Popular baby names in Idaho, 1963

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1963 were Lisa for girls (184 babies) and Michael for boys (237). Social Security records list 11,818 babies born in Idaho in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1963

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

Girls

Shauna: 23 babies, 25.3× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Shannon: 39 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jana: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lynette: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Karla: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kristine: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ronda: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Melanie: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Cindy: 85 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Bart: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Darin: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kelly: 56 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bret: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Doug: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Brad: 39 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brent: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kent: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	184	↑1	1
2	Lori	134	↓1	8
3	Teresa	122	↑2	18
4	Susan	112	↓1	3
5	Brenda	106	↑1	15
6	Mary	99	↑4	2
7	Julie	95	↓3	22
8	Karen	92	↑1	4
9	Cindy	85	↓1	37
10	Debra	80	↑10	21
11	Linda	74	↓4	5
12	Michelle	66	↑1	26
13	Laura	65	↑6	16
14	Barbara	64	↑11	17
15	Connie	63	↓4	55
16	Sandra	63	↓2	9
17	Tammy	61	↓5	12
18	Kelly	59	↑13	32
19	Nancy	52	↑7	23
20	Pamela	51	↑4	14
21	Debbie	50	↓6	41
22	Christine	48	↑10	29
23	Patricia	48	↑10	7
24	Tracy	47	↑14	48
25	Kimberly	46	↑17	11
26	Wendy	46	↑3	60
27	Kathy	44	↓9	34
28	Tina	44	↓11	35
29	Laurie	42	↓8	47
30	Paula	42	new	42
31	Cheryl	41	↓9	24
32	Donna	40	↓9	6
33	Shannon	39	new	>100
34	Robin	38	↑3	25
35	Denise	37	↑15	27
36	Melanie	37	new	>100
37	Sharon	37	new	19
38	Elizabeth	36	↑10	20
39	Cynthia	35	↓9	10
40	Rhonda	35	↑3	45
41	Angela	34	↑5	30
42	Bonnie	34	new	83
43	Deborah	34	↓27	13
44	Janet	34	↓17	40
45	Judy	34	↓9	70
46	Kim	34	↓18	39
47	Diana	33	↓8	62
48	Diane	32	new	31
49	Rebecca	32	–	44
50	Terri	32	↓9	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	237	↑1	1
2	David	232	↓1	3
3	John	191	↑2	2
4	Robert	191	↓1	5
5	Mark	155	↓1	6
6	James	151	–	4
7	Kevin	142	–	11
8	Scott	137	↑2	12
9	Richard	127	–	8
10	Todd	119	↑1	30
11	Douglas	104	↑7	28
12	Brian	101	↑2	20
13	Steven	97	↓5	14
14	Jeffrey	86	↓1	10
15	William	80	↓3	7
16	Mike	73	↑1	44
17	Kenneth	70	↑5	18
18	Ronald	69	↑8	23
19	Daniel	66	–	19
20	Thomas	66	↓4	9
21	Paul	65	↑10	17
22	Donald	61	↑6	25
23	Gary	61	↓8	24
24	Gregory	61	↑3	21
25	Timothy	60	↓4	15
26	Kelly	56	↑9	>100
27	Charles	51	↓4	16
28	Jeff	51	↓4	48
29	Jerry	50	↑3	38
30	Joseph	50	↑15	13
31	Terry	50	↑8	32
32	Craig	49	↑12	51
33	Randy	48	↓8	37
34	Troy	47	↓4	66
35	Alan	44	↑1	56
36	Brent	44	↑4	>100
37	Tony	44	↑1	52
38	Eric	43	↓9	31
39	Larry	43	↓19	36
40	Dennis	42	new	39
41	Brad	39	new	>100
42	Steve	39	↓9	49
43	Bruce	38	↓9	43
44	Jim	38	new	92
45	Bryan	37	↑4	73
46	Jeffery	37	new	46
47	Dale	36	new	69
48	Patrick	36	new	35
49	Bradley	35	new	82
50	Russell	35	↓8	57

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