State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,177 Montana births in 1961 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.

#68Karla#195 nationally
#83Wadeoutside the national top 200
#89Shannonoutside the national top 200
#36Shelly#145 nationally
#76Teri#173 nationally
#88Patti#185 nationally
#80Jamie#171 nationally
#79Robin#169 nationally
#96Ted#183 nationally
#91Doug#172 nationally
#71Toni#149 nationally
#50Kelly#125 nationally

Girls

#1Mary171US #1
#2Linda128US #4
#3Susan120US #3
#4Karen111US #5
#5Lisa111US #2
#6Brenda110US #11
#7Lori107US #14
#8Julie94US #23
#9Barbara89US #12
#10Cindy88US #33
#11Patricia81US #6
#12Tammy80US #28
#13Debbie79US #31
#14Laurie77US #43
#15Sandra76US #9
#16Cheryl72US #20
#17Debra72US #13
#18Carol69US #24
#19Nancy67US #16
#20Janet66US #32
#21Kathy66US #25
#22Laura66US #21
#23Pamela65US #15
#24Kelly63US #45
#25Teresa63US #18
#26Cynthia61US #8
#27Kathleen58US #29
#28Michelle57US #34
#29Connie55US #50
#30Diane55US #26
#31Donna55US #7
#32Robin55US #27
#33Deborah53US #10
#34Theresa52US #35
#35Kim49US #36
#36Shelly49US #145
#37Tracy47US #64
#38Kimberly46US #22
#39Rebecca46US #44
#40Peggy44US #88
#41Denise42US #30
#42Judy42US #58
#43Elizabeth41US #19
#44Valerie41US #67
#45Rhonda39US #46
#46Christine37US #39
#47Sharon36US #17
#48Terri36US #51
#49Leslie35US #84
#50Janice34US #52
#51Margaret34US #40
#52Bonnie33US #75
#53Colleen33US #106
#54Jacqueline33US #37
#55Sheila33US #59
#56Becky32US #115
#57Dawn32US #49
#58Wendy32US #61
#59Beverly31US #66
#60Sherry31US #53
#61Annette30US #73
#62Diana30US #56
#63Joan30US #89
#64Marilyn29US #122
#65Tina29US #41
#66Vicki29US #76
#67Cathy28US #55
#68Karla28US #195
#69Paula28US #60
#70Sandy27US #135
#71Toni27US #149
#72Ann26US #54
#73Carla26US #77
#74Sherri25US #121
#75Tamara25US #125
#76Teri25US #173
#77Jackie24US #112
#78Amy23US #69
#79Carolyn23US #42
#80Jamie23US #171
#81Lynn23US #71
#82Sue23US #130
#83Catherine22US #48
#84Jane22US #72
#85Jill22US #74
#86Kathryn22US #93
#87Maureen22US #104
#88Patti22US #185
#89Shannon22
#90Wanda22US #70
#91Betty21US #87
#92Gail21US #94
#93Jean21US #92
#94Melanie21US #123
#95Michele21US #63
#96Penny21US #101
#97Suzanne21US #68
#98Christina20US #132
#99Helen20US #119
#100Jennifer20US #47

Boys

#1David286US #2
#2Michael275US #1
#3John251US #3
#4Robert241US #5
#5Mark234US #6
#6James231US #4
#7William163US #7
#8Kevin139US #14
#9Steven138US #10
#10Scott137US #19
#11Daniel131US #17
#12Thomas131US #9
#13Richard128US #8
#14Timothy127US #15
#15Joseph106US #12
#16Gary101US #21
#17Kenneth100US #16
#18Douglas98US #28
#19Donald95US #22
#20Mike94US #36
#21Brian92US #20
#22Jeffrey86US #11
#23Ronald86US #24
#24Paul80US #18
#25Jeff78US #49
#26Randy69US #33
#27Charles65US #13
#28Steve65US #45
#29Dale63US #58
#30Todd62US #46
#31Gregory61US #23
#32Larry60US #30
#33Patrick60US #39
#34Craig59US #43
#35Jim56US #78
#36Greg54US #77
#37Bruce53US #40
#38Dennis52US #34
#39Alan49US #51
#40Edward48US #29
#41Jerry48US #37
#42Terry47US #32
#43Tim46US #65
#44Keith44US #35
#45Rick44US #108
#46Rodney44US #72
#47Russell43US #55
#48Dan42US #115
#49George42US #31
#50Kelly41US #125
#51Stephen41US #27
#52Tom41US #88
#53Jay40US #81
#54Wayne40US #61
#55Joe39US #60
#56Christopher38US #26
#57Dean37US #84
#58Frank37US #41
#59Bill35US #104
#60Randall34US #63
#61Raymond34US #48
#62Roger34US #47
#63Bryan33US #82
#64Eric32US #38
#65Peter32US #42
#66Anthony31US #25
#67Chris30US #57
#68Jon30US #93
#69Martin29US #73
#70Shawn29US #143
#71Barry28US #66
#72Gerald28US #62
#73Matthew28US #59
#74Tracy28US #119
#75Allen27US #96
#76Bradley26US #87
#77Carl26US #56
#78Lawrence26US #67
#79Robin26US #169
#80Brent25US #137
#81Curtis25US #75
#82Don25US #121
#83Wade25
#84Bob23US #141
#85Brett23US #159
#86Dave23US #130
#87Jeffery23US #50
#88Ricky23US #44
#89Duane22US #132
#90Lee22US #122
#91Doug21US #172
#92Harold21US #94
#93Danny20US #54
#94Jack20US #90
#95Wesley20US #163
#96Ted19US #183
#97Brad18US #142
#98Glenn18US #64
#99Ron18US #170
#100Roy18US #83

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑41Beverly#59
↑28Joan#63
↑28Greg#36
↑26Tracy#37
↑23Peter#65
↑22Craig#34
↑22Barry#71
↑20Sandy#70

Falling

↓34Jill#85
↓34Penny#96
↓29Jennifer#100
↓29Ricky#88
↓29Jack#94
↓27Carla#73
↓26Ron#99
↓24Bradley#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.