US #149
#95Christopher17US #64
#96Jay17US #101
#97Joe17US #67
#98Phillip17US #75
#99Tracy17
#100Andrew16US #70

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑33Carla#40
↑33Brian#39
↑30Leslie#61
↑30Keith#44
↑26Kerry#65
↑25Terry#56
↑23Sally#54
↑22Wendy#63

Falling

↓45Helen#100
↓43Micheal#86
↓38Virginia#99
↓34Jay#96
↓33Kristine#89
↓27Catherine#69
↓27Gloria#94
↓24Brad#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.