Popular baby names in Idaho, 1973

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (306 babies) and Jason for boys (268). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,786 babies born in Idaho in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1973

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, 8.5× the national rate
Heidi: 74 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brandi: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Misty: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kristina: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Penny: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brandy: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shawna: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jenny: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 47 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Bill: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rick: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Cody: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dustin: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Travis: 113 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Wade: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kelly: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Trevor: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Justin: 87 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	306	–	1
2	Amy	139	↑3	2
3	Heather	116	↓1	8
4	Angela	112	↓1	7
5	Michelle	110	↓1	3
6	Rebecca	100	↑10	10
7	Stephanie	87	↑2	9
8	Lisa	83	↓2	5
9	Kimberly	77	↓2	4
10	Melissa	76	–	6
11	Heidi	74	↑1	65
12	Nicole	64	↓4	11
13	Julie	52	↓2	12
14	Shannon	49	↓1	22
15	Brandi	42	new	>100
16	Christina	42	↑8	16
17	Lori	42	↑15	28
18	Rachel	42	↑18	42
19	Brandy	40	new	82
20	Sarah	40	new	35
21	Dawn	39	↑6	21
22	Melanie	39	↓5	43
23	Misty	39	new	90
24	Wendy	39	↓9	29
25	Andrea	37	↓2	30
26	Elizabeth	37	↑14	13
27	Laura	37	↑8	19
28	Tina	37	↓14	24
29	April	36	new	33
30	Mary	35	↓10	14
31	Susan	35	↑6	25
32	Tara	35	↓4	37
33	Teresa	34	↓15	45
34	Kristina	33	new	97
35	Christine	31	↓5	17
36	Jessica	31	new	34
37	Tammy	31	↓16	15
38	Cynthia	30	↓13	26
39	Tracy	30	↓8	20
40	Brenda	29	↓21	53
41	Crystal	29	↑3	48
42	Maria	29	↑1	31
43	Stacy	29	↑3	32
44	Carrie	28	↑4	46
45	Holly	28	↓4	54
46	Tamara	27	↓8	66
47	Debra	26	new	84
48	Jill	25	↓19	62
49	Jodi	25	new	100
50	Kelly	24	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	268	–	3
2	Michael	264	–	1
3	David	178	–	5
4	Robert	174	–	7
5	Brian	153	↑3	8
6	James	148	–	4
7	Christopher	144	↓2	2
8	Ryan	135	↑4	30
9	John	123	↓2	6
10	Matthew	117	–	10
11	Travis	113	↑3	53
12	Eric	104	↓3	13
13	Scott	90	↓2	18
14	Chad	88	↑5	25
15	Justin	87	↑3	51
16	William	85	↓1	9
17	Daniel	83	↑4	11
18	Jeremy	82	↑9	33
19	Steven	82	↓3	20
20	Kevin	81	↑2	14
21	Jeffrey	78	↓1	17
22	Shane	75	↑1	54
23	Richard	73	↓10	16
24	Shawn	72	↑1	27
25	Mark	67	↓8	15
26	Brandon	65	↑11	58
27	Joseph	60	↓1	12
28	Aaron	59	↑3	34
29	Nathan	54	↑7	63
30	Joshua	53	new	42
31	Kenneth	50	↑9	28
32	Timothy	50	↓3	22
33	Jared	47	new	>100
34	Paul	45	↓10	24
35	Jonathan	44	↑6	31
36	Charles	41	↑3	23
37	Thomas	41	↓9	19
38	Andrew	40	↑6	29
39	Douglas	39	↑3	47
40	Gary	38	↑3	44
41	Todd	37	↓9	35
42	Benjamin	36	↑8	55
43	Bryan	36	↑3	43
44	Gregory	36	↓14	26
45	Troy	36	↓12	59
46	Brett	33	↓8	88
47	Dustin	33	new	>100
48	Donald	32	new	38
49	Anthony	31	↓15	21
50	Adam	30	new	45

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