State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,486 Montana births in 1979 across 453 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#40Levioutside the national top 200
#72Kelly#200 nationally
#77Jessieoutside the national top 200
#84Annieoutside the national top 200
#91Beauoutside the national top 200
#33Jodi#140 nationally
#95Austinoutside the national top 200
#47Cody#147 nationally
#100Kellie#200 nationally
#71Brianne#168 nationally
#55Kari#151 nationally
#98Kurt#194 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer222US #1
#2Amanda137US #3
#3Melissa128US #2
#4Jessica123US #4
#5Sarah117US #6
#6Heather102US #7
#7Amber99US #22
#8Nicole98US #9
#9Jamie89US #19
#10Amy84US #5
#11Angela75US #8
#12Michelle67US #10
#13Kimberly64US #12
#14Lisa61US #13
#15Erin59US #21
#16Stephanie58US #15
#17Kelly55US #16
#18Rebecca52US #17
#19Christina51US #14
#20Megan50US #31
#21Elizabeth47US #11
#22Crystal46US #18
#23Rachel46US #27
#24Julie45US #29
#25Laura40US #20
#26Mary40US #24
#27Shannon37US #25
#28Heidi36US #83
#29Brandi34US #61
#30Holly34US #48
#31Sara34US #30
#32Tara34US #38
#33Jodi33US #140
#34Andrea31US #26
#35Lindsey30US #113
#36Katie29US #63
#37Anna28US #59
#38Danielle28US #33
#39Emily28US #34
#40Jill27US #52
#41Misty26US #42
#42Alicia25US #47
#43Brooke25US #85
#44Kristin25US #73
#45Lindsay25US #88
#46Brandy24US #39
#47April23US #23
#48Tiffany23US #28
#49Carrie22US #41
#50Kathryn21US #50
#51Kristina21US #74
#52Wendy21US #64
#53Kristy20US #56
#54Erica19US #32
#55Kari19US #151
#56Katherine19US #36
#57Mandy19US #116
#58Tamara19US #104
#59Christine18US #35
#60Dawn18US #57
#61Kathleen18US #84
#62Katrina18US #99
#63Kristi18US #109
#64Mindy18US #81
#65Nichole18US #103
#66Stacy18US #43
#67Teresa18US #87
#68Tina18US #58
#69Alison17US #102
#70Julia16US #122
#71Brianne15US #168
#72Dana15US #54
#73Patricia15US #44
#74Stacey15US #60
#75Ashley14US #67
#76Brenda14US #112
#77Jessie14
#78Karen14US #46
#79Kelli14US #129
#80Leslie14US #65
#81Rachael14US #152
#82Aimee13US #156
#83Allison13US #70
#84Annie13
#85Jacqueline13US #80
#86Margaret13US #108
#87Melanie13US #53
#88Melinda13US #82
#89Monica13US #40
#90Natalie13US #68
#91Tammy13US #79
#92Tanya13US #93
#93Tracy13US #49
#94Angel12US #164
#95Anne12US #115
#96Autumn12US #180
#97Beth12US #118
#98Christy12US #72
#99Courtney12US #71
#100Kellie12US #200

Boys

#1Michael204US #1
#2Joshua201US #9
#3Christopher179US #2
#4Jason173US #3
#5Ryan163US #14
#6Matthew144US #6
#7David130US #4
#8Justin127US #22
#9Daniel125US #12
#10Robert114US #8
#11James107US #5
#12Brian105US #10
#13John105US #7
#14Jeremy102US #16
#15Joseph102US #11
#16Nicholas95US #15
#17Kevin82US #19
#18Eric81US #17
#19William81US #13
#20Andrew73US #20
#21Nathan70US #37
#22Scott70US #29
#23Chad69US #38
#24Aaron68US #32
#25Travis68US #36
#26Jeffrey66US #24
#27Brandon65US #35
#28Adam63US #23
#29Thomas62US #26
#30Dustin61US #62
#31Jesse59US #50
#32Timothy58US #18
#33Benjamin56US #33
#34Patrick52US #39
#35Jacob51US #45
#36Mark48US #30
#37Richard47US #25
#38Shawn47US #43
#39Kyle45US #56
#40Levi43
#41Steven43US #27
#42Charles42US #28
#43Shane42US #67
#44Jonathan41US #31
#45Cory40US #82
#46Casey37US #93
#47Cody37US #147
#48Douglas35US #58
#49Paul35US #34
#50Luke34US #110
#51Peter34US #53
#52Zachary33US #74
#53Craig31US #77
#54Lucas30US #108
#55Shaun30US #64
#56Bradley29US #47
#57Seth29US #101
#58Jeremiah28US #81
#59Sean28US #49
#60Tyler28US #131
#61Anthony27US #21
#62Bryan27US #46
#63Jared27US #65
#64Samuel27US #55
#65Erik26US #66
#66Brett24US #98
#67Kenneth24US #41
#68Derek23US #72
#69Gregory23US #42
#70Joel22US #71
#71Randy21US #86
#72Kelly20US #200
#73Nathaniel20US #95
#74Lance19US #142
#75Stephen19US #40
#76Trevor19US #153
#77Corey18US #63
#78Curtis18US #91
#79Donald18US #51
#80Jay18US #126
#81Ronald18US #54
#82Brent17US #84
#83Jordan16US #168
#84Russell16US #92
#85Troy16US #99
#86Wesley16US #89
#87Keith15US #52
#88Phillip15US #68
#89Raymond15US #70
#90Wayne15US #149
#91Beau14
#92Dennis14US #75
#93Gary14US #59
#94Ian14US #107
#95Austin13
#96Darren13US #164
#97Gabriel13US #90
#98Kurt13US #194
#99Larry13US #69
#100Marcus13US #76

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑49Lindsay#45
↑46Levi#40
↑39Shaun#55
↑35Kristy#53
↑32Jodi#33
↑29Kathryn#50
↑28Luke#50
↑26Megan#20

Falling

↓41Tracy#93
↓35Christy#98
↓28Stacy#66
↓25Leslie#80
↓25Donald#79
↓24Patricia#73
↓23Christine#59
↓22Brent#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.