State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,325 Idaho births in 1979 across 569 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#63Laceyoutside the national top 200
#73Spenceroutside the national top 200
#76Kelly#200 nationally
#79Levioutside the national top 200
#84Hilaryoutside the national top 200
#84Tysonoutside the national top 200
#88Jakeoutside the national top 200
#69Autumn#180 nationally
#37Cody#147 nationally
#92Janaoutside the national top 200
#92Bryceoutside the national top 200
#94Stacieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer293US #1
#2Amanda176US #3
#3Melissa176US #2
#4Heather157US #7
#5Sarah156US #6
#6Jessica127US #4
#7Angela123US #8
#8Amber122US #22
#9Amy119US #5
#10Stephanie114US #15
#11Rebecca112US #17
#12Jamie106US #19
#13Lisa103US #13
#14Nicole100US #9
#15Michelle99US #10
#16Kimberly93US #12
#17Christina71US #14
#18Crystal71US #18
#19Julie69US #29
#20Andrea68US #26
#21Katie67US #63
#22Elizabeth63US #11
#23Sara63US #30
#24Heidi61US #83
#25Emily60US #34
#26Laura57US #20
#27Shannon57US #25
#28April56US #23
#29Kelly55US #16
#30Brooke54US #85
#31Rachel54US #27
#32Erin53US #21
#33Megan53US #31
#34Tiffany53US #28
#35Mary49US #24
#36Misty49US #42
#37Tara48US #38
#38Mindy46US #81
#39Holly45US #48
#40Carrie44US #41
#41Jill41US #52
#42Brandy40US #39
#43Brandi39US #61
#44Katherine39US #36
#45Jenny38US #120
#46Natalie38US #68
#47Danielle37US #33
#48Maria37US #37
#49Mandy34US #116
#50Melanie34US #53
#51Wendy34US #64
#52Anna31US #59
#53Kristi31US #109
#54Lindsay29US #88
#55Alicia28US #47
#56Kathryn28US #50
#57Kristy28US #56
#58Monica28US #40
#59Erica27US #32
#60Karen27US #46
#61Krista27US #130
#62Kristina27US #74
#63Lacey27
#64Stacy27US #43
#65Cynthia25US #55
#66Samantha25US #66
#67Lori24US #69
#68Nichole24US #103
#69Autumn23US #180
#70Christine23US #35
#71Courtney23US #71
#72Kristin23US #73
#73Lindsey23US #113
#74Susan23US #51
#75Sandra22US #77
#76Tina22US #58
#77Christy21US #72
#78Kelli21US #129
#79Leslie21US #65
#80Ann20US #126
#81Ashley20US #67
#82Alison19US #102
#83Bethany19US #135
#84Hilary19
#85Kara19US #125
#86Kari19US #151
#87Melinda19US #82
#88Patricia19US #44
#89Teresa19US #87
#90Vanessa19US #75
#91Candice18US #128
#92Jana18
#93Kristen18US #62
#94Stacie18
#95Casey17US #144
#96Cassandra17US #146
#97Jaime17US #97
#98Katrina17US #99
#99Molly17US #139
#100Summer17US #150

Boys

#1Michael280US #1
#2Joshua240US #9
#3Jason230US #3
#4Ryan205US #14
#5David203US #4
#6Christopher194US #2
#7Matthew194US #6
#8Jeremy167US #16
#9James163US #5
#10Nicholas162US #15
#11Robert156US #8
#12John150US #7
#13Daniel143US #12
#14Justin137US #22
#15Benjamin135US #33
#16Jacob130US #45
#17Travis127US #36
#18Joseph123US #11
#19Eric120US #17
#20Andrew118US #20
#21Brian118US #10
#22Timothy117US #18
#23Nathan111US #37
#24Brandon103US #35
#25Steven103US #27
#26William103US #13
#27Jeffrey100US #24
#28Scott98US #29
#29Adam97US #23
#30Aaron89US #32
#31Kevin85US #19
#32Jared81US #65
#33Richard81US #25
#34Chad77US #38
#35Dustin77US #62
#36Thomas74US #26
#37Cody68US #147
#38Jonathan67US #31
#39Tyler67US #131
#40Jesse65US #50
#41Mark61US #30
#42Bradley59US #47
#43Paul58US #34
#44Anthony54US #21
#45Shawn54US #43
#46Shane53US #67
#47Casey49US #93
#48Zachary49US #74
#49Charles46US #28
#50Douglas45US #58
#51Samuel45US #55
#52Kenneth43US #41
#53Kyle43US #56
#54Cory41US #82
#55Bryan39US #46
#56Luke38US #110
#57Sean38US #49
#58Stephen38US #40
#59Todd38US #60
#60Patrick36US #39
#61Lucas35US #108
#62Shaun35US #64
#63Troy34US #99
#64Seth33US #101
#65Jose32US #44
#66Brent31US #84
#67Donald31US #51
#68Gregory31US #42
#69Clinton30US #146
#70Trevor29US #153
#71Brett28US #98
#72Gary28US #59
#73Spencer28
#74Derek27US #72
#75Jeremiah27US #81
#76Kelly27US #200
#77Phillip27US #68
#78Joel26US #71
#79Levi25
#80Russell24US #92
#81Erik23US #66
#82Peter23US #53
#83Randy23US #86
#84Tyson23
#85Kristopher22US #114
#86Nathaniel22US #95
#87Craig21US #77
#88Jake21
#89Dennis20US #75
#90Jeffery20US #87
#91Raymond20US #70
#92Bryce19
#93Curtis19US #91
#94Jordan19US #168
#95Brad18US #115
#96Cameron18
#97Gabriel18US #90
#98Isaac18US #151
#99Keith18US #52
#100Larry18US #69

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑67Brooke#30
↑30Lacey#63
↑26Lindsay#54
↑22Joel#78
↑20Zachary#48
↑19Lucas#61
↑18Kristy#57
↑17Clinton#69

Falling

↓26Kari#86
↓26Curtis#93
↓24Leslie#79
↓23Summer#100
↓22Anna#52
↓21Melanie#50
↓20Kelli#78
↓19Kara#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.