Popular baby names in Idaho, 1982

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (269 babies) and Joshua for boys (271). Joshua ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,062 babies born in Idaho in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1982

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

Girls

Aubrey: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Camille: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelsey: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Heidi: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawna: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Autumn: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lacey: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chelsea: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Mindy: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jodi: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 44 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Jake: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Levi: 30 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tyler: 104 babies, 5× the national rate
Spencer: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cody: 60 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chase: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Jacob: 153 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trevor: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cameron: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	269	–	1
2	Jessica	220	–	2
3	Amanda	215	↑1	3
4	Sarah	156	↓1	4
5	Melissa	141	–	5
6	Amber	127	–	18
7	Amy	125	↑2	10
8	Stephanie	112	–	7
9	Heather	108	↓2	12
10	Rebecca	104	–	15
11	Emily	95	↑2	24
12	Angela	91	↑2	16
13	Sara	87	↑6	28
14	Kimberly	83	↑7	14
15	Michelle	83	–	11
16	Crystal	82	↑2	9
17	Nicole	82	↓6	6
18	Elizabeth	81	↑5	8
19	Megan	81	↑5	34
20	Rachel	78	↑7	21
21	Erin	77	↑5	20
22	Andrea	74	↑3	27
23	Tiffany	74	↓7	13
24	Lisa	68	↓2	23
25	Katie	65	↓13	45
26	Jamie	64	↓6	29
27	Laura	64	↑11	22
28	Ashley	63	↑7	17
29	Lindsay	60	↑16	39
30	Heidi	54	↓1	86
31	Lindsey	54	↑11	40
32	Danielle	52	↑4	31
33	Anna	47	↑10	56
34	Tara	46	↓6	47
35	Brandy	45	↑13	50
36	Mary	45	↓2	30
37	Kristin	44	↓4	37
38	Natalie	44	↑9	51
39	Christina	41	↓22	19
40	Julie	41	–	41
41	Brandi	39	↑3	55
42	April	38	↓12	32
43	Misty	38	↓11	74
44	Shannon	34	↓3	38
45	Cassandra	33	new	62
46	Erica	33	↑3	35
47	Lacey	33	new	>100
48	Maria	33	new	42
49	Courtney	32	new	43
50	Katherine	32	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Joshua	271	–	7
2	Michael	260	–	1
3	Christopher	247	↑3	2
4	Matthew	214	–	3
5	David	201	↓2	5
6	Jason	188	↓1	4
7	Ryan	185	–	13
8	James	162	↑1	6
9	Jacob	153	↑11	41
10	Daniel	147	↑1	10
11	Joseph	146	↑4	11
12	Justin	142	↓4	12
13	Robert	136	↓3	9
14	Brandon	133	–	18
15	John	128	↓3	8
16	Andrew	122	↑3	17
17	Aaron	116	↑6	30
18	Nicholas	111	↑3	22
19	Steven	107	↑14	26
20	Tyler	104	↑11	66
21	Benjamin	102	↓8	33
22	Brian	102	↓6	14
23	Jeremy	102	↓5	28
24	Travis	101	↑6	39
25	Adam	99	↓8	19
26	Nathan	99	↓1	36
27	Eric	91	–	20
28	Dustin	90	↓4	42
29	Scott	87	↓7	34
30	Jonathan	86	↑2	16
31	William	86	↓3	15
32	Jared	81	↓3	54
33	Timothy	79	↑3	24
34	Jesse	78	↑1	43
35	Jeffrey	76	↓9	29
36	Richard	76	↑6	27
37	Thomas	74	↑2	23
38	Anthony	68	↑2	21
39	Kyle	66	↑4	47
40	Kevin	63	↓6	25
41	Charles	62	↑3	31
42	Cody	60	↑6	95
43	Derek	60	↓2	50
44	Chad	59	↓6	48
45	Mark	59	↓8	32
46	Samuel	56	↓1	56
47	Zachary	54	new	55
48	Paul	53	↓2	35
49	Casey	50	new	86
50	Shawn	48	new	52

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