State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,622 Montana births in 1962 across 522 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#88Jodyoutside the national top 200
#91Rondaoutside the national top 200
#69Tami#177 nationally
#95Wadeoutside the national top 200
#57Roberta#159 nationally
#96Karla#192 nationally
#83Ron#178 nationally
#49Brett#141 nationally
#62Jamie#152 nationally
#92Teri#181 nationally
#42Shelly#130 nationally
#59Sheri#145 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa149US #1
#2Mary135US #2
#3Lori117US #11
#4Susan111US #3
#5Julie109US #22
#6Karen97US #4
#7Linda96US #5
#8Brenda86US #12
#9Laurie83US #42
#10Kim76US #37
#11Cheryl73US #24
#12Kelly73US #38
#13Barbara72US #14
#14Pamela71US #13
#15Teresa71US #18
#16Patricia70US #6
#17Tracy70US #55
#18Cindy69US #34
#19Debra66US #15
#20Tammy66US #23
#21Kathy65US #27
#22Nancy65US #19
#23Sandra65US #10
#24Michelle61US #31
#25Deborah60US #9
#26Tina60US #33
#27Debbie59US #32
#28Laura59US #21
#29Kimberly57US #16
#30Cynthia54US #8
#31Kathleen54US #29
#32Donna52US #7
#33Carol49US #28
#34Connie49US #51
#35Robin48US #25
#36Sharon47US #17
#37Dawn46US #50
#38Denise46US #30
#39Janet45US #35
#40Terri44US #54
#41Christine42US #39
#42Shelly42US #130
#43Theresa42US #40
#44Leslie37US #80
#45Sheila37US #52
#46Colleen36US #101
#47Diane35US #26
#48Valerie35US #67
#49Paula34US #60
#50Carla33US #78
#51Rebecca33US #47
#52Rhonda33US #45
#53Vicki33US #85
#54Elizabeth31US #20
#55Jacqueline31US #44
#56Jill31US #72
#57Roberta30US #159
#58Katherine29US #84
#59Sheri27US #145
#60Wendy27US #64
#61Ann26US #56
#62Jamie26US #152
#63Margaret26US #43
#64Peggy26US #93
#65Wanda26US #77
#66Bonnie25US #79
#67Catherine25US #53
#68Penny25US #92
#69Tami25US #177
#70Annette24US #75
#71Jennifer23US #41
#72Judy23US #63
#73Becky22US #122
#74Beth22US #66
#75Carolyn22US #46
#76Jane22US #73
#77Michele22US #59
#78Pam22US #150
#79Rita22US #110
#80Tamara22US #119
#81Amy21US #61
#82Cathy21US #62
#83Jean21US #95
#84Joanne21US #114
#85Sherry21US #48
#86Diana20US #57
#87Janice20US #58
#88Jody20
#89Kathryn20US #89
#90Melissa20US #68
#91Ronda20
#92Teri20US #181
#93Andrea19US #99
#94Carrie19US #141
#95Gail19US #103
#96Karla19US #192
#97Monica19US #115
#98Patty19US #172
#99Renee19US #76
#100Beverly18US #69

Boys

#1David295US #2
#2Michael278US #1
#3John250US #3
#4Robert240US #5
#5Mark226US #6
#6James211US #4
#7Scott180US #11
#8William147US #7
#9Richard138US #8
#10Thomas123US #9
#11Timothy122US #16
#12Kevin120US #14
#13Paul110US #19
#14Brian99US #20
#15Gary99US #22
#16Jeffrey99US #10
#17Daniel96US #17
#18Steven94US #12
#19Todd94US #30
#20Donald89US #23
#21Douglas87US #27
#22Mike85US #39
#23Charles83US #15
#24Joseph80US #13
#25Randy74US #35
#26Kenneth69US #18
#27Ronald68US #25
#28Gregory66US #21
#29Patrick65US #40
#30Craig63US #51
#31Russell59US #57
#32Steve56US #46
#33Bruce55US #41
#34Larry54US #31
#35Terry54US #34
#36Tim51US #72
#37Jerry50US #38
#38Jeff49US #44
#39Tom47US #98
#40Keith46US #36
#41Roger45US #47
#42Dan43US #120
#43Stephen43US #28
#44Edward42US #29
#45Jim41US #85
#46Raymond41US #48
#47Alan40US #53
#48George40US #32
#49Brett39US #141
#50Greg39US #77
#51Dale38US #62
#52Matthew37US #56
#53Wayne35US #63
#54Dean34US #86
#55Christopher33US #26
#56Eric33US #33
#57Frank33US #42
#58Joe32US #59
#59Kelly32US #125
#60Bill31US #108
#61Dennis31US #37
#62Joel31US #113
#63Tony31US #52
#64Troy31US #67
#65Jack30US #99
#66Anthony29US #24
#67Bradley29US #87
#68Curtis29US #73
#69Dave29US #145
#70Jay29US #80
#71Randall28US #64
#72Rodney28US #76
#73Shawn28US #124
#74Bryan27US #82
#75Jon27US #84
#76Chris26US #60
#77Danny25US #54
#78Duane25US #135
#79Barry24US #61
#80Gerald24US #65
#81Kent23US #136
#82Brent22US #139
#83Ron22US #178
#84Darrell21US #102
#85Eugene21US #112
#86Rick21US #110
#87Ricky21US #50
#88Bob20US #152
#89Doug20US #170
#90Lee20US #115
#91Marvin20US #118
#92Carl19US #58
#93Don19US #123
#94Martin19US #74
#95Wade19
#96Allen18US #93
#97Glenn18US #55
#98Jeffery18US #45
#99Kurt18US #121
#100Peter18US #43

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑39Tina#26
↑36Brett#49
↑29Jill#56
↑29Jennifer#71
↑29Jack#65
↑28Penny#68
↑25Kim#10
↑25Wanda#65

Falling

↓41Beverly#100
↓41Rick#86
↓37Janice#87
↓35Peter#100
↓30Judy#72
↓28Karla#96
↓26Rodney#72
↓25Sherry#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.