Popular baby names in Idaho, 1959

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1959 were Susan for girls (140 babies) and David for boys (305). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,936 babies born in Idaho in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1959

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

Girls

Shannon: 33 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Kelli: 17 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Trudy: 15 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Karla: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kristine: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ronda: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shelley: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Tamara: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shelly: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 19 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Kelly: 90 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Clint: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Brent: 61 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Bart: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Bret: 42 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Brett: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kirk: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kim: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lynn: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Susan	140	↑3	2
2	Julie	134	↓1	26
3	Mary	134	↓1	1
4	Cindy	127	↑2	25
5	Debra	120	↓2	7
6	Kathy	120	↑2	15
7	Linda	114	↓2	3
8	Lori	108	↑10	27
9	Debbie	107	↑3	20
10	Teresa	100	↑1	24
11	Karen	99	↓4	4
12	Pamela	94	↑2	12
13	Patricia	90	↑2	6
14	Cynthia	88	↓4	8
15	Tammy	83	↑2	31
16	Sandra	80	–	13
17	Barbara	79	↓8	11
18	Nancy	78	↓5	14
19	Lisa	75	↑3	10
20	Brenda	73	↑8	16
21	Cheryl	66	↑3	18
22	Janet	64	↓1	28
23	Deborah	62	↓3	9
24	Donna	61	↑12	5
25	Carol	60	↓6	22
26	Diane	55	–	19
27	Kathleen	55	↓4	23
28	Connie	54	↓3	48
29	Rebecca	53	↑16	38
30	Sharon	53	↑19	17
31	Robin	50	↑15	32
32	Kelly	49	↓2	74
33	Becky	48	↑14	>100
34	Peggy	47	↑1	57
35	Terri	47	↓8	46
36	Laura	46	↓5	30
37	Vicki	46	↑5	73
38	Kathryn	45	↓4	69
39	Denise	44	↓6	29
40	Tamara	44	↓11	>100
41	Kim	43	↓4	35
42	Wendy	43	new	83
43	Judy	41	↓4	41
44	Valerie	40	new	60
45	Elizabeth	39	↓1	21
46	Laurie	38	↓8	56
47	Janice	37	new	37
48	Sheila	37	new	52
49	Tina	36	new	53
50	Christine	35	↓9	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	305	↑1	2
2	Michael	237	↓1	1
3	Robert	227	–	5
4	John	212	↑1	4
5	James	208	↓1	3
6	Mark	193	↑1	6
7	Richard	176	↑1	8
8	Kevin	167	↑1	14
9	Steven	147	↓3	10
10	William	135	–	7
11	Daniel	115	↑6	18
12	Scott	111	↑2	24
13	Gary	110	↑2	20
14	Douglas	107	↓3	30
15	Mike	93	↑13	37
16	Kenneth	91	↑6	15
17	Kelly	90	↑3	>100
18	Brian	88	↓2	22
19	Randy	88	↓7	31
20	Thomas	88	↓7	9
21	Timothy	87	↑8	12
22	Ronald	86	↓3	21
23	Larry	85	↓5	25
24	Dennis	81	↑2	29
25	Jeffrey	81	↑2	16
26	Paul	80	↓5	17
27	Terry	76	↓4	33
28	Charles	70	↑2	11
29	Craig	68	↑11	44
30	Gregory	64	↓5	23
31	Rick	63	↑1	89
32	Bruce	62	↓1	38
33	Jerry	62	–	36
34	Alan	61	↑10	50
35	Brent	61	↑8	>100
36	Donald	60	↓12	19
37	Ricky	59	↑4	34
38	Tim	52	new	60
39	Danny	50	↑8	48
40	Jeff	50	new	52
41	Joseph	48	↓7	13
42	Steve	48	↓4	41
43	Rodney	47	↓8	67
44	Roger	47	↓7	47
45	Patrick	46	new	43
46	Randall	45	new	59
47	Dale	44	↓11	49
48	Bradley	43	new	>100
49	Bret	42	new	>100
50	Jim	42	new	70

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