State roster

Top names in Idaho

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Idaho birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,589 Idaho births in 1988 across 509 distinct names.

Distinctively Idaho

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

#40Haileyoutside the national top 200
#54Tysonoutside the national top 200
#81Kelsieoutside the national top 200
#62Bryce#179 nationally
#84Breannaoutside the national top 200
#59Levi#174 nationally
#48Heidi#162 nationally
#89Bradyoutside the national top 200
#91Shaylaoutside the national top 200
#95Skyleroutside the national top 200
#96Mackenzieoutside the national top 200
#96Tanneroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica238US #1
#2Amanda193US #3
#3Ashley171US #2
#4Sarah105US #4
#5Jennifer103US #5
#6Heather100US #14
#7Megan91US #12
#8Stephanie88US #7
#9Kayla87US #20
#10Samantha81US #8
#11Amber75US #15
#12Danielle72US #17
#13Emily71US #18
#14Melissa68US #16
#15Nicole68US #9
#16Rachel64US #19
#17Whitney64US #39
#18Brittany62US #6
#19Elizabeth61US #10
#20Rebecca53US #26
#21Katie50US #40
#22Kimberly48US #25
#23Chelsea47US #33
#24Laura47US #23
#25Michelle44US #21
#26Tiffany44US #13
#27Amy42US #29
#28Courtney41US #24
#29Erin39US #37
#30Andrea38US #35
#31Jamie38US #45
#32Katherine37US #27
#33Sara37US #30
#34Angela36US #38
#35Lindsey36US #48
#36Tara36US #67
#37Crystal35US #28
#38Lindsay35US #57
#39Alyssa33US #47
#40Hailey33
#41Cassandra32US #59
#42Mary32US #34
#43Kendra31US #80
#44Alicia30US #50
#45Brittney30US #52
#46Christina29US #22
#47Vanessa29US #41
#48Heidi28US #162
#49Kelsey28US #64
#50Kristen28US #36
#51Natalie28US #63
#52Anna27US #54
#53Lisa26US #43
#54Chelsey25US #149
#55Katelyn25US #84
#56Lauren25US #11
#57Erica23US #31
#58Alexandra22US #49
#59Christine22US #51
#60Hannah22US #61
#61Lacey22US #129
#62Natasha22US #73
#63Kathryn21US #55
#64Krystal21US #74
#65Kara20US #95
#66Erika19US #76
#67Krista19US #112
#68Patricia19US #77
#69Bethany18US #89
#70Caitlin18US #44
#71Jordan18US #136
#72Nichole18US #115
#73Brooke17US #87
#74Katrina17US #110
#75Maria17US #60
#76Monica17US #70
#77April16US #65
#78Brandy16US #107
#79Brianna16US #96
#80Holly16US #72
#81Kelsie16
#82Kristina16US #68
#83Rachael16US #100
#84Breanna15
#85Carly15US #175
#86Shannon15US #56
#87Sierra15US #181
#88Alisha14US #126
#89Jenna14US #66
#90Kristin14US #58
#91Shayla14
#92Victoria14US #42
#93Allison13US #46
#94Diana13US #85
#95Jacqueline13US #62
#96Mackenzie13
#97Savannah13US #199
#98Veronica13US #83
#99Alison12US #113
#100Ashlee12US #133

Boys

#1Michael215US #1
#2Joshua163US #4
#3Matthew159US #3
#4Andrew152US #5
#5Jacob151US #28
#6David147US #6
#7Daniel136US #8
#8Justin134US #7
#9Christopher130US #2
#10Ryan125US #13
#11Robert107US #10
#12Tyler107US #33
#13Cody96US #43
#14Brandon94US #17
#15Kyle94US #21
#16Nicholas88US #14
#17Zachary88US #29
#18Joseph83US #12
#19James79US #9
#20John77US #11
#21Jordan77US #52
#22Anthony72US #18
#23Benjamin69US #30
#24Steven69US #24
#25Thomas68US #23
#26Timothy67US #25
#27William65US #16
#28Jason64US #27
#29Aaron62US #31
#30Brian62US #22
#31Dustin62US #48
#32Nathan61US #44
#33Adam57US #26
#34Eric57US #19
#35Kevin56US #20
#36Mark56US #39
#37Jeffrey52US #36
#38Alexander51US #34
#39Scott50US #47
#40Travis50US #41
#41Jonathan49US #15
#42Richard49US #32
#43Sean49US #38
#44Samuel46US #45
#45Derek45US #53
#46Jared45US #60
#47Jesse45US #55
#48Patrick45US #42
#49Bradley43US #57
#50Trevor43US #87
#51Austin42US #63
#52Chad41US #65
#53Alex40US #58
#54Tyson40
#55Cameron39US #69
#56Kenneth39US #51
#57Jeremy38US #35
#58Chase37US #127
#59Levi37US #174
#60Casey36US #83
#61Stephen35US #40
#62Bryce31US #179
#63Charles29US #37
#64Cory29US #59
#65Logan29US #109
#66Paul29US #46
#67Shane29US #67
#68Devin28US #98
#69Jake27US #166
#70Taylor27US #91
#71Bryan26US #54
#72Mathew26US #142
#73Gregory24US #50
#74Ian23US #77
#75Blake22US #103
#76Caleb22US #108
#77Mitchell22US #95
#78Seth22US #90
#79Shawn22US #61
#80Spencer21US #114
#81Brett20US #73
#82Luke19US #119
#83Nathaniel18US #81
#84Troy18US #124
#85Corey17US #56
#86Joel17US #85
#87Jose17US #49
#88Kristopher17US #144
#89Brady16
#90Curtis16US #105
#91Jeffery16US #120
#92Keith16US #70
#93Marcus16US #66
#94Raymond16US #84
#95Skyler16
#96Tanner16
#97Cole15
#98Drew15US #159
#99Isaac15US #143
#100Craig14US #96

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑48Kendra#43
↑26Cameron#55
↑24Chelsey#54
↑22Vanessa#47
↑19April#77
↑19Devin#68
↑16Kristen#50
↑16Katrina#74

Falling

↓46Allison#93
↓31Alisha#88
↓30Shawn#79
↓29Holly#80
↓24Jenna#89
↓24Ashlee#100
↓23Bryan#71
↓21Kelsey#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.