Popular baby names in Idaho, 1965

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1965 were Lisa for girls (172 babies) and Michael for boys (225). Social Security records list 10,151 babies born in Idaho in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1965

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: 19 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jana: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Becky: 39 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lynette: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shannon: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jody: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darla: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelley: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karla: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ronda: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 25 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Darin: 40 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brent: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brett: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelly: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lance: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rick: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mike: 65 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darren: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	172	–	1
2	Mary	98	↑2	2
3	Brenda	86	↑4	23
4	Julie	83	↓2	14
5	Lori	75	–	19
6	Susan	74	–	5
7	Teresa	68	↓4	24
8	Kimberly	65	↑24	4
9	Wendy	65	↑6	39
10	Angela	63	↑4	10
11	Michelle	63	↓2	18
12	Karen	61	↓1	3
13	Tracy	57	↑22	36
14	Linda	55	↓6	8
15	Cindy	54	↓3	53
16	Laura	50	↑6	17
17	Patricia	50	↑2	6
18	Tammy	50	↓5	11
19	Tina	49	↓9	29
20	Rebecca	48	↑11	41
21	Cynthia	47	↑4	9
22	Nancy	45	↓5	32
23	Pamela	43	↑1	12
24	Barbara	41	↓1	25
25	Donna	40	new	7
26	Paula	40	↑3	49
27	Becky	39	new	>100
28	Christine	39	↑15	21
29	Debbie	39	↑5	62
30	Connie	37	new	61
31	Kelly	37	↓13	30
32	Debra	36	↓16	27
33	Diane	36	↑5	40
34	Sandra	36	↓13	15
35	Janet	33	↓15	55
36	Kim	33	↓8	43
37	Robin	33	↑5	33
38	Amy	31	new	35
39	Carol	31	↑1	42
40	Cheryl	31	↑6	31
41	Denise	31	↓4	28
42	Laurie	31	↓16	60
43	Deborah	30	↑4	13
44	Michele	30	new	48
45	Shannon	30	↓9	>100
46	Annette	29	new	71
47	Dawn	29	new	26
48	Elizabeth	29	new	16
49	Rhonda	29	↓16	37
50	Kathleen	27	–	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	225	↑1	1
2	David	197	↓1	3
3	Robert	172	↑1	5
4	James	166	↑1	4
5	John	162	↓2	2
6	Richard	122	↑2	8
7	Mark	110	–	7
8	Scott	101	↑1	15
9	Todd	101	↑2	30
10	William	101	↑3	6
11	Steven	98	↓1	14
12	Brian	96	–	19
13	Kevin	89	↓7	13
14	Jeffrey	82	–	10
15	Daniel	81	↑4	17
16	Douglas	73	↑9	32
17	Paul	72	↓2	16
18	Kenneth	66	↑3	21
19	Mike	65	↓3	51
20	Darren	60	new	52
21	Charles	59	↑3	20
22	Gary	57	↑1	27
23	Eric	56	↑8	25
24	Thomas	54	↓6	9
25	Joseph	51	↑2	11
26	Ronald	50	↓9	24
27	Gregory	48	↑2	23
28	Randy	48	↑7	42
29	Donald	45	↓7	26
30	Timothy	43	↓10	12
31	Christopher	41	new	18
32	Darin	40	new	>100
33	Jeff	38	↓5	62
34	Rodney	38	–	33
35	Shawn	38	↑4	69
36	Terry	38	↑4	40
37	Alan	36	↑9	59
38	Brent	36	↓8	>100
39	Tony	36	↑4	48
40	Brett	35	↑7	>100
41	Larry	35	↓8	38
42	Matthew	35	new	36
43	Patrick	35	↑7	31
44	Bradley	34	new	72
45	Bryan	32	new	63
46	Jerry	32	↓9	41
47	Dennis	31	new	44
48	Kelly	31	↓10	>100
49	Troy	31	↓23	53
50	Jay	30	new	90

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