Popular baby names in Idaho, 1975

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (295 babies) and Jason for boys (276). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 12,260 babies born in Idaho in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1975

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

Girls

Mandi: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Becky: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tami: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Heidi: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Katie: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brandi: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Krista: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mandy: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shawna: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Jared: 88 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Spencer: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Cody: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brock: 15 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Casey: 44 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Dustin: 59 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kelly: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tyler: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Travis: 97 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	295	–	1
2	Amy	217	↑1	2
3	Angela	149	↑1	5
4	Heather	149	↓2	3
5	Melissa	109	↑2	4
6	Michelle	109	↓1	6
7	Kimberly	83	↑3	7
8	Lisa	77	↓2	8
9	Sarah	76	↓1	17
10	Rebecca	73	↓1	11
11	Stephanie	70	–	9
12	Heidi	65	↑1	66
13	Amanda	62	↑14	14
14	Jessica	62	↑2	13
15	Nicole	60	↓3	10
16	Andrea	58	↑5	28
17	Julie	56	↓3	18
18	Amber	55	↑23	59
19	Holly	53	↑25	55
20	Rachel	52	↑8	26
21	Mary	51	↓3	19
22	Laura	50	new	20
23	Brandy	48	↑24	57
24	Christina	47	↓5	12
25	Sara	46	↑14	54
26	Wendy	46	↓4	33
27	Carrie	45	↑7	29
28	Brandi	43	new	88
29	Elizabeth	43	↑7	15
30	Shannon	43	↓15	21
31	Tara	43	↑14	41
32	Misty	42	↓6	47
33	Emily	39	↑10	48
34	Erin	37	↑3	38
35	Christine	35	↑13	22
36	Teresa	35	↓16	61
37	Lori	34	↓20	39
38	Megan	34	new	69
39	Mandy	33	new	>100
40	Tiffany	33	↓17	37
41	Tina	33	↓8	35
42	April	32	↓11	25
43	Dawn	32	↓8	23
44	Karen	32	new	27
45	Melanie	32	↓21	52
46	Jamie	30	↓8	68
47	Maria	30	new	30
48	Anna	29	↓2	79
49	Cynthia	29	new	40
50	Jill	29	↓25	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	276	–	2
2	Michael	273	–	1
3	David	182	–	5
4	Christopher	171	↑1	3
5	Ryan	161	↑4	23
6	James	153	–	4
7	Robert	152	–	6
8	John	138	–	7
9	Brian	137	↓5	8
10	Joshua	136	↑17	26
11	Jeremy	132	–	24
12	Matthew	131	↓2	9
13	Daniel	112	↑5	11
14	Justin	109	↓2	37
15	William	106	↓2	10
16	Richard	104	↑8	16
17	Benjamin	98	↑9	36
18	Travis	97	↓2	51
19	Aaron	91	↑1	32
20	Eric	91	↓6	13
21	Scott	89	↓4	17
22	Jared	88	↑3	100
23	Joseph	88	↑5	12
24	Steven	88	↓5	18
25	Jeffrey	84	↓10	14
26	Chad	79	↓5	27
27	Shawn	78	↑3	31
28	Nathan	75	↑3	45
29	Brandon	73	↓6	44
30	Andrew	67	↑4	28
31	Timothy	67	↑9	22
32	Mark	66	↓10	19
33	Kevin	65	↓4	15
34	Thomas	62	↓1	20
35	Dustin	59	↑1	96
36	Anthony	53	new	21
37	Shane	51	↓5	57
38	Adam	48	↓3	38
39	Paul	48	–	29
40	Jacob	45	↑5	75
41	Bryan	44	↓3	47
42	Casey	44	↑8	>100
43	Jonathan	43	↓2	30
44	Kenneth	42	↑4	35
45	Cory	40	new	99
46	Gregory	37	↓2	33
47	Todd	37	↓10	43
48	Kelly	34	new	>100
49	Bradley	33	↓2	52
50	Douglas	33	new	55

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