Popular baby names in Idaho, 1981

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (281 babies) and Joshua for boys (289). Joshua ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,041 babies born in Idaho in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1981

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: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ashlee: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Becky: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Cassie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lacey: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katie: 89 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawna: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Mindy: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mandy: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 42 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Brock: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Bryce: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jake: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Trent: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tyler: 84 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brady: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Logan: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cody: 48 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Levi: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	281	–	1
2	Jessica	198	↑3	2
3	Sarah	194	–	4
4	Amanda	182	↓2	3
5	Melissa	156	↓1	5
6	Amber	150	↑2	20
7	Heather	112	↓1	10
8	Stephanie	109	↑3	8
9	Amy	106	–	6
10	Rebecca	106	↑4	12
11	Nicole	98	↑5	7
12	Katie	89	↑10	44
13	Emily	87	↑14	29
14	Angela	86	↓7	15
15	Michelle	81	–	11
16	Tiffany	78	↓3	14
17	Christina	77	↑7	17
18	Crystal	77	–	16
19	Sara	75	–	26
20	Jamie	74	↓3	28
21	Kimberly	70	↓9	13
22	Lisa	69	↓12	18
23	Elizabeth	68	↓3	9
24	Megan	66	↑1	33
25	Andrea	65	↓2	24
26	Erin	64	–	19
27	Rachel	64	↓6	22
28	Tara	61	↑10	45
29	Heidi	56	↓1	84
30	April	50	↑1	25
31	Brooke	50	↑12	52
32	Misty	50	↑2	61
33	Kristin	47	↑14	31
34	Mary	47	↓4	27
35	Ashley	44	new	34
36	Danielle	44	–	30
37	Alicia	43	↑2	46
38	Laura	43	↓5	21
39	Melanie	43	↑11	66
40	Julie	42	↓8	37
41	Shannon	41	↑7	32
42	Lindsey	39	new	58
43	Anna	38	↓14	54
44	Brandi	38	↓4	50
45	Lindsay	36	↓3	47
46	Kristen	35	new	38
47	Natalie	34	↓12	60
48	Brandy	32	new	41
49	Erica	32	new	36
50	Jill	32	↓4	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Joshua	289	↑1	6
2	Michael	275	↓1	1
3	David	207	↑2	5
4	Matthew	205	↑2	3
5	Jason	200	↓2	4
6	Christopher	196	↓2	2
7	Ryan	195	↑1	13
8	Justin	163	↓1	12
9	James	154	↑1	7
10	Robert	145	↑2	9
11	Daniel	144	–	10
12	John	138	↑3	8
13	Benjamin	135	↑6	32
14	Brandon	130	–	19
15	Joseph	128	↑2	11
16	Brian	126	↓3	14
17	Adam	122	↑3	20
18	Jeremy	120	↓9	22
19	Andrew	118	↑7	18
20	Jacob	115	↓4	43
21	Nicholas	114	↓3	21
22	Scott	114	↑1	34
23	Aaron	108	↑2	30
24	Dustin	104	↑4	42
25	Nathan	103	↑2	36
26	Jeffrey	98	↑3	29
27	Eric	97	↓6	17
28	William	97	↓4	15
29	Jared	95	↑1	57
30	Travis	88	↓8	40
31	Tyler	84	↑7	96
32	Jonathan	78	↑2	16
33	Steven	78	↓1	28
34	Kevin	77	↑1	25
35	Jesse	75	↑6	37
36	Timothy	75	↓5	24
37	Mark	72	↓1	33
38	Chad	69	↓5	47
39	Thomas	64	↓2	26
40	Anthony	62	↑8	23
41	Derek	62	↑4	53
42	Richard	60	↓3	27
43	Kyle	59	new	52
44	Charles	58	–	31
45	Samuel	52	new	54
46	Paul	51	new	35
47	Sean	51	new	44
48	Cody	48	↓6	>100
49	Bradley	47	new	50
50	Patrick	47	↓4	38

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