Popular baby names in Idaho, 1957

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1957 were Debra for girls (200 babies) and Michael for boys (296). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,681 babies born in Idaho in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1957

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

Girls

Dixie: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Shannon: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tamara: 40 babies, 7× the national rate
Karla: 29 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kristine: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kelly: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelly: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cheri: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Joni: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Blaine: 16 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Shane: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Kelly: 63 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Brent: 48 babies, 8× the national rate
Kim: 42 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lynn: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kent: 41 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Wade: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rocky: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Debra	200	–	4
2	Linda	171	↑2	3
3	Cindy	164	↑16	19
4	Susan	152	↓2	2
5	Mary	149	↓2	1
6	Cynthia	126	↑2	7
7	Julie	120	↑7	28
8	Karen	105	↓3	5
9	Cheryl	98	↑8	16
10	Pamela	96	–	12
11	Sandra	96	↓4	15
12	Teresa	93	–	24
13	Nancy	89	–	11
14	Barbara	82	↓3	9
15	Carol	77	↑3	18
16	Janet	76	↓1	23
17	Brenda	74	↑6	13
18	Patricia	73	↓12	8
19	Connie	70	↓3	47
20	Deborah	70	↓11	6
21	Lori	69	↑15	45
22	Debbie	68	↑23	27
23	Kathleen	67	↓1	21
24	Kathy	62	–	20
25	Diane	61	↓4	17
26	Peggy	60	↓1	62
27	Vicki	57	↓1	51
28	Kim	54	↑3	35
29	Denise	51	↑11	25
30	Terri	50	↑2	68
31	Donna	46	↓1	10
32	Judy	46	↓3	38
33	Lisa	45	new	26
34	Rebecca	43	↓14	34
35	Ann	41	new	44
36	Kathryn	41	↑3	65
37	Vickie	41	↓3	70
38	Tamara	40	new	>100
39	Christine	39	↓11	41
40	Sharon	39	↓7	14
41	Tammy	38	new	>100
42	Bonnie	36	↓15	64
43	Laurie	36	new	73
44	Margaret	36	↓9	29
45	Robin	36	new	30
46	Janice	35	↓3	32
47	Diana	34	↓6	43
48	Sheila	34	new	58
49	Catherine	33	↓11	37
50	Becky	32	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	296	↑1	1
2	David	287	↓1	3
3	Robert	240	–	4
4	James	231	↑2	2
5	John	208	↓1	5
6	Steven	202	↓1	10
7	Mark	188	↑2	7
8	Richard	172	↓1	8
9	William	141	↓1	6
10	Thomas	139	↑6	9
11	Kevin	137	–	20
12	Gary	125	↓2	13
13	Douglas	112	–	30
14	Randy	106	–	31
15	Daniel	105	↑4	16
16	Kenneth	102	↑10	14
17	Timothy	95	↑3	19
18	Ronald	94	↓6	17
19	Donald	86	↓4	15
20	Larry	86	↑1	22
21	Scott	86	↓3	32
22	Paul	82	–	18
23	Terry	78	↓6	33
24	Brian	76	↑3	26
25	Charles	75	–	11
26	Gregory	72	↑3	23
27	Jeffrey	69	↓4	21
28	Jerry	66	↑3	35
29	Bruce	63	↓5	34
30	Kelly	63	↑9	>100
31	Dennis	60	↓3	28
32	Joseph	50	–	12
33	Rick	50	↑7	87
34	Rodney	50	↓1	70
35	Stephen	50	↑2	24
36	Dale	49	↓2	50
37	Alan	48	↑5	48
38	Brent	48	↑5	>100
39	Jeffery	46	new	52
40	Ricky	46	new	40
41	George	45	–	29
42	Patrick	44	↓6	41
43	Roger	44	↓8	42
44	Keith	42	new	36
45	Kim	42	–	>100
46	Mike	42	new	53
47	Bradley	41	new	>100
48	Craig	41	↓18	55
49	Kent	41	↓1	>100
50	Wayne	40	new	47

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