Name Legacy

Baby names in Idaho, 2000s

2000–2009 · 152,244 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Idaho across the 2000s, with 1,357 births in the decade. The state recorded 152,244 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Idaho in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Bridger16921×
Tayson3620×
Hyrum9420×
Dallin16218×
Brigham6915×
Ryker21814×
Brynlee10814×
Stetson5811×

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob1,357
#2Ethan1,300
#3Emma1,246
#4Emily1,055
#5Madison1,047
#6Logan979
#7Joshua966
#8Tyler948
#9Taylor943
#10Olivia932
#11Hannah926
#12Michael923
#13Andrew913
#14Abigail892
#15Alexis887
#16William868
#17Samuel855
#18Matthew823
#19Daniel811
#20Isaac804
#21Austin798
#22Alexander796
#23Gabriel795
#24Hailey781
#25Ryan780

Other decades in Idaho

All Idaho names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org