State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,683 Idaho births in 1957 across 517 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#38Tamara#191 nationally
#55Karlaoutside the national top 200
#30Kelly#167 nationally
#38Brent#174 nationally
#70Lynnoutside the national top 200
#60Kelly#187 nationally
#45Kim#162 nationally
#60Kerry#175 nationally
#86Wadeoutside the national top 200
#78Tracy#183 nationally
#99Jonioutside the national top 200
#99Tracyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Debra200US #4
#2Linda171US #3
#3Cindy164US #19
#4Susan152US #2
#5Mary150US #1
#6Cynthia126US #7
#7Julie121US #28
#8Karen105US #5
#9Cheryl98US #16
#10Pamela96US #12
#11Sandra96US #15
#12Teresa93US #24
#13Nancy89US #11
#14Barbara82US #9
#15Carol77US #18
#16Janet76US #23
#17Brenda74US #13
#18Patricia73US #8
#19Connie70US #47
#20Deborah70US #6
#21Lori69US #45
#22Debbie68US #27
#23Kathleen67US #21
#24Kathy62US #20
#25Diane61US #17
#26Peggy60US #62
#27Vicki57US #51
#28Kim54US #35
#29Denise51US #25
#30Terri50US #68
#31Donna46US #10
#32Judy46US #38
#33Lisa45US #26
#34Rebecca43US #34
#35Ann41US #44
#36Kathryn41US #65
#37Vickie41US #70
#38Tamara40US #191
#39Christine39US #41
#40Sharon39US #14
#41Tammy38US #107
#42Bonnie36US #64
#43Laurie36US #73
#44Margaret36US #29
#45Robin36US #30
#46Janice35US #32
#47Diana34US #43
#48Sheila34US #58
#49Catherine33US #37
#50Becky32US #127
#51Laura31US #31
#52Leslie30US #77
#53Shirley30US #46
#54Jill29US #100
#55Karla29
#56Marilyn29US #82
#57Elizabeth28US #22
#58Joyce28US #40
#59Penny28US #138
#60Kelly27US #187
#61Tina26US #80
#62Paula25US #49
#63Rhonda25US #52
#64Rita25US #78
#65Sally25US #115
#66Sherry25US #55
#67Sue25US #104
#68Betty24US #50
#69Cathy24US #39
#70Jane24US #56
#71Terry24US #92
#72Anita23US #81
#73Colleen23US #118
#74Katherine23US #72
#75Michelle23US #79
#76Jan22US #140
#77Rose22US #69
#78Tracy22US #183
#79Dawn21US #93
#80Gail21US #54
#81Jennifer21US #87
#82Jo21US #83
#83Ruth21US #84
#84Wendy21US #101
#85Beverly20US #48
#86Carla20US #128
#87Carolyn20US #33
#88Joy20US #143
#89Theresa20US #36
#90Jean19US #67
#91Lynn19US #61
#92Stephanie19US #110
#93Valerie19US #76
#94Vicky19US #142
#95Annette18US #97
#96Gayle18US #173
#97Jackie18US #162
#98Jody18US #176
#99Joni18
#100Norma18US #141

Boys

#1Michael296US #1
#2David287US #3
#3Robert240US #4
#4James231US #2
#5John208US #5
#6Steven202US #10
#7Mark188US #7
#8Richard172US #8
#9William140US #6
#10Thomas139US #9
#11Kevin137US #20
#12Gary125US #13
#13Douglas112US #30
#14Randy106US #31
#15Daniel105US #16
#16Kenneth102US #14
#17Timothy95US #19
#18Ronald94US #17
#19Donald86US #15
#20Larry86US #22
#21Scott86US #32
#22Paul82US #18
#23Terry78US #33
#24Brian76US #26
#25Charles75US #11
#26Gregory72US #23
#27Jeffrey69US #21
#28Jerry66US #35
#29Bruce63US #34
#30Kelly63US #167
#31Dennis60US #28
#32Joseph50US #12
#33Rick50US #87
#34Rodney50US #70
#35Stephen50US #24
#36Dale49US #50
#37Alan48US #48
#38Brent48US #174
#39Jeffery46US #52
#40Ricky46US #40
#41George45US #29
#42Patrick44US #41
#43Roger44US #42
#44Keith42US #36
#45Kim42US #162
#46Mike42US #53
#47Bradley41US #107
#48Craig41US #55
#49Kent41US #150
#50Wayne40US #47
#51Jay39US #88
#52Edward38US #25
#53Danny37US #45
#54Randall37US #59
#55Curtis34US #80
#56Dan34US #121
#57Steve32US #44
#58Dean30US #93
#59Russell30US #54
#60Kerry27US #175
#61Martin27US #69
#62Jack26US #67
#63Micheal26US #85
#64Tony26US #71
#65Anthony25US #27
#66Barry25US #72
#67Brad25US #153
#68Eric25US #60
#69Gerald25US #51
#70Lynn25
#71Chris24US #120
#72Kirk24US #154
#73Andrew23US #56
#74Carl23US #49
#75Frank23US #38
#76Howard23US #89
#77Kurt23US #141
#78Raymond23US #39
#79Calvin22US #114
#80Darrell22US #90
#81Phillip22US #79
#82Stanley22US #81
#83Bill21US #123
#84Jon21US #110
#85Ray20US #111
#86Wade20
#87Christopher19US #43
#88Don19US #117
#89Lawrence19US #46
#90Leslie19US #156
#91Roy19US #65
#92Todd19US #143
#93Allen18US #91
#94Bryan18US #115
#95Jeff18US #96
#96Jim18US #106
#97Ralph18US #76
#98Tom18US #116
#99Tracy18
#100Wesley18US #160

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑38Sheila#48
↑35Shirley#53
↑33Marilyn#56
↑28Mike#46
↑26Anthony#65
↑26Barry#66
↑25Andrew#73
↑24Tony#64

Falling

↓30Jan#76
↓30Carla#86
↓26Rhonda#63
↓25Jo#82
↓25Carolyn#87
↓24Todd#92
↓21Cathy#69
↓20Valerie#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.