Most popular boys’ names in Idaho, 1978

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	294
2	Jason	270
3	Joshua	207
4	Christopher	202
5	Ryan	199
6	Matthew	185
7	James	180
8	David	178
9	Jeremy	157
10	Robert	155
11	Daniel	147
12	Justin	140
13	John	138
14	Brian	137
15	Nathan	116
16	Benjamin	112
17	Brandon	108
17	Scott	108
19	Aaron	107
20	Andrew	103
20	Jared	103
22	Joseph	97
23	Nicholas	96
24	Timothy	94
25	Jeffrey	93

Rank	Name	Babies
25	William	93
27	Jacob	92
27	Travis	92
29	Steven	86
30	Richard	85
31	Eric	81
32	Adam	77
33	Chad	75
33	Kevin	75
35	Jonathan	72
36	Paul	70
37	Dustin	68
38	Shawn	65
39	Thomas	63
40	Mark	61
41	Cody	58
42	Samuel	48
43	Anthony	47
43	Bradley	47
43	Casey	47
43	Sean	47
47	Jesse	45
48	Charles	43
48	Kyle	43
48	Tyler	43
51	Shane	42
52	Bryan	40
53	Cory	39
53	Douglas	39
53	Gregory	39
56	Patrick	38
56	Todd	38
58	Shaun	37
59	Donald	36
60	Kenneth	34
61	Troy	33
62	Russell	31
62	Seth	31
62	Stephen	31
65	Gary	30
66	Brent	29
67	Curtis	28
67	Zachary	28
69	Phillip	27
70	Derek	26
70	Jose	26
72	Brett	25
72	Kelly	25
72	Wesley	25
75	Corey	24
75	Jeffery	24
75	Juan	24
75	Spencer	24
79	Jeremiah	23
79	Lucas	23
81	Craig	22
81	Kristopher	22
81	Trevor	22
84	Randy	21
84	Tyson	21
86	Clinton	20
86	Ronald	20
88	Bryce	19
88	Cameron	19
88	Keith	19
88	Levi	19
88	Nathaniel	19
88	Peter	19
94	Lance	18
94	Larry	18
96	Gabriel	17
97	Carl	16
97	Erik	16
97	Isaac	16
97	Joel	16
97	Kirk	16
97	Luke	16