Popular baby names in Idaho, 1958

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1958 were Julie for girls (158 babies) and Michael for boys (300). Julie ranked #23 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,657 babies born in Idaho in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1958

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

Girls

Kelli: 20 babies, 12× the national rate
Kellie: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Shannon: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Kristi: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tamara: 58 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kristine: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tami: 24 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Stacy: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kelly: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelley: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Kelly: 87 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Kim: 33 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Brent: 42 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kent: 48 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brett: 40 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brad: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kerry: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bret: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Doug: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Julie	158	↑6	23
2	Mary	154	↑3	1
3	Debra	145	↓2	6
4	Susan	145	–	2
5	Linda	126	↓3	3
6	Cindy	120	↓3	25
7	Karen	114	↑1	4
8	Kathy	101	↑16	14
9	Barbara	90	↑5	9
10	Cynthia	89	↓4	8
11	Teresa	85	↑1	26
12	Debbie	84	↑10	24
13	Nancy	83	–	12
14	Pamela	82	↓4	11
15	Patricia	81	↑3	5
16	Sandra	81	↓5	15
17	Tammy	81	↑24	44
18	Lori	79	↑3	30
19	Carol	75	↓4	20
20	Deborah	71	–	7
21	Janet	69	↓5	28
22	Lisa	69	↑11	19
23	Kathleen	68	–	21
24	Cheryl	64	↓15	13
25	Connie	62	↓6	50
26	Diane	62	↓1	18
27	Terri	62	↑3	51
28	Brenda	60	↓11	16
29	Tamara	58	↑9	>100
30	Kelly	53	new	>100
31	Laura	51	new	29
32	Diana	49	↑15	45
33	Denise	48	↓4	27
34	Kathryn	46	↑2	58
35	Peggy	46	↓9	42
36	Donna	44	↓5	10
37	Kim	42	↓9	40
38	Laurie	42	↑5	70
39	Judy	41	↓7	36
40	Bonnie	39	↑2	63
41	Christine	38	↓2	43
42	Vicki	38	↓15	57
43	Leslie	37	new	79
44	Elizabeth	36	new	22
45	Rebecca	36	↓11	41
46	Robin	34	↓1	32
47	Becky	33	↑3	>100
48	Rhonda	33	new	48
49	Sharon	33	↓9	17
50	Penny	31	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	300	–	1
2	David	286	–	2
3	Robert	253	–	4
4	James	213	–	3
5	John	182	–	5
6	Steven	171	–	10
7	Mark	168	–	7
8	Richard	160	–	8
9	Kevin	149	↑2	20
10	William	143	↓1	6
11	Douglas	122	↑2	30
12	Randy	115	↑2	32
13	Thomas	111	↓3	9
14	Scott	110	↑7	25
15	Gary	108	↓3	17
16	Brian	96	↑8	24
17	Daniel	95	↓2	16
18	Larry	89	↑2	22
19	Ronald	88	↓1	19
20	Kelly	87	↑10	>100
21	Paul	86	↑1	15
22	Kenneth	83	↓6	14
23	Terry	75	–	33
24	Donald	74	↓5	18
25	Gregory	73	↑1	23
26	Dennis	72	↑5	29
27	Jeffrey	72	–	21
28	Mike	72	↑18	40
29	Timothy	69	↓12	13
30	Charles	65	↓5	11
31	Bruce	61	↓2	36
32	Rick	61	↑1	77
33	Jerry	60	↓5	35
34	Joseph	56	↓2	12
35	Rodney	53	↓1	65
36	Dale	52	–	46
37	Roger	49	↑6	47
38	Steve	49	new	44
39	Kent	48	↑10	>100
40	Craig	47	↑8	53
41	Ricky	47	↓1	34
42	Russell	46	new	54
43	Brent	42	↓5	>100
44	Alan	41	↓7	49
45	Brett	40	new	>100
46	Curtis	37	new	82
47	Danny	37	new	45
48	Tony	37	new	57
49	Wayne	37	↑1	48
50	Jeffery	36	↓11	59

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