Popular baby names in Idaho, 1972

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (279 babies) and Jason for boys (249). Jason ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,565 babies born in Idaho in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1972

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: 16 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Shawna: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Nichole: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Heidi: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nikki: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Trina: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Amber: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brandy: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brandi: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 18 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Bryce: 17 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Jared: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Travis: 90 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Justin: 83 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelly: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cory: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shane: 75 babies, 4× the national rate
Dustin: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	279	–	1
2	Heather	126	↑3	9
3	Angela	120	–	6
4	Michelle	115	↓2	2
5	Amy	109	↑2	5
6	Lisa	98	↓2	3
7	Kimberly	91	↓1	4
8	Nicole	72	↑11	10
9	Stephanie	72	↓1	8
10	Melissa	66	–	7
11	Julie	63	↓2	12
12	Heidi	60	↑8	64
13	Shannon	60	↓2	22
14	Tina	58	↓1	18
15	Wendy	52	↓1	29
16	Rebecca	49	↓4	14
17	Melanie	48	↑11	42
18	Teresa	47	↓2	39
19	Brenda	44	↑4	44
20	Mary	42	↓3	13
21	Tammy	39	↑4	11
22	Karen	38	↑11	21
23	Andrea	37	↓1	30
24	Christina	37	↓3	26
25	Cynthia	37	↑16	25
26	Shawna	35	↑12	>100
27	Dawn	34	–	20
28	Tara	34	↑20	38
29	Jill	33	↑8	62
30	Christine	32	↓4	16
31	Tracy	32	–	19
32	Lori	31	↓17	28
33	Sandra	31	↓4	31
34	Patricia	30	new	27
35	Laura	29	↓17	17
36	Rachel	29	new	40
37	Susan	29	↓13	24
38	Tamara	28	↓4	84
39	Deborah	27	↑6	43
40	Elizabeth	27	↓8	15
41	Holly	27	↓5	71
42	Kristi	27	new	>100
43	Maria	27	new	32
44	Crystal	26	new	59
45	Nichole	26	new	>100
46	Stacy	26	↓16	33
47	Shelly	25	new	94
48	Carrie	24	↑2	53
49	Dana	24	new	52
50	Jenny	24	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jason	249	↑2	7
2	Michael	224	↓1	1
3	David	189	↓1	4
4	Robert	161	–	6
5	Christopher	154	↑4	2
6	James	143	↓1	3
7	John	140	↓1	5
8	Brian	134	–	8
9	Eric	117	↑2	16
10	Matthew	111	↑3	10
11	Scott	106	↓4	11
12	Ryan	104	↑15	39
13	Richard	92	↓1	14
14	Travis	90	↑1	57
15	William	88	↓1	9
16	Steven	86	↓6	19
17	Mark	85	↑3	18
18	Justin	83	↑15	60
19	Chad	81	↑7	25
20	Jeffrey	79	↑3	17
21	Daniel	77	↓3	15
22	Kevin	75	↓6	13
23	Shane	75	↓2	55
24	Paul	72	↑1	24
25	Shawn	63	↓8	28
26	Joseph	60	↓2	12
27	Jeremy	58	↑4	42
28	Thomas	58	–	20
29	Timothy	54	↑3	21
30	Gregory	52	↓8	26
31	Aaron	51	↓12	40
32	Todd	50	↓3	31
33	Troy	46	↓3	49
34	Anthony	42	↑14	22
35	Patrick	42	↑4	35
36	Nathan	41	↑4	79
37	Brandon	39	–	63
38	Brett	38	new	80
39	Charles	37	↓3	23
40	Kenneth	35	↓6	27
41	Jonathan	34	new	37
42	Douglas	33	↑5	43
43	Gary	33	↓1	41
44	Andrew	32	new	30
45	Craig	32	–	46
46	Bryan	30	new	45
47	Kelly	30	new	>100
48	Randy	30	new	70
49	Ronald	30	↑1	32
50	Benjamin	29	new	64

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