State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,786 Idaho births in 1973 across 475 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#72Wade#198 nationally
#75Camilleoutside the national top 200
#33Jared#155 nationally
#83Codyoutside the national top 200
#86Rickoutside the national top 200
#88Trevoroutside the national top 200
#89Billoutside the national top 200
#92Angieoutside the national top 200
#76Casey#183 nationally
#47Dustin#153 nationally
#78Penny#184 nationally
#96Janaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer306US #1
#2Amy139US #2
#3Heather116US #8
#4Angela112US #7
#5Michelle110US #3
#6Rebecca100US #10
#7Stephanie87US #9
#8Lisa83US #5
#9Kimberly77US #4
#10Melissa76US #6
#11Heidi74US #65
#12Nicole64US #11
#13Julie52US #12
#14Shannon49US #22
#15Brandi42US #109
#16Christina42US #16
#17Lori42US #28
#18Rachel42US #42
#19Brandy40US #82
#20Sarah40US #35
#21Dawn39US #21
#22Melanie39US #43
#23Misty39US #90
#24Wendy39US #29
#25Andrea37US #30
#26Elizabeth37US #13
#27Laura37US #19
#28Tina37US #24
#29April36US #33
#30Mary35US #14
#31Susan35US #25
#32Tara35US #37
#33Teresa34US #45
#34Kristina33US #97
#35Christine31US #17
#36Jessica31US #34
#37Tammy31US #15
#38Cynthia30US #26
#39Tracy30US #20
#40Brenda29US #53
#41Crystal29US #48
#42Maria29US #31
#43Stacy29US #32
#44Carrie28US #46
#45Holly28US #54
#46Tamara27US #66
#47Debra26US #84
#48Jill25US #62
#49Jodi25US #100
#50Kelly24US #18
#51Michele24US #44
#52Monica24US #40
#53Tanya24US #50
#54Tiffany24US #52
#55Danielle23US #49
#56Patricia23US #27
#57Melinda22US #72
#58Shelly22US #104
#59Stacey22US #41
#60Tonya22US #36
#61Kristin21US #78
#62Amanda20US #51
#63Jenny20US #139
#64Karen20US #23
#65Anna19US #86
#66Christy19US #73
#67Kristen19US #58
#68Pamela19US #47
#69Sandra19US #39
#70Becky18US #170
#71Erin18US #79
#72Jamie18US #103
#73Barbara17US #63
#74Robin17US #60
#75Camille16
#76Cheryl16US #74
#77Kathryn16US #107
#78Penny16US #184
#79Sara16US #89
#80Stacie16US #150
#81Valerie16US #96
#82Alicia15US #91
#83Annette15US #171
#84Cindy15US #92
#85Diana15US #85
#86Erika15US #132
#87Katherine15US #64
#88Kristi15US #108
#89Nichole15US #160
#90Shawna15US #188
#91Sheila15US #101
#92Angie14
#93Ann14US #93
#94Connie14US #144
#95Deborah14US #56
#96Jana14
#97Keri14
#98Leslie14US #75
#99Linda14US #61
#100Rhonda14US #70

Boys

#1Jason268US #3
#2Michael264US #1
#3David178US #5
#4Robert174US #7
#5Brian153US #8
#6James148US #4
#7Christopher144US #2
#8Ryan135US #30
#9John123US #6
#10Matthew117US #10
#11Travis113US #53
#12Eric104US #13
#13Scott90US #18
#14Chad88US #25
#15Justin87US #51
#16William85US #9
#17Daniel83US #11
#18Jeremy82US #33
#19Steven82US #20
#20Kevin81US #14
#21Jeffrey78US #17
#22Shane75US #54
#23Richard73US #16
#24Shawn72US #27
#25Mark67US #15
#26Brandon65US #58
#27Joseph60US #12
#28Aaron59US #34
#29Nathan54US #63
#30Joshua53US #42
#31Kenneth50US #28
#32Timothy50US #22
#33Jared47US #155
#34Paul45US #24
#35Jonathan44US #31
#36Charles41US #23
#37Thomas41US #19
#38Andrew40US #29
#39Douglas39US #47
#40Gary38US #44
#41Todd37US #35
#42Benjamin36US #55
#43Bryan36US #43
#44Gregory36US #26
#45Troy36US #59
#46Brett33US #88
#47Dustin33US #153
#48Donald32US #38
#49Anthony31US #21
#50Adam30US #45
#51Jerry29US #57
#52Kelly28US #147
#53Patrick28US #37
#54Chris27US #96
#55Jacob27US #122
#56Brent26US #80
#57Jesse26US #75
#58Sean26US #36
#59Bradley24US #62
#60Keith24US #41
#61Lance24US #148
#62Jon23US #94
#63Craig22US #48
#64Randy22US #79
#65Corey21US #89
#66Edward21US #39
#67Jose21US #49
#68Stephen21US #32
#69Clinton20US #161
#70Ronald20US #40
#71Tracy20US #126
#72Wade20US #198
#73Dennis19US #56
#74Jeffery19US #64
#75Joel19US #73
#76Casey18US #183
#77Cory18US #128
#78Russell18US #77
#79Samuel18US #66
#80Alan17US #115
#81Carl17US #90
#82Terry17US #65
#83Cody16
#84Larry16US #50
#85Peter16US #52
#86Rick16
#87Tony16US #78
#88Trevor16
#89Bill15
#90Kyle15US #110
#91Marc15US #81
#92Phillip15US #71
#93Dean14US #168
#94Erik14US #86
#95Rodney14US #68
#96Brad13US #137
#97Christian13US #97
#98Curtis13US #98
#99Danny13US #83
#100Darren13US #113

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑57Brandi#15
↑43Kristina#34
↑41Brandy#19
↑41Kelly#50
↑34Misty#23
↑34Tiffany#54
↑31Sarah#20
↑30April#29

Falling

↓64Shawna#90
↓56Deborah#95
↓46Kristi#88
↓44Nichole#89
↓42Karen#64
↓36Sandra#69
↓34Tony#87
↓26Cory#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.