State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,567 Idaho births in 1972 across 481 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#26Shawna#174 nationally
#54Jared#187 nationally
#82Camilleoutside the national top 200
#87Bryceoutside the national top 200
#88Codyoutside the national top 200
#92Tamioutside the national top 200
#92Wadeoutside the national top 200
#68Nikki#173 nationally
#78Trina#183 nationally
#96Kerioutside the national top 200
#97Darinoutside the national top 200
#45Nichole#146 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer279US #1
#2Heather126US #9
#3Angela120US #6
#4Michelle115US #2
#5Amy109US #5
#6Lisa98US #3
#7Kimberly91US #4
#8Nicole72US #10
#9Stephanie72US #8
#10Melissa66US #7
#11Julie63US #12
#12Heidi60US #64
#13Shannon60US #22
#14Tina58US #18
#15Wendy52US #29
#16Rebecca49US #14
#17Melanie48US #42
#18Teresa47US #39
#19Brenda44US #44
#20Mary42US #13
#21Tammy39US #11
#22Karen38US #21
#23Andrea37US #30
#24Christina37US #26
#25Cynthia37US #25
#26Shawna35US #174
#27Dawn34US #20
#28Tara34US #38
#29Jill33US #62
#30Christine32US #16
#31Tracy32US #19
#32Lori31US #28
#33Sandra31US #31
#34Patricia30US #27
#35Laura29US #17
#36Rachel29US #40
#37Susan29US #24
#38Tamara28US #84
#39Deborah27US #43
#40Elizabeth27US #15
#41Holly27US #71
#42Kristi27US #102
#43Maria27US #32
#44Crystal26US #59
#45Nichole26US #146
#46Stacy26US #33
#47Shelly25US #94
#48Carrie24US #53
#49Dana24US #52
#50Jenny24US #119
#51Sarah24US #49
#52Debra23US #66
#53Jessica23US #46
#54Tonya23US #37
#55Denise22US #35
#56Kristin22US #67
#57Misty22US #125
#58Stacey22US #41
#59April21US #48
#60Brandy21US #140
#61Pamela21US #34
#62Robin21US #55
#63Valerie21US #100
#64Amanda20US #76
#65Erin20US #93
#66Jodi20US #97
#67Michele20US #36
#68Nikki20US #173
#69Sheila20US #90
#70Tanya20US #54
#71Amber19US #161
#72Brandi19US #141
#73Danielle19US #73
#74Leslie19US #75
#75Linda19US #51
#76Monica19US #47
#77Kristina18US #112
#78Trina18US #183
#79Ann16US #91
#80Anna16US #86
#81Becky16US #165
#82Camille16
#83Cindy16US #80
#84Diana16US #83
#85Jamie16US #114
#86Kristine16US #127
#87Nancy16US #63
#88Tiffany16US #61
#89Barbara15US #58
#90Kathleen15US #57
#91Kelly15US #23
#92Tami15
#93Deanna14US #107
#94Donna14US #45
#95Kathy14US #108
#96Keri14
#97Paula14US #72
#98Stacie14US #159
#99Alicia13US #96
#100Angel13US #145

Boys

#1Jason249US #7
#2Michael224US #1
#3David189US #4
#4Robert161US #6
#5Christopher154US #2
#6James143US #3
#7John140US #5
#8Brian134US #8
#9Eric117US #16
#10Matthew111US #10
#11Scott106US #11
#12Ryan104US #39
#13Richard92US #14
#14Travis90US #57
#15William88US #9
#16Steven86US #19
#17Mark85US #18
#18Justin83US #60
#19Chad81US #25
#20Jeffrey79US #17
#21Daniel77US #15
#22Kevin75US #13
#23Shane75US #55
#24Paul72US #24
#25Shawn63US #28
#26Joseph60US #12
#27Jeremy59US #42
#28Thomas58US #20
#29Timothy54US #21
#30Gregory52US #26
#31Aaron51US #40
#32Todd50US #31
#33Troy46US #49
#34Anthony42US #22
#35Patrick42US #35
#36Nathan41US #79
#37Brandon39US #63
#38Brett38US #80
#39Charles37US #23
#40Kenneth35US #27
#41Jonathan34US #37
#42Douglas33US #43
#43Gary33US #41
#44Andrew32US #30
#45Craig32US #46
#46Bryan30US #45
#47Kelly30US #140
#48Randy30US #70
#49Ronald30US #32
#50Benjamin29US #64
#51Cory29US #136
#52Brent27US #77
#53Tony27US #68
#54Jared26US #187
#55Sean26US #33
#56Stephen26US #29
#57Joshua25US #59
#58Larry24US #47
#59Samuel24US #66
#60Dennis23US #52
#61Jacob23US #155
#62Lance23US #126
#63Raymond23US #54
#64Adam22US #51
#65Alan22US #110
#66Corey22US #95
#67Dustin22US #165
#68Jeffery22US #58
#69Clinton21US #169
#70Donald21US #36
#71Keith21US #38
#72Jerry20US #53
#73Jon20US #89
#74Russell20US #69
#75Chris19US #82
#76Jeff19US #167
#77Jesse19US #88
#78Jose19US #50
#79Tracy19US #111
#80Darren18US #106
#81Dean18US #156
#82Derek18US #67
#83Joel18US #78
#84Kyle18US #113
#85Rodney18US #65
#86Bradley17US #61
#87Bryce17
#88Cody17
#89Edward17US #34
#90Jay17US #115
#91Joe17US #100
#92Wade17
#93Billy16US #81
#94Brad16US #149
#95Erik16US #86
#96Juan16US #73
#97Darin15
#98George15US #44
#99Terry15US #62
#100Jamie14US #72

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑50Kristi#42
↑48Nichole#45
↑36Joshua#57
↑36Raymond#63
↑32Amanda#64
↑31Patricia#34
↑30Rachel#36
↑22Tony#53

Falling

↓53Tiffany#88
↓44Cindy#83
↓40Bradley#86
↓32Brandi#72
↓31Russell#74
↓29Donald#70
↓28Nancy#87
↓26Kristina#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.