State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,323 Montana births in 1971 across 442 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#44Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#50Tamioutside the national top 200
#76Wadeoutside the national top 200
#80Trevoroutside the national top 200
#81Codyoutside the national top 200
#62Dustin#181 nationally
#62Kari#179 nationally
#47Jody#162 nationally
#78Darin#193 nationally
#52Becky#163 nationally
#97Brandioutside the national top 200
#47Cory#150 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer196US #1
#2Michelle116US #2
#3Lisa96US #3
#4Kimberly86US #4
#5Amy76US #5
#6Angela72US #6
#7Heather64US #12
#8Julie64US #10
#9Melissa61US #7
#10Shannon54US #21
#11Mary51US #9
#12Dawn50US #14
#13Lori45US #25
#14Wendy45US #29
#15Rebecca43US #23
#16Stephanie43US #11
#17Christine42US #18
#18Tina41US #20
#19Tracy41US #13
#20Tammy40US #8
#21Brenda39US #43
#22Stacy39US #32
#23Karen35US #15
#24Nicole34US #27
#25Susan34US #17
#26Heidi33US #77
#27Kelly33US #22
#28Stacey33US #41
#29Teresa33US #34
#30Andrea32US #35
#31Tanya32US #72
#32Jodi30US #94
#33Laura30US #16
#34Dana29US #44
#35Elizabeth29US #19
#36Jamie28US #118
#37Pamela28US #28
#38Patricia28US #26
#39Tara27US #49
#40Kristi26US #113
#41Tamara26US #80
#42Deborah25US #33
#43Holly25US #76
#44Shawna25
#45Michele24US #39
#46Denise23US #36
#47Jody22US #162
#48Leslie22US #68
#49Rachel22US #54
#50Tami22
#51April21US #56
#52Becky21US #163
#53Carrie21US #55
#54Jill21US #59
#55Rhonda21US #46
#56Tricia21US #109
#57Cheryl20US #50
#58Paula20US #63
#59Barbara19US #47
#60Christina19US #30
#61Gina19US #69
#62Kari19US #179
#63Robin19US #51
#64Sara19US #114
#65Shelly19US #103
#66Janet18US #112
#67Valerie18US #102
#68Cindy17US #70
#69Cynthia17US #24
#70Kristin17US #71
#71Linda17US #42
#72Monica17US #48
#73Tonya17US #45
#74Crystal16US #79
#75Deanna16US #95
#76Erin16US #93
#77Jacqueline16US #75
#78Kristine16US #120
#79Sandra16US #31
#80Sharon16US #40
#81Sheila16US #81
#82Amanda15US #84
#83Debra15US #57
#84Kathleen15US #53
#85Laurie15US #96
#86Nancy15US #52
#87Traci15US #116
#88Jessica14US #64
#89Katherine14US #67
#90Krista14US #134
#91Melinda14US #85
#92Sarah14US #58
#93Theresa14US #61
#94Ann13US #78
#95Anna13US #106
#96Annette13US #132
#97Brandi13
#98Donna13US #38
#99Jenny13US #142
#100Julia13US #130

Boys

#1Michael226US #1
#2Jason182US #8
#3Robert178US #5
#4John176US #4
#5David155US #3
#6James139US #2
#7Scott129US #10
#8Shawn100US #28
#9Chad98US #29
#10Christopher95US #6
#11Brian94US #9
#12Kevin94US #14
#13William93US #7
#14Daniel88US #20
#15Steven88US #16
#16Mark80US #13
#17Shane73US #60
#18Matthew71US #19
#19Richard70US #11
#20Eric67US #18
#21Jeffrey67US #12
#22Paul63US #24
#23Thomas59US #17
#24Travis59US #61
#25Timothy58US #21
#26Joseph54US #15
#27Kenneth54US #25
#28Gregory48US #26
#29Gary46US #38
#30Charles45US #22
#31Douglas45US #39
#32Todd45US #30
#33Ronald43US #31
#34Troy43US #46
#35Patrick42US #35
#36Justin40US #103
#37Jeremy39US #45
#38Aaron37US #41
#39Craig36US #43
#40Ryan33US #51
#41Bradley32US #58
#42Andrew30US #33
#43Sean30US #36
#44Donald29US #34
#45Bryan26US #48
#46Chris26US #68
#47Cory26US #150
#48Russell26US #64
#49Brett25US #90
#50Dennis24US #49
#51Lance24US #98
#52Randy24US #67
#53Stephen24US #27
#54Jonathan23US #40
#55Larry23US #44
#56Brent22US #73
#57Keith22US #37
#58Curtis21US #89
#59Kelly21US #136
#60George20US #42
#61Derek19US #63
#62Dustin19US #181
#63Jerry19US #50
#64Nathan19US #104
#65Terry19US #56
#66Brandon18US #95
#67Edward18US #32
#68Kyle18US #116
#69Raymond18US #52
#70Wayne18US #92
#71Anthony17US #23
#72Benjamin17US #69
#73Jeff17US #140
#74Jeffery17US #53
#75Jon17US #78
#76Wade17
#77Dale16US #125
#78Darin16US #193
#79Dean16US #137
#80Trevor16
#81Cody15
#82Corey15US #77
#83Jay15US #114
#84Jesse15US #107
#85Joshua15US #80
#86Lee15US #128
#87Mike15US #153
#88Peter15US #47
#89Rodney15US #59
#90Adam14US #57
#91Erik14US #97
#92Neil14US #182
#93Shannon14US #106
#94Tony14US #62
#95Carl13US #72
#96Clinton13US #179
#97Jamie13US #96
#98Joe13US #101
#99Martin13US #105
#100Ty13

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑50Tami#50
↑39Tamara#41
↑38Kristi#40
↑34Sara#64
↑32Derek#61
↑30Michele#45
↑30Randy#52
↑29Teresa#29

Falling

↓43Kathleen#84
↓42Jay#83
↓40Sandra#79
↓39Theresa#93
↓38Sheila#81
↓36Kristine#78
↓32Katherine#89
↓31Corey#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.