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Baby names in Idaho, 1960s

1960–1969 · 112,595 recorded births

David was the most common name given in Idaho across the 1960s, with 2,384 births in the decade. The state recorded 112,595 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Idaho in the 1960s

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
Layne5912×
Shauna14611×
Shawna181
Shane320
Tawna11
Jared59
Bryce51
Monte109

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1David2,384
#2Michael2,319
#3Robert1,922
#4John1,799
#5James1,690
#6Lisa1,531
#7Mark1,388
#8Richard1,219
#9Scott1,192
#10Steven1,151
#11Kevin1,140
#12William1,025
#13Lori1,014
#14Brian1,009
#15Julie975
#16Todd905
#17Kelly896
#18Susan883
#19Teresa872
#20Jeffrey867
#21Michelle865
#22Mary843
#23Brenda826
#24Douglas761
#25Daniel749

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