Popular baby names in Idaho, 1968

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1968 were Michelle for girls (154 babies) and Michael for boys (228). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,757 babies born in Idaho in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1968

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: 17 babies, 14× the national rate
Shawna: 22 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Becky: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kari: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heidi: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Melanie: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristina: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelli: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Debbie: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Trent: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Shaun: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Shane: 48 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Trevor: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Travis: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Brad: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kelly: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Justin: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wade: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michelle	154	↑1	2
2	Lisa	131	↓1	1
3	Angela	83	↑2	7
4	Lori	72	↑5	22
5	Amy	69	↑9	13
6	Julie	68	↓2	16
7	Tina	68	↑5	18
8	Wendy	67	–	31
9	Kimberly	59	↓6	3
10	Melissa	59	↑13	5
11	Jennifer	57	↑5	4
12	Stephanie	57	↑3	23
13	Teresa	57	↓6	30
14	Mary	56	↓1	6
15	Susan	55	↓9	10
16	Brenda	51	↓5	34
17	Tammy	50	↓7	8
18	Karen	43	↑2	9
19	Elizabeth	42	↑20	17
20	Pamela	42	↓1	20
21	Shannon	42	↑24	53
22	Christine	41	↑5	14
23	Tracy	41	↑2	25
24	Rebecca	39	↑4	33
25	Dawn	38	↑7	21
26	Laura	38	↑9	11
27	Cynthia	37	↓1	19
28	Heather	36	new	62
29	Heidi	35	↓12	89
30	Kim	35	↑6	57
31	Patricia	33	↓10	15
32	Jill	32	↓2	46
33	Barbara	31	↓2	36
34	Deborah	31	↑4	27
35	Michele	31	↑9	29
36	Sandra	31	↑6	26
37	Kelly	30	↓19	12
38	Christina	29	↑12	44
39	Donna	29	new	24
40	Melanie	29	new	94
41	Cindy	28	↓12	67
42	Debra	27	↓18	38
43	Robin	27	new	43
44	Paula	26	new	45
45	Tonya	26	new	60
46	Becky	25	new	>100
47	Linda	25	↓25	28
48	Andrea	24	↓1	48
49	Holly	24	↓15	>100
50	Shelly	24	↓13	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	228	–	1
2	David	216	–	2
3	James	180	↑2	4
4	Robert	166	↓1	5
5	John	163	↓1	3
6	Scott	127	↑3	14
7	Brian	104	–	10
8	William	103	↑6	6
9	Steven	100	↓1	15
10	Mark	98	↑1	7
11	Todd	87	↑4	28
12	Jeffrey	85	↓2	11
13	Richard	84	↓7	8
14	Eric	83	↑3	22
15	Daniel	80	↑5	18
16	Paul	72	↓3	19
17	Kevin	71	↓5	17
18	Douglas	68	↑1	33
19	Christopher	63	↑8	9
20	Timothy	63	↑1	13
21	Matthew	60	↑18	24
22	Kenneth	58	–	23
23	Ronald	57	↓7	25
24	Thomas	55	–	12
25	Joseph	54	↑5	16
26	Gregory	49	↑3	26
27	Troy	49	↓9	40
28	Shane	48	↑4	>100
29	Kelly	45	↑16	97
30	Donald	44	↑5	29
31	Charles	43	↓8	20
32	Gary	43	↓7	32
33	Jerry	42	new	44
34	Bryan	40	↓1	51
35	Jason	40	↑7	47
36	Patrick	39	↓8	30
37	Larry	38	new	38
38	Shawn	38	↓12	43
39	Anthony	34	↓8	21
40	Sean	33	new	37
41	Travis	33	new	>100
42	Craig	31	↓8	41
43	Darren	31	↓5	60
44	Jeff	31	↓7	90
45	Mike	30	↓5	93
46	Tony	30	new	52
47	Andrew	28	new	34
48	Brett	28	↓1	>100
49	Jeffery	28	–	46
50	Russell	28	–	56

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