Popular baby names in Idaho, 1970

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (141 babies) and Michael for boys (264). Social Security records list 10,974 babies born in Idaho in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1970

Names given at least 15 times in Idaho that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Camille: 21 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Shauna: 19 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jana: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Shawna: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cheri: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tami: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Trina: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jody: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 47 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Toni: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 16 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Jared: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Trent: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Travis: 74 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dustin: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelly: 42 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Justin: 40 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shane: 73 babies, 5× the national rate
Brett: 53 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cory: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	141	↑2	1
2	Angela	125	↑4	6
3	Lisa	119	↓2	2
4	Michelle	111	↓2	4
5	Kimberly	102	–	3
6	Amy	101	↑1	5
7	Heather	73	↑12	19
8	Wendy	72	–	28
9	Stephanie	69	↑1	17
10	Lori	63	↓1	23
11	Teresa	63	–	34
12	Melissa	59	↑5	7
13	Tina	57	↑5	21
14	Julie	55	↓10	11
15	Shannon	53	–	22
16	Christine	49	↑19	14
17	Laura	48	↓3	13
18	Heidi	47	↓6	81
19	Brenda	46	↓3	40
20	Mary	46	–	9
21	Rebecca	46	↑2	29
22	Dawn	43	↓1	16
23	Cindy	42	↑4	72
24	Susan	42	↓11	15
25	Tammy	41	↑9	8
26	Tracy	41	↑2	10
27	Christina	40	↑15	35
28	Elizabeth	38	↑20	18
29	Tamara	38	–	79
30	Kelly	36	↑9	20
31	Pamela	35	↓6	26
32	Jill	34	new	52
33	Karen	34	–	12
34	Andrea	33	↓2	43
35	Patricia	32	↓9	24
36	Linda	31	new	38
37	Sandra	31	↓7	27
38	Nicole	30	↓16	30
39	Paula	29	↓2	57
40	Holly	28	↓4	74
41	Debra	27	↑2	47
42	Diane	27	new	70
43	Maria	27	new	39
44	Stacey	27	new	48
45	Denise	26	new	36
46	Kim	26	new	78
47	Melanie	26	new	91
48	Cheryl	25	new	44
49	Michele	25	new	31
50	Stacy	25	↓4	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	264	–	1
2	David	215	–	3
3	Robert	212	–	5
4	Jason	170	↑6	13
5	James	169	↓1	2
6	John	162	↓1	4
7	Scott	135	–	12
8	Brian	132	↓2	8
9	Mark	122	↑2	9
10	Steven	119	↓1	15
11	Richard	113	↓3	10
12	Eric	100	↑4	18
13	Christopher	99	↑5	6
14	William	97	↓1	7
15	Daniel	92	↑4	19
16	Jeffrey	87	↓4	11
17	Matthew	75	↑5	24
18	Travis	74	↑10	69
19	Shane	73	↑2	64
20	Todd	72	↓5	28
21	Troy	68	↑4	41
22	Shawn	66	↑4	34
23	Kevin	64	↓6	14
24	Paul	63	–	23
25	Timothy	63	↓5	20
26	Gregory	61	↑3	26
27	Joseph	60	↓4	16
28	Brett	53	new	99
29	Thomas	52	↓15	17
30	Douglas	50	↑3	36
31	Kenneth	50	↑3	25
32	Charles	49	↓5	21
33	Ronald	47	↑2	29
34	Lance	44	↑2	76
35	Gary	43	↓3	35
36	Kelly	42	new	>100
37	Aaron	41	new	52
38	Brent	41	↑5	74
39	Chad	41	↑5	51
40	Craig	40	new	39
41	Justin	40	↓2	>100
42	Andrew	38	new	32
43	Donald	36	↓13	30
44	Patrick	36	↓13	33
45	Anthony	34	↑3	22
46	Jerry	34	new	45
47	Bradley	33	↓2	47
48	Russell	33	new	58
49	Ryan	32	↓7	>100
50	Jonathan	31	new	42

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