Popular baby names in Idaho, 1997

The most popular baby names in Idaho in 1997 were Emily for girls (131 babies) and Jacob for boys (198). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 13,029 babies born in Idaho in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Idaho in 1997

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

Girls

Rylee: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Kylee: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Aubrey: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mckenna: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kendra: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mckenzie: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Hailey: 57 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Riley: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashlyn: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ashlee: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Dallin: 16 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Kaden: 24 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Jaden: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Tyson: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Braxton: 23 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kyler: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Brayden: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Braden: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Wyatt: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Riley: 51 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Idaho, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	131	–	1
2	Madison	124	↑4	10
3	Hannah	104	↓1	5
4	Jessica	101	–	2
5	Ashley	95	↑3	3
6	Taylor	90	↓1	7
7	Sarah	88	↑2	4
8	Samantha	80	↓5	6
9	Megan	74	↓2	11
10	Alexis	71	↑1	8
11	Elizabeth	67	↑2	9
12	Morgan	64	↑4	22
13	Alyssa	61	↑10	15
14	Rachel	58	↑1	13
15	Hailey	57	↓5	80
16	Kayla	54	↑2	12
17	Maria	54	↑16	38
18	Abigail	53	new	26
19	Emma	52	↑22	36
20	Amanda	49	↓8	16
21	Shelby	48	↑8	43
22	Sydney	47	↑14	35
23	Bailey	45	↑8	65
24	Brooke	43	↓3	45
25	Jordan	43	–	40
26	Katie	42	↑22	87
27	Rebecca	42	↓7	25
28	Savannah	40	↑7	47
29	Sierra	40	↓12	56
30	Anna	39	new	33
31	Courtney	39	↓17	28
32	Makayla	38	new	>100
33	Lauren	37	new	14
34	Miranda	37	new	70
35	Cheyenne	36	↑4	68
36	Victoria	35	↓6	19
37	Kaitlyn	34	↑10	41
38	Brianna	33	↑2	17
39	Danielle	33	↓11	34
40	Kylie	33	↓13	>100
41	Olivia	33	↑4	27
42	Paige	33	new	64
43	Brittany	32	↓24	20
44	Amber	31	↓18	29
45	Kelsey	31	new	57
46	Kendra	31	new	>100
47	Marissa	31	new	60
48	Alexandra	30	↓11	30
49	Cassidy	30	new	>100
50	Mackenzie	30	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	198	–	2
2	Austin	183	–	9
3	Tyler	138	–	10
4	Joshua	123	–	5
5	Matthew	122	↑2	3
6	Michael	120	↓1	1
7	Andrew	110	↑1	7
8	Brandon	99	↑5	8
9	Ryan	94	↑12	16
10	Christopher	89	↑10	4
11	Justin	89	↑3	20
12	Zachary	87	↓6	13
13	Jordan	86	↑5	26
14	Joseph	85	↑9	12
15	Daniel	84	↓5	11
16	Kyle	84	↑1	24
17	Nicholas	83	↓6	6
18	James	81	↓2	17
19	Cody	74	↓10	36
20	Alexander	73	↑11	22
21	Samuel	73	↓6	27
22	Tanner	73	↓3	82
23	William	72	↓1	19
24	Benjamin	70	↑2	29
25	David	70	↓13	14
26	Anthony	68	↓1	18
27	Jonathan	68	↑9	21
28	Logan	68	↓4	42
29	Nathan	66	↑1	34
30	Dylan	65	↑12	30
31	Robert	64	↓4	23
32	John	63	↓3	15
33	Jose	62	↑4	32
34	Taylor	59	↓1	87
35	Trevor	56	new	62
36	Caleb	53	↓4	47
37	Christian	52	↑1	25
38	Connor	51	↑6	52
39	Riley	51	↑2	>100
40	Wyatt	50	new	>100
41	Ethan	49	new	46
42	Hunter	48	new	44
43	Cole	46	new	72
44	Chase	44	↓5	77
45	Dakota	44	↓10	66
46	Isaac	44	new	73
47	Mason	43	new	89
48	Tristan	43	↓20	92
49	Alex	42	new	55
50	Jesse	42	–	63

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