State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,353 Idaho births in 1986 across 521 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#42Tysonoutside the national top 200
#73Rachelleoutside the national top 200
#75Haileyoutside the national top 200
#78Levioutside the national top 200
#86Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#86Bradyoutside the national top 200
#89Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#82Logan#192 nationally
#91Skyleroutside the national top 200
#96Coleoutside the national top 200
#97Robynoutside the national top 200
#70Jake#171 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica220US #1
#2Ashley188US #2
#3Amanda157US #3
#4Jennifer143US #4
#5Sarah119US #5
#6Amber113US #13
#7Megan97US #11
#8Stephanie97US #6
#9Heather96US #9
#10Melissa86US #12
#11Whitney83US #32
#12Danielle82US #16
#13Sara79US #27
#14Brittany77US #8
#15Nicole73US #7
#16Amy72US #22
#17Rachel72US #15
#18Katie71US #38
#19Elizabeth63US #10
#20Kimberly63US #18
#21Rebecca62US #26
#22Emily61US #24
#23Tiffany56US #17
#24Jamie55US #34
#25Michelle54US #23
#26Andrea52US #36
#27Samantha50US #21
#28Crystal49US #25
#29Kayla49US #64
#30Laura46US #20
#31Angela44US #33
#32Lindsey44US #39
#33Lindsay40US #46
#34Natalie40US #52
#35Erin38US #30
#36Christina36US #19
#37Lacey36US #121
#38Courtney35US #35
#39Kathryn34US #48
#40Chelsea33US #73
#41Katherine31US #28
#42Tara30US #56
#43Holly29US #63
#44Kristin29US #50
#45Kristen28US #41
#46Brandi27US #79
#47Heidi27US #131
#48Krista27US #93
#49Alicia26US #45
#50Anna26US #51
#51Cassandra25US #60
#52Kelsey25US #112
#53Lisa25US #40
#54Allison24US #42
#55Kristina24US #62
#56Mary24US #37
#57Misty23US #145
#58Erica22US #31
#59Kendra22US #101
#60Mallory22US #83
#61Vanessa22US #43
#62April21US #53
#63Kara21US #102
#64Kelli21US #142
#65Rachael21US #103
#66Shannon21US #44
#67Brittney20US #65
#68Jill20US #159
#69Kelly20US #29
#70Krystal20US #61
#71Savannah20US #155
#72Monica19US #59
#73Rachelle19
#74Christine18US #47
#75Hailey18
#76Katrina18US #99
#77Valerie18US #76
#78Ashlee17US #132
#79Lauren17US #14
#80Nichole17US #105
#81Candice16US #108
#82Cassie16US #156
#83Hannah16US #82
#84Kari16US #170
#85Meagan16US #123
#86Aubrey15
#87Brooke15US #104
#88Carrie15US #109
#89Chelsey15
#90Julie15US #58
#91Natasha15US #70
#92Alyssa14US #85
#93Bethany14US #91
#94Jenna14US #55
#95Leslie14US #86
#96Rebekah14US #153
#97Robyn14
#98Alisha13US #125
#99Brianna13US #154
#100Caitlin13US #69

Boys

#1Michael244US #1
#2Matthew197US #3
#3Christopher191US #2
#4Joshua179US #4
#5Daniel149US #6
#6David143US #5
#7Robert137US #9
#8Ryan136US #11
#9Jacob135US #31
#10Andrew134US #8
#11Brandon132US #13
#12Justin120US #14
#13Nicholas119US #17
#14Tyler116US #40
#15James108US #7
#16Kyle107US #23
#17Jason106US #18
#18Cody103US #56
#19Benjamin90US #30
#20Joseph90US #12
#21Brian87US #20
#22Eric86US #22
#23John82US #10
#24Nathan78US #43
#25Zachary73US #38
#26Dustin72US #42
#27Aaron71US #33
#28Jeremy68US #28
#29Thomas68US #26
#30William67US #15
#31Anthony65US #19
#32Steven64US #25
#33Jeffrey63US #32
#34Adam62US #24
#35Kevin62US #21
#36Jared57US #58
#37Jesse54US #48
#38Jordan53US #53
#39Richard53US #29
#40Jonathan52US #16
#41Mark52US #35
#42Tyson51
#43Casey49US #83
#44Scott49US #44
#45Timothy48US #27
#46Trevor48US #98
#47Samuel47US #52
#48Travis46US #49
#49Chad42US #59
#50Sean42US #37
#51Bradley41US #54
#52Derek40US #57
#53Alex39US #64
#54Shawn39US #55
#55Patrick37US #39
#56Paul35US #45
#57Charles33US #34
#58Shane33US #67
#59Austin30US #90
#60Bryan30US #47
#61Cory30US #68
#62Kenneth30US #50
#63Seth28US #97
#64Brett27US #69
#65Alexander26US #41
#66Stephen26US #36
#67Cameron24US #135
#68Devin24US #113
#69Erik23US #92
#70Jake22US #171
#71Jose22US #51
#72Blake21US #101
#73Corey21US #62
#74Douglas21US #82
#75Gregory21US #46
#76Ian21US #85
#77Curtis20US #100
#78Levi20
#79Mitchell20US #105
#80Craig19US #80
#81Lance19US #134
#82Logan19US #192
#83Luke19US #106
#84Nathaniel19US #78
#85Alan18US #107
#86Brady18
#87Drew18US #138
#88Chase17US #142
#89Juan17US #65
#90Mathew17US #141
#91Skyler17
#92Derrick16US #87
#93Joel16US #72
#94Lucas16US #126
#95Spencer16US #164
#96Cole15
#97Donald15US #71
#98Evan15US #81
#99Shaun15US #132
#100Taylor15US #136

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑58Whitney#11
↑32Kelsey#52
↑28Natalie#34
↑27Rachael#65
↑27Austin#59
↑25Krista#48
↑24Lacey#37
↑19Lindsey#32

Falling

↓54Jenna#94
↓33Julie#90
↓28Krystal#70
↓25Kelly#69
↓25Nichole#80
↓24Brooke#87
↓22Hailey#75
↓22Travis#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.