Popular baby names in Idaho, 1977

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (295 babies) and Michael for boys (275). Social Security records list 14,186 babies born in Idaho in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1977

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: 23 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Becky: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Heidi: 65 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Brooke: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Katie: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Molly: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mindy: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Mandy: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Jake: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Beau: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Cody: 46 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Bryce: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Tyler: 50 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Tyson: 26 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jared: 104 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Trevor: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Caleb: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelly: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	295	–	1
2	Amy	157	–	3
3	Heather	153	–	5
4	Melissa	139	↑1	2
5	Sarah	136	↑8	11
6	Angela	134	↓2	6
7	Jessica	132	–	4
8	Amanda	107	↑2	9
9	Rebecca	107	↑2	17
10	Michelle	95	↑2	7
11	Lisa	94	↓2	12
12	Jamie	90	↓6	18
13	Kimberly	79	↑1	8
14	Amber	77	↑4	33
15	Andrea	70	↑6	24
16	Stephanie	69	↓8	14
17	Sara	67	↑5	27
18	Heidi	65	↓1	81
19	Christina	64	↓4	16
20	Elizabeth	63	↑3	13
21	Emily	61	↑8	37
22	Erin	58	↑8	23
23	Nicole	56	↓3	15
24	Kelly	55	↑16	10
25	Mary	54	↑12	21
26	Julie	53	↓7	22
27	Tara	52	↑16	35
28	Rachel	48	–	26
29	Brandy	47	↑3	51
30	Jill	46	↑14	41
31	Laura	46	↑10	20
32	Danielle	43	↑4	31
33	Holly	43	↓7	52
34	Tiffany	42	–	34
35	Crystal	40	new	25
36	Shannon	39	↓20	19
37	Megan	38	↑1	54
38	Melanie	38	↑8	53
39	Misty	38	↓15	40
40	Mandy	37	↑2	94
41	Carrie	36	↑4	28
42	Wendy	36	↑6	49
43	Katie	35	new	>100
44	Jaime	34	↓13	46
45	Maria	34	↓20	36
46	Christine	33	new	30
47	Erica	33	new	38
48	Alicia	32	new	60
49	Leslie	32	↑1	65
50	Natalie	32	↓23	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	275	–	1
2	Jason	254	–	2
3	David	232	↑1	4
4	Ryan	232	↑2	16
5	Christopher	187	–	3
6	Jeremy	182	↓3	15
7	Joshua	178	↑2	14
8	Matthew	161	↓1	9
9	James	150	↑4	5
10	John	143	↑2	7
11	Daniel	142	↑3	11
12	Robert	139	↓2	6
13	Justin	132	↓2	30
14	Brian	130	↓6	8
15	Benjamin	125	↑2	29
16	Travis	115	↑5	44
17	Eric	114	↑1	17
18	Nathan	111	↑1	36
19	Brandon	109	↑6	41
20	Kevin	108	↑9	13
21	Joseph	107	↑6	10
22	William	106	↑2	12
23	Jared	104	↓1	76
24	Scott	103	↓9	27
25	Richard	102	↓5	20
26	Jeffrey	100	↓3	19
27	Aaron	93	↓11	32
28	Steven	84	–	23
29	Timothy	78	↑6	18
30	Andrew	75	↑6	24
31	Jacob	75	–	56
32	Shane	75	↑9	61
33	Mark	69	↓3	25
34	Chad	67	↓8	34
35	Thomas	66	↓2	22
36	Adam	64	↑4	33
37	Dustin	59	↓5	81
38	Shawn	57	↓4	37
39	Jeremiah	53	new	69
40	Bryan	52	↓3	42
41	Anthony	50	↓3	21
42	Jonathan	50	↓3	28
43	Tyler	50	new	>100
44	Jesse	48	↑5	54
45	Kenneth	48	↓1	39
46	Paul	48	↓3	31
47	Bradley	46	↑1	49
48	Cody	46	↓1	>100
49	Nicholas	46	new	51
50	Charles	45	↓8	26

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