Popular baby names in Idaho, 1952

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1952 were Linda for girls (247 babies) and Michael for boys (329). Michael ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,530 babies born in Idaho in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1952

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

Girls

Shauna: 18 babies, 44.6× the national rate
Marla: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Sherrie: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lynette: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Carla: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristine: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Julie: 57 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Penny: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelley: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jan: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 58 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Kelly: 33 babies, 11× the national rate
Monte: 18 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lyle: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kim: 51 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kent: 33 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kirk: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Brad: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Randy: 124 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	247	–	1
2	Susan	206	–	5
3	Mary	186	–	2
4	Debra	175	↑4	9
5	Patricia	148	↓1	3
6	Karen	143	–	8
7	Nancy	117	↑6	7
8	Sandra	116	↓1	10
9	Deborah	114	↑3	4
10	Christine	106	↑9	20
11	Barbara	105	↓1	6
12	Kathleen	104	↓7	11
13	Pamela	104	↑1	17
14	Carol	95	↓5	12
15	Janet	81	↑5	19
16	Connie	78	↓5	44
17	Judy	70	↑1	26
18	Kathy	69	↑3	29
19	Diane	67	↑14	16
20	Donna	61	↓4	13
21	Sharon	61	↓6	14
22	Janice	59	↑1	23
23	Vicki	59	↑1	61
24	Cheryl	58	↓7	31
25	Peggy	58	↑2	43
26	Julie	57	↑8	85
27	Cynthia	56	↑12	18
28	Kathryn	52	↑9	48
29	Marilyn	52	↓3	38
30	Teresa	50	↓1	52
31	Bonnie	49	↓6	41
32	Carolyn	49	↑4	24
33	Vickie	47	↓5	76
34	Diana	45	↑8	51
35	Brenda	43	↓13	15
36	Ann	42	↑12	45
37	Rebecca	42	↑3	30
38	Carla	40	new	>100
39	Sally	37	new	81
40	Margaret	34	↓9	21
41	Sherry	34	↑5	68
42	Cathy	33	new	56
43	Judith	32	↓13	25
44	Katherine	32	–	59
45	Marsha	32	new	75
46	Paula	31	↓3	47
47	Shirley	31	↓15	28
48	Catherine	30	↓13	34
49	Elizabeth	30	new	22
50	Victoria	30	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Michael	329	–	4
2	Robert	305	–	2
3	David	297	–	5
4	John	270	–	3
5	James	262	–	1
6	Steven	224	–	11
7	Richard	214	–	7
8	William	203	↑1	6
9	Gary	156	↓1	10
10	Thomas	143	↑1	8
11	Mark	126	↑9	17
12	Randy	124	↑5	41
13	Ronald	122	–	15
14	Dennis	114	↓2	18
15	Larry	109	↓5	14
16	Donald	101	–	13
17	Kenneth	101	↑2	16
18	Charles	99	–	9
19	Douglas	97	↓4	28
20	Daniel	90	↑1	20
21	Paul	81	↑9	19
22	Bruce	75	↑4	25
23	Jerry	73	–	26
24	Terry	73	↓10	29
25	Stephen	72	–	21
26	Roger	70	↑3	30
27	Timothy	67	↑5	27
28	Scott	65	↓4	54
29	Gregory	63	↓7	24
30	Craig	60	↓3	59
31	George	60	↑5	22
32	Brent	58	↑9	>100
33	Dale	57	–	46
34	Alan	54	↓6	42
35	Kevin	51	↑5	43
36	Kim	51	↑13	>100
37	Joseph	47	↑1	12
38	Rodney	45	↓1	84
39	Patrick	44	↓8	37
40	Jeffrey	42	↑8	31
41	Edward	38	new	23
42	Jack	36	↓7	52
43	Ricky	35	new	81
44	Danny	34	↓10	40
45	Gerald	34	new	39
46	Raymond	34	↓2	33
47	Kelly	33	new	>100
48	Kent	33	↓1	>100
49	Randall	33	↓4	63
50	Wayne	33	↓8	38

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