State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,224 Montana births in 1957 across 524 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Montana more than they say America.

#65Kelly#187 nationally
#80Wadeoutside the national top 200
#81Sherioutside the national top 200
#88Shelley#200 nationally
#96Kenoutside the national top 200
#97Karlaoutside the national top 200
#69Kelly#167 nationally
#79Carrie#175 nationally
#89Tracy#183 nationally
#98Melody#182 nationally
#53Duane#136 nationally
#37Colleen#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary239US #1
#2Debra199US #4
#3Susan181US #2
#4Linda157US #3
#5Cynthia149US #7
#6Cindy145US #19
#7Karen144US #5
#8Patricia129US #8
#9Cheryl103US #16
#10Barbara102US #9
#11Nancy100US #11
#12Deborah98US #6
#13Kathleen96US #21
#14Debbie89US #27
#15Julie88US #28
#16Carol87US #18
#17Janet86US #23
#18Sandra86US #15
#19Pamela81US #12
#20Diane78US #17
#21Donna76US #10
#22Margaret70US #29
#23Kathy68US #20
#24Kim68US #35
#25Sharon68US #14
#26Lori67US #45
#27Elizabeth62US #22
#28Connie60US #47
#29Kathryn59US #65
#30Brenda58US #13
#31Vicki57US #51
#32Laurie56US #73
#33Peggy56US #62
#34Judy54US #38
#35Denise52US #25
#36Bonnie50US #64
#37Colleen50US #118
#38Diana49US #43
#39Teresa49US #24
#40Gail48US #54
#41Rebecca47US #34
#42Rhonda46US #52
#43Janice45US #32
#44Katherine44US #72
#45Robin43US #30
#46Laura42US #31
#47Lynn40US #61
#48Kimberly39US #42
#49Leslie39US #77
#50Joan38US #60
#51Theresa38US #36
#52Paula37US #49
#53Lisa36US #26
#54Carla35US #128
#55Jean35US #67
#56Sheila34US #58
#57Terri33US #68
#58Vickie33US #70
#59Betty31US #50
#60Christine31US #41
#61Sherry31US #55
#62Roberta30US #121
#63Carolyn29US #33
#64Michelle29US #79
#65Kelly28US #187
#66Ann27US #44
#67Tammy27US #107
#68Terry27US #92
#69Wanda27US #59
#70Catherine26US #37
#71Jane26US #56
#72Jennifer26US #87
#73Joyce26US #40
#74Rita26US #78
#75Sheryl26US #112
#76Cathy25US #39
#77Marilyn25US #82
#78Wendy25US #101
#79Carrie24US #175
#80Dawn24US #93
#81Sheri24
#82Valerie24US #76
#83Shirley23US #46
#84Victoria23US #88
#85Beverly22US #48
#86Helen22US #95
#87Jeanne22US #117
#88Shelley22US #200
#89Tracy22US #183
#90Becky21US #127
#91Jo21US #83
#92Patti21US #148
#93Penny21US #138
#94Ruth21US #84
#95Charlene20US #136
#96Elaine20US #96
#97Karla20
#98Melody20US #182
#99Darlene19US #57
#100Jeanette19US #167

Boys

#1David339US #3
#2Michael335US #1
#3Robert299US #4
#4James279US #2
#5John272US #5
#6William252US #6
#7Mark226US #7
#8Richard190US #8
#9Thomas166US #9
#10Daniel164US #16
#11Steven161US #10
#12Timothy135US #19
#13Douglas128US #30
#14Kenneth122US #14
#15Gary120US #13
#16Ronald114US #17
#17Donald109US #15
#18Scott107US #32
#19Larry99US #22
#20Charles95US #11
#21Kevin95US #20
#22Gregory94US #23
#23Paul94US #18
#24Joseph93US #12
#25Dennis86US #28
#26Randy85US #31
#27Patrick82US #41
#28Terry72US #33
#29Edward71US #25
#30Jeffrey71US #21
#31Brian70US #26
#32Bruce68US #34
#33Dale66US #50
#34Steve64US #44
#35Jerry56US #35
#36Roger49US #42
#37Keith48US #36
#38Craig45US #55
#39George45US #29
#40Russell45US #54
#41Mike44US #53
#42Rick44US #87
#43Rodney44US #70
#44Dean43US #93
#45Stephen41US #24
#46Alan40US #48
#47Dan38US #121
#48Curtis37US #80
#49Raymond36US #39
#50Frank35US #38
#51Wayne35US #47
#52Bill33US #123
#53Duane33US #136
#54Jay33US #88
#55Danny32US #45
#56Gerald30US #51
#57Jack30US #67
#58Micheal30US #85
#59Gordon29US #140
#60Joe29US #57
#61Tom29US #116
#62Anthony28US #27
#63Bradley28US #107
#64Allen27US #91
#65Carl27US #49
#66Lee27US #105
#67Darrell26US #90
#68Jeffery26US #52
#69Kelly26US #167
#70Peter26US #37
#71Randall25US #59
#72Eugene24US #92
#73Greg24US #127
#74Harold24US #74
#75Lawrence24US #46
#76Roy24US #65
#77Fred23US #103
#78Jon23US #110
#79Martin23US #69
#80Wade23
#81Kim22US #162
#82Matthew22US #83
#83Don21US #117
#84Kirk21US #154
#85Christopher20US #43
#86Bryan19US #115
#87Walter19US #58
#88Brad18US #153
#89Clifford18US #130
#90Marvin18US #112
#91Perry18US #145
#92Ralph18US #76
#93Tim18US #119
#94Andrew17US #56
#95Dave17US #155
#96Ken17
#97Leonard17US #94
#98Ray17US #111
#99Ricky17US #40
#100Stanley17US #81

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑40Gordon#59
↑38Kathryn#29
↑33Rhonda#42
↑30Bill#52
↑29Leslie#49
↑29Sheila#56
↑28Lisa#53
↑27Jane#71

Falling

↓35Penny#93
↓32Shirley#83
↓29Catherine#70
↓23Ralph#92
↓21Marilyn#77
↓20Walter#87
↓18Peter#70
↓16Stephen#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.