State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,153 Idaho births in 1965 across 484 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#64Shaneoutside the national top 200
#75Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#77Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#84Janaoutside the national top 200
#27Becky#143 nationally
#85Jodyoutside the national top 200
#89Darlaoutside the national top 200
#84Wade#194 nationally
#94Blaineoutside the national top 200
#96Travisoutside the national top 200
#45Shannon#144 nationally
#71Lance#169 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa172US #1
#2Mary98US #2
#3Brenda86US #23
#4Julie83US #14
#5Lori76US #19
#6Susan74US #5
#7Teresa68US #24
#8Kimberly65US #4
#9Wendy65US #39
#10Angela63US #10
#11Michelle63US #18
#12Karen61US #3
#13Tracy57US #36
#14Linda55US #8
#15Cindy54US #53
#16Laura50US #17
#17Patricia50US #6
#18Tammy50US #11
#19Tina49US #29
#20Rebecca48US #41
#21Cynthia47US #9
#22Nancy45US #32
#23Pamela43US #12
#24Barbara41US #25
#25Donna40US #7
#26Paula40US #49
#27Becky39US #143
#28Christine39US #21
#29Debbie39US #62
#30Connie37US #61
#31Kelly37US #30
#32Debra36US #27
#33Diane36US #40
#34Sandra36US #15
#35Janet33US #55
#36Kim33US #43
#37Robin33US #33
#38Amy31US #35
#39Carol31US #42
#40Cheryl31US #31
#41Denise31US #28
#42Laurie31US #60
#43Deborah30US #13
#44Michele30US #48
#45Shannon30US #144
#46Annette29US #71
#47Dawn29US #26
#48Elizabeth29US #16
#49Rhonda29US #37
#50Kathleen27US #34
#51Kathy27US #54
#52Terri27US #69
#53Melissa26US #38
#54Diana25US #64
#55Jennifer25US #20
#56Sheila25US #50
#57Valerie25US #67
#58Leslie24US #75
#59Shelley24US #148
#60Tamara24US #104
#61Bonnie23US #89
#62Shelly22US #98
#63Andrea21US #63
#64Anne21US #77
#65Christina21US #74
#66Maria21US #46
#67Stephanie21US #44
#68Anita20US #94
#69Heidi20US #105
#70Holly20US #113
#71Sherri20US #91
#72Stacy20US #119
#73Jacqueline19US #47
#74Jill19US #51
#75Lynette19
#76Ruth19US #118
#77Shawna19
#78Sherry19US #56
#79Stacey19US #84
#80Theresa18US #45
#81Vicki18US #114
#82Carla17US #76
#83Heather17US #150
#84Jana17
#85Jody17
#86Katherine17US #79
#87Melanie17US #122
#88Carolyn16US #58
#89Darla16
#90Karla16US #188
#91Kristine16US #120
#92Toni16US #161
#93Dana15US #78
#94Deanna15US #110
#95Monica15US #72
#96Rita15US #126
#97Ronda15US #181
#98Vickie15US #138
#99Ann14US #59
#100Anna14US #96

Boys

#1Michael226US #1
#2David197US #3
#3Robert172US #5
#4James166US #4
#5John162US #2
#6Richard122US #8
#7Mark110US #7
#8Scott101US #15
#9Todd101US #30
#10William101US #6
#11Steven98US #14
#12Brian96US #19
#13Kevin89US #13
#14Jeffrey82US #10
#15Daniel81US #17
#16Douglas73US #32
#17Paul72US #16
#18Kenneth65US #21
#19Mike65US #51
#20Darren60US #52
#21Charles59US #20
#22Gary57US #27
#23Eric56US #25
#24Thomas54US #9
#25Joseph51US #11
#26Ronald50US #24
#27Gregory48US #23
#28Randy48US #42
#29Donald45US #26
#30Timothy43US #12
#31Christopher41US #18
#32Darin40US #123
#33Jeff38US #62
#34Rodney38US #33
#35Shawn38US #69
#36Terry38US #40
#37Alan36US #59
#38Brent36US #131
#39Patrick36US #31
#40Tony36US #48
#41Brett35US #132
#42Larry35US #38
#43Matthew35US #36
#44Bradley34US #72
#45Bryan32US #63
#46Jerry32US #41
#47Dennis31US #44
#48Kelly31US #136
#49Troy31US #53
#50Jay30US #90
#51Curtis29US #75
#52Ricky29US #57
#53Tim29US #97
#54Craig28US #46
#55Jeffery28US #47
#56Anthony27US #22
#57Chris27US #60
#58Frank27US #43
#59Bruce26US #50
#60Danny26US #56
#61Rick26US #137
#62Dale25US #83
#63Roger25US #49
#64Shane25
#65Stephen25US #28
#66Steve24US #55
#67Allen23US #92
#68Darrin23US #102
#69Edward23US #29
#70Jon22US #78
#71Lance22US #169
#72Keith21US #35
#73Brad20US #148
#74Joe20US #71
#75George19US #34
#76Martin19US #67
#77Russell19US #58
#78Wayne19US #65
#79Andrew18US #37
#80Greg18US #105
#81Kent18US #161
#82Jim17US #116
#83Phillip17US #70
#84Wade17US #194
#85Albert16US #100
#86Micheal16US #118
#87Raymond16US #45
#88Tracy16US #110
#89Jack15US #104
#90Kirk15US #152
#91Lawrence15US #66
#92Lonnie15US #175
#93Randall15US #73
#94Blaine14
#95Gerald14US #64
#96Travis14
#97Carl13US #54
#98Glenn13US #85
#99Jason13US #111
#100Jimmy13US #81

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑65Darren#20
↑45Melissa#53
↑36Amy#38
↑36Matthew#43
↑33Curtis#51
↑29Anne#64
↑28Donna#25
↑26Christopher#31

Falling

↓36Russell#77
↓35Shelly#62
↓35Jill#74
↓33Dana#93
↓28Randall#93
↓27Kent#81
↓24Steve#66
↓23Troy#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.