Popular baby names in Idaho, 1987

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1987 were Jessica for girls (218 babies) and Michael for boys (209). Social Security records list 11,752 babies born in Idaho in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1987

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: 29 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 17 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Heidi: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cassie: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chelsey: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Whitney: 94 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kristi: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lacey: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelsey: 43 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Melinda: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 41 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Brady: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bryce: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Levi: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Logan: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chase: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Trevor: 41 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 140 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cody: 107 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Casey: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	218	–	1
2	Ashley	201	–	2
3	Amanda	195	–	3
4	Sarah	129	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	126	↓1	4
6	Melissa	98	↑4	13
7	Whitney	94	↑4	32
8	Megan	93	↓1	12
9	Samantha	91	↑18	11
10	Kayla	90	↑19	27
11	Stephanie	83	↓3	6
12	Danielle	73	–	14
13	Nicole	71	↑2	8
14	Sara	69	↓1	29
15	Heather	66	↓6	9
16	Elizabeth	64	↑3	10
17	Amber	61	↓11	15
18	Amy	61	↓2	24
19	Rebecca	58	↑2	25
20	Rachel	57	↓3	17
21	Emily	56	↑1	19
22	Katie	55	↓4	38
23	Andrea	49	↑3	36
24	Brittany	49	↓10	7
25	Kimberly	49	↓5	23
26	Michelle	48	↓1	21
27	Christina	46	↑9	20
28	Kelsey	43	new	67
29	Laura	43	↑1	22
30	Crystal	42	↓2	26
31	Lindsey	40	↑1	41
32	Tiffany	40	↓9	18
33	Cassandra	39	new	68
34	Erin	39	↑1	34
35	Lisa	37	new	40
36	Angela	36	↓5	35
37	Jamie	36	↓13	39
38	Chelsea	34	↑2	47
39	Lindsay	34	↓6	49
40	Brittney	32	new	61
41	Tara	32	↑1	69
42	Courtney	31	↓4	33
43	Erica	31	new	31
44	Alicia	30	↑5	46
45	Hailey	29	new	>100
46	Katherine	29	↓5	28
47	Allison	28	new	44
48	Kathryn	28	↓9	51
49	Anna	27	↑1	52
50	Heidi	25	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	209	–	1
2	Christopher	177	↑1	2
3	Matthew	176	↓1	3
4	Andrew	172	↑6	6
5	Joshua	159	↓1	4
6	Ryan	151	↑2	13
7	David	143	↓1	5
8	Tyler	140	↑6	39
9	Robert	130	↓2	10
10	Jacob	126	↓1	31
11	Justin	122	↑1	9
12	Daniel	111	↓7	7
13	Brandon	108	↓2	14
14	Cody	107	↑4	49
15	Kyle	107	↑1	22
16	Nicholas	106	↓3	16
17	Jason	94	–	23
18	James	93	↓3	8
19	Anthony	91	↑12	17
20	Joseph	91	–	12
21	John	85	↑2	11
22	Zachary	85	↑3	33
23	Benjamin	80	↓4	28
24	Eric	79	↓2	21
25	Steven	77	↑7	25
26	Nathan	71	↓2	45
27	Adam	70	↑7	27
28	Brian	70	↓7	20
29	Dustin	69	↓3	44
30	William	65	–	15
31	Jordan	63	↑7	52
32	Travis	61	↑16	42
33	Kevin	59	↑2	19
34	Thomas	58	↓5	24
35	Jared	57	↑1	58
36	Jeremy	56	↓8	29
37	Jonathan	56	↑3	18
38	Scott	56	↑6	43
39	Richard	55	–	30
40	Jeffrey	52	↓7	32
41	Timothy	52	↑4	26
42	Aaron	51	↓15	34
43	Casey	49	–	80
44	Alex	47	new	60
45	Derek	47	new	54
46	Jesse	47	↓9	55
47	Samuel	47	–	50
48	Bryan	42	new	51
49	Shawn	41	new	59
50	Trevor	41	↓4	93

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