Popular baby names in Idaho, 1955

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1955 were Debra for girls (296 babies) and Michael for boys (346). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,972 babies born in Idaho in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1955

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

Girls

Deanna: 23 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Karla: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darla: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Trudy: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Christy: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cindy: 77 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Becky: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Jackie: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Penny: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Julie: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Brent: 47 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Kent: 46 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kelly: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Lyle: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wade: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kerry: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kirk: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lynn: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kim: 52 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	296	–	4
2	Susan	204	↑1	5
3	Mary	167	↑1	1
4	Linda	147	↓2	3
5	Patricia	122	↑1	6
6	Karen	121	↓1	8
7	Barbara	113	↑2	7
8	Pamela	113	↓1	12
9	Deborah	108	↓1	2
10	Nancy	105	–	9
11	Sandra	98	–	13
12	Connie	86	↑5	35
13	Janet	78	↑5	20
14	Carol	77	↑1	15
15	Cindy	77	↑16	79
16	Teresa	77	↓4	26
17	Cynthia	76	↓4	11
18	Julie	69	↓4	67
19	Cheryl	67	↑3	19
20	Sharon	67	↑8	16
21	Kathy	66	↑5	22
22	Diane	62	↓1	14
23	Vicki	62	↓3	52
24	Kathleen	61	–	17
25	Judy	56	↑7	32
26	Donna	55	↓10	10
27	Peggy	55	–	51
28	Rebecca	55	↓9	27
29	Christine	54	↓6	40
30	Bonnie	51	↑16	45
31	Brenda	49	↓6	18
32	Paula	45	↑6	39
33	Janice	43	↓4	25
34	Denise	42	new	23
35	Terri	41	↑10	85
36	Ann	40	↑3	43
37	Debbie	40	new	63
38	Lori	40	new	89
39	Wendy	40	new	90
40	Kathryn	38	↑2	59
41	Vickie	38	↓7	68
42	Joyce	36	new	29
43	Judith	36	↑4	31
44	Elizabeth	35	↓14	21
45	Cathy	33	new	44
46	Gail	33	new	42
47	Jill	32	new	>100
48	Kim	32	new	75
49	Margaret	32	↓16	24
50	Valerie	32	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Michael	346	–	1
2	David	332	–	2
3	John	258	↑1	5
4	Robert	254	↓1	4
5	Steven	245	–	10
6	James	224	–	3
7	Richard	217	–	7
8	William	173	–	6
9	Mark	163	↑1	9
10	Gary	139	↓1	12
11	Randy	130	↑5	30
12	Kevin	119	↑12	27
13	Ronald	115	↓1	18
14	Thomas	111	↓3	8
15	Douglas	110	↓2	29
16	Daniel	107	↓2	17
17	Larry	101	↑2	19
18	Donald	97	↓3	14
19	Kenneth	97	↓1	15
20	Timothy	96	↑9	22
21	Scott	84	↑5	38
22	Terry	84	↓5	28
23	Charles	79	↓2	11
24	Paul	78	↓1	16
25	Bruce	75	↓3	32
26	Dennis	74	↓6	23
27	Gregory	71	↑3	24
28	Jeffrey	70	↓1	20
29	Craig	60	↓4	50
30	Jerry	60	↓2	33
31	Joseph	59	↑6	13
32	Alan	57	↑6	43
33	Dale	55	↑2	52
34	Rodney	55	↓3	65
35	Stephen	54	↓1	21
36	Kim	52	↓3	98
37	Roger	49	↓5	37
38	Keith	48	↑7	39
39	Brent	47	↑2	>100
40	George	47	↓4	26
41	Kent	46	new	>100
42	Patrick	45	↑4	41
43	Brian	43	↓4	40
44	Edward	43	–	25
45	Danny	42	↑3	45
46	Micheal	42	new	87
47	Ricky	42	new	46
48	Jack	39	↓8	60
49	Wayne	38	↓7	44
50	Rick	35	new	>100

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