Most popular boys’ names in Idaho, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 293 |
| 2 | Joshua | 279 |
| 3 | Jason | 242 |
| 4 | Christopher | 224 |
| 5 | David | 215 |
| 6 | Matthew | 201 |
| 7 | Justin | 187 |
| 8 | Ryan | 184 |
| 9 | Jeremy | 158 |
| 10 | James | 153 |
| 11 | Daniel | 143 |
| 12 | Robert | 141 |
| 13 | Brian | 139 |
| 14 | Brandon | 134 |
| 14 | John | 134 |
| 16 | Jacob | 133 |
| 17 | Joseph | 132 |
| 18 | Nicholas | 128 |
| 19 | Benjamin | 127 |
| 20 | Adam | 119 |
| 21 | Eric | 117 |
| 21 | Travis | 117 |
| 23 | Scott | 108 |
| 23 | William | 108 |
| 25 | Aaron | 105 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Andrew | 104 |
| 27 | Nathan | 103 |
| 28 | Dustin | 97 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 95 |
| 30 | Jared | 90 |
| 31 | Timothy | 87 |
| 32 | Steven | 86 |
| 33 | Chad | 85 |
| 33 | Jonathan | 85 |
| 35 | Kevin | 77 |
| 36 | Mark | 74 |
| 36 | Thomas | 74 |
| 38 | Tyler | 73 |
| 39 | Richard | 71 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 56 |
| 41 | Jesse | 55 |
| 42 | Cody | 54 |
| 43 | Shane | 53 |
| 44 | Charles | 52 |
| 44 | Derek | 52 |
| 46 | Patrick | 50 |
| 47 | Casey | 48 |
| 48 | Anthony | 46 |
| 49 | Zachary | 45 |
| 50 | Douglas | 44 |
| 51 | Kyle | 43 |
| 51 | Paul | 43 |
| 53 | Jeremiah | 42 |
| 53 | Samuel | 42 |
| 55 | Levi | 41 |
| 56 | Lucas | 39 |
| 57 | Bradley | 38 |
| 58 | Cory | 37 |
| 59 | Sean | 36 |
| 60 | Bryan | 35 |
| 61 | Gregory | 34 |
| 62 | Shawn | 33 |
| 62 | Tyson | 33 |
| 64 | Russell | 32 |
| 64 | Seth | 32 |
| 66 | Luke | 31 |
| 67 | Jose | 30 |
| 68 | Brett | 29 |
| 68 | Corey | 29 |
| 68 | Curtis | 29 |
| 68 | Todd | 29 |
| 68 | Trevor | 29 |
| 73 | Brent | 28 |
| 73 | Phillip | 28 |
| 73 | Randy | 28 |
| 76 | Jeffery | 27 |
| 76 | Kelly | 27 |
| 78 | Jay | 26 |
| 78 | Joel | 26 |
| 78 | Stephen | 26 |
| 81 | Ronald | 25 |
| 82 | Brad | 24 |
| 82 | Gary | 24 |
| 82 | Peter | 24 |
| 85 | Donald | 23 |
| 85 | Mathew | 23 |
| 87 | Craig | 22 |
| 87 | Keith | 22 |
| 87 | Kristopher | 22 |
| 87 | Shaun | 22 |
| 91 | Bryce | 21 |
| 91 | Clinton | 21 |
| 91 | Jake | 21 |
| 91 | Juan | 21 |
| 95 | Beau | 20 |
| 95 | Brady | 20 |
| 95 | Derrick | 20 |
| 95 | Lance | 20 |
| 95 | Troy | 20 |
| 100 | Alan | 19 |
| 100 | George | 19 |
| 100 | Larry | 19 |