Popular baby names in Idaho, 1956

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1956 were Debra for girls (231 babies) and David for boys (283). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,519 babies born in Idaho in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1956

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

Girls

Leann: 20 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Shannon: 20 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Ronda: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Karla: 31 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Kelly: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kristine: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Darla: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Becky: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tracy: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sheri: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 49 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Brent: 45 babies, 9× the national rate
Lyle: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Hal: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rocky: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kent: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wade: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kerry: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	231	–	2
2	Susan	177	–	5
3	Mary	157	–	1
4	Linda	151	–	3
5	Karen	122	↑1	7
6	Patricia	113	↓1	6
7	Sandra	110	↑4	14
8	Cynthia	100	↑9	8
9	Deborah	100	–	4
10	Pamela	99	↓2	12
11	Barbara	94	↓4	9
12	Teresa	93	↑4	24
13	Nancy	87	↓3	11
14	Julie	84	↑4	48
15	Janet	82	↓2	21
16	Connie	81	↓4	43
17	Cheryl	80	↑2	18
18	Carol	76	↓4	16
19	Cindy	74	↓4	37
20	Rebecca	70	↑8	27
21	Diane	68	↑1	15
22	Kathleen	66	↑2	17
23	Brenda	59	↑8	19
24	Kathy	59	↓3	20
25	Peggy	59	↑2	63
26	Vicki	53	↓3	57
27	Bonnie	52	↑3	51
28	Christine	52	↑1	42
29	Judy	52	↓4	35
30	Donna	51	↓4	10
31	Kim	46	↑17	38
32	Terri	46	↑3	81
33	Sharon	45	↓13	13
34	Vickie	44	↑7	68
35	Margaret	43	↑14	25
36	Lori	42	↑2	66
37	Rhonda	41	new	62
38	Catherine	40	new	28
39	Kathryn	40	↑1	60
40	Denise	39	↓6	23
41	Diana	38	new	56
42	Elizabeth	37	↑2	22
43	Janice	37	↓10	26
44	Paula	37	↓12	47
45	Debbie	36	↓8	39
46	Jan	35	new	>100
47	Laura	35	new	34
48	Cathy	34	↓3	36
49	Becky	33	new	>100
50	Jill	33	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	David	283	↑1	4
2	Michael	275	↓1	1
3	Robert	236	↑1	3
4	John	215	↓1	5
5	Steven	214	–	10
6	James	196	–	2
7	Richard	188	–	7
8	William	176	–	6
9	Mark	166	–	8
10	Gary	153	–	13
11	Kevin	136	↑1	22
12	Ronald	132	↑1	15
13	Douglas	128	↑2	29
14	Randy	119	↓3	28
15	Donald	108	↑3	14
16	Thomas	97	↓2	9
17	Terry	90	↑5	31
18	Scott	88	↑3	34
19	Daniel	87	↓3	18
20	Timothy	83	–	19
21	Larry	82	↓4	21
22	Paul	82	↑2	17
23	Jeffrey	81	↑5	20
24	Bruce	79	↑1	33
25	Charles	76	↓2	11
26	Kenneth	74	↓7	16
27	Brian	68	↑16	32
28	Dennis	65	↓2	26
29	Gregory	65	↓2	24
30	Craig	60	↓1	51
31	Jerry	58	↓1	35
32	Joseph	58	↓1	12
33	Rodney	58	↑1	65
34	Dale	54	↓1	50
35	Roger	53	↑2	41
36	Patrick	50	↑6	40
37	Stephen	50	↓2	23
38	Jay	49	new	92
39	Kelly	49	new	>100
40	Rick	49	↑10	100
41	George	47	↓1	27
42	Alan	45	↓10	44
43	Brent	45	↓4	>100
44	Edward	41	–	25
45	Kim	40	↓9	>100
46	Russell	39	new	52
47	Dan	38	new	>100
48	Kent	37	↓7	>100
49	Micheal	37	↓3	83
50	Danny	36	↓5	46

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