State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,041 Idaho births in 1981 across 567 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#54Tysonoutside the national top 200
#78Camilleoutside the national top 200
#83Beckyoutside the national top 200
#66Levi#182 nationally
#85Cassieoutside the national top 200
#85Bryceoutside the national top 200
#81Lacey#194 nationally
#92Jakeoutside the national top 200
#94Ashleeoutside the national top 200
#94Brockoutside the national top 200
#97Kellyoutside the national top 200
#99Loganoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer281US #1
#2Jessica198US #2
#3Sarah194US #4
#4Amanda182US #3
#5Melissa156US #5
#6Amber150US #20
#7Heather112US #10
#8Stephanie109US #8
#9Amy106US #6
#10Rebecca106US #12
#11Nicole98US #7
#12Katie89US #44
#13Emily87US #29
#14Angela86US #15
#15Michelle81US #11
#16Tiffany78US #14
#17Christina77US #17
#18Crystal77US #16
#19Sara75US #26
#20Jamie74US #28
#21Kimberly70US #13
#22Lisa69US #18
#23Elizabeth68US #9
#24Megan66US #33
#25Andrea65US #24
#26Erin64US #19
#27Rachel64US #22
#28Tara61US #45
#29Heidi56US #84
#30April50US #25
#31Brooke50US #52
#32Misty50US #61
#33Kristin47US #31
#34Mary47US #27
#35Ashley44US #34
#36Danielle44US #30
#37Alicia43US #46
#38Laura43US #21
#39Melanie43US #66
#40Julie42US #37
#41Shannon41US #32
#42Lindsey39US #58
#43Anna38US #54
#44Brandi38US #50
#45Lindsay36US #47
#46Kristen35US #38
#47Natalie34US #60
#48Brandy32US #41
#49Erica32US #36
#50Jill32US #78
#51Nichole30US #109
#52Holly29US #63
#53Katherine29US #39
#54Kristina28US #72
#55Samantha28US #51
#56Christine27US #42
#57Wendy27US #90
#58Courtney26US #43
#59Kelly26US #23
#60Patricia26US #53
#61Kelli25US #126
#62Maria25US #40
#63Miranda25US #128
#64Stacy25US #65
#65Cassandra24US #104
#66Jenny24US #123
#67Katrina24US #95
#68Mandy24US #136
#69Monica24US #49
#70Kristy22US #94
#71Mindy22US #155
#72Carrie21US #55
#73Kara21US #121
#74Kendra21US #152
#75Molly21US #135
#76Valerie21US #89
#77Brittany20US #165
#78Camille20
#79Karen20US #64
#80Kathryn20US #48
#81Lacey20US #194
#82Teresa20US #97
#83Becky19
#84Bethany19US #114
#85Cassie19
#86Leah19US #81
#87Tonya19US #110
#88Anne18US #105
#89Christy18US #99
#90Kristi18US #129
#91Krystal18US #131
#92Leslie18US #56
#93Rebekah18US #149
#94Ashlee17
#95Julia17US #88
#96Sandra17US #74
#97Shawna17US #198
#98Vanessa17US #62
#99Ann16US #133
#100Kathleen16US #82

Boys

#1Joshua289US #6
#2Michael275US #1
#3David207US #5
#4Matthew205US #3
#5Jason200US #4
#6Christopher196US #2
#7Ryan195US #13
#8Justin163US #12
#9James154US #7
#10Robert145US #9
#11Daniel144US #10
#12John138US #8
#13Benjamin135US #32
#14Brandon130US #19
#15Joseph128US #11
#16Brian126US #14
#17Adam122US #20
#18Jeremy120US #22
#19Andrew118US #18
#20Jacob115US #43
#21Nicholas114US #21
#22Scott114US #34
#23Aaron108US #30
#24Dustin104US #42
#25Nathan103US #36
#26Jeffrey98US #29
#27Eric97US #17
#28William97US #15
#29Jared95US #57
#30Travis88US #40
#31Tyler85US #96
#32Jonathan78US #16
#33Steven78US #28
#34Kevin77US #25
#35Jesse75US #37
#36Timothy75US #24
#37Mark72US #33
#38Chad69US #47
#39Thomas64US #26
#40Anthony62US #23
#41Derek62US #53
#42Richard60US #27
#43Kyle59US #52
#44Charles58US #31
#45Samuel52US #54
#46Paul51US #35
#47Sean51US #44
#48Cody48US #119
#49Bradley47US #50
#50Patrick47US #38
#51Shane46US #81
#52Casey44US #85
#53Shawn43US #49
#54Tyson42
#55Bryan40US #48
#56Cory40US #90
#57Kenneth40US #41
#58Douglas34US #64
#59Zachary34US #63
#60Brett31US #79
#61Peter30US #55
#62Brent28US #88
#63Curtis28US #94
#64Gregory28US #46
#65Jose28US #45
#66Levi28US #182
#67Nathaniel28US #80
#68Stephen27US #39
#69Joel26US #65
#70Jordan25US #102
#71Mathew25US #165
#72Philip25US #84
#73Russell25US #98
#74Todd25US #74
#75Craig24US #72
#76Erik24US #76
#77Jeffery24US #93
#78Lucas24US #89
#79Seth24US #95
#80Blake23US #159
#81Gabriel23US #87
#82Luke23US #100
#83Trevor23US #155
#84Shaun22US #86
#85Bryce21
#86Juan21US #60
#87Alexander20US #70
#88Donald20US #56
#89Jeremiah19US #77
#90Keith19US #58
#91Isaac18US #150
#92Jake18
#93Troy18US #114
#94Brock17
#95Clinton17US #124
#96Derrick17US #78
#97Kelly17
#98Lance17US #160
#99Logan17
#100Phillip17US #66

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑36Lindsey#42
↑25Kendra#74
↑24Katrina#67
↑24Monica#69
↑23Ashley#35
↑23Peter#61
↑21Christine#56
↑19Camille#78

Falling

↓36Jeremiah#89
↓26Phillip#100
↓23Carrie#72
↓22Leah#86
↓22Lucas#78
↓21Kathryn#80
↓20Leslie#92
↓20Kelly#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.