Popular baby names in Idaho, 1954

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1954 were Debra for girls (251 babies) and Michael for boys (348). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,829 babies born in Idaho in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1954

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

Girls

Jolene: 20 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Shannon: 18 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Kristine: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Dixie: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Julie: 83 babies, 4× the national rate
Karla: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Becky: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carla: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelley: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cindy: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 19 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Kelly: 41 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Monte: 23 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Tracy: 17 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Brent: 42 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Rocky: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lynn: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kent: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kim: 55 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kirk: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	251	–	6
2	Linda	200	–	2
3	Susan	198	↑1	5
4	Mary	159	↓1	1
5	Karen	157	↑2	8
6	Patricia	137	–	4
7	Pamela	132	↑3	12
8	Deborah	123	↓3	3
9	Barbara	105	↓1	7
10	Nancy	101	↑2	9
11	Sandra	101	↑4	13
12	Teresa	87	↑7	34
13	Cynthia	86	–	10
14	Julie	83	↑6	70
15	Carol	81	↓4	15
16	Donna	79	↑7	11
17	Connie	76	–	39
18	Janet	74	↓4	19
19	Rebecca	66	↑7	26
20	Vicki	64	↓4	50
21	Diane	63	↓3	17
22	Cheryl	61	–	22
23	Christine	61	↓2	43
24	Kathleen	60	↓15	14
25	Brenda	59	↑5	18
26	Kathy	59	↑2	23
27	Peggy	56	↑2	48
28	Sharon	56	↓4	16
29	Janice	54	↑3	25
30	Elizabeth	53	↑19	20
31	Cindy	50	↑5	91
32	Judy	50	↓7	29
33	Margaret	50	↓2	21
34	Vickie	48	↑1	69
35	Marilyn	45	↓2	35
36	Rhonda	45	new	71
37	Jo	40	↑7	53
38	Paula	39	↑1	38
39	Ann	38	↓1	44
40	Carla	36	new	>100
41	Diana	36	↑4	57
42	Kathryn	36	↓15	51
43	Beverly	35	↑7	31
44	Sherry	35	new	62
45	Terri	35	↑3	100
46	Bonnie	34	↓12	52
47	Judith	34	–	30
48	Katherine	34	↓11	64
49	Shirley	34	new	33
50	Betty	32	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	348	–	1
2	David	304	–	5
3	Robert	294	–	2
4	John	254	↑3	4
5	Steven	254	–	11
6	James	247	↓2	3
7	Richard	223	↓1	7
8	William	171	–	6
9	Gary	152	↑1	9
10	Mark	144	↑3	12
11	Thomas	132	↓2	8
12	Ronald	122	↓1	15
13	Douglas	116	↑1	29
14	Daniel	114	↑4	18
15	Donald	114	↑5	14
16	Randy	110	↑1	33
17	Terry	103	↑4	27
18	Kenneth	98	↓6	17
19	Larry	97	–	19
20	Dennis	88	↓5	21
21	Charles	86	↓5	10
22	Bruce	80	↑7	30
23	Paul	80	↓1	16
24	Kevin	78	↑3	28
25	Craig	75	↑1	51
26	Scott	72	↑4	40
27	Jeffrey	70	↑1	23
28	Jerry	61	↑3	31
29	Timothy	59	↑3	26
30	Gregory	56	↓7	25
31	Rodney	56	↓7	66
32	Roger	56	↓7	34
33	Kim	55	↑7	>100
34	Stephen	54	↓1	20
35	Dale	52	↓1	50
36	George	49	↑5	24
37	Joseph	47	–	13
38	Alan	44	↑1	43
39	Brian	44	new	48
40	Jack	44	↑7	57
41	Brent	42	↓3	>100
42	Wayne	42	↑3	41
43	Kelly	41	new	>100
44	Edward	40	↓9	22
45	Keith	40	new	45
46	Patrick	40	↑4	38
47	Gerald	39	↓11	44
48	Danny	38	↓6	42
49	Randall	38	↓5	55
50	Carl	34	new	47

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