Popular baby names in Idaho, 1988

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1988 were Jessica for girls (238 babies) and Michael for boys (215). Social Security records list 11,588 babies born in Idaho in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1988

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: 33 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Kelsie: 16 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Heidi: 28 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Chelsey: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Breanna: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lacey: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sierra: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carly: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jordan: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Whitney: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 40 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Skyler: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Levi: 37 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Bryce: 31 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tanner: 16 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brady: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cole: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Chase: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jake: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mathew: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	238	–	1
2	Amanda	193	↑1	3
3	Ashley	171	↓1	2
4	Sarah	105	–	4
5	Jennifer	103	–	5
6	Heather	100	↑9	14
7	Megan	91	↑1	12
8	Stephanie	88	↑3	7
9	Kayla	87	↑1	20
10	Samantha	81	↓1	8
11	Amber	75	↑6	15
12	Danielle	72	–	17
13	Emily	71	↑8	18
14	Melissa	68	↓8	16
15	Nicole	68	↓2	9
16	Rachel	64	↑4	19
17	Whitney	64	↓10	39
18	Brittany	62	↑6	6
19	Elizabeth	61	↓3	10
20	Rebecca	53	↓1	26
21	Katie	50	↑1	40
22	Kimberly	48	↑3	25
23	Chelsea	47	↑15	33
24	Laura	47	↑5	23
25	Michelle	44	↑1	21
26	Tiffany	44	↑6	13
27	Amy	42	↓9	29
28	Courtney	41	↑14	24
29	Erin	39	↑5	37
30	Andrea	38	↓7	35
31	Jamie	38	↑6	45
32	Katherine	37	↑14	27
33	Sara	37	↓19	30
34	Angela	36	↑2	38
35	Lindsey	36	↓4	48
36	Tara	36	↑5	67
37	Crystal	35	↓7	28
38	Lindsay	35	↑1	57
39	Alyssa	33	new	47
40	Hailey	33	↑5	>100
41	Cassandra	32	↓8	59
42	Mary	32	new	34
43	Kendra	31	new	80
44	Alicia	30	–	50
45	Brittney	30	↓5	52
46	Christina	29	↓19	22
47	Vanessa	29	new	41
48	Heidi	28	↑2	>100
49	Kelsey	28	↓21	64
50	Kristen	28	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	215	–	1
2	Joshua	163	↑3	4
3	Matthew	159	–	3
4	Andrew	152	–	5
5	Jacob	151	↑5	28
6	David	147	↑1	6
7	Daniel	136	↑5	8
8	Justin	134	↑3	7
9	Christopher	130	↓7	2
10	Ryan	125	↓4	13
11	Robert	107	↓2	10
12	Tyler	107	↓4	33
13	Cody	96	↑1	43
14	Brandon	94	↓1	17
15	Kyle	94	–	21
16	Nicholas	88	–	14
17	Zachary	88	↑5	29
18	Joseph	83	↑2	12
19	James	79	↓1	9
20	John	77	↑1	11
21	Jordan	77	↑10	52
22	Anthony	72	↓3	18
23	Benjamin	69	–	30
24	Steven	69	↑1	24
25	Thomas	67	↑9	23
26	Timothy	67	↑15	25
27	Jason	65	↓10	27
28	William	65	↑2	16
29	Aaron	62	↑13	31
30	Brian	62	↓2	22
31	Dustin	62	↓2	48
32	Nathan	61	↓6	44
33	Adam	57	↓6	26
34	Eric	57	↓10	19
35	Kevin	56	↓2	20
36	Mark	56	new	39
37	Jeffrey	52	↑3	36
38	Alexander	51	new	34
39	Travis	50	↓7	41
40	Jonathan	49	↓3	15
41	Richard	49	↓2	32
42	Scott	49	↓4	47
43	Sean	49	new	38
44	Samuel	46	↑3	45
45	Derek	45	–	53
46	Jared	45	↓11	60
47	Jesse	45	↓1	55
48	Patrick	45	new	42
49	Bradley	43	new	57
50	Trevor	43	–	87

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