Popular baby names in Idaho, 1979

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (293 babies) and Michael for boys (280). Social Security records list 15,324 babies born in Idaho in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1979

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

Girls

Lacey: 27 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Camille: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Hilary: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Heidi: 61 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brooke: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Autumn: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jana: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Katie: 67 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jenny: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Stacie: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Jake: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Cody: 68 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Bryce: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Spencer: 28 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Tyler: 67 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Tyson: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Levi: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kelly: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Caleb: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jacob: 130 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	293	–	1
2	Amanda	176	↑6	3
3	Melissa	176	–	2
4	Heather	157	↑2	7
5	Sarah	156	↓1	6
6	Jessica	127	↓4	4
7	Angela	123	–	8
8	Amber	122	↑3	22
9	Amy	119	↓4	5
10	Stephanie	114	↑2	15
11	Rebecca	112	↑3	17
12	Jamie	106	↑1	19
13	Lisa	103	↓3	13
14	Nicole	100	↑3	9
15	Michelle	99	↓6	10
16	Kimberly	93	↓1	12
17	Christina	71	↑2	14
18	Crystal	71	↑2	18
19	Julie	69	↑7	29
20	Andrea	68	↓2	26
21	Katie	67	↑6	63
22	Elizabeth	63	↑2	11
23	Sara	63	↓7	30
24	Heidi	61	↓1	83
25	Emily	60	↓4	34
26	Laura	57	↑5	20
27	Shannon	57	↑5	25
28	April	56	↑5	23
29	Kelly	55	↑9	16
30	Brooke	54	new	85
31	Rachel	54	↓9	27
32	Erin	53	↓7	21
33	Megan	53	↓5	31
34	Tiffany	53	↑12	28
35	Mary	49	↑4	24
36	Misty	49	↑1	42
37	Tara	48	↑6	38
38	Mindy	46	new	81
39	Holly	45	↑3	48
40	Carrie	44	↓4	41
41	Jill	41	–	52
42	Brandy	40	↓7	39
43	Brandi	39	new	61
44	Katherine	39	↑5	36
45	Jenny	38	new	>100
46	Natalie	38	↑4	68
47	Danielle	37	↓13	33
48	Maria	37	↓1	37
49	Mandy	34	↓9	>100
50	Melanie	34	↓21	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	280	–	1
2	Joshua	240	↑1	9
3	Jason	230	↓1	3
4	Ryan	205	↑1	14
5	David	202	↑3	4
6	Christopher	194	↓2	2
7	Matthew	194	↓1	6
8	Jeremy	167	↑1	16
9	James	163	↓2	5
10	Nicholas	162	↑13	15
11	Robert	156	↓1	8
12	John	150	↑1	7
13	Daniel	143	↓2	12
14	Justin	137	↓2	22
15	Benjamin	135	↑1	33
16	Jacob	130	↑11	45
17	Travis	127	↑11	36
18	Joseph	123	↑4	11
19	Eric	120	↑12	17
20	Andrew	118	–	20
21	Brian	118	↓7	10
22	Timothy	117	↑2	18
23	Nathan	111	↓8	37
24	Brandon	103	↓7	35
25	Steven	103	↑4	27
26	William	103	–	13
27	Jeffrey	100	↓2	24
28	Scott	98	↓10	29
29	Adam	97	↑3	23
30	Aaron	89	↓11	32
31	Kevin	85	↑3	19
32	Jared	81	↓11	65
33	Richard	81	↓3	25
34	Chad	77	↓1	38
35	Dustin	77	↑2	62
36	Thomas	74	↑3	26
37	Cody	68	↑4	>100
38	Jonathan	67	↓3	31
39	Tyler	67	↑11	>100
40	Jesse	65	↑7	50
41	Mark	61	↓1	30
42	Bradley	59	↑2	47
43	Paul	58	↓7	34
44	Anthony	54	↓1	21
45	Shawn	54	↓7	43
46	Shane	53	new	67
47	Casey	49	↓2	93
48	Zachary	49	new	74
49	Charles	46	↓1	28
50	Douglas	45	new	58

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