Popular baby names in Idaho, 1953

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1953 were Debra for girls (223 babies) and Michael for boys (345). Debra ranked #7 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,625 babies born in Idaho in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1953

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

Girls

Shannon: 18 babies, 11× the national rate
Kristine: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dixie: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Karla: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Laurel: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Becky: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Terri: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Debbie: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Julie: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cindy: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 49 babies, 11× the national rate
Kelly: 26 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Grant: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kent: 37 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Brad: 37 babies, 6× the national rate
Kim: 48 babies, 5× the national rate
Lynn: 28 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dan: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rex: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Debra	223	↑3	7
2	Linda	203	↓1	2
3	Mary	184	–	1
4	Susan	181	↓2	5
5	Deborah	138	↑4	3
6	Patricia	130	↓1	4
7	Karen	120	↓1	9
8	Barbara	115	↑3	6
9	Kathleen	109	↑3	14
10	Pamela	108	↑3	10
11	Carol	106	↑3	16
12	Nancy	92	↓5	8
13	Cynthia	86	↑14	12
14	Janet	84	↑1	19
15	Sandra	83	↓7	11
16	Vicki	76	↑7	61
17	Connie	72	↓1	47
18	Diane	68	↑1	17
19	Teresa	65	↑11	42
20	Julie	64	↑6	74
21	Christine	63	↓11	32
22	Cheryl	61	↑2	28
23	Donna	60	↓3	13
24	Sharon	59	↓3	15
25	Judy	56	↓8	27
26	Rebecca	56	↑11	24
27	Kathryn	55	↑1	48
28	Kathy	55	↓10	23
29	Peggy	55	↓4	44
30	Brenda	54	↑5	18
31	Margaret	53	↑9	20
32	Janice	50	↓10	22
33	Marilyn	47	↓4	36
34	Bonnie	46	↓3	45
35	Vickie	44	↓2	79
36	Cindy	43	new	99
37	Katherine	41	↑7	63
38	Ann	40	↓2	46
39	Paula	40	↑7	40
40	Carolyn	39	↓8	25
41	Laura	39	new	51
42	Catherine	38	↑6	35
43	Debbie	37	new	>100
44	Jo	36	new	54
45	Diana	34	↓11	55
46	Joyce	34	new	26
47	Judith	34	↓4	30
48	Terri	34	new	>100
49	Elizabeth	33	–	21
50	Beverly	32	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Michael	345	–	3
2	David	313	↑1	5
3	Robert	279	↓1	1
4	James	242	↑1	2
5	Steven	242	↑1	11
6	Richard	220	↑1	7
7	John	218	↓3	4
8	William	192	–	6
9	Thomas	153	↑1	8
10	Gary	148	↓1	10
11	Ronald	118	↑2	15
12	Kenneth	113	↑5	17
13	Mark	113	↓2	12
14	Douglas	112	↑5	27
15	Dennis	109	↓1	19
16	Charles	108	↑2	9
17	Randy	107	↓5	35
18	Daniel	102	↑2	20
19	Larry	101	↓4	18
20	Donald	100	↓4	14
21	Terry	87	↑3	30
22	Paul	84	↓1	16
23	Gregory	79	↑6	24
24	Rodney	74	↑14	58
25	Roger	69	↑1	31
26	Craig	65	↑4	60
27	Kevin	65	↑8	36
28	Jeffrey	64	↑12	25
29	Bruce	63	↓7	28
30	Scott	63	↓2	46
31	Jerry	59	↓8	29
32	Timothy	59	↓5	26
33	Stephen	56	↓8	21
34	Dale	54	↓1	48
35	Edward	51	↑6	23
36	Gerald	50	↑9	42
37	Joseph	50	–	13
38	Brent	49	↓6	>100
39	Alan	48	↓5	43
40	Kim	48	↓4	>100
41	George	43	↓10	22
42	Danny	39	↑2	41
43	Micheal	39	new	88
44	Randall	39	↑5	64
45	Wayne	39	↑5	40
46	Dan	38	new	>100
47	Jack	38	↓5	57
48	Brad	37	new	>100
49	Kent	37	↓1	>100
50	Patrick	34	↓11	39

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