State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,736 Montana births in 1965 across 482 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#61Tami#192 nationally
#71Kristioutside the national top 200
#74Shaneoutside the national top 200
#81Terioutside the national top 200
#70Karla#188 nationally
#85Lorenoutside the national top 200
#57Roberta#167 nationally
#93Boboutside the national top 200
#94Kyleoutside the national top 200
#98Jodyoutside the national top 200
#92Wade#194 nationally
#56Shelley#148 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa185US #1
#2Mary121US #2
#3Kimberly90US #4
#4Julie88US #14
#5Karen82US #3
#6Susan80US #5
#7Brenda76US #23
#8Lori69US #19
#9Michelle68US #18
#10Tammy62US #11
#11Patricia58US #6
#12Teresa54US #24
#13Kelly53US #30
#14Linda51US #8
#15Tina51US #29
#16Cindy50US #53
#17Elizabeth49US #16
#18Deborah48US #13
#19Denise48US #28
#20Christine47US #21
#21Laura47US #17
#22Barbara45US #25
#23Debra45US #27
#24Cynthia44US #9
#25Jennifer44US #20
#26Theresa42US #45
#27Tracy42US #36
#28Cheryl40US #31
#29Kim40US #43
#30Pamela40US #12
#31Robin40US #33
#32Wendy39US #39
#33Angela37US #10
#34Dawn37US #26
#35Donna37US #7
#36Sandra37US #15
#37Shelly36US #98
#38Valerie35US #67
#39Rhonda33US #37
#40Amy32US #35
#41Nancy32US #32
#42Carol31US #42
#43Janet31US #55
#44Kathy31US #54
#45Laurie31US #60
#46Rebecca31US #41
#47Debbie30US #62
#48Sheila29US #50
#49Terri29US #69
#50Connie28US #61
#51Jamie27US #140
#52Heidi26US #105
#53Kathleen26US #34
#54Michele26US #48
#55Jill25US #51
#56Shelley25US #148
#57Roberta24US #167
#58Shannon24US #144
#59Jacqueline23US #47
#60Margaret23US #52
#61Tami23US #192
#62Bonnie22US #89
#63Lynn22US #80
#64Stephanie22US #44
#65Ann21US #59
#66Carla21US #76
#67Colleen21US #93
#68Sharon21US #22
#69Jodi20US #127
#70Karla20US #188
#71Kristi20
#72Paula20US #49
#73Catherine19US #57
#74Tracey19US #85
#75April18US #136
#76Dana18US #78
#77Holly18US #113
#78Renee18US #68
#79Sherri18US #91
#80Tamara18US #104
#81Teri18
#82Toni18US #161
#83Carrie17US #152
#84Jackie17US #156
#85Melissa17US #38
#86Sherry17US #56
#87Andrea16US #63
#88Beth16US #66
#89Deanna16US #110
#90Diane16US #40
#91Kristine16US #120
#92Suzanne16US #65
#93Becky15US #143
#94Carolyn15US #58
#95Diana15US #64
#96Janice15US #73
#97Joan15US #116
#98Jody15
#99Leslie15US #75
#100Melanie15US #122

Boys

#1Michael239US #1
#2John228US #2
#3Robert207US #5
#4David205US #3
#5James185US #4
#6Mark137US #7
#7Kevin117US #13
#8Scott117US #15
#9Richard116US #8
#10Thomas110US #9
#11Daniel107US #17
#12William106US #6
#13Timothy98US #12
#14Steven93US #14
#15Brian84US #19
#16Todd83US #30
#17Douglas81US #32
#18Jeffrey78US #10
#19Joseph74US #11
#20Paul68US #16
#21Charles64US #20
#22Patrick63US #31
#23Gary62US #27
#24Mike60US #51
#25Ronald59US #24
#26Donald56US #26
#27Shawn56US #69
#28Gregory53US #23
#29Kenneth53US #21
#30Jeff50US #62
#31Larry47US #38
#32Christopher44US #18
#33Rodney42US #33
#34Stephen41US #28
#35Craig39US #46
#36Russell39US #58
#37Raymond38US #45
#38Edward37US #29
#39Bradley36US #72
#40Dale35US #83
#41Dennis35US #44
#42Jon35US #78
#43Dean34US #88
#44Terry34US #40
#45Steve33US #55
#46Eric31US #25
#47Keith31US #35
#48Matthew30US #36
#49Bruce29US #50
#50Wayne29US #65
#51Randy28US #42
#52Troy28US #53
#53Anthony27US #22
#54Bryan27US #63
#55Jerry27US #41
#56Rick27US #137
#57Roger27US #49
#58Tom27US #127
#59Andrew26US #37
#60Frank26US #43
#61Tim26US #97
#62Allen25US #92
#63Darin25US #123
#64George25US #34
#65Jason25US #111
#66Kelly25US #136
#67Gerald24US #64
#68Brent23US #131
#69Brett23US #132
#70Curtis23US #75
#71Darren23US #52
#72Jay23US #90
#73Jim23US #116
#74Shane23
#75Alan21US #59
#76Bill21US #151
#77Greg21US #105
#78Sean21US #79
#79Tony20US #48
#80Duane19US #135
#81Joe19US #71
#82Brad18US #148
#83Carl18US #54
#84Chris18US #60
#85Loren18
#86Randall18US #73
#87Dan17US #155
#88Danny17US #56
#89Kent17US #161
#90Marvin17US #109
#91Peter17US #39
#92Wade17US #194
#93Bob16
#94Kyle16
#95Jeffery15US #47
#96Kirk15US #152
#97Kurt15US #112
#98Ricky15US #57
#99Aaron14US #130
#100Lee14US #117

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑52Stephen#34
↑49Jamie#51
↑37Bryan#54
↑34Jennifer#25
↑33Denise#19
↑29Elizabeth#17
↑29Christopher#32
↑29Darren#71

Falling

↓47Diane#90
↓45Leslie#99
↓42Diana#95
↓42Kurt#97
↓32Jay#72
↓31Greg#77
↓30Becky#93
↓29Debbie#47

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.