Popular baby names in Idaho, 1961

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1961 were Lisa for girls (137 babies) and David for boys (291). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,546 babies born in Idaho in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1961

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

Girls

Shawna: 17 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Shannon: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Kelli: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cheri: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jana: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristi: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marla: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tamara: 48 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Karla: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tami: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 24 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Blake: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Brent: 66 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Bret: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kelly: 62 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kim: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Doug: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brett: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	137	↑9	2
2	Lori	136	↓1	14
3	Susan	135	↑5	3
4	Linda	120	↓2	4
5	Julie	112	↓1	23
6	Mary	110	↓3	1
7	Brenda	104	–	11
8	Karen	103	↑1	5
9	Teresa	101	↓4	18
10	Cindy	90	↓4	33
11	Kathy	79	↑2	25
12	Sandra	77	↑7	9
13	Debra	76	↓1	13
14	Tammy	71	↑1	28
15	Pamela	69	↓1	15
16	Nancy	68	↑10	16
17	Robin	68	↑28	27
18	Laura	67	↑5	21
19	Debbie	66	↓8	31
20	Cynthia	65	↓2	8
21	Connie	64	↓4	50
22	Patricia	63	↑2	6
23	Laurie	62	↓3	43
24	Barbara	61	↓8	12
25	Michelle	60	↑13	34
26	Carol	58	↓5	24
27	Wendy	56	↑1	61
28	Janet	54	↓3	32
29	Kelly	53	–	45
30	Terri	53	–	51
31	Donna	51	↑4	7
32	Tracy	49	↑1	64
33	Cheryl	48	↑1	20
34	Tamara	48	↓7	>100
35	Deborah	47	↑5	10
36	Tina	47	↑3	41
37	Rebecca	45	↑5	44
38	Diane	41	↓1	26
39	Judy	41	↓8	58
40	Carla	40	new	77
41	Christine	39	↓9	39
42	Denise	38	new	30
43	Elizabeth	37	↓2	19
44	Kathryn	36	new	93
45	Kim	36	↓23	36
46	Becky	35	↓10	>100
47	Sharon	35	new	17
48	Angela	34	↓1	38
49	Annette	34	new	73
50	Jennifer	34	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	291	–	2
2	Robert	237	↑1	5
3	Michael	219	↓1	1
4	Mark	207	↑1	6
5	John	193	↓1	3
6	James	186	–	4
7	Kevin	151	↑2	14
8	Steven	146	↓1	10
9	Scott	140	↑2	19
10	Richard	137	↓2	8
11	William	119	↓1	7
12	Gary	93	↑5	21
13	Randy	89	↑2	33
14	Todd	89	↑25	46
15	Douglas	88	↓3	28
16	Mike	88	↑4	36
17	Brian	86	↓4	20
18	Daniel	81	↓2	17
19	Jeffrey	78	–	11
20	Thomas	78	↑4	9
21	Donald	76	↑7	22
22	Larry	75	↑1	30
23	Ronald	72	↓9	24
24	Kenneth	70	↓6	16
25	Paul	69	↑1	18
26	Brent	66	↑10	>100
27	Jeff	62	↑3	49
28	Kelly	62	↓3	>100
29	Charles	61	↑3	13
30	Jerry	61	↓8	37
31	Russell	58	new	55
32	Gregory	57	↑9	23
33	Terry	56	↓6	32
34	Timothy	56	↓13	15
35	Tony	55	new	53
36	Bradley	52	new	87
37	Dennis	50	↑8	34
38	Roger	50	↑10	47
39	Alan	49	↑3	51
40	Steve	49	↓9	45
41	Craig	46	↓12	43
42	Tim	46	↓8	65
43	Bruce	45	↓3	40
44	Rick	45	↓6	>100
45	Edward	44	new	29
46	Rodney	44	↓11	72
47	Joseph	43	↓10	12
48	Eric	41	new	38
49	Danny	40	new	54
50	Jim	40	↓17	78

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