State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,854 Montana births in 1977 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.

#45Cody#183 nationally
#63Jamioutside the national top 200
#69Joleneoutside the national top 200
#77Tracioutside the national top 200
#78Lindsey#194 nationally
#85Janelleoutside the national top 200
#86Levioutside the national top 200
#81Angie#191 nationally
#56Tyler#165 nationally
#92Rochelleoutside the national top 200
#82Luke#190 nationally
#95Autumnoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer261US #1
#2Amy116US #3
#3Heather116US #5
#4Jamie102US #18
#5Melissa101US #2
#6Jessica98US #4
#7Sarah92US #11
#8Angela78US #6
#9Lisa72US #12
#10Nicole68US #15
#11Michelle67US #7
#12Rebecca64US #17
#13Amanda61US #9
#14Kelly60US #10
#15Amber56US #33
#16Shannon54US #19
#17Stephanie53US #14
#18Erin52US #23
#19Tara52US #35
#20Andrea49US #24
#21Sara49US #27
#22Elizabeth46US #13
#23Julie43US #22
#24Kimberly41US #8
#25Rachel40US #26
#26Dawn39US #43
#27Christina38US #16
#28Laura34US #20
#29Tiffany34US #34
#30Carrie33US #28
#31Kari33US #130
#32Holly32US #52
#33Misty32US #40
#34Heidi30US #81
#35Brandi29US #71
#36Jaime29US #46
#37Mary29US #21
#38Karen28US #32
#39Crystal27US #25
#40Brandy25US #51
#41Katherine25US #44
#42Mandy25US #94
#43Melanie24US #53
#44Jodi22US #105
#45Kristin22US #82
#46Shawna22US #139
#47Erica21US #38
#48Jill21US #41
#49Lori21US #57
#50Wendy21US #49
#51Anna20US #74
#52April20US #29
#53Megan20US #54
#54Samantha20US #85
#55Jenny19US #108
#56Kelli19US #117
#57Susan19US #45
#58Tammy19US #55
#59Christine18US #30
#60Danielle18US #31
#61Emily18US #37
#62Alicia17US #60
#63Jami17
#64Katie17US #115
#65Kristina17US #83
#66Leslie17US #65
#67Lindsay17US #110
#68Erika16US #103
#69Jolene16
#70Patricia16US #47
#71Brenda15US #91
#72Molly15US #141
#73Nichole15US #142
#74Stacey15US #56
#75Stacy15US #42
#76Tanya15US #67
#77Traci15
#78Lindsey14US #194
#79Michele14US #77
#80Teresa14US #79
#81Angie13US #191
#82Ann13US #118
#83Catherine13US #75
#84Christy13US #59
#85Janelle13
#86Kathleen13US #80
#87Kristy13US #68
#88Maria13US #36
#89Tracy13US #50
#90Allison12US #66
#91Monica12US #39
#92Rochelle12
#93Sabrina12US #63
#94Theresa12US #98
#95Autumn11
#96Connie11
#97Donna11US #113
#98Jody11US #184
#99Kathryn11US #70
#100Krista11US #155

Boys

#1Michael219US #1
#2Jason186US #2
#3Joshua175US #14
#4Ryan161US #16
#5Christopher153US #3
#6David129US #4
#7Matthew124US #9
#8Robert119US #6
#9James118US #5
#10Justin117US #30
#11Brian116US #8
#12Jeremy116US #15
#13John98US #7
#14Nathan88US #36
#15William85US #12
#16Joseph84US #10
#17Kevin79US #13
#18Chad76US #34
#19Daniel74US #11
#20Travis73US #44
#21Mark71US #25
#22Scott69US #27
#23Eric67US #17
#24Benjamin66US #29
#25Brandon66US #41
#26Timothy64US #18
#27Steven61US #23
#28Aaron60US #32
#29Jeffrey60US #19
#30Richard59US #20
#31Shane55US #61
#32Patrick54US #40
#33Thomas54US #22
#34Jesse53US #54
#35Charles49US #26
#36Andrew46US #24
#37Shawn43US #37
#38Anthony41US #21
#39Paul41US #31
#40Dustin40US #81
#41Cory39US #67
#42Jonathan39US #28
#43Adam36US #33
#44Bryan34US #42
#45Cody34US #183
#46Douglas34US #59
#47Gregory33US #35
#48Samuel33US #60
#49Kenneth32US #39
#50Nicholas31US #51
#51Bradley30US #49
#52Sean30US #43
#53Todd30US #50
#54Craig29US #64
#55Jeremiah28US #69
#56Tyler28US #165
#57Casey27US #102
#58Jacob27US #56
#59Seth24US #118
#60Brent23US #85
#61Brett23US #109
#62Kelly23US #162
#63Corey22US #52
#64Donald22US #46
#65Joel22US #73
#66Stephen22US #38
#67Keith20US #48
#68Gary19US #58
#69Raymond19US #65
#70Zachary19US #95
#71Jay18US #130
#72Peter18US #55
#73Brad17US #106
#74Gabriel17US #87
#75Jared17US #76
#76Jeffery17US #78
#77Kyle17US #79
#78Lance17US #139
#79Wesley17US #66
#80Erik16US #94
#81Trevor16US #168
#82Luke15US #190
#83Dennis14US #68
#84Edward14US #47
#85Kristopher14US #113
#86Levi14
#87Randy14US #86
#88Ronald14US #53
#89Tony14US #92
#90Troy14US #88
#91Wayne14US #138
#92Clinton13US #142
#93Curtis13US #100
#94George13US #57
#95Ian13US #119
#96Adrian12US #121
#97Caleb12
#98Christian12US #116
#99Jack12US #149
#100Lucas12

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑47Katherine#41
↑45Samantha#54
↑44Megan#53
↑38Brett#61
↑37Kelli#56
↑33Cody#45
↑29Lindsay#67
↑26Tara#19

Falling

↓42Stacy#75
↓40Tracy#89
↓36Tanya#76
↓34Ronald#88
↓34Curtis#93
↓27Autumn#95
↓26Patricia#70
↓25April#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.