State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,875 Montana births in 1978 across 425 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#78Hannahoutside the national top 200
#80Laceyoutside the national top 200
#86Joleneoutside the national top 200
#86Levioutside the national top 200
#43Cody#152 nationally
#91Autumn#200 nationally
#92Jodyoutside the national top 200
#95Bryceoutside the national top 200
#93Keri#197 nationally
#77Kelly#180 nationally
#98Janaoutside the national top 200
#100Cameronoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer215US #1
#2Jessica123US #3
#3Heather114US #5
#4Sarah109US #8
#5Melissa99US #2
#6Amanda91US #6
#7Amy88US #4
#8Angela80US #7
#9Kelly77US #12
#10Jamie67US #20
#11Lisa64US #11
#12Rebecca61US #17
#13Michelle59US #9
#14Erin56US #21
#15Amber55US #30
#16Kimberly54US #13
#17Nicole54US #10
#18Rachel51US #25
#19Sara51US #28
#20Christina49US #15
#21Elizabeth48US #14
#22Julie48US #26
#23Crystal47US #18
#24Stephanie47US #16
#25Misty45US #43
#26Shannon45US #22
#27Andrea41US #23
#28Heidi41US #83
#29Tara37US #40
#30Laura33US #19
#31Mary33US #24
#32Brandy30US #37
#33Danielle29US #31
#34Holly29US #55
#35Katie29US #90
#36Christine28US #29
#37Katherine28US #38
#38Stacy28US #44
#39Wendy28US #56
#40Brandi27US #61
#41Emily27US #33
#42Mandy27US #96
#43April26US #27
#44Carrie26US #35
#45Dawn26US #52
#46Megan24US #41
#47Tiffany24US #32
#48Kari23US #137
#49Patricia23US #48
#50Jenny22US #111
#51Kristin22US #78
#52Tracy22US #47
#53Anna21US #65
#54Jill21US #46
#55Leslie21US #63
#56Vanessa21US #76
#57Kristen20US #62
#58Lori20US #60
#59Samantha20US #74
#60Stacey20US #53
#61Tina20US #45
#62Kristina19US #64
#63Christy18US #59
#64Erica18US #34
#65Jodi18US #128
#66Leah18US #108
#67Shawna18US #161
#68Alicia17US #58
#69Krista17US #156
#70Melinda17US #84
#71Teresa17US #88
#72Kara16US #127
#73Karen16US #39
#74Nichole16US #116
#75Summer16US #143
#76Cynthia15US #50
#77Desiree15US #154
#78Hannah15
#79Kathryn15US #57
#80Lacey15
#81Melanie15US #54
#82Renee15US #99
#83Susan15US #49
#84Anne14US #119
#85Courtney14US #68
#86Jolene14
#87Katrina14US #122
#88Kristy14US #51
#89Maria14US #36
#90Sabrina14US #91
#91Autumn13US #200
#92Jody13
#93Keri13US #197
#94Lindsay13US #95
#95Molly13US #142
#96Gina12US #93
#97Jaclyn12US #131
#98Jana12
#99Janet12US #159
#100Kelli12US #124

Boys

#1Michael199US #1
#2Jason194US #2
#3Joshua162US #12
#4Christopher157US #3
#5Ryan141US #14
#6David129US #4
#7James126US #5
#8John117US #7
#9Justin112US #28
#10Matthew110US #6
#11Daniel97US #11
#12Brian96US #9
#13Jeremy92US #18
#14William89US #13
#15Robert88US #8
#16Aaron85US #32
#17Travis85US #46
#18Nicholas81US #25
#19Joseph76US #10
#20Eric75US #16
#21Nathan73US #36
#22Benjamin68US #34
#23Brandon68US #40
#24Andrew67US #22
#25Jeffrey67US #19
#26Chad66US #35
#27Kevin65US #15
#28Steven64US #24
#29Timothy61US #17
#30Dustin58US #68
#31Adam54US #29
#32Paul54US #33
#33Jonathan52US #31
#34Mark52US #26
#35Richard51US #21
#36Shane51US #65
#37Charles48US #27
#38Scott46US #30
#39Patrick45US #42
#40Shawn44US #39
#41Jacob43US #50
#42Jesse42US #51
#43Cody41US #152
#44Thomas39US #23
#45Bradley38US #53
#46Casey36US #92
#47Anthony34US #20
#48Cory33US #73
#49Kyle32US #63
#50Sean31US #45
#51Seth29US #106
#52Todd29US #56
#53Tyler29US #150
#54Donald28US #48
#55Zachary28US #89
#56Bryan27US #43
#57Jared26US #72
#58Jeremiah26US #81
#59Samuel25US #57
#60Brent24US #87
#61Kenneth24US #41
#62Kristopher24US #104
#63Lucas23US #136
#64Russell23US #93
#65Brett22US #112
#66Jay22US #119
#67Douglas21US #59
#68Erik21US #85
#69Gregory21US #38
#70Peter21US #54
#71Trevor21US #169
#72Gary20US #60
#73Jon20US #108
#74Lance20US #134
#75Craig19US #66
#76Joel19US #74
#77Kelly19US #180
#78Luke19US #139
#79Randy19US #86
#80Wesley19US #83
#81Brad18US #123
#82Curtis18US #96
#83Stephen18US #37
#84Derek17US #75
#85Edward17US #47
#86Levi17
#87Phillip17US #67
#88Troy17US #88
#89Keith16US #49
#90Nathaniel16US #94
#91George15US #58
#92Lee15US #133
#93Ronald15US #55
#94Shaun15US #52
#95Bryce14
#96Corey14US #61
#97Larry14US #64
#98Clinton13US #148
#99Raymond13US #69
#100Cameron12

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑37Stacy#38
↑37Tracy#52
↑37Lucas#63
↑32Nicholas#18
↑31Krista#69
↑29Katie#35
↑28Kyle#49
↑27Danielle#33

Falling

↓44Kelli#100
↓38Melanie#81
↓35Karen#73
↓33Corey#96
↓30Raymond#99
↓27Lindsay#94
↓26Susan#83
↓23Molly#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.