State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,978 Montana births in 1969 across 440 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#38Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#61Karlaoutside the national top 200
#64Karioutside the national top 200
#59Wade#193 nationally
#77Rick#200 nationally
#83Dustinoutside the national top 200
#44Cory#160 nationally
#85Sharioutside the national top 200
#89Danoutside the national top 200
#94Kentoutside the national top 200
#96Amberoutside the national top 200
#97Rossoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Lisa141US #1
#2Michelle120US #2
#3Kimberly86US #4
#4Jennifer83US #3
#5Julie80US #12
#6Melissa60US #5
#7Tammy57US #9
#8Amy56US #6
#9Lori53US #20
#10Dawn49US #21
#11Wendy49US #29
#12Laura48US #10
#13Mary48US #8
#14Shannon48US #31
#15Christine47US #14
#16Angela46US #7
#17Susan46US #11
#18Tina43US #22
#19Brenda41US #38
#20Heidi41US #80
#21Stephanie41US #19
#22Tracy40US #17
#23Kelly39US #15
#24Pamela39US #24
#25Rebecca38US #28
#26Karen36US #13
#27Heather31US #34
#28Jill30US #51
#29Kathleen30US #42
#30Barbara29US #39
#31Rhonda29US #44
#32Sandra29US #25
#33Stacy29US #53
#34Stacey28US #52
#35Ann27US #57
#36Deborah27US #27
#37Patricia27US #18
#38Shawna27
#39Elizabeth26US #16
#40Jamie26US #121
#41Teresa25US #32
#42Theresa25US #49
#43Kathy24US #77
#44Tamara24US #78
#45Christina23US #37
#46Cindy23US #74
#47Laurie23US #79
#48Robin23US #46
#49Cynthia22US #23
#50Debra22US #43
#51Gina22US #63
#52Jodi22US #95
#53Connie21US #105
#54Leslie21US #64
#55Rachel21US #69
#56Dana20US #60
#57Sheila20US #68
#58Shelly20US #102
#59Becky19US #155
#60Colleen19US #109
#61Karla19
#62Nicole19US #47
#63Terri19US #93
#64Kari18
#65Kim18US #66
#66Kristine18US #110
#67Michele18US #30
#68Renee18US #67
#69Sarah18US #72
#70Anna17US #99
#71Carrie17US #94
#72Linda17US #33
#73Nancy17US #45
#74April16US #97
#75Donna16US #26
#76Kristin16US #76
#77Sharon16US #36
#78Sherry16US #55
#79Tara16US #107
#80Tonya16US #54
#81Cheryl15US #41
#82Erin15US #114
#83Janet15US #84
#84Paula15US #50
#85Shari15
#86Andrea14US #48
#87Anita14US #120
#88Carol14US #56
#89Deanna14US #88
#90Denise14US #35
#91Kathryn14US #104
#92Suzanne14US #75
#93Toni14US #159
#94Valerie14US #85
#95Vicki14US #125
#96Amber13
#97Carla13US #90
#98Catherine13US #58
#99Darcy13
#100Darla13

Boys

#1Michael246US #1
#2John169US #4
#3David164US #2
#4James147US #3
#5Robert140US #5
#6Scott136US #12
#7Mark117US #8
#8Brian103US #9
#9Richard103US #10
#10Steven99US #14
#11William99US #6
#12Jason97US #25
#13Daniel85US #18
#14Jeffrey80US #11
#15Shawn74US #41
#16Joseph72US #15
#17Thomas72US #13
#18Paul70US #22
#19Todd68US #28
#20Timothy65US #17
#21Kevin64US #16
#22Christopher60US #7
#23Shane60US #87
#24Charles54US #19
#25Eric50US #21
#26Gary50US #35
#27Troy46US #42
#28Donald45US #30
#29Matthew45US #24
#30Douglas44US #34
#31Patrick44US #31
#32Kenneth43US #23
#33Gregory42US #26
#34Sean40US #37
#35Craig39US #39
#36Ronald39US #29
#37Chad35US #69
#38Keith34US #36
#39Lance34US #103
#40Stephen33US #27
#41Andrew31US #33
#42Bradley31US #53
#43Anthony30US #20
#44Cory30US #160
#45Raymond30US #50
#46Jay29US #95
#47Bryan26US #51
#48Edward25US #32
#49Larry25US #40
#50Travis25US #113
#51Brent24US #92
#52Randy24US #55
#53Mike23US #112
#54Russell23US #57
#55Alan22US #76
#56Brett22US #94
#57Corey22US #58
#58Kelly22US #115
#59Wade22US #193
#60Dennis21US #44
#61George21US #38
#62Bruce19US #72
#63Jeremy19US #147
#64Jerry19US #45
#65Justin19US #167
#66Dean18US #89
#67Terry18US #52
#68Dale17US #96
#69Duane17US #156
#70Kurt17US #132
#71Rodney17US #49
#72Roger17US #59
#73Jeff16US #106
#74Joel16US #80
#75Jon16US #68
#76Martin16US #78
#77Rick16US #200
#78Shannon16US #129
#79Curtis15US #81
#80Darren15US #60
#81Erik15US #119
#82Peter15US #43
#83Dustin14
#84Frank14US #47
#85Jeffery14US #48
#86Randall14US #85
#87Allen13US #111
#88Chris13US #66
#89Dan13
#90Greg13US #152
#91Clinton12US #187
#92Eugene12US #131
#93Glen12US #136
#94Kent12
#95Micheal12US #120
#96Nathan12US #154
#97Ross12
#98Tony12US #54
#99Aaron11US #61
#100Brad11US #145

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑42Shawna#38
↑37Leslie#54
↑36Karla#61
↑34Cory#44
↑34Alan#55
↑33Ann#35
↑31Renee#68
↑30Shannon#14

Falling

↓49Cheryl#81
↓44Denise#90
↓38Michele#67
↓37Linda#72
↓36Curtis#79
↓35Paula#84
↓35Dale#68
↓29Peter#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.