State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,898 Idaho births in 1960 across 547 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#62Bartoutside the national top 200
#63Bretoutside the national top 200
#73Shannonoutside the national top 200
#78Karlaoutside the national top 200
#78Clintonoutside the national top 200
#36Brent#154 nationally
#65Shelley#182 nationally
#89Janaoutside the national top 200
#92Kristineoutside the national top 200
#92Lynnoutside the national top 200
#71Sheri#179 nationally
#96Kimoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lori153US #20
#2Linda134US #3
#3Mary121US #1
#4Julie119US #28
#5Teresa116US #19
#6Cindy112US #30
#7Brenda111US #13
#8Susan110US #2
#9Karen105US #4
#10Lisa95US #6
#11Debbie87US #24
#12Debra83US #8
#13Kathy81US #21
#14Pamela80US #14
#15Tammy80US #31
#16Barbara76US #12
#17Connie70US #47
#18Cynthia69US #9
#19Sandra69US #11
#20Laurie67US #37
#21Carol66US #23
#22Kim65US #34
#23Laura60US #25
#24Janet59US #32
#25Patricia59US #7
#26Nancy58US #15
#27Tamara58US #124
#28Wendy58US #63
#29Kelly56US #52
#30Terri56US #49
#31Judy50US #48
#32Christine48US #40
#33Tracy48US #84
#34Cheryl47US #17
#35Donna46US #5
#36Becky45US #111
#37Diane45US #22
#38Michelle44US #39
#39Tina44US #45
#40Deborah43US #10
#41Elizabeth43US #18
#42Rebecca40US #38
#43Sherry40US #54
#44Diana39US #53
#45Robin39US #33
#46Kathleen37US #27
#47Angela36US #50
#48Bonnie36US #71
#49Vicki36US #73
#50Ann35US #51
#51Colleen35US #107
#52Rhonda35US #44
#53Shelly35US #157
#54Denise34US #29
#55Peggy34US #69
#56Valerie33US #65
#57Paula31US #55
#58Sharon31US #16
#59Betty29US #68
#60Carla29US #110
#61Sheila29US #56
#62Janice28US #41
#63Kimberly27US #26
#64Penny27US #113
#65Shelley27US #182
#66Catherine26US #42
#67Dawn26US #57
#68Jill26US #76
#69Margaret26US #36
#70Melanie26US #125
#71Sheri26US #179
#72Maria25US #59
#73Shannon25
#74Sherri25US #136
#75Anita24US #87
#76Annette24US #62
#77Jane24US #67
#78Karla24
#79Marilyn24US #118
#80Shirley24US #70
#81Toni24US #146
#82Jan22US #166
#83Leslie22US #92
#84Carolyn21US #43
#85Heidi21US #170
#86Stephanie21US #91
#87Tami21US #176
#88Carrie20US #139
#89Jana20
#90Julia20US #122
#91Kathryn20US #82
#92Kristine20
#93Anna19US #104
#94Anne19US #88
#95Beverly19US #60
#96Deanna19US #173
#97Jennifer19US #61
#98Lorrie19
#99Sandy19US #126
#100Suzanne19US #78

Boys

#1David283US #1
#2Michael259US #2
#3Robert237US #5
#4John205US #4
#5Mark189US #6
#6James182US #3
#7Steven161US #10
#8Richard159US #8
#9Kevin151US #15
#10William133US #7
#11Scott116US #23
#12Douglas112US #30
#13Brian105US #20
#14Ronald96US #21
#15Randy91US #32
#16Daniel90US #17
#17Gary89US #22
#18Kenneth89US #16
#19Jeffrey88US #14
#20Mike85US #36
#21Timothy85US #11
#22Jerry75US #37
#23Larry75US #28
#24Thomas75US #9
#25Kelly74US #128
#26Paul72US #18
#27Terry71US #34
#28Donald70US #19
#29Craig63US #41
#30Jeff59US #49
#31Charles57US #13
#32Steve57US #43
#33Jim54US #75
#34Tim54US #60
#35Rodney53US #68
#36Brent52US #154
#37Joseph51US #12
#38Rick51US #101
#39Todd46US #71
#40Bruce45US #39
#41Gregory45US #24
#42Alan44US #50
#43Bill44US #95
#44Dale44US #54
#45Dennis42US #31
#46Greg42US #83
#47Brett40US #151
#48Roger40US #47
#49Tracy40US #137
#50Dan39US #111
#51Russell39US #56
#52Patrick38US #45
#53Bradley37US #90
#54Chris36US #63
#55Tony36US #52
#56Brad34US #134
#57Curtis34US #79
#58Eric34US #44
#59Jeffery34US #55
#60Christopher33US #29
#61Wayne33US #58
#62Bart32
#63Bret32
#64Keith32US #35
#65Ricky32US #38
#66Tom31US #86
#67Bryan30US #88
#68Danny30US #48
#69Jay30US #78
#70Kirk30US #142
#71Carl29US #53
#72Edward29US #26
#73Stephen28US #27
#74Joe27US #57
#75Randall27US #59
#76Anthony26US #25
#77Kerry26US #158
#78Clinton25
#79Don25US #115
#80Jon25US #97
#81Kent25US #148
#82Martin25US #77
#83Ray25US #121
#84Raymond25US #46
#85Jack24US #85
#86Phillip23US #66
#87Bob22US #131
#88Doug22US #182
#89Stanley22US #100
#90Darrell21US #104
#91Joel21US #110
#92Lynn21
#93Darren20US #156
#94Dave20US #122
#95Frank20US #40
#96Kim20
#97George19US #33
#98Matthew19US #61
#99Walter19US #70
#100Karl18US #135

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑33Tracy#33
↑33Kimberly#63
↑29Shelly#53
↑26Laurie#20
↑25Catherine#66
↑24Penny#64
↑20Colleen#51
↑20Betty#59

Falling

↓53Kathryn#91
↓29Danny#68
↓29Randall#75
↓28Sharon#58
↓28Jennifer#97
↓28Ricky#65
↓25George#97
↓23Leslie#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.