Popular baby names in Idaho, 1974

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (303 babies) and Jason for boys (286). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,656 babies born in Idaho in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1974

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

Girls

Trina: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Becky: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Brooke: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Katie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jenny: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Nikki: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shawna: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jamie: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Amber: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Jared: 78 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Cody: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tyler: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dustin: 47 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Casey: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelly: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Clinton: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Travis: 96 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Justin: 116 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Trevor: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	303	–	1
2	Heather	168	↑1	4
3	Amy	153	↓1	2
4	Angela	135	–	5
5	Michelle	111	–	3
6	Lisa	93	↑2	8
7	Melissa	91	↑3	7
8	Sarah	88	↑12	20
9	Rebecca	83	↓3	10
10	Kimberly	74	↓1	6
11	Stephanie	72	↓4	9
12	Nicole	64	–	11
13	Heidi	61	↓2	60
14	Julie	61	↓1	14
15	Shannon	52	↓1	18
16	Jessica	47	↑20	17
17	Lori	46	–	30
18	Mary	43	↑12	13
19	Christina	42	↓3	16
20	Teresa	42	↑13	52
21	Andrea	39	↑4	35
22	Wendy	39	↑2	32
23	Tiffany	38	new	41
24	Melanie	37	↓2	51
25	Jill	36	↑23	58
26	Misty	36	↓3	66
27	Amanda	35	new	34
28	Rachel	35	↓10	36
29	Tammy	34	↑8	24
30	Tracy	34	↑9	23
31	April	33	↓2	28
32	Brenda	33	↑8	59
33	Tina	33	↓5	25
34	Carrie	32	↑10	42
35	Dawn	32	↓14	22
36	Elizabeth	32	↓10	12
37	Erin	32	new	47
38	Jamie	32	new	97
39	Sara	32	new	61
40	Stacy	31	↑3	38
41	Amber	30	new	92
42	Jenny	30	new	>100
43	Emily	29	new	69
44	Holly	29	↑1	56
45	Tara	29	↓13	39
46	Anna	28	new	82
47	Brandy	28	↓28	80
48	Christine	28	↓13	19
49	Danielle	28	new	40
50	Patricia	28	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	286	–	2
2	Michael	226	–	1
3	David	184	–	4
4	Brian	162	↑1	8
5	Christopher	150	↑2	3
6	James	149	–	5
7	Robert	147	↓3	7
8	John	144	↑1	6
9	Ryan	135	↓1	25
10	Matthew	132	–	9
11	Jeremy	124	↑7	24
12	Justin	116	↑3	43
13	William	98	↑3	10
14	Eric	96	↓2	13
15	Jeffrey	96	↑6	15
16	Travis	96	↓5	54
17	Scott	95	↓4	18
18	Daniel	88	↓1	11
19	Steven	87	–	19
20	Aaron	85	↑8	32
21	Chad	85	↓7	26
22	Mark	83	↑3	16
23	Brandon	82	↑3	51
24	Richard	79	↓1	17
25	Jared	78	↑8	>100
26	Benjamin	76	↑16	46
27	Joshua	75	↑3	29
28	Joseph	68	↓1	12
29	Kevin	68	↓9	14
30	Shawn	66	↓6	30
31	Nathan	60	↓2	52
32	Shane	60	↓10	56
33	Thomas	60	↑4	20
34	Andrew	51	↑4	28
35	Adam	50	↑15	36
36	Dustin	47	↑11	>100
37	Todd	46	↑4	39
38	Bryan	45	↑5	45
39	Paul	45	↓5	27
40	Timothy	45	↓8	22
41	Jonathan	43	↓6	33
42	Patrick	43	new	38
43	Charles	42	↓7	23
44	Gregory	42	–	31
45	Jacob	41	new	88
46	Troy	39	↓1	63
47	Bradley	35	new	58
48	Kenneth	35	↓17	34
49	Sean	35	new	37
50	Casey	34	new	>100

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