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Baby names in Idaho, 1950s

1950–1959 · 135,890 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Idaho across the 1950s, with 3,079 births in the decade. The state recorded 135,890 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Idaho in the 1950s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Shawna9021×
Shauna9912×
Garth7110×
Val86
Brent477
Layne46
Chad68
Shane96

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael3,079
#2David2,963
#3Robert2,658
#4John2,354
#5James2,271
#6Steven2,102
#7Richard1,995
#8Linda1,978
#9Debra1,805
#10Susan1,784
#11William1,711
#12Mary1,646
#13Gary1,476
#14Mark1,425
#15Karen1,250
#16Thomas1,229
#17Patricia1,213
#18Ronald1,138
#19Douglas1,110
#20Terry1,098
#21Randy1,088
#22Larry1,066
#23Sandra1,015
#24Pamela999
#25Barbara995

Other decades in Idaho

All Idaho names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org