State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,834 Montana births in 1966 across 444 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#32Shane#186 nationally
#67Tamioutside the national top 200
#89Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#80Wade#183 nationally
#82Kristi#185 nationally
#87Jody#186 nationally
#37Chad#135 nationally
#76Dan#174 nationally
#81Bill#173 nationally
#83Rick#162 nationally
#34Kelly#111 nationally
#43Shannon#120 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa173US #1
#2Michelle101US #4
#3Julie91US #13
#4Kimberly89US #2
#5Mary79US #3
#6Tammy69US #8
#7Karen68US #5
#8Brenda64US #25
#9Lori63US #21
#10Susan63US #6
#11Tracy58US #31
#12Wendy53US #41
#13Pamela51US #15
#14Cindy50US #56
#15Tina50US #23
#16Cheryl49US #34
#17Dawn49US #24
#18Kim49US #43
#19Christine48US #20
#20Kelly48US #26
#21Rhonda48US #39
#22Deborah47US #14
#23Patricia46US #7
#24Sandra46US #17
#25Cynthia45US #11
#26Rebecca44US #40
#27Teresa42US #29
#28Elizabeth41US #16
#29Laura41US #19
#30Jennifer40US #10
#31Barbara39US #27
#32Laurie39US #63
#33Angela37US #9
#34Donna37US #12
#35Linda36US #18
#36Theresa36US #46
#37Nancy34US #33
#38Amy33US #30
#39Denise33US #32
#40Shelly32US #89
#41Carol31US #48
#42Kathleen31US #37
#43Shannon30US #120
#44Colleen29US #93
#45Robin29US #42
#46Connie27US #70
#47Debra27US #35
#48Jill27US #49
#49Janet26US #57
#50Michele25US #36
#51Terri25US #72
#52Heidi23US #87
#53Leslie23US #71
#54Melissa23US #22
#55Renee23US #66
#56Diana22US #64
#57Heather22US #125
#58Paula22US #50
#59Sheila22US #51
#60Debbie21US #73
#61Margaret21US #55
#62Tamara21US #98
#63Valerie21US #74
#64Carla20US #77
#65Deanna20US #105
#66Holly20US #101
#67Tami20
#68Annette19US #79
#69Diane19US #45
#70Jamie19US #138
#71Kathy19US #59
#72Maria19US #44
#73Stacy19US #91
#74Stephanie19US #38
#75Bonnie18US #90
#76Christina18US #67
#77Gina18US #58
#78Shelley18US #140
#79Stacey18US #76
#80Dana17US #68
#81Jodi17US #118
#82Kristi17US #185
#83Andrea16US #52
#84Becky16US #153
#85Carrie16US #142
#86Jacqueline16US #47
#87Jody16US #186
#88Melanie16US #116
#89Shawna16
#90Wanda16US #84
#91Ann15US #61
#92Carolyn15US #60
#93Kristine15US #104
#94Lynn15US #81
#95Penny15US #112
#96Sherry15US #53
#97Vicki15US #115
#98Jackie14US #174
#99Katherine14US #78
#100Kathryn14US #86

Boys

#1Michael241US #1
#2James195US #3
#3Robert194US #5
#4David181US #2
#5John176US #4
#6Scott125US #16
#7Daniel120US #19
#8Mark113US #7
#9Kevin106US #17
#10Brian105US #14
#11William105US #6
#12Timothy102US #11
#13Richard95US #8
#14Thomas89US #10
#15Jeffrey84US #9
#16Paul82US #18
#17Steven78US #13
#18Todd74US #29
#19Joseph71US #15
#20Shawn69US #54
#21Gregory62US #23
#22Kenneth62US #21
#23Ronald61US #24
#24Douglas57US #33
#25Christopher48US #12
#26Charles47US #20
#27Patrick46US #31
#28Donald40US #27
#29Jason38US #89
#30Gary37US #28
#31Randy37US #45
#32Shane37US #186
#33Eric36US #25
#34Kelly36US #111
#35Dale35US #85
#36Mike35US #69
#37Chad34US #135
#38Matthew34US #34
#39Craig33US #46
#40Keith33US #32
#41Alan32US #57
#42Bruce31US #53
#43Darren31US #63
#44Edward31US #30
#45Jeff31US #72
#46Rodney31US #35
#47Larry30US #38
#48Dennis29US #44
#49Stephen27US #26
#50Tony27US #49
#51Troy26US #48
#52Jay25US #91
#53Anthony24US #22
#54Bradley24US #68
#55Brent24US #114
#56George24US #37
#57Jerry24US #41
#58Jon24US #76
#59Steve24US #67
#60Terry24US #40
#61Peter23US #39
#62Raymond23US #47
#63Roger23US #51
#64Brett22US #118
#65Dean22US #84
#66Curtis21US #75
#67Randall21US #70
#68Chris20US #55
#69Duane20US #140
#70Gerald20US #60
#71Russell20US #61
#72Tim20US #103
#73Bryan19US #52
#74Frank19US #43
#75Sean19US #50
#76Dan18US #174
#77Darin18US #134
#78Kurt18US #110
#79Tracy18US #98
#80Wade18US #183
#81Bill17US #173
#82Jeffery17US #42
#83Rick17US #162
#84Carl16US #56
#85Greg16US #126
#86Jonathan16US #65
#87Allen15US #97
#88Barry15US #87
#89Jack15US #107
#90Martin15US #78
#91Theodore15US #149
#92Wayne15US #59
#93Andrew14US #36
#94Glenn14US #90
#95Jim14US #136
#96Kirk14US #154
#97Lawrence14US #66
#98Micheal14US #115
#99Roy14US #94
#100Samuel14US #81

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑46Leslie#53
↑42Shane#32
↑39Diana#56
↑36Jason#29
↑34Alan#41
↑32Kelly#34
↑31Melissa#54
↑30Peter#61

Falling

↓42Wayne#92
↓35Russell#71
↓34Andrew#93
↓31Lynn#94
↓27Kathy#71
↓27Jacqueline#86
↓27Rick#83
↓26Ann#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.