State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,537 Montana births in 1972 across 414 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#55Tyleroutside the national top 200
#46Kari#186 nationally
#38Shawna#174 nationally
#30Dustin#165 nationally
#70Darcyoutside the national top 200
#40Amber#161 nationally
#75Casey#195 nationally
#84Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#56Jody#172 nationally
#88Wadeoutside the national top 200
#59Becky#165 nationally
#99Karlaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer206US #1
#2Amy96US #5
#3Michelle95US #2
#4Heather88US #9
#5Lisa82US #3
#6Kimberly75US #4
#7Melissa72US #7
#8Nicole65US #10
#9Julie62US #12
#10Angela60US #6
#11Tammy59US #11
#12Dawn50US #20
#13Wendy48US #29
#14Shannon44US #22
#15Rebecca43US #14
#16Heidi42US #64
#17Stephanie39US #8
#18Tara39US #38
#19Tina39US #18
#20Stacey38US #41
#21Mary35US #13
#22Brenda34US #44
#23Melanie34US #42
#24Sarah33US #49
#25Tracy33US #19
#26Lori32US #28
#27Carrie31US #53
#28Elizabeth29US #15
#29Michele29US #36
#30Stacy29US #33
#31Tanya29US #54
#32Teresa29US #39
#33Christina28US #26
#34Laura28US #17
#35Jodi27US #97
#36Karen27US #21
#37Denise26US #35
#38Shawna26US #174
#39Monica25US #47
#40Amber24US #161
#41Christine24US #16
#42Rachel24US #40
#43Susan24US #24
#44Andrea23US #30
#45Holly23US #71
#46Kari23US #186
#47Kristin23US #67
#48Jamie22US #114
#49Jill22US #62
#50Sara22US #101
#51Cheryl21US #56
#52Crystal21US #59
#53Kelly21US #23
#54Shelly21US #94
#55Cindy20US #80
#56Jody20US #172
#57Pamela20US #34
#58April19US #48
#59Becky19US #165
#60Kristine19US #127
#61Krista18US #142
#62Kristi18US #102
#63Patricia18US #27
#64Deborah17US #43
#65Erin17US #93
#66Leslie17US #75
#67Sheila16US #90
#68Brandi15US #141
#69Danielle15US #73
#70Darcy15
#71Debra15US #66
#72Katherine15US #69
#73Misty15US #125
#74Robin15US #55
#75Sandra15US #31
#76Bonnie14US #157
#77Gina14US #78
#78Jenny14US #119
#79Jessica14US #46
#80Kathleen14US #57
#81Kristen14US #85
#82Paula14US #72
#83Rhonda14US #60
#84Shauna14
#85Tonya14US #37
#86Amanda13US #76
#87Brandy13US #140
#88Connie13US #130
#89Donna13US #45
#90Katrina13US #116
#91Kristy13US #158
#92Natalie13US #143
#93Stacie13US #159
#94Tiffany13US #61
#95Trina13US #183
#96Anna12US #86
#97Cynthia12US #25
#98Diana12US #83
#99Karla12
#100Kristina12US #112

Boys

#1Michael217US #1
#2Jason215US #7
#3Christopher139US #2
#4John132US #5
#5Robert122US #6
#6James121US #3
#7David112US #4
#8Scott107US #11
#9Brian103US #8
#10William99US #9
#11Chad91US #25
#12Daniel85US #15
#13Shawn77US #28
#14Kevin71US #13
#15Joseph69US #12
#16Shane69US #55
#17Jeffrey67US #17
#18Mark64US #18
#19Matthew64US #10
#20Justin63US #60
#21Travis63US #57
#22Timothy61US #21
#23Eric59US #16
#24Ryan58US #39
#25Thomas58US #20
#26Richard55US #14
#27Jeremy50US #42
#28Steven48US #19
#29Todd39US #31
#30Dustin38US #165
#31Gregory36US #26
#32Kenneth35US #27
#33Ronald34US #32
#34Charles33US #23
#35Troy33US #49
#36Cory32US #136
#37Douglas32US #43
#38Gary32US #41
#39Brent31US #77
#40Anthony30US #22
#41Donald30US #36
#42Bryan29US #45
#43Kelly29US #140
#44Paul29US #24
#45Aaron28US #40
#46Patrick28US #35
#47Brandon27US #63
#48Sean26US #33
#49Andrew25US #30
#50Craig25US #46
#51Jonathan25US #37
#52Jon24US #89
#53Bradley23US #61
#54Joshua22US #59
#55Tyler22
#56Brett21US #80
#57Russell21US #69
#58Stephen21US #29
#59Terry21US #62
#60Edward20US #34
#61Randy20US #70
#62Dennis19US #52
#63Lance19US #126
#64Peter19US #48
#65Wayne19US #103
#66Corey18US #95
#67Curtis18US #92
#68George18US #44
#69Chris17US #82
#70Dale17US #131
#71Keith17US #38
#72Raymond17US #54
#73Adam16US #51
#74Benjamin16US #64
#75Casey16US #195
#76Erik16US #86
#77Frank16US #56
#78Jay16US #115
#79Kyle16US #113
#80Dean15US #156
#81Kurt15US #164
#82Derek14US #67
#83Jesse14US #88
#84Joel14US #78
#85Larry14US #47
#86Nathan14US #79
#87Samuel14US #66
#88Wade14
#89Brad13US #149
#90Jerry13US #53
#91Lee13US #125
#92Shannon13US #94
#93Tony13US #68
#94Jeffery12US #58
#95Alan11US #110
#96Christian11US #96
#97Jacob11US #155
#98Rodney11US #65
#99Carl10US #85
#100Duane10US #158

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑68Sarah#24
↑33Monica#39
↑32Dustin#30
↑31Anthony#40
↑31Joshua#54
↑29Krista#61
↑29Brandi#68
↑27Christina#33

Falling

↓30Larry#85
↓28Rhonda#83
↓28Cynthia#97
↓27Jerry#90
↓26Kelly#53
↓25Patricia#63
↓24Christine#41
↓24Paula#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.