State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,935 Idaho births in 1959 across 530 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#53Shannonoutside the national top 200
#59Karlaoutside the national top 200
#73Bartoutside the national top 200
#17Kelly#143 nationally
#49Bret#170 nationally
#72Shelley#191 nationally
#35Brent#151 nationally
#94Kimoutside the national top 200
#82Shelly#188 nationally
#96Shaneoutside the national top 200
#98Darlaoutside the national top 200
#53Brett#154 nationally

Girls

#1Susan140US #2
#2Julie134US #26
#3Mary133US #1
#4Cindy127US #25
#5Debra120US #7
#6Kathy120US #15
#7Linda114US #3
#8Lori108US #27
#9Debbie107US #20
#10Teresa100US #24
#11Karen99US #4
#12Pamela94US #12
#13Patricia90US #6
#14Cynthia88US #8
#15Tammy83US #31
#16Sandra80US #13
#17Barbara79US #11
#18Nancy78US #14
#19Lisa75US #10
#20Brenda73US #16
#21Cheryl66US #18
#22Janet63US #28
#23Deborah62US #9
#24Donna61US #5
#25Carol60US #22
#26Diane55US #19
#27Kathleen55US #23
#28Connie54US #48
#29Rebecca53US #38
#30Sharon53US #17
#31Robin50US #32
#32Kelly49US #74
#33Becky48US #102
#34Peggy47US #57
#35Terri47US #46
#36Laura46US #30
#37Vicki46US #73
#38Kathryn45US #69
#39Denise44US #29
#40Tamara44US #121
#41Kim43US #35
#42Wendy43US #83
#43Judy41US #41
#44Valerie40US #60
#45Elizabeth39US #21
#46Laurie38US #56
#47Janice37US #37
#48Sheila37US #52
#49Tina36US #53
#50Christine35US #43
#51Bonnie33US #71
#52Michelle33US #47
#53Shannon33
#54Ann31US #44
#55Carla30US #118
#56Diana30US #49
#57Rhonda30US #45
#58Cathy29US #39
#59Karla29
#60Leslie28US #84
#61Sherry28US #58
#62Jill27US #86
#63Paula27US #51
#64Margaret26US #36
#65Shirley26US #61
#66Tracy26US #131
#67Vickie26US #90
#68Carolyn24US #42
#69Jennifer24US #78
#70Tami24US #154
#71Colleen23US #110
#72Shelley23US #191
#73Sheryl23US #128
#74Joy21US #146
#75Katherine21US #79
#76Sally21US #114
#77Terry21US #95
#78Annette20US #64
#79Betty20US #59
#80Pam20US #125
#81Ruth20US #97
#82Shelly20US #188
#83Stephanie20US #101
#84Sue20US #107
#85Anita19US #87
#86Beverly19US #55
#87Dawn19US #54
#88Penny19US #122
#89Suzanne19US #96
#90Anna18US #99
#91Catherine18US #40
#92Jane18US #67
#93Jean18US #77
#94Joyce18US #50
#95Julia18US #116
#96Kimberly18US #33
#97Toni18US #156
#98Darla17
#99Deanna17US #194
#100Elaine17US #105

Boys

#1David305US #2
#2Michael237US #1
#3Robert227US #5
#4John212US #4
#5James208US #3
#6Mark193US #6
#7Richard176US #8
#8Kevin167US #14
#9Steven147US #10
#10William135US #7
#11Daniel115US #18
#12Scott111US #24
#13Gary110US #20
#14Douglas107US #30
#15Mike93US #37
#16Kenneth91US #15
#17Kelly90US #143
#18Brian88US #22
#19Randy88US #31
#20Thomas88US #9
#21Ronald87US #21
#22Timothy87US #12
#23Larry85US #25
#24Dennis81US #29
#25Jeffrey81US #16
#26Paul80US #17
#27Terry76US #33
#28Charles70US #11
#29Craig68US #44
#30Gregory64US #23
#31Bruce62US #38
#32Jerry62US #36
#33Rick62US #89
#34Alan61US #50
#35Brent61US #151
#36Donald60US #19
#37Ricky59US #34
#38Tim52US #60
#39Danny50US #48
#40Jeff50US #52
#41Joseph48US #13
#42Steve48US #41
#43Rodney47US #67
#44Roger47US #47
#45Patrick46US #43
#46Randall45US #59
#47Dale44US #49
#48Bradley43US #103
#49Bret42US #170
#50Jim42US #70
#51Kirk42US #145
#52Tony42US #53
#53Brett40US #154
#54Dan40US #110
#55Jeffery40US #55
#56Todd40US #99
#57Bryan38US #94
#58Jay37US #88
#59Greg36US #91
#60Brad35US #149
#61Eric35US #46
#62Russell35US #56
#63Bill34US #93
#64Curtis33US #75
#65Don33US #111
#66Kent33US #141
#67Tom33US #82
#68Jon30US #105
#69Edward29US #27
#70Keith29US #39
#71Chris28US #72
#72George28US #32
#73Bart27
#74Gerald27US #61
#75Wayne27US #51
#76Jack26US #85
#77Joe26US #57
#78Roy26US #81
#79Carl24US #54
#80Christopher24US #35
#81Bob23US #128
#82Dave23US #119
#83Dean22US #95
#84Marvin22US #123
#85Ron22US #166
#86Allen21US #97
#87Anthony21US #26
#88Stephen21US #28
#89Wesley21US #160
#90Darrell20US #90
#91Kurt20US #129
#92Martin20US #79
#93Joel19US #116
#94Kim19
#95Micheal19US #96
#96Shane19
#97Frank18US #42
#98Gordon18US #155
#99Phillip18US #74
#100Barry17US #73

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑39Bret#49
↑36Shannon#53
↑34Tim#38
↑34Jeff#40
↑32Shirley#65
↑24Jennifer#69
↑24Greg#59
↑23Sheryl#73

Falling

↓38Penny#88
↓38Kim#94
↓33Stephen#88
↓27Kent#66
↓26Wayne#75
↓24Diana#56
↓24Dawn#87
↓24Joyce#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.