Popular baby names in Idaho, 1978

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (334 babies) and Michael for boys (294). Social Security records list 14,651 babies born in Idaho in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1978

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, 6.4× the national rate
Lacey: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Hilary: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jana: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mindy: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Heidi: 64 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jami: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Katie: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Stacie: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mandy: 41 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Bryce: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Levi: 19 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Cody: 58 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Spencer: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jared: 103 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tyson: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tyler: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kirk: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelly: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cameron: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	334	–	1
2	Jessica	162	↑5	3
3	Melissa	155	↑1	2
4	Sarah	153	↑1	8
5	Amy	148	↓3	4
6	Heather	143	↓3	5
7	Angela	142	↓1	7
8	Amanda	132	–	6
9	Michelle	97	↑1	9
10	Lisa	94	↑1	11
11	Amber	93	↑3	30
12	Stephanie	93	↑4	16
13	Jamie	92	↓1	20
14	Rebecca	91	↓5	17
15	Kimberly	90	↓2	13
16	Sara	83	↑1	28
17	Nicole	75	↑6	10
18	Andrea	73	↓3	23
19	Christina	72	–	15
20	Crystal	69	↑15	18
21	Emily	69	–	33
22	Rachel	69	↑6	25
23	Heidi	64	↓5	83
24	Elizabeth	60	↓4	14
25	Erin	57	↓3	21
26	Julie	55	–	26
27	Katie	54	↑16	90
28	Megan	52	↑9	41
29	Melanie	52	↑9	54
30	Anna	49	new	65
31	Laura	48	–	19
32	Shannon	48	↑4	22
33	April	46	new	27
34	Danielle	46	↓2	31
35	Brandy	43	↓6	37
36	Carrie	43	↑5	35
37	Misty	43	↑2	43
38	Kelly	42	↓14	12
39	Mary	42	↓14	24
40	Mandy	41	–	96
41	Jill	40	↓11	46
42	Holly	38	↓9	55
43	Tara	38	↓16	40
44	Wendy	38	↓2	56
45	Kathryn	36	new	57
46	Tiffany	35	↓12	32
47	Maria	34	↓2	36
48	Erica	31	↓1	34
49	Katherine	30	new	38
50	Natalie	30	–	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	294	–	1
2	Jason	270	–	2
3	Joshua	207	↑4	12
4	Christopher	202	↑1	3
5	Ryan	199	↓1	14
6	Matthew	185	↑2	6
7	James	180	↑2	5
8	David	178	↓5	4
9	Jeremy	157	↓3	18
10	Robert	155	↑2	8
11	Daniel	147	–	11
12	Justin	140	↑1	28
13	John	138	↓3	7
14	Brian	137	–	9
15	Nathan	116	↑3	36
16	Benjamin	112	↓1	34
17	Brandon	108	↑2	40
18	Scott	108	↑6	30
19	Aaron	107	↑8	32
20	Andrew	103	↑10	22
21	Jared	103	↑2	72
22	Joseph	97	↓1	10
23	Nicholas	96	↑26	25
24	Timothy	94	↑5	17
25	Jeffrey	93	↑1	19
26	William	93	↓4	13
27	Jacob	92	↑4	50
28	Travis	92	↓12	46
29	Steven	86	↓1	24
30	Richard	85	↓5	21
31	Eric	81	↓14	16
32	Adam	77	↑4	29
33	Chad	75	↑1	35
34	Kevin	75	↓14	15
35	Jonathan	72	↑7	31
36	Paul	70	↑10	33
37	Dustin	68	–	68
38	Shawn	65	–	39
39	Thomas	63	↓4	23
40	Mark	61	↓7	26
41	Cody	58	↑7	>100
42	Samuel	48	new	57
43	Anthony	47	↓2	20
44	Bradley	47	↑3	53
45	Casey	47	new	92
46	Sean	47	new	45
47	Jesse	45	↓3	51
48	Charles	43	↑2	27
49	Kyle	43	new	63
50	Tyler	43	↓7	>100

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