State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,910 Montana births in 1964 across 496 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#65Karioutside the national top 200
#68Tamioutside the national top 200
#78Wadeoutside the national top 200
#84Doug#199 nationally
#94Kristioutside the national top 200
#90Marty#196 nationally
#97Monteoutside the national top 200
#98Patoutside the national top 200
#99Chrisoutside the national top 200
#99Shaneoutside the national top 200
#41Kelly#132 nationally
#93Karla#182 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa173US #1
#2Mary107US #2
#3Julie95US #17
#4Susan88US #3
#5Brenda82US #18
#6Lori82US #15
#7Karen80US #4
#8Linda73US #8
#9Kimberly71US #6
#10Tammy69US #10
#11Laura67US #14
#12Patricia64US #5
#13Michelle63US #23
#14Cheryl61US #29
#15Barbara60US #19
#16Pamela59US #11
#17Cindy55US #47
#18Debbie55US #52
#19Teresa55US #21
#20Kathy53US #39
#21Laurie53US #59
#22Kelly52US #35
#23Carol49US #36
#24Kathleen49US #30
#25Donna48US #7
#26Nancy47US #26
#27Tracy46US #40
#28Cynthia45US #9
#29Janet45US #48
#30Robin45US #27
#31Theresa45US #38
#32Connie43US #64
#33Dawn43US #33
#34Terri42US #62
#35Christine41US #28
#36Debra41US #24
#37Sandra41US #13
#38Deborah40US #12
#39Shelly39US #101
#40Rhonda38US #43
#41Tina38US #34
#42Colleen36US #94
#43Diane35US #32
#44Rebecca35US #46
#45Wendy35US #55
#46Elizabeth34US #16
#47Sheila34US #51
#48Angela33US #22
#49Amy32US #44
#50Kim32US #42
#51Michele32US #58
#52Denise30US #25
#53Diana29US #63
#54Leslie29US #73
#55Ann28US #60
#56Kathryn28US #84
#57Paula28US #45
#58Valerie28US #66
#59Jennifer27US #31
#60Jill27US #61
#61Wanda27US #81
#62Margaret26US #49
#63Becky25US #131
#64Jacqueline25US #37
#65Kari25
#66Sherry25US #50
#67Renee24US #71
#68Tami24
#69Catherine23US #54
#70Sharon23US #20
#71Dana22US #70
#72Heidi22US #124
#73Stacy22US #123
#74Carla21US #78
#75Joan21US #99
#76Peggy21US #106
#77Stephanie21US #57
#78Judy20US #74
#79Patty20US #167
#80Shelley20US #143
#81Suzanne20US #67
#82Annette19US #68
#83Beth19US #65
#84Christina19US #88
#85Heather19US #160
#86Shannon19US #170
#87Sherri19US #86
#88Anita18US #85
#89Bonnie18US #89
#90Carrie18US #134
#91Cathy18US #75
#92Deanna18US #115
#93Karla18US #182
#94Kristi18
#95Ruth18US #114
#96Stacey18US #126
#97Anna17US #97
#98Beverly17US #91
#99Chris17
#100Jamie17US #169

Boys

#1Michael272US #1
#2John247US #2
#3Robert240US #5
#4James219US #4
#5David217US #3
#6Mark175US #6
#7Scott154US #14
#8Richard139US #8
#9Kevin136US #13
#10Thomas111US #9
#11Steven110US #12
#12William109US #7
#13Brian98US #20
#14Daniel95US #19
#15Joseph94US #11
#16Todd93US #28
#17Jeffrey90US #10
#18Donald82US #25
#19Kenneth75US #18
#20Mike74US #47
#21Timothy74US #15
#22Paul72US #16
#23Douglas69US #31
#24Patrick69US #30
#25Gary68US #26
#26Charles67US #17
#27Ronald65US #24
#28Larry52US #36
#29Shawn52US #88
#30Randy51US #38
#31Edward50US #27
#32Gregory50US #22
#33Dennis48US #42
#34Dale44US #72
#35Keith44US #34
#36Jerry43US #40
#37Steve43US #51
#38Craig41US #48
#39Jeff41US #52
#40Jay40US #84
#41Kelly39US #132
#42Roger39US #49
#43Terry39US #35
#44Rodney37US #59
#45Bruce36US #46
#46Greg36US #95
#47Tim36US #82
#48Bradley35US #77
#49Jim35US #101
#50Russell35US #58
#51Wayne35US #61
#52Eric34US #32
#53Tom33US #107
#54Troy33US #57
#55Kurt32US #109
#56Alan31US #53
#57Frank30US #41
#58Jon30US #79
#59Randall30US #66
#60Rick30US #121
#61Christopher29US #23
#62Bill28US #126
#63Chris28US #65
#64Raymond28US #44
#65Curtis27US #75
#66Dan26US #139
#67Brad25US #143
#68Anthony24US #21
#69Dean24US #85
#70Duane24US #130
#71George24US #33
#72Gerald24US #60
#73Joe24US #62
#74Danny23US #56
#75Tony23US #50
#76Matthew22US #43
#77Ricky22US #54
#78Wade22
#79Andrew21US #37
#80Brent21US #125
#81Brett21US #129
#82Peter21US #39
#83Martin19US #63
#84Doug18US #199
#85Fred18US #133
#86Stephen18US #29
#87Allen17US #93
#88Carl17US #55
#89Glen17US #154
#90Marty17US #196
#91Bryan16US #70
#92Clifford16US #161
#93Darrell16US #96
#94Jack16US #99
#95Kent16US #146
#96Lee16US #117
#97Monte16
#98Pat16
#99Shane16
#100Darren15US #127

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑40Kurt#55
↑38Margaret#62
↑37Angela#48
↑33Shawn#29
↑31Randall#59
↑30Dale#34
↑30Troy#54
↑28Catherine#69

Falling

↓35Stephen#86
↓33Kim#50
↓30Sherri#87
↓28Dean#69
↓27Cathy#91
↓27Brett#81
↓26Bonnie#89
↓26Christopher#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.