State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,064 Idaho births in 1982 across 572 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#52Tysonoutside the national top 200
#65Levioutside the national top 200
#78Autumn#194 nationally
#90Jakeoutside the national top 200
#94Spenceroutside the national top 200
#95Chaseoutside the national top 200
#97Mindyoutside the national top 200
#96Kelly#197 nationally
#72Chelsea#170 nationally
#80Cameron#178 nationally
#66Shawna#162 nationally
#83Jodi#176 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer269US #1
#2Jessica220US #2
#3Amanda215US #3
#4Sarah156US #4
#5Melissa141US #5
#6Amber127US #18
#7Amy125US #10
#8Stephanie112US #7
#9Heather108US #12
#10Rebecca104US #15
#11Emily95US #24
#12Angela91US #16
#13Sara87US #28
#14Kimberly83US #14
#15Michelle83US #11
#16Crystal82US #9
#17Nicole82US #6
#18Elizabeth81US #8
#19Megan81US #34
#20Rachel78US #21
#21Erin77US #20
#22Andrea74US #27
#23Tiffany74US #13
#24Lisa68US #23
#25Katie65US #45
#26Jamie64US #29
#27Laura64US #22
#28Ashley63US #17
#29Lindsay60US #39
#30Heidi54US #86
#31Lindsey54US #40
#32Danielle52US #31
#33Anna47US #56
#34Tara46US #47
#35Brandy45US #50
#36Mary45US #30
#37Kristin44US #37
#38Natalie44US #51
#39Christina41US #19
#40Julie41US #41
#41Brandi39US #55
#42April38US #32
#43Misty38US #74
#44Shannon34US #38
#45Cassandra33US #62
#46Erica33US #35
#47Lacey33US #125
#48Maria33US #42
#49Courtney32US #43
#50Katherine32US #36
#51Kristen32US #33
#52Alicia31US #53
#53Kathryn31US #48
#54Kelly31US #25
#55Holly30US #61
#56Kristina28US #70
#57Leslie28US #60
#58Monica28US #52
#59Christine27US #46
#60Jill27US #89
#61Kara27US #113
#62Brooke26US #92
#63Cynthia26US #64
#64Samantha26US #44
#65Melanie25US #65
#66Shawna25US #162
#67Brittany24US #94
#68Carrie23US #57
#69Kari23US #136
#70Katrina23US #87
#71Valerie23US #75
#72Chelsea22US #170
#73Jenny22US #121
#74Kelli22US #127
#75Karen21US #68
#76Wendy21US #105
#77Alison20US #111
#78Autumn20US #194
#79Rachael20US #120
#80Vanessa20US #49
#81Candice19US #78
#82Jacqueline19US #54
#83Jodi19US #176
#84Krystal19US #83
#85Lori19US #98
#86Natasha19US #71
#87Teresa19US #102
#88Alisha18US #145
#89Cassie18US #137
#90Veronica18US #69
#91Victoria18US #66
#92Ann17US #155
#93Audrey17US #177
#94Desiree17US #142
#95Erika17US #81
#96Jaime17US #138
#97Mindy17
#98Miranda17US #117
#99Nancy17US #106
#100Sheena17US #149

Boys

#1Joshua271US #7
#2Michael261US #1
#3Christopher247US #2
#4Matthew214US #3
#5David201US #5
#6Jason188US #4
#7Ryan185US #13
#8James162US #6
#9Jacob153US #41
#10Daniel147US #10
#11Joseph146US #11
#12Justin142US #12
#13Robert136US #9
#14Brandon133US #18
#15John128US #8
#16Andrew122US #17
#17Aaron116US #30
#18Nicholas111US #22
#19Steven107US #26
#20Tyler104US #66
#21Benjamin102US #33
#22Brian102US #14
#23Jeremy102US #28
#24Travis101US #39
#25Adam100US #19
#26Nathan99US #36
#27Eric91US #20
#28Dustin90US #42
#29Scott87US #34
#30Jonathan86US #16
#31William86US #15
#32Jared81US #54
#33Timothy79US #24
#34Jesse78US #43
#35Jeffrey76US #29
#36Richard76US #27
#37Thomas74US #23
#38Anthony68US #21
#39Kyle66US #47
#40Kevin63US #25
#41Charles62US #31
#42Cody60US #95
#43Derek60US #50
#44Chad59US #48
#45Mark59US #32
#46Samuel56US #56
#47Zachary54US #55
#48Paul53US #35
#49Casey50US #86
#50Shawn48US #52
#51Bradley45US #51
#52Tyson44
#53Bryan43US #49
#54Shane41US #84
#55Brett39US #72
#56Patrick39US #37
#57Gregory38US #40
#58Sean35US #44
#59Jordan34US #85
#60Shaun34US #96
#61Todd34US #82
#62Craig32US #73
#63Jeremiah32US #89
#64Cory31US #93
#65Levi30
#66Kenneth29US #45
#67Trevor29US #146
#68Douglas28US #68
#69Lance28US #142
#70Joel27US #69
#71Lucas27US #106
#72Luke27US #119
#73Jeffery26US #92
#74Seth25US #102
#75Stephen25US #38
#76Erik24US #80
#77Blake23US #120
#78Donald23US #58
#79Jose23US #46
#80Cameron22US #178
#81Curtis22US #101
#82Keith22US #59
#83Nathaniel22US #75
#84Russell22US #97
#85Alexander21US #65
#86Clinton21US #133
#87Gary21US #64
#88Brent20US #91
#89Clayton20US #161
#90Jake20
#91Isaac18US #151
#92Mathew18US #160
#93Randy18US #94
#94Spencer18
#95Chase17
#96Kelly17US #197
#97Wesley17US #98
#98Caleb16US #170
#99Evan16US #108
#100Ian16US #83

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑35Leslie#57
↑34Lacey#47
↑31Shawna#66
↑29Lance#69
↑27Kathryn#53
↑26Jeremiah#63
↑24Shaun#60
↑20Cassandra#45

Falling

↓35Miranda#98
↓31Brooke#62
↓26Melanie#65
↓26Mindy#97
↓26Brent#88
↓22Christina#39
↓21Mathew#92
↓19Wendy#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.