Popular baby names in Idaho, 1976

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (329 babies) and Michael for boys (267). Social Security records list 13,043 babies born in Idaho in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1976

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

Girls

Jana: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Becky: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Heidi: 63 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Katie: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mindy: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Natalie: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kristy: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shawna: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mandy: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Angie: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 40 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Bryce: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Jared: 91 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Dustin: 71 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tyson: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tyler: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lucas: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelly: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cameron: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Trevor: 23 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	329	–	1
2	Amy	189	–	2
3	Heather	148	↑1	4
4	Angela	142	↓1	5
5	Melissa	118	–	3
6	Jamie	111	↑40	18
7	Jessica	100	↑7	8
8	Stephanie	96	↑3	11
9	Lisa	94	↓1	9
10	Amanda	89	↑3	10
11	Rebecca	89	↓1	12
12	Michelle	88	↓6	6
13	Sarah	88	↓4	15
14	Kimberly	79	↓7	7
15	Christina	68	↑9	14
16	Shannon	68	↑14	17
17	Heidi	63	↓5	70
18	Amber	61	–	49
19	Julie	55	↓2	21
20	Nicole	55	↓5	13
21	Andrea	52	↓5	25
22	Sara	52	↑3	27
23	Elizabeth	50	↑6	16
24	Misty	50	↑8	46
25	Maria	48	↑22	34
26	Holly	47	↓7	56
27	Natalie	46	new	80
28	Rachel	46	↓8	23
29	Emily	44	↑4	50
30	Erin	44	↑4	24
31	Jaime	44	new	29
32	Brandy	42	↓9	55
33	April	40	↑9	30
34	Tiffany	40	↑6	32
35	Stacey	38	new	51
36	Danielle	37	new	33
37	Mary	37	↓16	22
38	Megan	37	–	62
39	Teresa	36	↓3	66
40	Kelly	35	new	19
41	Laura	35	↓19	20
42	Mandy	35	↓3	100
43	Tara	35	↓12	42
44	Jill	34	↑6	52
45	Carrie	33	↓18	28
46	Melanie	33	↓1	53
47	Tina	31	↓6	48
48	Wendy	31	↓22	39
49	Kristy	30	new	>100
50	Leslie	30	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	267	↑1	1
2	Jason	256	↓1	2
3	Jeremy	215	↑8	14
4	David	202	↓1	4
5	Christopher	199	↓1	3
6	Ryan	191	↓1	16
7	Matthew	161	↑5	9
8	Brian	160	↑1	8
9	Joshua	143	↑1	18
10	Robert	143	↓3	7
11	Justin	130	↑3	33
12	John	124	↓4	6
13	James	121	↓7	5
14	Daniel	115	↓1	10
15	Scott	112	↑6	24
16	Aaron	104	↑3	30
17	Benjamin	102	–	32
18	Eric	101	↑2	13
19	Nathan	93	↑9	39
20	Richard	93	↓4	19
21	Travis	93	↓3	46
22	Jared	91	–	90
23	Jeffrey	90	↑2	17
24	William	90	↓9	11
25	Brandon	88	↑4	40
26	Chad	86	–	29
27	Joseph	86	↓4	12
28	Steven	85	↓4	20
29	Kevin	78	↑4	15
30	Mark	75	↑2	25
31	Jacob	72	↑9	63
32	Dustin	71	↑3	82
33	Thomas	59	↑1	23
34	Shawn	57	↓7	34
35	Timothy	57	↓4	21
36	Andrew	56	↓6	27
37	Bryan	55	↑4	43
38	Anthony	54	↓2	22
39	Jonathan	53	↑4	31
40	Adam	52	↓2	36
41	Shane	52	↓4	57
42	Charles	47	new	26
43	Paul	47	↓4	28
44	Kenneth	45	–	38
45	Gregory	42	↑1	35
46	Cory	41	↓1	83
47	Cody	40	new	>100
48	Bradley	35	↑1	51
49	Jesse	34	new	55
50	Douglas	32	–	56

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