Popular baby names in Idaho, 1984

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (262 babies) and Michael for boys (251). Social Security records list 13,766 babies born in Idaho in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1984

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: 26 babies, 31.8× the national rate
Camille: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Heidi: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chelsea: 52 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Whitney: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelsey: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lacey: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Misty: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Wendy: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alyssa: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Skyler: 16 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Tyson: 45 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Bryce: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Chance: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Levi: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jake: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Brady: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Morgan: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Cody: 107 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Chase: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	262	–	1
2	Jessica	239	–	2
3	Amanda	183	–	4
4	Ashley	151	–	3
5	Sarah	142	–	5
6	Megan	121	↑5	11
7	Heather	115	–	9
8	Melissa	110	–	8
9	Stephanie	106	–	6
10	Amber	105	↓4	18
11	Amy	88	↑1	13
12	Nicole	87	↓2	7
13	Crystal	79	–	12
14	Rebecca	79	↑1	23
15	Angela	78	↑10	26
16	Rachel	77	↑6	15
17	Elizabeth	75	–	10
18	Kimberly	74	↓4	22
19	Andrea	69	↑4	28
20	Emily	69	↓2	24
21	Jamie	68	↑3	31
22	Katie	67	↓2	44
23	Tiffany	67	↓4	14
24	Danielle	66	↑10	16
25	Michelle	64	↓9	17
26	Sara	62	↓5	32
27	Tara	61	↑2	49
28	Erin	56	↓1	25
29	Laura	55	↑6	19
30	Christina	53	↓4	20
31	Chelsea	52	↑16	84
32	Lisa	47	↓2	29
33	Holly	46	↓2	53
34	Lindsay	46	↑10	36
35	Lindsey	46	↓7	35
36	Katherine	44	↓4	30
37	Heidi	42	↑4	>100
38	Alicia	39	new	40
39	Mary	36	↑4	33
40	Kathryn	35	↓2	48
41	Anna	34	↓5	57
42	Kristin	34	new	47
43	Kristen	33	↑5	38
44	Brittany	32	new	41
45	Whitney	32	new	>100
46	Natalie	31	new	55
47	Cassandra	30	new	63
48	Julie	30	↓11	52
49	Misty	30	new	98
50	Kara	29	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	251	–	1
2	Matthew	246	–	3
3	Joshua	215	↑1	4
4	Christopher	213	↓1	2
5	Ryan	167	–	12
6	Daniel	155	↑3	6
7	David	147	↓1	5
8	James	138	↑3	7
9	Justin	138	↑4	13
10	Robert	134	↑7	9
11	Brandon	129	↑5	15
12	Tyler	128	↑6	47
13	Jacob	125	↓5	37
14	Jason	120	↓7	11
15	John	116	↓5	8
16	Andrew	112	↓2	14
17	Nicholas	112	↑3	20
18	Adam	108	↓3	18
19	Benjamin	108	↑2	30
20	Cody	107	↑11	62
21	Joseph	102	↓9	10
22	Dustin	101	↑6	41
23	Brian	91	↓1	17
24	William	89	↑1	16
25	Travis	87	↑8	42
26	Eric	83	–	22
27	Jeremy	82	↓4	31
28	Steven	81	↓4	23
29	Jeffrey	80	↑1	28
30	Scott	77	↑5	39
31	Nathan	74	↑1	38
32	Thomas	73	↑5	25
33	Kyle	72	↑1	34
34	Aaron	71	↓15	29
35	Derek	67	↑7	52
36	Jared	67	↑3	59
37	Zachary	67	↑3	45
38	Anthony	65	↓9	21
39	Jonathan	65	↓12	19
40	Kevin	65	↑4	24
41	Timothy	63	↓3	26
42	Jesse	62	↓6	50
43	Mark	59	↑4	32
44	Richard	56	↓3	27
45	Casey	48	new	82
46	Chad	47	↓3	51
47	Patrick	47	↑3	36
48	Gregory	46	new	44
49	Tyson	45	↓1	>100
50	Jordan	43	new	65

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