Popular baby names in Idaho, 1996

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1996 were Emily for girls (127 babies) and Jacob for boys (192). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,093 babies born in Idaho in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1996

Names given at least 15 times in Idaho that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Mckayla: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Hailey: 78 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Sadie: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Brooklyn: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Mckenzie: 38 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Aubrey: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Kylee: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shayla: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kylie: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mikayla: 30 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Kaden: 33 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Kade: 18 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Tyson: 24 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Brayden: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Braden: 28 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Braxton: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Riley: 50 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kyler: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tanner: 75 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tristen: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	127	↑2	1
2	Hannah	111	↑6	7
3	Samantha	108	↑2	5
4	Jessica	107	↓3	2
5	Taylor	100	↓1	6
6	Madison	99	↑5	15
7	Megan	91	↓1	12
8	Ashley	88	↓6	3
9	Sarah	86	↓2	4
10	Hailey	78	↑5	93
11	Alexis	72	↑5	8
12	Amanda	70	↓3	13
13	Elizabeth	70	↓3	10
14	Courtney	68	↑3	21
15	Rachel	64	↓3	9
16	Morgan	63	↓2	25
17	Sierra	58	↑1	62
18	Kayla	57	↓5	11
19	Brittany	49	–	14
20	Rebecca	49	↑1	24
21	Brooke	48	↑1	45
22	Mariah	47	↑5	63
23	Alyssa	46	↑7	23
24	Nicole	46	↑9	22
25	Jordan	45	↑12	49
26	Amber	42	↑6	27
27	Kylie	42	↑11	>100
28	Danielle	41	↑3	29
29	Shelby	41	–	35
30	Victoria	41	new	18
31	Bailey	40	↑5	85
32	Katelyn	40	↓7	64
33	Maria	39	↑7	37
34	Mckenzie	38	new	>100
35	Savannah	38	new	43
36	Sydney	38	new	39
37	Alexandra	37	↓13	26
38	Sara	37	↓10	50
39	Cheyenne	36	new	68
40	Brianna	35	↓14	17
41	Emma	35	new	53
42	Jasmine	34	new	28
43	Jennifer	34	↑5	19
44	Kaylee	34	↑5	>100
45	Olivia	34	new	34
46	Heather	33	↓2	71
47	Kaitlyn	33	↓13	40
48	Katie	33	new	81
49	Stephanie	33	↓26	20
50	Breanna	31	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	192	–	3
2	Austin	181	↑1	9
3	Tyler	159	↓1	7
4	Joshua	123	↑1	5
5	Michael	122	↓1	1
6	Zachary	109	↑4	14
7	Matthew	105	↓1	2
8	Andrew	103	↓1	10
9	Cody	101	↓1	31
10	Daniel	98	↑4	11
11	Nicholas	96	↓2	6
12	David	92	↑10	13
13	Brandon	86	↓2	8
14	Justin	85	↑5	20
15	Samuel	80	↑27	30
16	James	77	↑11	17
17	Kyle	77	↑4	25
18	Jordan	76	↓5	27
19	Tanner	75	↑14	90
20	Christopher	74	↓8	4
21	Ryan	74	↓5	16
22	William	74	↑7	18
23	Joseph	72	↓5	12
24	Logan	72	↑15	42
25	Anthony	68	↓5	19
26	Benjamin	68	–	29
27	Robert	68	↓2	23
28	Tristan	66	new	68
29	John	65	↓12	15
30	Nathan	65	↓2	37
31	Alexander	63	↓16	22
32	Caleb	55	↑6	48
33	Taylor	55	↑4	82
34	Aaron	54	↓11	34
35	Dakota	54	↓11	58
36	Jonathan	53	↓1	21
37	Jose	52	↓1	32
38	Christian	51	↓6	24
39	Chase	50	↓8	76
40	Jared	50	↑4	64
41	Riley	50	new	>100
42	Dylan	49	↓12	33
43	Thomas	47	↓9	28
44	Connor	46	↓3	54
45	Garrett	45	new	85
46	Blake	44	new	84
47	Cameron	44	↓7	49
48	Colton	42	↓2	>100
49	Eric	40	↓2	35
50	Jesse	38	–	51

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