Popular baby names in Idaho, 1964

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1964 were Lisa for girls (160 babies) and David for boys (252). David ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,038 babies born in Idaho in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1964

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: 16 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Shawna: 23 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Jana: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Shannon: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kristi: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shelley: 33 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ronda: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shelly: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Becky: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jodi: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 29 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Kim: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Brent: 47 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Clinton: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Kelly: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Wade: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kent: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Doug: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brett: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dan: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	160	–	1
2	Julie	109	↑5	17
3	Teresa	109	–	21
4	Mary	101	↑2	2
5	Lori	100	↓3	15
6	Susan	91	↓2	3
7	Brenda	75	↓2	18
8	Linda	69	↑3	8
9	Michelle	69	↑3	23
10	Tina	67	↑18	34
11	Karen	66	↓3	4
12	Cindy	63	↓3	47
13	Tammy	61	↑4	10
14	Angela	52	↑27	22
15	Wendy	51	↑11	55
16	Debra	50	↓6	24
17	Nancy	50	↑2	26
18	Kelly	49	–	35
19	Patricia	49	↑4	5
20	Janet	48	↑24	48
21	Sandra	48	↓5	13
22	Laura	47	↓9	14
23	Barbara	45	↓9	19
24	Pamela	45	↓4	11
25	Cynthia	43	↑14	9
26	Laurie	41	↑3	59
27	Shelly	41	new	>100
28	Kim	40	↑18	42
29	Paula	40	↑1	45
30	Kathy	39	↓3	39
31	Rebecca	39	↑18	46
32	Kimberly	37	↓7	6
33	Rhonda	37	↑7	43
34	Debbie	36	↓13	52
35	Tracy	36	↓11	40
36	Shannon	35	↓3	>100
37	Denise	34	↓2	25
38	Diane	34	↑10	32
39	Jill	34	new	61
40	Carol	33	new	36
41	Shelley	33	new	>100
42	Robin	32	↓8	27
43	Christine	31	↓21	28
44	Jennifer	31	new	31
45	Maria	31	new	41
46	Cheryl	30	↓15	29
47	Deborah	30	↓4	12
48	Stephanie	30	new	57
49	Valerie	30	new	66
50	Kathleen	29	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	David	252	↑1	3
2	Michael	235	↓1	1
3	John	194	–	2
4	Robert	183	–	5
5	James	182	↑1	4
6	Kevin	122	↑1	13
7	Mark	122	↓2	6
8	Richard	120	↑1	8
9	Scott	115	↓1	14
10	Steven	108	↑3	12
11	Todd	108	↓1	28
12	Brian	103	–	20
13	William	101	↑2	7
14	Jeffrey	85	–	10
15	Paul	73	↑6	16
16	Mike	72	–	47
17	Ronald	72	↑1	24
18	Thomas	71	↑2	9
19	Daniel	70	–	19
20	Timothy	63	↑5	15
21	Kenneth	62	↓4	18
22	Donald	58	–	25
23	Gary	56	–	26
24	Charles	55	↑3	17
25	Douglas	54	↓14	31
26	Troy	52	↑8	57
27	Joseph	51	↑3	11
28	Jeff	50	–	52
29	Gregory	49	↓5	22
30	Brent	47	↑6	>100
31	Eric	45	↑7	32
32	Craig	43	–	48
33	Larry	43	↑6	36
34	Rodney	41	new	59
35	Randy	40	↓2	38
36	Bruce	38	↑7	46
37	Jerry	36	↓8	40
38	Kelly	36	↓12	>100
39	Shawn	36	new	88
40	Terry	35	↓9	35
41	Russell	34	↑9	58
42	Steve	33	–	51
43	Tony	33	↓6	50
44	Dale	32	↑3	72
45	Rick	32	new	>100
46	Alan	31	↓11	53
47	Brett	31	new	>100
48	Chris	31	new	65
49	Edward	31	new	27
50	Patrick	30	↓2	30

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