State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,443 Montana births in 1973 across 405 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#33Shawna#188 nationally
#57Codyoutside the national top 200
#72Trevoroutside the national top 200
#77Tyleroutside the national top 200
#56Becky#170 nationally
#58Kari#172 nationally
#87Wade#198 nationally
#53Jody#163 nationally
#73Casey#183 nationally
#46Stacie#150 nationally
#60Clinton#161 nationally
#100Bradyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer220US #1
#2Heather102US #8
#3Michelle91US #3
#4Amy89US #2
#5Kimberly83US #4
#6Lisa66US #5
#7Angela65US #7
#8Rebecca62US #10
#9Melissa61US #6
#10Julie51US #12
#11Nicole51US #11
#12Stephanie49US #9
#13Tammy45US #15
#14Tara44US #37
#15Sarah43US #35
#16Dawn41US #21
#17Shannon41US #22
#18Brenda39US #53
#19Heidi39US #65
#20Andrea38US #30
#21Kelly38US #18
#22Lori38US #28
#23Mary38US #14
#24Tanya38US #50
#25Wendy33US #29
#26Laura32US #19
#27Christine30US #17
#28Jessica30US #34
#29Jodi30US #100
#30Christina29US #16
#31Rachel29US #42
#32Jill28US #62
#33Shawna28US #188
#34Brandy27US #82
#35Susan27US #25
#36Holly26US #54
#37Jamie26US #103
#38Crystal25US #48
#39Sara25US #89
#40Stacy25US #32
#41Tracy25US #20
#42Elizabeth24US #13
#43Stacey24US #41
#44Carrie23US #46
#45April22US #33
#46Stacie22US #150
#47Brandi21US #109
#48Melanie21US #43
#49Tina21US #24
#50Misty20US #90
#51Patricia20US #27
#52Amanda19US #51
#53Jody19US #163
#54Karen19US #23
#55Anna18US #86
#56Becky18US #170
#57Danielle18US #49
#58Kari18US #172
#59Paula18US #87
#60Teresa18US #45
#61Barbara17US #63
#62Debra17US #84
#63Krista17US #143
#64Lynn17US #145
#65Rhonda17US #70
#66Sheila17US #101
#67Theresa17US #69
#68Ann16US #93
#69Cynthia16US #26
#70Kristin16US #78
#71Monica16US #40
#72Traci16US #127
#73Denise15US #38
#74Laurie15US #106
#75Kathleen14US #68
#76Michele14US #44
#77Pamela14US #47
#78Robin14US #60
#79Shelly14US #104
#80Tamara14US #66
#81Amber13US #130
#82Deanna13US #111
#83Emily13US #99
#84Katherine13US #64
#85Nancy13US #77
#86Sandra13US #39
#87Suzanne13US #98
#88Donna12US #55
#89Erin12US #79
#90Jacqueline12US #88
#91Jenny12US #139
#92Kerri12US #180
#93Maria12US #31
#94Renee12US #80
#95Tiffany12US #52
#96Tonya12US #36
#97Carla11US #114
#98Cindy11US #92
#99Katrina11US #118
#100Kristine11US #133

Boys

#1Jason228US #3
#2Michael227US #1
#3John129US #6
#4James127US #4
#5Brian120US #8
#6Robert120US #7
#7Christopher119US #2
#8David115US #5
#9Scott89US #18
#10Chad88US #25
#11Shawn86US #27
#12Travis81US #53
#13William80US #9
#14Matthew77US #10
#15Daniel75US #11
#16Justin75US #51
#17Kevin72US #14
#18Ryan68US #30
#19Eric65US #13
#20Jeffrey63US #17
#21Joseph62US #12
#22Mark62US #15
#23Shane61US #54
#24Richard54US #16
#25Aaron50US #34
#26Jeremy50US #33
#27Joshua49US #42
#28Thomas48US #19
#29Timothy46US #22
#30Steven45US #20
#31Charles43US #23
#32Paul43US #24
#33Jonathan39US #31
#34Todd38US #35
#35Gregory36US #26
#36Patrick34US #37
#37Andrew33US #29
#38Cory33US #128
#39Craig32US #48
#40Nathan32US #63
#41Douglas31US #47
#42Ronald30US #40
#43Brandon26US #58
#44Kenneth25US #28
#45Stephen25US #32
#46Donald24US #38
#47Gary23US #44
#48Sean23US #36
#49Troy23US #59
#50Anthony22US #21
#51Peter22US #52
#52Bradley21US #62
#53Bryan21US #43
#54Kelly21US #147
#55Russell21US #77
#56Adam20US #45
#57Cody20
#58Corey20US #89
#59Jacob20US #122
#60Clinton19US #161
#61Edward19US #39
#62Erik18US #86
#63Joel18US #73
#64Benjamin17US #55
#65Dustin17US #153
#66Jay17US #118
#67Larry17US #50
#68Brent16US #80
#69Keith16US #41
#70Rodney16US #68
#71Samuel16US #66
#72Trevor16
#73Casey15US #183
#74Dennis15US #56
#75George15US #46
#76Lance15US #148
#77Tyler15
#78Wayne15US #107
#79Chris14US #96
#80Curtis14US #98
#81Dale14US #141
#82Frank14US #61
#83Jeffery14US #64
#84Jerry14US #57
#85Jon14US #94
#86Kyle14US #110
#87Wade14US #198
#88Derek13US #69
#89Jack13US #138
#90Lee13US #123
#91Neil13US #182
#92Raymond13US #60
#93Wesley13US #158
#94Brett12US #88
#95Jamie12US #70
#96Jared12US #155
#97Jesse12US #75
#98Roger12US #84
#99Brad11US #137
#100Brady11

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑53Brandy#34
↑51Jessica#28
↑47Stacie#46
↑46Nathan#40
↑41Anna#55
↑38Jacob#59
↑34Amanda#52
↑32Kelly#21

Falling

↓47Michele#76
↓43Cindy#98
↓41Amber#81
↓40Kristine#100
↓38Brett#94
↓36Denise#73
↓35Dustin#65
↓33Jon#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.