Popular baby names in Idaho, 1951

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1951 were Linda for girls (271 babies) and Michael for boys (315). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,210 babies born in Idaho in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1951

Names given at least 15 times in Idaho that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Cheri: 18 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Deanna: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kristine: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Toni: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Vickie: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Annette: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Connie: 106 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Julie: 45 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Terri: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Becky: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 38 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Kelly: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Kent: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kim: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lynn: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Randy: 101 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kirk: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rick: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jim: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kerry: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	271	–	1
2	Susan	189	–	6
3	Mary	169	–	2
4	Patricia	160	–	3
5	Kathleen	138	↑1	10
6	Karen	130	↓1	8
7	Sandra	118	–	9
8	Debra	112	↑20	18
9	Carol	110	↑2	11
10	Barbara	108	–	5
11	Connie	106	↓3	44
12	Deborah	105	↑3	4
13	Nancy	104	↓4	7
14	Pamela	87	–	16
15	Sharon	86	↓2	13
16	Donna	83	↑2	12
17	Cheryl	82	–	30
18	Judy	82	↓2	26
19	Christine	75	↑1	24
20	Janet	74	↓8	19
21	Kathy	72	↑6	35
22	Brenda	67	↑14	14
23	Janice	66	↓2	21
24	Vicki	65	↓5	58
25	Bonnie	61	↓2	37
26	Marilyn	61	↓1	41
27	Peggy	59	↑3	40
28	Vickie	57	new	87
29	Teresa	56	↑12	63
30	Judith	49	↓8	25
31	Margaret	49	↑3	17
32	Shirley	49	↓1	27
33	Diane	46	↓4	15
34	Julie	45	↑10	99
35	Catherine	44	new	34
36	Carolyn	41	↓12	22
37	Kathryn	41	↓11	45
38	Beverly	40	↑1	33
39	Cynthia	40	↓4	20
40	Rebecca	40	↓8	32
41	Betty	39	↓3	29
42	Diana	39	↓5	50
43	Paula	39	new	51
44	Katherine	37	↑6	55
45	Joyce	34	↑3	28
46	Sherry	34	↓3	70
47	Gloria	33	↓1	31
48	Ann	32	↓6	46
49	Kristine	32	new	>100
50	Martha	32	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Michael	315	↑1	4
2	Robert	280	↓1	2
3	David	272	–	5
4	John	270	–	3
5	James	252	↑3	1
6	Steven	214	↑3	13
7	Richard	211	↓2	7
8	Gary	189	↓1	10
9	William	176	↓3	6
10	Larry	145	–	11
11	Thomas	141	↑2	8
12	Dennis	120	–	17
13	Ronald	118	↓2	12
14	Terry	116	↑1	30
15	Douglas	113	↑2	27
16	Donald	105	↑2	15
17	Randy	101	↑2	56
18	Charles	99	↑2	9
19	Kenneth	96	↓5	16
20	Mark	89	↑2	20
21	Daniel	88	↑3	21
22	Gregory	81	↑6	25
23	Jerry	72	↓2	24
24	Scott	70	↑5	68
25	Stephen	68	↑1	19
26	Bruce	65	↓10	26
27	Craig	65	↑4	63
28	Alan	59	↑10	40
29	Roger	58	↓6	29
30	Paul	57	↓5	18
31	Patrick	56	↑19	39
32	Timothy	53	↓2	28
33	Dale	52	↑3	49
34	Danny	47	↓1	41
35	Jack	46	↑7	48
36	George	45	↓9	22
37	Rodney	44	↓2	84
38	Joseph	43	↓4	14
39	Stanley	43	↑6	54
40	Kevin	41	new	53
41	Brent	38	↓9	>100
42	Wayne	38	↓2	37
43	Jay	36	new	>100
44	Raymond	35	new	32
45	Randall	34	↓6	66
46	Dean	32	new	>100
47	Kent	32	–	>100
48	Jeffrey	31	new	35
49	Kim	31	new	>100
50	Marvin	31	new	96

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