The most common names of people born in Idaho

Social Security has recorded about 1.3 million births in Idaho since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 1 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 38. The most common names among them are Jennifer for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Idaho, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Idaho from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Idaho

Most common names of living women born in Idaho
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Jennifer	5,700	46
2	Jessica	4,700	38
3	Mary	4,700	63
4	Elizabeth	4,200	35
5	Linda	4,100	73
6	Sarah	4,000	37
7	Emily	3,800	28
8	Amanda	3,500	40
9	Ashley	3,300	33
10	Emma	3,200	17
11	Rebecca	3,100	47
12	Susan	3,100	68
13	Lisa	3,100	55
14	Michelle	3,000	49
15	Amy	3,000	46
16	Olivia	2,900	16
17	Karen	2,900	67
18	Melissa	2,800	45
19	Heather	2,800	45
20	Stephanie	2,800	45
21	Angela	2,800	48
22	Patricia	2,700	69
23	Julie	2,600	59
24	Samantha	2,600	29
25	Kimberly	2,600	46
26	Megan	2,600	35
27	Hannah	2,500	23
28	Barbara	2,400	73
29	Sandra	2,400	68
30	Rachel	2,300	36

Men and boys born in Idaho

Most common names of living men born in Idaho
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	12,000	49
2	David	10,000	52
3	James	9,200	49
4	Robert	8,700	56
5	John	8,200	54
6	William	7,200	44
7	Daniel	6,200	41
8	Matthew	6,100	37
9	Joshua	5,800	35
10	Jacob	5,800	30
11	Christopher	5,700	40
12	Richard	5,400	60
13	Ryan	5,100	37
14	Steven	5,000	56
15	Joseph	4,800	40
16	Andrew	4,700	34
17	Thomas	4,600	46
18	Jason	4,500	44
19	Benjamin	4,200	30
20	Tyler	4,100	31
21	Brian	4,000	49
22	Mark	3,900	56
23	Justin	3,800	38
24	Kevin	3,700	50
25	Scott	3,700	53
26	Samuel	3,500	27
27	Brandon	3,400	36
28	Nathan	3,400	34
29	Charles	3,300	48
30	Nicholas	3,300	34

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Idaho, not the national average.

Names more common in Idaho than nationally

Among living people born in Idaho, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Bridger is 19.8× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Idaho than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Bridger	19.8×	500	15
2	Tyson	6.9×	1,200	31
3	Aspen	6.6×	670	14
4	Oakley	6.5×	610	8
5	Ryker	6.3×	970	12
6	Kyler	4.4×	670	19
7	Brock	3.9×	590	29
8	Kaden	3.7×	950	20
9	Kent	3.6×	660	66
10	Tanner	3.6×	1,300	24
11	Shawna	3.4×	550	55
12	Kylee	3.4×	630	25
13	Tucker	3.4×	690	16
14	Dawson	3.3×	640	13
15	Weston	3.3×	880	13

The newest Idaho babies

The most popular names for babies born in Idaho in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Idaho
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	104	30
2	Amelia	94	16
3	Evelyn	89	34
4	Emma	85	20
5	Olivia	85	18
6	Hazel	82	27
7	Lainey	72	7
8	Sophia	71	16
9	Violet	66	18
10	Lucy	65	28

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Idaho
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Oliver	128	13
2	Theodore	124	29
3	Henry	119	34
4	Liam	106	11
5	Hudson	103	9
6	Cooper	86	13
7	William	86	51
8	Noah	78	16
9	Asher	76	9
10	James	76	54

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Idaho with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this