Popular baby names in Idaho, 1983

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (219 babies) and Michael for boys (290). Social Security records list 14,315 babies born in Idaho in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1983

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

Girls

Hailey: 20 babies, 28.8× the national rate
Camille: 22 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Chelsey: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Rachelle: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tessa: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lacey: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mindy: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cassie: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mandy: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 48 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Jake: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cody: 79 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tyler: 116 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cole: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Logan: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelly: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chase: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Spencer: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	219	–	1
2	Jessica	216	–	2
3	Amanda	202	–	3
4	Ashley	155	↑24	4
5	Sarah	134	↓1	5
6	Amber	124	–	17
7	Heather	117	↑2	9
8	Melissa	117	↓3	6
9	Stephanie	99	↓1	8
10	Nicole	97	↑7	7
11	Megan	92	↑8	21
12	Amy	88	↓5	12
13	Crystal	88	↑3	11
14	Kimberly	87	–	15
15	Rebecca	83	↓5	19
16	Michelle	81	↓1	13
17	Elizabeth	80	↑1	10
18	Emily	80	↓7	25
19	Tiffany	80	↑4	14
20	Katie	77	↑5	45
21	Sara	76	↓8	31
22	Rachel	74	↓2	20
23	Andrea	71	↓1	30
24	Jamie	71	↑2	28
25	Angela	68	↓13	22
26	Christina	60	↑13	16
27	Erin	60	↓6	18
28	Lindsey	58	↑3	35
29	Tara	54	↑5	51
30	Lisa	52	↓6	27
31	Holly	50	new	48
32	Katherine	50	↑18	34
33	April	46	↑9	39
34	Danielle	45	↓2	29
35	Laura	45	↓8	23
36	Anna	43	↓3	55
37	Julie	41	↑3	46
38	Kathryn	38	new	50
39	Lacey	38	↑8	>100
40	Erica	37	↑6	33
41	Heidi	37	↓11	95
42	Courtney	36	↑7	44
43	Mary	36	↓7	32
44	Lindsay	35	↓15	36
45	Samantha	35	new	40
46	Nichole	34	new	93
47	Chelsea	32	new	>100
48	Kristen	32	new	37
49	Shannon	32	↓5	38
50	Brandi	31	↓9	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	290	↑1	1
2	Matthew	262	↑2	3
3	Christopher	222	–	2
4	Joshua	219	↓3	5
5	Ryan	205	↑2	13
6	David	165	↓1	4
7	Jason	158	↓1	7
8	Jacob	156	↑1	36
9	Daniel	145	↑1	8
10	John	144	↑5	9
11	James	134	↓3	6
12	Joseph	132	↓1	11
13	Justin	132	↓1	12
14	Andrew	131	↑2	15
15	Adam	129	↑10	18
16	Brandon	126	↓2	17
17	Robert	122	↓4	10
18	Tyler	116	↑2	57
19	Aaron	112	↓2	29
20	Nicholas	112	↓2	21
21	Benjamin	111	–	32
22	Brian	109	–	14
23	Jeremy	105	–	30
24	Steven	99	↓5	23
25	William	97	↑6	16
26	Eric	89	↑1	20
27	Jonathan	87	↑3	19
28	Dustin	86	–	43
29	Anthony	81	↑9	22
30	Jeffrey	80	↑5	28
31	Cody	79	↑11	81
32	Nathan	78	↓6	40
33	Travis	77	↓9	41
34	Kyle	75	↑5	34
35	Scott	74	↓6	38
36	Jesse	73	↓2	46
37	Thomas	73	–	24
38	Timothy	73	↓5	26
39	Jared	72	↓7	56
40	Zachary	71	↑7	50
41	Richard	64	↓5	27
42	Derek	60	↑1	51
43	Chad	55	↑1	49
44	Kevin	55	↓4	25
45	Samuel	55	↑1	54
46	Shawn	55	↑4	53
47	Mark	54	↓2	31
48	Tyson	48	new	>100
49	Bradley	44	new	52
50	Patrick	43	new	37

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