State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,755 Idaho births in 1987 across 481 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#45Haileyoutside the national top 200
#51Tysonoutside the national top 200
#64Bryce#195 nationally
#74Aubreyoutside the national top 200
#68Levi#193 nationally
#77Bradyoutside the national top 200
#88Jessieoutside the national top 200
#84Kristi#195 nationally
#78Chelsey#186 nationally
#95Abbyoutside the national top 200
#98Autumn#193 nationally
#50Heidi#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica218US #1
#2Ashley201US #2
#3Amanda195US #3
#4Sarah130US #5
#5Jennifer126US #4
#6Melissa98US #13
#7Whitney94US #32
#8Megan93US #12
#9Samantha91US #11
#10Kayla90US #27
#11Stephanie83US #6
#12Danielle73US #14
#13Nicole71US #8
#14Sara69US #29
#15Heather66US #9
#16Elizabeth64US #10
#17Amber61US #15
#18Amy61US #24
#19Rebecca58US #25
#20Rachel57US #17
#21Emily56US #19
#22Katie55US #38
#23Andrea49US #36
#24Brittany49US #7
#25Kimberly49US #23
#26Michelle48US #21
#27Christina46US #20
#28Kelsey43US #67
#29Laura43US #22
#30Crystal42US #26
#31Lindsey40US #41
#32Tiffany40US #18
#33Cassandra39US #68
#34Erin39US #34
#35Lisa37US #40
#36Angela36US #35
#37Jamie36US #39
#38Chelsea34US #47
#39Lindsay34US #49
#40Brittney32US #61
#41Tara32US #69
#42Courtney31US #33
#43Erica31US #31
#44Alicia30US #46
#45Hailey29
#46Katherine29US #28
#47Allison28US #44
#48Kathryn28US #51
#49Anna27US #52
#50Heidi25US #144
#51Holly24US #71
#52Alyssa23US #60
#53Lacey23US #117
#54Mallory22US #91
#55Christine21US #48
#56Mary21US #37
#57Alisha20US #118
#58Erika20US #75
#59Kelly20US #30
#60Natalie20US #56
#61Bethany19US #87
#62Brandy19US #92
#63Cassie19US #155
#64Hannah19US #66
#65Jenna19US #57
#66Kristen19US #42
#67Krystal19US #70
#68Maria19US #53
#69Vanessa19US #43
#70Kara18US #104
#71Lauren18US #16
#72Morgan18US #95
#73Natasha18US #73
#74Aubrey17
#75Melinda17US #143
#76Ashlee16US #112
#77Brooke16US #94
#78Chelsey16US #186
#79Jacqueline16US #54
#80Leslie16US #89
#81Monica16US #64
#82Nichole16US #111
#83Jordan15US #146
#84Kristi15US #195
#85Kristina15US #62
#86Shannon15US #45
#87Alison14US #100
#88Jessie14
#89Julia14US #86
#90Katrina14US #105
#91Kendra14US #77
#92Melanie14US #102
#93Molly14US #97
#94Rachael14US #98
#95Abby13
#96April13US #58
#97Audrey13US #184
#98Autumn13US #193
#99Brandi13US #88
#100Brenda13US #129

Boys

#1Michael208US #1
#2Christopher178US #2
#3Matthew176US #3
#4Andrew172US #6
#5Joshua160US #4
#6Ryan151US #13
#7David143US #5
#8Tyler140US #39
#9Robert130US #10
#10Jacob126US #31
#11Justin122US #9
#12Daniel111US #7
#13Brandon108US #14
#14Kyle108US #22
#15Cody107US #49
#16Nicholas106US #16
#17Jason94US #23
#18James93US #8
#19Anthony91US #17
#20Joseph91US #12
#21John85US #11
#22Zachary85US #33
#23Benjamin80US #28
#24Eric79US #21
#25Steven77US #25
#26Nathan71US #45
#27Adam70US #27
#28Brian70US #20
#29Dustin69US #44
#30William65US #15
#31Jordan63US #52
#32Travis61US #42
#33Kevin59US #19
#34Thomas58US #24
#35Jared57US #58
#36Jeremy56US #29
#37Jonathan56US #18
#38Scott56US #43
#39Richard55US #30
#40Jeffrey52US #32
#41Timothy52US #26
#42Aaron51US #34
#43Casey49US #80
#44Alex47US #60
#45Derek47US #54
#46Jesse47US #55
#47Samuel47US #50
#48Bryan42US #51
#49Shawn41US #59
#50Trevor41US #93
#51Tyson41
#52Mark40US #36
#53Alexander37US #37
#54Charles37US #35
#55Austin33US #76
#56Paul33US #46
#57Sean33US #40
#58Blake30US #106
#59Bradley30US #56
#60Patrick30US #41
#61Chad29US #63
#62Logan29US #144
#63Shane28US #65
#64Bryce27US #195
#65Chase27US #139
#66Cory27US #62
#67Gregory26US #47
#68Levi26US #193
#69Kenneth25US #53
#70Lucas25US #121
#71Seth25US #89
#72Joel23US #75
#73Taylor23US #117
#74Caleb22US #115
#75Spencer22US #124
#76Stephen22US #38
#77Brady21
#78Nathaniel21US #78
#79Brett20US #71
#80Ian20US #81
#81Cameron19US #96
#82Jake19US #166
#83Erik18US #94
#84Jose18US #48
#85Marcus18US #67
#86Todd18US #120
#87Devin17US #99
#88Mathew17US #140
#89Phillip17US #68
#90Troy17US #122
#91Curtis16US #100
#92Edward16US #61
#93Jeremiah16US #130
#94Brent15US #103
#95Carl15US #126
#96Allen14US #128
#97Donald14US #70
#98Garrett14US #113
#99Kristopher14US #145
#100Lance14US #142

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑41Alisha#57
↑40Alyssa#52
↑32Bethany#61
↑30Hailey#45
↑29Jenna#65
↑27Brittney#40
↑27Taylor#73
↑24Kelsey#28

Falling

↓53Brandi#99
↓34April#96
↓32Kendra#91
↓30Kristina#85
↓29Rachael#94
↓26Natalie#60
↓21Kristen#66
↓20Shannon#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.