State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,658 Idaho births in 1978 across 579 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#78Spenceroutside the national top 200
#52Mindy#170 nationally
#85Tysonoutside the national top 200
#87Janaoutside the national top 200
#88Bryceoutside the national top 200
#89Cameronoutside the national top 200
#41Cody#152 nationally
#91Levioutside the national top 200
#93Laceyoutside the national top 200
#73Kelly#180 nationally
#98Camilleoutside the national top 200
#100Jamioutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer334US #1
#2Jessica162US #3
#3Melissa155US #2
#4Sarah153US #8
#5Amy148US #4
#6Heather143US #5
#7Angela142US #7
#8Amanda132US #6
#9Michelle97US #9
#10Lisa94US #11
#11Amber93US #30
#12Stephanie93US #16
#13Jamie92US #20
#14Rebecca91US #17
#15Kimberly90US #13
#16Sara83US #28
#17Nicole75US #10
#18Andrea73US #23
#19Christina72US #15
#20Crystal69US #18
#21Emily69US #33
#22Rachel69US #25
#23Heidi64US #83
#24Elizabeth60US #14
#25Erin57US #21
#26Julie55US #26
#27Katie54US #90
#28Megan52US #41
#29Melanie52US #54
#30Anna49US #65
#31Laura48US #19
#32Shannon48US #22
#33April46US #27
#34Danielle46US #31
#35Brandy43US #37
#36Carrie43US #35
#37Misty43US #43
#38Kelly42US #12
#39Mary42US #24
#40Mandy41US #96
#41Jill40US #46
#42Holly38US #55
#43Tara38US #40
#44Wendy38US #56
#45Kathryn36US #57
#46Tiffany35US #32
#47Maria34US #36
#48Erica31US #34
#49Katherine30US #38
#50Natalie30US #66
#51Kristina29US #64
#52Mindy29US #170
#53Christine28US #29
#54Karen28US #39
#55Leslie28US #63
#56Brandi27US #61
#57Jenny27US #111
#58Kelli27US #124
#59Alicia26US #58
#60Kari26US #137
#61Tracy26US #47
#62Dawn25US #52
#63Kristi25US #98
#64Stacey25US #53
#65Jodi24US #128
#66Kara24US #127
#67Monica24US #42
#68Nichole24US #116
#69Stacy24US #44
#70Melinda23US #84
#71Susan23US #49
#72Aimee22US #144
#73Cynthia22US #50
#74Krista22US #156
#75Kristy21US #51
#76Lori21US #60
#77Summer21US #143
#78Christy20US #59
#79Jaime20US #70
#80Lindsay20US #95
#81Stacie20US #177
#82Brenda19US #103
#83Leah19US #108
#84Patricia19US #48
#85Tamara19US #105
#86Barbara18US #113
#87Jana18
#88Molly18US #142
#89Sandra18US #69
#90Teresa18US #88
#91Cindy17US #134
#92Katrina17US #122
#93Lacey17
#94Michele17US #86
#95Suzanne17US #117
#96Valerie17US #92
#97Brooke16US #115
#98Camille16
#99Dana16US #71
#100Jami16

Boys

#1Michael294US #1
#2Jason270US #2
#3Joshua207US #12
#4Christopher202US #3
#5Ryan199US #14
#6Matthew185US #6
#7James180US #5
#8David178US #4
#9Jeremy157US #18
#10Robert155US #8
#11Daniel147US #11
#12Justin140US #28
#13John138US #7
#14Brian137US #9
#15Nathan116US #36
#16Benjamin112US #34
#17Brandon108US #40
#18Scott108US #30
#19Aaron107US #32
#20Andrew103US #22
#21Jared103US #72
#22Joseph97US #10
#23Nicholas96US #25
#24Timothy94US #17
#25Jeffrey93US #19
#26Travis93US #46
#27William93US #13
#28Jacob92US #50
#29Steven86US #24
#30Richard85US #21
#31Eric81US #16
#32Adam77US #29
#33Chad75US #35
#34Kevin75US #15
#35Jonathan72US #31
#36Paul70US #33
#37Dustin68US #68
#38Shawn65US #39
#39Thomas63US #23
#40Mark61US #26
#41Cody58US #152
#42Samuel48US #57
#43Anthony47US #20
#44Bradley47US #53
#45Casey47US #92
#46Sean47US #45
#47Jesse45US #51
#48Charles43US #27
#49Kyle43US #63
#50Tyler43US #150
#51Shane42US #65
#52Bryan40US #43
#53Douglas40US #59
#54Cory39US #73
#55Gregory39US #38
#56Patrick38US #42
#57Todd38US #56
#58Shaun37US #52
#59Donald36US #48
#60Kenneth34US #41
#61Troy33US #88
#62Russell31US #93
#63Seth31US #106
#64Stephen31US #37
#65Gary30US #60
#66Brent29US #87
#67Curtis28US #96
#68Zachary28US #89
#69Phillip27US #67
#70Derek26US #75
#71Jose26US #44
#72Brett25US #112
#73Kelly25US #180
#74Wesley25US #83
#75Corey24US #61
#76Jeffery24US #80
#77Juan24US #62
#78Spencer24
#79Jeremiah23US #81
#80Lucas23US #136
#81Craig22US #66
#82Kristopher22US #104
#83Trevor22US #169
#84Randy21US #86
#85Tyson21
#86Clinton20US #148
#87Ronald20US #55
#88Bryce19
#89Cameron19
#90Keith19US #49
#91Levi19
#92Nathaniel19US #94
#93Peter19US #54
#94Lance18US #134
#95Larry18US #64
#96Gabriel17US #90
#97Carl16US #100
#98Erik16US #85
#99Isaac16US #167
#100Joel16US #74

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑45Kathryn#45
↑38Samuel#42
↑33Stacey#64
↑32Anna#30
↑29Kristi#63
↑27April#33
↑26Nichole#68
↑26Nicholas#23

Falling

↓44Brooke#97
↓40Jeremiah#79
↓35Jaime#79
↓34Teresa#90
↓29Molly#88
↓27Camille#98
↓25Joel#100
↓22Craig#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.