Popular baby names in Idaho, 1989

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1989 were Jessica for girls (208 babies) and Joshua for boys (183). Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 11,824 babies born in Idaho in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1989

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: 24 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Kylee: 17 babies, 10× the national rate
Kylie: 35 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Heidi: 24 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lacey: 31 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Cassie: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sierra: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chelsey: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brianna: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Whitney: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 39 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Skyler: 22 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Brady: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Brock: 18 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Levi: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tanner: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jake: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Colby: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bryce: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Trevor: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	208	–	1
2	Ashley	161	↑1	2
3	Amanda	154	↓1	4
4	Sarah	113	–	5
5	Brittany	108	↑13	3
6	Samantha	96	↑4	6
7	Megan	95	–	11
8	Elizabeth	87	↑11	10
9	Heather	80	↓3	15
10	Kayla	79	↓1	20
11	Stephanie	70	↓3	8
12	Jennifer	68	↓7	7
13	Nicole	68	↑2	12
14	Emily	67	↓1	13
15	Rachel	64	↑1	18
16	Amber	61	↓5	14
17	Danielle	61	↓5	17
18	Melissa	55	↓4	19
19	Kelsey	53	↑30	31
20	Rebecca	53	–	24
21	Tiffany	51	↑5	16
22	Whitney	50	↓5	57
23	Michelle	49	↑2	22
24	Kimberly	46	↓2	28
25	Chelsea	45	↓2	27
26	Sara	45	↑7	29
27	Alyssa	43	↑12	33
28	Katie	42	↓7	45
29	Andrea	41	↑1	39
30	Courtney	41	↓2	21
31	Christina	40	↑15	23
32	Brittney	39	↑13	41
33	Hannah	39	new	42
34	Katherine	39	↓2	26
35	Lindsey	39	–	48
36	Laura	37	↓12	25
37	Amy	36	↓10	35
38	Anna	36	new	51
39	Jamie	36	↓8	52
40	Erin	35	↓11	40
41	Kylie	35	new	>100
42	Lauren	35	new	9
43	Alicia	33	↑1	53
44	Brianna	33	new	77
45	Crystal	32	↓8	32
46	Kristen	31	↑4	36
47	Lacey	31	new	>100
48	Jordan	30	new	72
49	Kathryn	29	new	58
50	Angela	28	↓16	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Joshua	183	↑1	4
2	Michael	179	↓1	1
3	Jacob	163	↑2	26
4	Matthew	157	↓1	3
5	Christopher	154	↑4	2
6	Andrew	147	↓2	7
7	Tyler	142	↑5	30
8	Kyle	125	↑7	20
9	Justin	124	↓1	8
10	David	121	↓4	5
11	Daniel	117	↓4	6
12	Ryan	105	↓2	13
13	Zachary	102	↑4	25
14	Brandon	101	–	18
15	Nicholas	98	↑1	14
16	Cody	95	↓3	45
17	Benjamin	94	↑6	29
18	James	93	↑1	9
19	Jordan	92	↑2	44
20	Joseph	89	↓2	11
21	Anthony	80	↑1	16
22	Thomas	78	↑3	23
23	Eric	77	↑11	21
24	Robert	77	↓13	10
25	John	76	↓5	12
26	Travis	75	↑13	41
27	Nathan	72	↑5	43
28	Kevin	66	↑7	19
29	Aaron	63	–	31
30	Brian	62	–	24
31	Dustin	61	–	48
32	Alexander	60	↑6	32
33	Jason	60	↓6	35
34	Adam	59	↓1	27
35	Steven	58	↓11	22
36	Jesse	56	↑11	50
37	William	55	↓9	15
38	Jonathan	52	↑2	17
39	Jeremy	51	new	34
40	Derek	50	↑5	54
41	Trevor	50	↑9	83
42	Jared	49	↑4	57
43	Austin	48	new	59
44	Richard	48	↓3	33
45	Timothy	48	↓19	28
46	Samuel	46	↓2	47
47	Casey	42	new	90
48	Scott	39	↓6	51
49	Sean	39	↓6	39
50	Tyson	39	new	>100

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