State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,151 Montana births in 1974 across 413 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#69Codyoutside the national top 200
#76Janelleoutside the national top 200
#78Wade#197 nationally
#87Darinoutside the national top 200
#73Charity#186 nationally
#44Kari#153 nationally
#93Katieoutside the national top 200
#56Shawna#162 nationally
#97Shaunaoutside the national top 200
#98Tyleroutside the national top 200
#100Karloutside the national top 200
#76Neil#175 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer236US #1
#2Heather118US #4
#3Amy107US #2
#4Michelle98US #3
#5Angela95US #5
#6Kimberly75US #6
#7Lisa67US #8
#8Stephanie62US #9
#9Rebecca61US #10
#10Shannon59US #18
#11Dawn58US #22
#12Melissa56US #7
#13Julie55US #14
#14Heidi51US #60
#15Jessica49US #17
#16Sarah49US #20
#17Christina48US #16
#18Tracy41US #23
#19Wendy41US #32
#20Nicole39US #11
#21Tara39US #39
#22Jodi37US #91
#23Kelly35US #15
#24Brenda34US #59
#25Brandy33US #80
#26Laura32US #21
#27Lori32US #30
#28April31US #28
#29Mary31US #13
#30Misty31US #66
#31Susan31US #27
#32Andrea30US #35
#33Crystal30US #49
#34Tina30US #25
#35Rachel29US #36
#36Tammy29US #24
#37Erin28US #47
#38Stacey28US #48
#39Carrie27US #42
#40Tanya27US #46
#41Amanda26US #34
#42Brandi26US #106
#43Jamie26US #97
#44Kari26US #153
#45Christine25US #19
#46Kristina25US #101
#47Stacy24US #38
#48Danielle23US #40
#49Elizabeth23US #12
#50Karen23US #26
#51Holly22US #56
#52Kristin22US #72
#53Melanie21US #51
#54Michele21US #50
#55Sara21US #61
#56Shawna21US #162
#57Jill20US #58
#58Teresa20US #52
#59Tonya20US #37
#60Amber19US #92
#61Tiffany19US #41
#62Kristi18US #102
#63Pamela18US #54
#64Robin18US #63
#65Catherine17US #73
#66Jody16US #154
#67Katherine16US #62
#68Krista16US #152
#69Renee16US #85
#70Shelly16US #107
#71Theresa16US #79
#72Anna15US #82
#73Charity15US #186
#74Cindy15US #103
#75Dana15US #55
#76Janelle15
#77Paula15US #96
#78Rhonda15US #86
#79Samantha15US #128
#80Ann14US #100
#81Cynthia14US #33
#82Denise14US #53
#83Jenny14US #131
#84Kristen14US #45
#85Kristy14US #133
#86Melinda14US #81
#87Tamara14US #64
#88Barbara13US #77
#89Beth13US #117
#90Christy13US #57
#91Erica13US #74
#92Jacqueline13US #83
#93Katie13
#94Leslie13US #65
#95Molly13US #179
#96Monica13US #43
#97Shauna13
#98Diana12US #87
#99Gina12US #84
#100Megan12US #105

Boys

#1Jason267US #2
#2Michael203US #1
#3Brian139US #8
#4John132US #6
#5Christopher129US #3
#6Chad125US #26
#7Robert125US #7
#8David124US #4
#9James124US #5
#10Scott99US #18
#11Joshua95US #29
#12Ryan93US #25
#13Matthew92US #9
#14Travis92US #54
#15William91US #10
#16Jeremy87US #24
#17Justin86US #43
#18Daniel77US #11
#19Shawn75US #30
#20Joseph74US #12
#21Mark74US #16
#22Eric69US #13
#23Jeffrey64US #15
#24Paul60US #27
#25Kevin59US #14
#26Shane57US #56
#27Richard53US #17
#28Thomas52US #20
#29Aaron50US #32
#30Brandon48US #51
#31Steven47US #19
#32Timothy47US #22
#33Ronald39US #42
#34Andrew38US #28
#35Bradley35US #58
#36Bryan34US #45
#37Jonathan34US #33
#38Charles33US #23
#39Gregory32US #31
#40Dustin31US #121
#41Benjamin30US #46
#42Keith30US #44
#43Adam29US #36
#44Anthony29US #21
#45Kenneth29US #34
#46Stephen29US #35
#47Troy28US #63
#48Patrick27US #38
#49Cory26US #114
#50Craig26US #57
#51Todd26US #39
#52Donald25US #41
#53Gary24US #48
#54Jesse24US #67
#55Russell24US #84
#56Douglas23US #53
#57Jon23US #94
#58Edward22US #40
#59Kyle21US #97
#60Brent20US #76
#61Corey20US #77
#62Erik20US #90
#63Lee20US #124
#64Nathan20US #52
#65Sean20US #37
#66Brett19US #95
#67Kelly19US #143
#68Peter19US #50
#69Cody18
#70Samuel18US #60
#71Dennis17US #59
#72Jacob17US #88
#73Joel17US #75
#74Marcus17US #73
#75Dale16US #145
#76Neil16US #175
#77Raymond16US #62
#78Wade16US #197
#79Christian15US #103
#80George15US #49
#81Jay15US #111
#82Martin15US #109
#83Shannon15US #101
#84Alan14US #118
#85Casey14US #144
#86Chris14US #116
#87Darin14
#88Frank14US #65
#89Jamie14US #68
#90Jared14US #131
#91Jeffery14US #66
#92Jeremiah14US #178
#93Jerry14US #61
#94Lance14US #159
#95Larry14US #55
#96Curtis13US #98
#97Darren13US #127
#98Tyler13
#99Brad12US #105
#100Karl12

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑52Erin#37
↑43Jesse#54
↑37Tonya#59
↑34Tiffany#61
↑28Jon#57
↑28Brett#66
↑27Keith#42
↑27Kyle#59

Falling

↓28Larry#95
↓27Barbara#88
↓25Jill#57
↓25Monica#96
↓24Nathan#64
↓23Tammy#36
↓23Shawna#56
↓21Tyler#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.