Popular baby names in Idaho, 1962

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1962 were Lori for girls (148 babies) and David for boys (271). Lori ranked #11 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,027 babies born in Idaho in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1962

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: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Jana: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Christy: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lynette: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tamara: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shelley: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darla: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ronda: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tami: 20 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Darwin: 15 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Shane: 21 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Bart: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lynn: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Bret: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kim: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brent: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brett: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelly: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kent: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lori	148	↑1	11
2	Lisa	142	↓1	1
3	Susan	123	–	3
4	Julie	118	↑1	22
5	Teresa	112	↑4	18
6	Brenda	107	↑1	12
7	Linda	103	↓3	5
8	Cindy	95	↑2	34
9	Karen	95	↓1	4
10	Mary	94	↓4	2
11	Connie	77	↑10	51
12	Tammy	75	↑2	23
13	Michelle	74	↑12	31
14	Sandra	72	↓2	10
15	Debbie	69	↑4	32
16	Deborah	63	↑19	9
17	Tina	63	↑19	33
18	Kathy	61	↓7	27
19	Laura	61	↓1	21
20	Debra	60	↓7	15
21	Laurie	59	↑2	42
22	Cheryl	58	↑11	24
23	Donna	57	↑8	7
24	Pamela	57	↓9	13
25	Barbara	55	↓1	14
26	Nancy	55	↓10	19
27	Janet	54	↑1	35
28	Kim	54	↑17	37
29	Wendy	53	↓2	64
30	Cynthia	52	↓10	8
31	Kelly	50	↓2	38
32	Christine	48	↑9	39
33	Patricia	47	↓11	6
34	Tamara	46	–	>100
35	Carol	45	↓9	28
36	Judy	44	↑3	63
37	Robin	44	↓20	25
38	Tracy	42	↓6	55
39	Diana	41	new	57
40	Penny	41	new	92
41	Terri	40	↓11	54
42	Kimberly	38	new	16
43	Rhonda	36	new	45
44	Jill	35	new	72
45	Kathleen	35	new	29
46	Angela	34	↑2	36
47	Jennifer	34	↑3	41
48	Elizabeth	33	↓5	20
49	Rebecca	33	↓12	47
50	Denise	32	↓8	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	271	–	2
2	Michael	221	↑1	1
3	Robert	213	↓1	5
4	Mark	204	–	6
5	John	200	–	3
6	James	194	–	4
7	Kevin	153	–	14
8	Steven	144	–	12
9	Richard	140	↑1	8
10	Scott	131	↓1	11
11	Todd	117	↑3	30
12	William	116	↓1	7
13	Jeffrey	98	↑6	10
14	Brian	94	↑3	20
15	Gary	89	↓3	22
16	Thomas	87	↑4	9
17	Mike	80	↓1	39
18	Douglas	79	↓3	27
19	Daniel	74	↓1	17
20	Larry	74	↑2	31
21	Timothy	74	↑13	16
22	Kenneth	73	↑2	18
23	Charles	69	↑6	15
24	Jeff	67	↑3	44
25	Randy	67	↓12	35
26	Ronald	66	↓3	25
27	Gregory	65	↑5	21
28	Donald	62	↓7	23
29	Eric	62	↑19	33
30	Troy	62	new	67
31	Paul	59	↓6	19
32	Jerry	55	↓2	38
33	Steve	53	↑7	46
34	Bruce	52	↑9	41
35	Kelly	47	↓7	>100
36	Alan	46	↑3	53
37	Roger	46	↑1	47
38	Tony	46	↓3	52
39	Terry	45	↓6	34
40	Brent	44	↓14	>100
41	Brett	43	new	>100
42	Russell	43	↓11	57
43	Rodney	42	↑3	76
44	Craig	40	↓3	51
45	Joseph	40	↑2	13
46	Rick	40	↓2	>100
47	Dan	39	new	>100
48	Jon	38	new	84
49	Bryan	37	new	82
50	Kent	37	new	>100

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