Popular baby names in Idaho, 1980

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (292 babies) and Michael for boys (293). Social Security records list 15,446 babies born in Idaho in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1980

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: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jana: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Annie: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Stacie: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Summer: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bonnie: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katie: 70 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Anna: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Natalie: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 41 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jake: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Brady: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Tyson: 33 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Bryce: 21 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Tyler: 73 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cody: 54 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Spencer: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelly: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Andy: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	292	–	1
2	Amanda	210	–	2
3	Sarah	181	↑2	5
4	Melissa	176	↓1	4
5	Jessica	166	↑1	3
6	Heather	135	↓2	6
7	Angela	129	–	12
8	Amber	124	–	22
9	Amy	116	–	8
10	Lisa	100	↑3	16
11	Stephanie	95	↓1	13
12	Kimberly	89	↑4	11
13	Tiffany	87	↑21	14
14	Rebecca	86	↓3	17
15	Michelle	85	–	10
16	Nicole	85	↓2	7
17	Jamie	84	↓5	24
18	Crystal	80	–	18
19	Sara	80	↑4	27
20	Elizabeth	75	↑2	9
21	Rachel	72	↑10	23
22	Katie	70	↓1	44
23	Andrea	69	↓3	28
24	Christina	67	↓7	15
25	Megan	66	↑8	30
26	Erin	64	↑6	20
27	Emily	63	↓2	31
28	Heidi	57	↓4	79
29	Anna	56	new	55
30	Mary	56	↑5	25
31	April	52	↓3	26
32	Julie	52	↓13	32
33	Laura	52	↓7	21
34	Misty	52	↑2	49
35	Natalie	52	↑11	65
36	Danielle	49	↑11	33
37	Holly	49	↑2	52
38	Tara	47	↓1	43
39	Alicia	42	new	47
40	Brandi	42	↑3	63
41	Katherine	42	↑3	35
42	Lindsay	41	new	71
43	Brooke	39	↓13	57
44	Kelly	37	↓15	19
45	Maria	36	↑3	36
46	Jill	35	↓5	66
47	Kristin	35	new	37
48	Shannon	35	↓21	29
49	Carrie	33	↓9	46
50	Melanie	32	–	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	293	–	1
2	Joshua	279	–	7
3	Jason	242	–	3
4	Christopher	224	↑2	2
5	David	215	–	4
6	Matthew	201	↑1	6
7	Justin	187	↑7	13
8	Ryan	184	↓4	15
9	Jeremy	158	↓1	18
10	James	153	↓1	5
11	Daniel	143	↑2	11
12	Robert	141	↓1	9
13	Brian	139	↑8	12
14	Brandon	134	↑10	31
15	John	134	↓3	8
16	Jacob	133	–	43
17	Joseph	132	↑1	10
18	Nicholas	128	↓8	17
19	Benjamin	127	↓4	32
20	Adam	119	↑9	22
21	Eric	117	↓2	16
22	Travis	117	↓5	37
23	Scott	108	↑5	33
24	William	108	↑2	14
25	Aaron	105	↑5	34
26	Andrew	104	↓6	19
27	Nathan	103	↓4	36
28	Dustin	97	↑7	44
29	Jeffrey	95	↓2	27
30	Jared	90	↑2	61
31	Timothy	87	↓9	20
32	Steven	86	↓7	28
33	Chad	85	↑1	39
34	Jonathan	85	↑4	21
35	Kevin	77	↓4	23
36	Mark	74	↑5	30
37	Thomas	74	↓1	25
38	Tyler	73	↑1	>100
39	Richard	71	↓6	26
40	Kenneth	56	new	41
41	Jesse	55	↓1	45
42	Cody	54	↓5	>100
43	Shane	53	↑3	69
44	Charles	52	↑5	29
45	Derek	52	new	50
46	Patrick	50	new	38
47	Casey	48	–	93
48	Anthony	46	↓4	24
49	Zachary	45	↓1	72
50	Douglas	44	–	62

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