State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,976 Idaho births in 1970 across 488 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Idaho more than they say America.

#54Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#61Camilleoutside the national top 200
#62Janaoutside the national top 200
#68Tamioutside the national top 200
#74Dustinoutside the national top 200
#77Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#73Darin#188 nationally
#60Trina#172 nationally
#90Codyoutside the national top 200
#91Jaredoutside the national top 200
#92Kentoutside the national top 200
#95Trentoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer141US #1
#2Angela125US #6
#3Lisa119US #2
#4Michelle111US #4
#5Kimberly102US #3
#6Amy101US #5
#7Heather73US #19
#8Wendy72US #28
#9Stephanie69US #17
#10Lori63US #23
#11Teresa63US #34
#12Melissa59US #7
#13Tina57US #21
#14Julie55US #11
#15Shannon53US #22
#16Christine49US #14
#17Laura48US #13
#18Heidi47US #81
#19Brenda46US #40
#20Mary46US #9
#21Rebecca46US #29
#22Dawn43US #16
#23Cindy42US #72
#24Susan42US #15
#25Tammy41US #8
#26Tracy41US #10
#27Christina40US #35
#28Elizabeth38US #18
#29Tamara38US #79
#30Kelly36US #20
#31Pamela35US #26
#32Jill34US #52
#33Karen34US #12
#34Andrea33US #43
#35Patricia32US #24
#36Linda31US #38
#37Sandra31US #27
#38Nicole30US #30
#39Paula29US #57
#40Holly28US #74
#41Debra27US #47
#42Diane27US #70
#43Maria27US #39
#44Stacey27US #48
#45Denise26US #36
#46Kim26US #78
#47Melanie26US #91
#48Cheryl25US #44
#49Michele25US #31
#50Stacy25US #42
#51Barbara24US #41
#52Leslie24US #64
#53Jody23US #153
#54Shawna23
#55Shelly23US #103
#56Tiffany23US #99
#57Catherine22US #59
#58Jodi22US #95
#59Rhonda22US #46
#60Trina22US #172
#61Camille21
#62Jana21
#63Kathy21US #77
#64Carrie20US #73
#65Gina20US #61
#66Kristi20US #123
#67Sarah20US #65
#68Tami20
#69Toni20US #156
#70Vicki20US #134
#71Victoria20US #85
#72Becky19US #161
#73Deborah19US #33
#74Kristine19US #109
#75Laurie19US #88
#76Rachel19US #58
#77Shauna19
#78Sherry19US #60
#79Tonya19US #49
#80Traci19US #100
#81April18US #82
#82Christy18US #105
#83Connie18US #116
#84Donna18US #32
#85Jamie18US #120
#86Katrina18US #151
#87Kristen18US #83
#88Carol17US #71
#89Colleen17US #117
#90Cynthia17US #25
#91Monica17US #56
#92Nancy17US #50
#93Sara17US #126
#94Tara17US #69
#95Tracie17US #147
#96Cheri16
#97Crystal16US #101
#98Danielle16US #114
#99Jessica16US #98
#100Kelli16US #115

Boys

#1Michael264US #1
#2David215US #3
#3Robert212US #5
#4Jason170US #13
#5James169US #2
#6John162US #4
#7Scott135US #12
#8Brian132US #8
#9Mark122US #9
#10Steven119US #15
#11Richard113US #10
#12Eric100US #18
#13Christopher99US #6
#14William97US #7
#15Daniel92US #19
#16Jeffrey87US #11
#17Matthew75US #24
#18Travis74US #69
#19Shane73US #64
#20Todd72US #28
#21Troy68US #41
#22Shawn66US #34
#23Kevin64US #14
#24Paul63US #23
#25Timothy63US #20
#26Gregory61US #26
#27Joseph60US #16
#28Brett53US #99
#29Thomas52US #17
#30Douglas50US #36
#31Kenneth50US #25
#32Charles49US #21
#33Ronald47US #29
#34Lance44US #76
#35Gary43US #35
#36Kelly42US #135
#37Aaron41US #52
#38Brent41US #74
#39Chad41US #51
#40Craig40US #39
#41Justin40US #138
#42Andrew38US #32
#43Donald37US #30
#44Patrick36US #33
#45Anthony34US #22
#46Jerry34US #45
#47Bradley33US #47
#48Russell33US #58
#49Ryan32US #140
#50Jonathan31US #42
#51Tony31US #57
#52Brad30US #139
#53Jeffery30US #50
#54Larry30US #43
#55Terry30US #54
#56Jeremy29US #70
#57Jeff28US #116
#58Randy28US #59
#59Stephen28US #27
#60Cory27US #164
#61Bryan26US #53
#62Kyle26US #120
#63Keith25US #38
#64Sean25US #37
#65Corey24US #84
#66Dennis24US #46
#67Alan23US #91
#68Brandon23US #131
#69Dale23US #110
#70Erik23US #101
#71Jon23US #68
#72Wayne23US #80
#73Darin22US #188
#74Dustin22
#75Edward22US #31
#76George22US #40
#77Roger22US #61
#78Darren21US #75
#79Nathan21US #130
#80Steve21US #114
#81Bruce20US #94
#82Chris20US #63
#83Curtis20US #88
#84Joe20US #90
#85Rodney20US #55
#86Clinton18US #175
#87Greg18US #154
#88Joel18US #82
#89Mike17US #136
#90Cody16
#91Jared16
#92Kent16
#93Lee16US #118
#94Marc16US #60
#95Trent16
#96Danny15US #85
#97Phillip15US #73
#98Randall15US #100
#99Raymond15US #49
#100Carl14US #66

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑43Diane#42
↑43Melanie#47
↑37Kyle#62
↑32Tiffany#56
↑32Kristi#66
↑32Brad#52
↑31Carrie#64
↑31Brett#28

Falling

↓66Cynthia#90
↓48Mike#89
↓42Deborah#73
↓41Tonya#79
↓41Nancy#92
↓34Monica#91
↓31Becky#72
↓28Darren#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.