State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,177 Montana births in 1968 across 423 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#60Karioutside the national top 200
#70Wadeoutside the national top 200
#78Darcyoutside the national top 200
#78Coryoutside the national top 200
#80Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#80Justinoutside the national top 200
#66Rick#182 nationally
#90Billoutside the national top 200
#92Lynetteoutside the national top 200
#83Dan#191 nationally
#90Leah#195 nationally
#96Guyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa160US #1
#2Michelle124US #2
#3Kimberly96US #3
#4Julie84US #16
#5Mary68US #6
#6Brenda65US #34
#7Angela61US #7
#8Tammy60US #8
#9Christine58US #14
#10Jennifer56US #4
#11Melissa56US #5
#12Tina56US #18
#13Dawn55US #21
#14Lori55US #22
#15Susan52US #10
#16Karen51US #9
#17Laura48US #11
#18Kelly47US #12
#19Pamela47US #20
#20Wendy46US #31
#21Heidi43US #89
#22Stacey41US #55
#23Rebecca40US #33
#24Amy38US #13
#25Kathleen37US #40
#26Sandra37US #26
#27Barbara33US #36
#28Deborah33US #27
#29Michele33US #29
#30Patricia33US #15
#31Rhonda33US #42
#32Cheryl32US #37
#33Stephanie32US #23
#34Elizabeth31US #17
#35Linda31US #28
#36Stacy31US #64
#37Theresa31US #47
#38Cynthia30US #19
#39Jamie30US #120
#40Jill30US #46
#41Heather28US #62
#42Jacqueline28US #50
#43Laurie28US #79
#44Shannon28US #53
#45Tracy28US #25
#46Denise27US #35
#47Teresa27US #30
#48Debra26US #38
#49Paula26US #45
#50Sheila26US #59
#51Nancy25US #39
#52Donna24US #24
#53Jodi24US #97
#54Cindy23US #67
#55Lynn23US #85
#56Rachel22US #92
#57Shelly22US #98
#58Tamara22US #80
#59Tanya22US #106
#60Kari21
#61Kim21US #57
#62Carolyn19US #61
#63Carrie19US #86
#64Margaret19US #63
#65Christina18US #44
#66Kristin18US #84
#67Valerie18US #77
#68Ann17US #54
#69Annette17US #102
#70Carol17US #49
#71Connie17US #87
#72Debbie17US #111
#73Kristi17US #138
#74Robin17US #43
#75Sharon17US #32
#76Shelley17US #129
#77Sheri17US #119
#78Darcy16
#79Kristine16US #105
#80Shawna16
#81Sherry16US #52
#82Terri16US #83
#83Andrea15US #48
#84Anita15US #109
#85Colleen15US #101
#86Holly15US #103
#87Janet15US #73
#88Jody15US #169
#89Katherine15US #75
#90Leah15US #195
#91Leslie15US #66
#92Lynette15
#93Tami15US #191
#94Tonya15US #60
#95Anna14US #99
#96Carla14US #91
#97Karla14
#98Penny14US #124
#99Renee14US #65
#100Roberta14

Boys

#1Michael256US #1
#2David187US #2
#3John167US #3
#4James152US #4
#5Robert152US #5
#6Mark121US #7
#7William118US #6
#8Scott117US #14
#9Richard96US #8
#10Steven94US #15
#11Kevin91US #17
#12Shawn90US #43
#13Brian89US #10
#14Jeffrey89US #11
#15Todd89US #28
#16Timothy77US #13
#17Daniel76US #18
#18Thomas73US #12
#19Paul68US #19
#20Christopher59US #9
#21Kenneth57US #23
#22Ronald57US #25
#23Gregory54US #26
#24Charles50US #20
#25Gary49US #32
#26Donald48US #29
#27Joseph46US #16
#28Douglas43US #33
#29Eric43US #22
#30Matthew43US #24
#31Patrick43US #30
#32Troy41US #40
#33Dale40US #91
#34Jason40US #47
#35Shane40US #120
#36Craig33US #41
#37Keith33US #35
#38Bryan32US #51
#39Anthony31US #21
#40Bradley31US #57
#41Jay30US #88
#42Randy29US #54
#43Curtis27US #75
#44Kelly27US #97
#45Mike27US #93
#46Rodney27US #42
#47Sean27US #37
#48Jon25US #65
#49Larry25US #38
#50Russell25US #56
#51Bruce24US #61
#52Dean24US #78
#53Peter24US #39
#54Stephen24US #27
#55Andrew23US #34
#56Lance23US #144
#57Wayne23US #63
#58Chad22US #104
#59Darren22US #60
#60George22US #36
#61Brent21US #102
#62Brett21US #105
#63Dennis21US #45
#64Edward20US #31
#65Frank20US #49
#66Rick20US #182
#67Roger20US #55
#68Travis20US #141
#69Jeff19US #90
#70Wade19
#71Jeffery18US #46
#72Raymond18US #50
#73Jerry17US #44
#74Steve17US #89
#75Darin16US #147
#76Kirk16US #143
#77Terry16US #48
#78Cory15
#79Duane15US #146
#80Justin15
#81Chris14US #64
#82Corey14US #171
#83Dan14US #191
#84Greg14US #142
#85Joel14US #80
#86Micheal14US #114
#87Nathan14US #163
#88Phillip14US #71
#89Alan13US #74
#90Bill13
#91Gerald13US #62
#92Kurt13US #123
#93Tim13US #139
#94Carl12US #59
#95Glenn12US #92
#96Guy12
#97Stacey12
#98Billy11US #76
#99Darrell11US #86
#100Gordon11

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑48Jacqueline#42
↑35Heidi#21
↑34Bryan#38
↑33Kristin#66
↑32Angela#7
↑32Kathleen#25
↑30Lynn#55
↑29Jon#48

Falling

↓57Renee#99
↓51Leslie#91
↓36Tracy#45
↓35Carl#94
↓31Ann#68
↓28Cindy#54
↓27Sherry#81
↓27Roberta#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.