State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,632 Montana births in 1970 across 450 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#30Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#56Dustinoutside the national top 200
#70Bobbioutside the national top 200
#66Kari#194 nationally
#75Trevoroutside the national top 200
#70Wade#189 nationally
#44Becky#161 nationally
#90Tyleroutside the national top 200
#96Jimoutside the national top 200
#99Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#37Justin#138 nationally
#63Cory#164 nationally

Girls

#1Michelle129US #4
#2Jennifer120US #1
#3Lisa119US #2
#4Heather86US #19
#5Kimberly83US #3
#6Julie77US #11
#7Amy69US #5
#8Angela64US #6
#9Melissa64US #7
#10Tammy62US #8
#11Shannon59US #22
#12Tracy57US #10
#13Wendy55US #28
#14Brenda54US #40
#15Kelly54US #20
#16Lori54US #23
#17Dawn50US #16
#18Mary50US #9
#19Susan49US #15
#20Christine44US #14
#21Laura42US #13
#22Karen38US #12
#23Heidi37US #81
#24Nicole37US #30
#25Pamela37US #26
#26Tina37US #21
#27Jodi35US #95
#28Rebecca35US #29
#29Stacey35US #48
#30Shawna33
#31Christina31US #35
#32Rhonda30US #46
#33Stephanie30US #17
#34Tanya30US #76
#35Andrea29US #43
#36Jamie29US #120
#37Patricia29US #24
#38Denise28US #36
#39Sandra28US #27
#40Stacy28US #42
#41Kathleen27US #45
#42Kristine27US #109
#43Sheila26US #75
#44Becky25US #161
#45Elizabeth25US #18
#46Jill25US #52
#47Kim25US #78
#48Linda25US #38
#49Barbara24US #41
#50Connie24US #116
#51Carrie23US #73
#52Cynthia23US #25
#53Leslie23US #64
#54Theresa23US #53
#55Cindy22US #72
#56Holly22US #74
#57Katherine22US #67
#58Teresa22US #34
#59Traci22US #100
#60Dana21US #54
#61Deborah21US #33
#62Kathy21US #77
#63Paula21US #57
#64Rachel21US #58
#65Ann20US #62
#66Kari20US #194
#67Kristin20US #63
#68Laurie20US #88
#69Robin20US #51
#70Bobbi19
#71Deanna19US #90
#72Renee19US #68
#73Shelly19US #103
#74Jody18US #153
#75Michele18US #31
#76Terri18US #113
#77Gina17US #61
#78Kristi17US #123
#79Sharon17US #37
#80Tamara17US #79
#81Carol16US #71
#82Crystal16US #101
#83Debra16US #47
#84Kathryn16US #104
#85Carla15US #94
#86Jacqueline15US #66
#87Nancy15US #50
#88Stacie15US #165
#89Suzanne15US #87
#90Tiffany15US #99
#91Valerie15US #97
#92Anna14US #102
#93Colleen14US #117
#94Donna14US #32
#95Kerry14US #176
#96Kristina14US #125
#97Margaret14US #80
#98Sara14US #126
#99Shauna14
#100Tami14

Boys

#1Michael228US #1
#2James183US #2
#3Robert166US #5
#4John157US #4
#5David135US #3
#6Jason133US #13
#7Scott130US #12
#8Shawn119US #34
#9William111US #7
#10Richard110US #10
#11Mark107US #9
#12Brian105US #8
#13Daniel97US #19
#14Kevin97US #14
#15Christopher92US #6
#16Jeffrey89US #11
#17Steven84US #15
#18Thomas69US #17
#19Paul66US #23
#20Travis61US #69
#21Timothy59US #20
#22Shane55US #64
#23Todd55US #28
#24Charles53US #21
#25Ronald53US #29
#26Matthew52US #24
#27Troy50US #41
#28Douglas47US #36
#29Eric46US #18
#30Kenneth45US #25
#31Gregory44US #26
#32Chad42US #51
#33Gary42US #35
#34Joseph42US #16
#35Patrick42US #33
#36Donald41US #30
#37Justin41US #138
#38Andrew39US #32
#39Craig39US #39
#40Lance39US #76
#41Jay37US #97
#42Anthony34US #22
#43Brent34US #74
#44Stephen31US #27
#45Russell28US #58
#46Bradley27US #47
#47Aaron26US #52
#48Jerry26US #45
#49Bryan25US #53
#50Edward25US #31
#51Corey24US #84
#52Jeremy24US #70
#53Kelly24US #135
#54Curtis23US #88
#55Dean23US #112
#56Dustin23
#57Keith23US #38
#58Sean23US #37
#59Bruce22US #94
#60Dennis22US #46
#61Jon22US #68
#62Wayne22US #80
#63Cory21US #164
#64Chris20US #63
#65Dale20US #110
#66Darren20US #75
#67George20US #40
#68Raymond19US #49
#69Shannon19US #128
#70Wade19US #189
#71Frank18US #48
#72Jonathan18US #42
#73Micheal18US #126
#74Terry18US #54
#75Trevor18
#76Samuel17US #62
#77Brett16US #99
#78Jeff16US #116
#79Larry16US #43
#80Mike16US #136
#81Peter16US #44
#82Randy16US #59
#83Steve16US #114
#84Jesse15US #119
#85Walter15US #89
#86Greg14US #154
#87Joel14US #82
#88Lee14US #118
#89Tony14US #57
#90Tyler14
#91Brad13US #139
#92Brandon13US #131
#93Derek13US #77
#94Erik13US #101
#95Gerald13US #67
#96Jim13
#97Martin13US #93
#98Rodney13US #55
#99Roger13US #61
#100Jeffery12US #50

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑52Denise#38
↑52Aaron#47
↑51Andrea#35
↑38Nicole#24
↑30Travis#20
↑28Justin#37
↑27Dustin#56
↑25Jodi#27

Falling

↓36Tamara#80
↓33Debra#83
↓33Colleen#93
↓30Ann#65
↓30Larry#79
↓30Randy#82
↓27Mike#80
↓27Rodney#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.