Popular baby names in Idaho, 1966

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1966 were Lisa for girls (187 babies) and Michael for boys (218). Social Security records list 9,723 babies born in Idaho in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1966

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: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Shawna: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Kari: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shannon: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Becky: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ronda: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelli: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Traci: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristen: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 31 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Wade: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darin: 43 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Brett: 41 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kelly: 44 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brad: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Travis: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ryan: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brent: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mike: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	187	–	1
2	Michelle	116	↑9	4
3	Julie	102	↑1	13
4	Kimberly	83	↑4	2
5	Brenda	80	↓2	25
6	Angela	76	↑4	9
7	Mary	66	↓5	3
8	Teresa	64	↓1	29
9	Lori	62	↓4	21
10	Susan	62	↓4	6
11	Karen	57	↑1	5
12	Wendy	56	↓3	41
13	Linda	52	↑1	18
14	Tammy	52	↑4	8
15	Amy	50	↑23	30
16	Cindy	49	↓1	56
17	Deborah	45	↑26	14
18	Sandra	45	↑16	17
19	Cynthia	43	↑2	11
20	Debra	43	↑12	35
21	Nancy	42	↑1	33
22	Laura	41	↓6	19
23	Tina	41	↓4	23
24	Denise	40	↑17	32
25	Jennifer	40	new	10
26	Shannon	38	↑19	>100
27	Tracy	38	↓14	31
28	Patricia	37	↓11	7
29	Elizabeth	35	↑19	16
30	Kim	35	↑6	43
31	Stephanie	35	new	38
32	Barbara	34	↓8	27
33	Pamela	34	↓10	15
34	Rebecca	34	↓14	40
35	Christine	32	↓7	20
36	Donna	32	↓11	12
37	Heidi	32	new	87
38	Kelly	32	↓7	26
39	Melissa	32	new	22
40	Connie	31	↓10	70
41	Dawn	30	↑6	24
42	Shelly	30	new	89
43	Tamara	29	new	98
44	Janet	28	↓9	57
45	Kathy	28	new	59
46	Rhonda	28	↑3	39
47	Robin	28	↓10	42
48	Terri	28	new	72
49	Jill	27	new	49
50	Cheryl	26	↓10	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	218	–	1
2	David	213	–	2
3	Robert	181	–	5
4	James	167	–	3
5	John	158	–	4
6	Mark	117	↑1	7
7	Richard	113	↓1	8
8	Kevin	103	↑5	17
9	Scott	103	↓1	16
10	William	94	–	6
11	Brian	84	↑1	14
12	Steven	84	↓1	13
13	Todd	83	↓4	29
14	Jeffrey	82	–	9
15	Daniel	78	–	19
16	Douglas	74	–	33
17	Eric	74	↑6	25
18	Paul	74	↓1	18
19	Timothy	70	↑11	11
20	Thomas	65	↑4	10
21	Troy	64	↑28	48
22	Gary	63	–	28
23	Kenneth	59	↓5	21
24	Donald	49	↑5	27
25	Joseph	48	–	15
26	Mike	46	↓7	69
27	Ronald	45	↓1	24
28	Kelly	44	↑20	>100
29	Darin	43	↑3	>100
30	Darren	43	↓10	63
31	Shawn	43	↑4	54
32	Rodney	42	↑2	35
33	Brett	41	↑7	>100
34	Jerry	40	↑12	41
35	Randy	40	↓7	45
36	Anthony	39	new	22
37	Dennis	37	↑10	44
38	Christopher	36	↓7	12
39	Patrick	36	↑4	31
40	Terry	36	↓4	40
41	Charles	35	↓20	20
42	Brent	34	↓4	>100
43	Craig	34	new	46
44	Tony	34	↓5	49
45	Gregory	33	↓18	23
46	Bradley	32	↓2	68
47	Jeffery	31	new	42
48	Shane	31	new	>100
49	Chris	30	new	55
50	Larry	30	↓9	38

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