Popular baby names in Idaho, 1971

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (186 babies) and Michael for boys (247). Social Security records list 10,769 babies born in Idaho in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1971

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

Girls

Brandi: 26 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Shawna: 28 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Nichole: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Misty: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trina: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jenny: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ginger: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sheri: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 16 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Jared: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dustin: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Travis: 86 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mike: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Justin: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cory: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darin: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wade: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shane: 70 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	186	–	1
2	Michelle	131	↑2	2
3	Angela	114	↓1	6
4	Lisa	102	↓1	3
5	Heather	90	↑2	12
6	Kimberly	88	↓1	4
7	Amy	81	↓1	5
8	Stephanie	73	↑1	11
9	Julie	71	↑5	10
10	Melissa	71	↑2	7
11	Shannon	68	↑4	21
12	Rebecca	65	↑9	23
13	Tina	62	–	20
14	Wendy	60	↓6	29
15	Lori	57	↓5	25
16	Teresa	53	↓5	34
17	Mary	49	↑3	9
18	Laura	46	↓1	16
19	Nicole	46	↑19	27
20	Heidi	45	↓2	77
21	Christina	43	↑6	30
22	Andrea	41	↑12	35
23	Brenda	41	↓4	43
24	Susan	40	–	17
25	Tammy	40	–	8
26	Christine	38	↓10	18
27	Dawn	36	↓5	14
28	Melanie	34	↑19	66
29	Sandra	34	↑8	31
30	Stacy	34	↑20	32
31	Tracy	34	↓5	13
32	Elizabeth	33	↓4	19
33	Karen	33	–	15
34	Tamara	33	↓5	80
35	Tiffany	32	new	62
36	Holly	30	↑4	76
37	Jill	30	↓5	59
38	Shawna	28	new	>100
39	Cindy	27	↓16	70
40	Brandi	26	new	>100
41	Cynthia	26	new	24
42	Michele	26	↑7	39
43	Pamela	26	↓12	28
44	Sarah	26	new	58
45	Deborah	25	new	33
46	Debra	25	↓5	57
47	Kristin	25	new	71
48	Tara	25	new	49
49	Tonya	25	new	45
50	Carrie	24	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	247	–	1
2	David	200	–	3
3	Jason	193	↑1	8
4	Robert	177	↓1	5
5	James	157	–	2
6	John	143	–	4
7	Scott	130	–	10
8	Brian	127	–	9
9	Christopher	125	↑4	6
10	Steven	122	–	16
11	Eric	106	↑1	18
12	Richard	101	↓1	11
13	Matthew	96	↑4	19
14	William	92	–	7
15	Travis	86	↑3	61
16	Kevin	79	↑7	14
17	Shawn	78	↑5	28
18	Daniel	75	↓3	20
19	Aaron	72	↑18	41
20	Mark	72	↓11	13
21	Shane	70	↓2	60
22	Gregory	67	↑4	26
23	Jeffrey	66	↓7	12
24	Joseph	65	↑3	15
25	Paul	65	↓1	24
26	Chad	64	↑13	29
27	Ryan	64	↑22	51
28	Thomas	58	↑1	17
29	Todd	58	↓9	30
30	Troy	56	↓9	46
31	Jeremy	53	new	45
32	Timothy	51	↓7	21
33	Justin	46	↑8	>100
34	Kenneth	46	↓3	25
35	Brent	43	↑3	73
36	Charles	42	↓4	22
37	Brandon	41	new	95
38	Lance	39	↓4	98
39	Patrick	39	↑5	35
40	Nathan	38	new	>100
41	Donald	37	↑2	34
42	Gary	36	↓7	38
43	Russell	36	↑5	64
44	Sean	36	new	36
45	Craig	34	↓5	43
46	Bradley	33	↑1	58
47	Douglas	33	↓17	39
48	Anthony	32	↓3	23
49	Larry	32	new	44
50	Ronald	32	↓17	31

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