Baby names in Idaho in the 1950s
In Idaho in the 1950s the most given names were Michael (3,079 boys) and Linda (1,978 girls), of 135,806 births recorded.
Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.
Idaho, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.
The top names in Idaho, 1950s
Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.
The names most over-represented in Idaho in the 1950s
Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).
Girls
Boys
Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1950-1959.
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