Popular baby names in Idaho, 1986

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1986 were Jessica for girls (220 babies) and Michael for boys (244). Social Security records list 12,354 babies born in Idaho in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1986

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: 18 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Rachelle: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Aubrey: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Chelsey: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lacey: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Heidi: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Misty: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jill: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Savannah: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kayla: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 51 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Skyler: 17 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Brady: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Levi: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Trevor: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cody: 103 babies, 4× the national rate
Logan: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jake: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cole: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Casey: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	220	–	1
2	Ashley	188	↑2	2
3	Amanda	157	↓1	3
4	Jennifer	143	↓1	4
5	Sarah	119	–	5
6	Amber	113	↑3	13
7	Megan	97	↓1	11
8	Stephanie	97	–	6
9	Heather	96	↓2	9
10	Melissa	86	–	12
11	Whitney	83	new	32
12	Danielle	82	↑2	16
13	Sara	79	↑3	27
14	Brittany	77	↑10	8
15	Nicole	73	↓3	7
16	Amy	72	↓5	22
17	Rachel	72	↓4	15
18	Katie	71	–	38
19	Elizabeth	63	↓2	10
20	Kimberly	63	↑2	18
21	Rebecca	62	↓1	26
22	Emily	61	↓7	24
23	Tiffany	56	↓2	17
24	Jamie	55	↑6	34
25	Michelle	54	↓6	23
26	Andrea	52	↑3	36
27	Samantha	50	↑9	21
28	Crystal	49	↓1	25
29	Kayla	49	↑16	64
30	Laura	46	↓5	20
31	Angela	44	↓8	33
32	Lindsey	44	new	39
33	Lindsay	40	↑1	46
34	Natalie	40	new	52
35	Erin	38	↓9	30
36	Christina	36	↓3	19
37	Lacey	36	new	>100
38	Courtney	35	–	35
39	Kathryn	34	↑2	48
40	Chelsea	33	↓5	73
41	Katherine	31	↓13	28
42	Tara	30	↓11	56
43	Holly	29	↑6	63
44	Kristin	29	↑2	50
45	Kristen	28	new	41
46	Brandi	27	↑1	79
47	Heidi	27	↓8	>100
48	Krista	27	new	93
49	Alicia	26	↓12	45
50	Anna	26	↓18	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	244	–	1
2	Matthew	197	↑2	3
3	Christopher	191	–	2
4	Joshua	180	↓2	4
5	Daniel	149	–	6
6	David	143	–	5
7	Robert	137	↑10	9
8	Ryan	136	–	11
9	Jacob	135	↓2	31
10	Andrew	134	↑3	8
11	Brandon	132	↓2	13
12	Justin	120	↑3	14
13	Nicholas	119	↓3	17
14	Tyler	116	↓2	40
15	James	108	↓1	7
16	Kyle	107	↓5	23
17	Jason	106	↑3	18
18	Cody	103	↑1	56
19	Benjamin	90	↑2	30
20	Joseph	90	↓4	12
21	Brian	87	↑4	20
22	Eric	86	↑5	22
23	John	82	↓5	10
24	Nathan	78	↑7	43
25	Zachary	73	↓3	38
26	Dustin	72	↑2	42
27	Aaron	71	↓4	33
28	Jeremy	68	↑5	28
29	Thomas	68	↑8	26
30	William	67	–	15
31	Anthony	65	↑5	19
32	Steven	64	↓3	25
33	Jeffrey	63	↑7	32
34	Adam	62	↓10	24
35	Kevin	62	↑6	21
36	Jared	57	↑2	58
37	Jesse	54	↓3	48
38	Jordan	53	↑10	53
39	Richard	53	↑5	29
40	Jonathan	52	↓5	16
41	Mark	52	↓2	35
42	Tyson	51	new	>100
43	Casey	49	↑3	83
44	Scott	49	↓2	44
45	Timothy	48	↓13	27
46	Trevor	48	↑4	98
47	Samuel	47	new	52
48	Travis	46	↓22	49
49	Chad	42	–	59
50	Sean	42	↓5	37

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