State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,272 Montana births in 1976 across 435 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#52Jamioutside the national top 200
#68Autumnoutside the national top 200
#72Lukeoutside the national top 200
#73Tobyoutside the national top 200
#78Cody#200 nationally
#89Lynnoutside the national top 200
#92Kurtoutside the national top 200
#73Traci#181 nationally
#95Wadeoutside the national top 200
#23Kari#127 nationally
#65Shawna#169 nationally
#77Tyler#179 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer241US #1
#2Amy124US #2
#3Heather109US #4
#4Jamie93US #18
#5Jessica88US #8
#6Michelle88US #6
#7Angela87US #5
#8Melissa87US #3
#9Sarah81US #15
#10Lisa70US #9
#11Kimberly67US #7
#12Amanda58US #10
#13Rebecca54US #12
#14Amber51US #49
#15Shannon49US #17
#16Stephanie46US #11
#17Christina45US #14
#18Julie44US #21
#19Sara44US #27
#20Erin43US #24
#21Misty43US #46
#22Nicole42US #13
#23Kari38US #127
#24Dawn34US #35
#25Heidi34US #70
#26Laura34US #20
#27April33US #30
#28Mary33US #22
#29Andrea32US #25
#30Brandy32US #55
#31Elizabeth32US #16
#32Wendy32US #39
#33Stacy30US #38
#34Jaime29US #29
#35Carrie28US #28
#36Kelly28US #19
#37Christine27US #26
#38Mandy26US #100
#39Tammy26US #41
#40Tanya26US #61
#41Brandi25US #79
#42Karen25US #31
#43Kristi25US #104
#44Patricia25US #43
#45Tara25US #42
#46Crystal24US #36
#47Holly24US #56
#48Rachel24US #23
#49Tracy24US #37
#50Tiffany23US #32
#51Brenda22US #77
#52Jami22
#53Jodi22US #102
#54Stacey22US #51
#55Lori21US #47
#56Danielle19US #33
#57Jenny19US #109
#58Jill19US #52
#59Susan19US #40
#60Kara18US #138
#61Anna17US #78
#62Emily17US #50
#63Melanie17US #53
#64Molly17US #150
#65Shawna17US #169
#66Kathleen16US #82
#67Allison15US #67
#68Autumn15
#69Catherine15US #72
#70Kristin15US #74
#71Kristy15US #113
#72Teresa15US #66
#73Traci15US #181
#74Ann14US #108
#75Dana14US #64
#76Jody14US #164
#77Monica14US #45
#78Anne13US #124
#79Denise13US #69
#80Gina13US #94
#81Kristen13US #73
#82Kristina13US #97
#83Leslie13US #65
#84Margaret13US #103
#85Tonya13US #58
#86Courtney12US #76
#87Cynthia12US #44
#88Katherine12US #57
#89Lynn12
#90Melinda12US #95
#91Toni12US #183
#92Valerie12US #83
#93Kelli11US #147
#94Kerry11US #176
#95Linda11US #90
#96Lindsay11US #133
#97Megan11US #62
#98Robin11US #75
#99Samantha11US #85
#100Shelly11US #145

Boys

#1Michael227US #1
#2Jason205US #2
#3Christopher150US #3
#4Joshua131US #18
#5Jeremy124US #14
#6David115US #4
#7Matthew111US #9
#8Robert110US #7
#9Brian109US #8
#10John109US #6
#11James103US #5
#12Ryan99US #16
#13Daniel97US #10
#14Chad94US #29
#15Justin91US #33
#16Travis90US #46
#17William83US #11
#18Eric81US #13
#19Scott74US #24
#20Jeffrey70US #17
#21Shawn70US #34
#22Joseph68US #12
#23Kevin68US #15
#24Aaron56US #30
#25Mark55US #25
#26Nathan55US #39
#27Dustin54US #82
#28Timothy52US #21
#29Richard49US #19
#30Shane49US #57
#31Steven49US #20
#32Brandon47US #40
#33Thomas47US #23
#34Andrew46US #27
#35Jesse46US #55
#36Benjamin43US #32
#37Paul41US #28
#38Anthony37US #22
#39Cory36US #83
#40Charles34US #26
#41Jonathan34US #31
#42Bradley33US #51
#43Patrick32US #41
#44Adam31US #36
#45Kenneth31US #38
#46Todd29US #50
#47Casey28US #123
#48Jeremiah27US #93
#49Gregory26US #35
#50Samuel25US #59
#51Bryan24US #43
#52Russell24US #87
#53Peter23US #54
#54Ronald23US #49
#55Brent22US #78
#56Douglas21US #56
#57Jay21US #126
#58Craig20US #61
#59Curtis20US #105
#60Jared20US #90
#61Keith20US #48
#62Kelly20US #158
#63Seth20US #128
#64Corey19US #64
#65Jacob19US #63
#66Sean19US #42
#67Clinton18US #151
#68Donald18US #47
#69Edward18US #45
#70Joel18US #72
#71Kyle18US #80
#72Luke18
#73Toby18
#74Troy18US #73
#75Zachary18US #97
#76Brad17US #108
#77Tyler17US #179
#78Cody16US #200
#79Jamie16US #62
#80Lance16US #144
#81Stephen16US #37
#82Allen15US #134
#83Chris15US #154
#84Gary15US #52
#85George15US #53
#86Lee15US #138
#87Wayne15US #131
#88Clayton14US #187
#89Dale14US #161
#90Derek14US #84
#91Jeffery14US #76
#92Kurt13
#93Raymond13US #65
#94Shannon13US #98
#95Wade13
#96Dennis12US #66
#97Gabriel12US #81
#98Jerry12US #67
#99Brett11US #109
#100Erik11US #94

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑41Jeremiah#48
↑40Curtis#59
↑36Mandy#38
↑35Kristi#43
↑27Susan#59
↑26Erin#20
↑26Traci#73
↑24Kari#23

Falling

↓45Megan#97
↓37Robin#98
↓33Cody#78
↓31Rachel#48
↓29Tonya#85
↓27Brett#99
↓24Cynthia#87
↓24Wade#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.