State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,237 Montana births in 1958 across 515 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#73Shelley#197 nationally
#80Karlaoutside the national top 200
#88Wadeoutside the national top 200
#79Tami#191 nationally
#74Tracy#178 nationally
#100Shellyoutside the national top 200
#87Gayle#186 nationally
#68Leslie#161 nationally
#58Kelly#148 nationally
#26Kelly#108 nationally
#56Patti#137 nationally
#89Kay#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary187US #1
#2Susan172US #2
#3Linda144US #3
#4Debra143US #6
#5Julie142US #23
#6Karen118US #4
#7Barbara117US #9
#8Patricia106US #5
#9Debbie105US #24
#10Deborah97US #7
#11Cindy92US #25
#12Kathleen88US #21
#13Lori88US #30
#14Kathy86US #14
#15Cynthia85US #8
#16Cheryl84US #13
#17Carol81US #20
#18Pamela80US #11
#19Diane76US #18
#20Nancy72US #12
#21Donna69US #10
#22Janet69US #28
#23Kim67US #40
#24Brenda62US #16
#25Connie61US #50
#26Kelly61US #108
#27Laurie61US #70
#28Denise59US #27
#29Sharon59US #17
#30Tammy59US #44
#31Peggy57US #42
#32Sandra57US #15
#33Judy55US #36
#34Margaret53US #31
#35Elizabeth52US #22
#36Vicki49US #57
#37Laura48US #29
#38Rhonda46US #48
#39Kimberly45US #39
#40Teresa45US #26
#41Lisa44US #19
#42Terri43US #51
#43Theresa43US #33
#44Janice41US #35
#45Wanda41US #66
#46Bonnie36US #63
#47Colleen36US #116
#48Carla35US #126
#49Catherine35US #38
#50Christine35US #43
#51Kathryn35US #58
#52Robin35US #32
#53Tina35US #71
#54Lynn34US #60
#55Leslie33US #79
#56Patti33US #137
#57Cathy31US #34
#58Shirley31US #52
#59Jeanne30US #123
#60Ann29US #47
#61Paula29US #53
#62Sherry29US #67
#63Vickie29US #75
#64Valerie28US #64
#65Ruth27US #90
#66Dawn26US #84
#67Diana26US #45
#68Jean26US #73
#69Rebecca26US #41
#70Gail25US #72
#71Helen25US #100
#72Katherine25US #74
#73Shelley25US #197
#74Tracy25US #178
#75Becky24US #111
#76Joan24US #68
#77Rose23US #78
#78Tamara23US #127
#79Tami23US #191
#80Karla22
#81Lois22US #154
#82Sheila22US #59
#83Anita21US #82
#84Jill21US #98
#85Patty21US #146
#86Sue21US #102
#87Gayle20US #186
#88Jo20US #91
#89Kay20US #169
#90Renee20US #105
#91Terry20US #89
#92Beverly19US #55
#93Jane19US #61
#94Marcia19US #128
#95Michelle19US #56
#96Rita19US #88
#97Roberta19US #133
#98Jacqueline18US #99
#99Joyce18US #46
#100Shelly18

Boys

#1David318US #2
#2Michael276US #1
#3James261US #3
#4John248US #5
#5Robert248US #4
#6Mark190US #7
#7Richard187US #8
#8William181US #6
#9Steven154US #10
#10Thomas149US #9
#11Daniel142US #16
#12Scott127US #25
#13Gary121US #17
#14Timothy121US #13
#15Ronald117US #19
#16Kenneth110US #14
#17Randy95US #32
#18Charles94US #11
#19Douglas93US #30
#20Kevin92US #20
#21Donald90US #18
#22Larry88US #22
#23Brian85US #24
#24Paul76US #15
#25Patrick75US #42
#26Mike74US #40
#27Jeffrey71US #21
#28Dale70US #46
#29Gregory68US #23
#30Joseph67US #12
#31Dennis65US #29
#32Terry65US #33
#33Bruce63US #36
#34Jerry55US #35
#35Steve53US #44
#36Dan52US #109
#37Tim52US #74
#38Rick48US #77
#39Rodney48US #65
#40Edward47US #28
#41Raymond47US #43
#42Dean45US #97
#43Roger45US #47
#44George44US #31
#45Gerald41US #58
#46Tom41US #96
#47Curtis40US #82
#48Jeff40US #68
#49Keith40US #37
#50Greg39US #105
#51Russell39US #54
#52Craig35US #53
#53Joe35US #56
#54Alan34US #49
#55Frank34US #38
#56Stephen33US #26
#57Wayne33US #48
#58Kelly32US #148
#59Anthony31US #27
#60Duane31US #136
#61Peter31US #41
#62Jay30US #86
#63Jim30US #87
#64Randall30US #62
#65Bill29US #99
#66Walter29US #63
#67Eric28US #50
#68Leslie27US #161
#69Jack26US #80
#70Allen25US #92
#71Bryan24US #101
#72Darrell24US #90
#73Dave24US #126
#74Harold24US #84
#75Ralph24US #78
#76Ricky24US #34
#77Tony24US #57
#78Andrew23US #55
#79Clifford23US #128
#80Leonard23US #102
#81Brett22US #155
#82Danny22US #45
#83Glen22US #131
#84Bob21US #139
#85Bradley21US #108
#86Carl21US #51
#87Martin21US #71
#88Wade21
#89Barry20US #79
#90Chris20US #93
#91Don20US #112
#92Jeffery20US #59
#93Fred19US #115
#94Matthew19US #60
#95Micheal19US #91
#96Mitchell19US #127
#97Calvin18US #123
#98Jon18US #117
#99Kirk18US #147
#100Philip18US #67

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑56Tim#37
↑39Kelly#26
↑37Tammy#30
↑36Patti#56
↑29Ruth#65
↑28Jeanne#59
↑25Shirley#58
↑24Wanda#45

Falling

↓37Micheal#95
↓35Roberta#97
↓31Michelle#95
↓30Gail#70
↓29Diana#67
↓28Rebecca#69
↓28Katherine#72
↓27Danny#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.