Popular baby names in Idaho, 1960

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1960 were Lori for girls (153 babies) and David for boys (283). Lori ranked #20 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,903 babies born in Idaho in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1960

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: 18 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Shannon: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jana: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kristine: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lorrie: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tamara: 58 babies, 5× the national rate
Karla: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shelly: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shelley: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Ronda: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Bart: 32 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Shane: 18 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Bret: 32 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kelly: 74 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Brent: 52 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Clinton: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lynn: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Brett: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kim: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tracy: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Lori	153	↑7	20
2	Linda	134	↑5	3
3	Mary	121	–	1
4	Julie	119	↓2	28
5	Teresa	116	↑5	19
6	Cindy	112	↓2	30
7	Brenda	111	↑13	13
8	Susan	110	↓7	2
9	Karen	105	↑2	4
10	Lisa	95	↑9	6
11	Debbie	87	↓2	24
12	Debra	83	↓7	8
13	Kathy	81	↓7	21
14	Pamela	80	↓2	14
15	Tammy	80	–	31
16	Barbara	76	↑1	12
17	Connie	70	↑11	47
18	Cynthia	69	↓4	9
19	Sandra	69	↓3	11
20	Laurie	67	↑26	37
21	Carol	66	↑4	23
22	Kim	65	↑19	34
23	Laura	60	↑13	25
24	Patricia	59	↓11	7
25	Janet	58	↓3	32
26	Nancy	58	↓8	15
27	Tamara	58	↑13	>100
28	Wendy	58	↑14	63
29	Kelly	56	↑3	52
30	Terri	56	↑5	49
31	Judy	50	↑12	48
32	Christine	48	↑18	40
33	Tracy	48	new	84
34	Cheryl	47	↓13	17
35	Donna	46	↓11	5
36	Becky	45	↓3	>100
37	Diane	45	↓11	22
38	Michelle	44	new	39
39	Tina	44	↑10	45
40	Deborah	43	↓17	10
41	Elizabeth	43	↑4	18
42	Rebecca	40	↓13	38
43	Sherry	40	new	54
44	Diana	39	new	53
45	Robin	39	↓14	33
46	Kathleen	37	↓19	27
47	Angela	36	new	50
48	Bonnie	36	new	71
49	Vicki	36	↓12	73
50	Ann	35	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	283	–	1
2	Michael	258	–	2
3	Robert	237	–	5
4	John	205	–	4
5	Mark	189	↑1	6
6	James	182	↓1	3
7	Steven	161	↑2	10
8	Richard	159	↓1	8
9	Kevin	151	↓1	15
10	William	133	–	7
11	Scott	116	↑1	23
12	Douglas	112	↑2	30
13	Brian	105	↑5	20
14	Ronald	97	↑8	21
15	Randy	91	↑4	32
16	Daniel	90	↓5	17
17	Gary	89	↓4	22
18	Kenneth	89	↓2	16
19	Jeffrey	88	↑6	14
20	Mike	85	↓5	36
21	Timothy	85	–	11
22	Jerry	75	↑11	37
23	Larry	75	–	28
24	Thomas	75	↓4	9
25	Kelly	74	↓8	>100
26	Paul	72	–	18
27	Terry	71	–	34
28	Donald	70	↑8	19
29	Craig	63	–	41
30	Jeff	59	↑10	49
31	Steve	58	↑11	43
32	Charles	57	↓4	13
33	Jim	54	↑17	75
34	Tim	54	↑4	60
35	Rodney	53	↑8	68
36	Brent	52	↓1	>100
37	Joseph	51	↑4	12
38	Rick	51	↓7	>100
39	Todd	46	new	71
40	Bruce	45	↓8	39
41	Gregory	45	↓11	24
42	Alan	44	↓8	50
43	Bill	44	new	95
44	Dale	44	↑3	54
45	Dennis	42	↓21	31
46	Greg	42	new	83
47	Brett	40	new	>100
48	Roger	40	↓4	47
49	Tracy	40	new	>100
50	Dan	39	new	>100

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