State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,486 Montana births in 1980 across 443 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#49Levioutside the national top 200
#73Jessieoutside the national top 200
#77Beauoutside the national top 200
#81Joleneoutside the national top 200
#87Laceyoutside the national top 200
#83Clayton#194 nationally
#90Abbyoutside the national top 200
#71Autumn#180 nationally
#80Shawna#188 nationally
#94Tyoutside the national top 200
#95Tysonoutside the national top 200
#70Aimee#174 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer208US #1
#2Amanda160US #2
#3Jessica137US #3
#4Sarah122US #5
#5Melissa115US #4
#6Heather91US #6
#7Amber86US #22
#8Amy80US #8
#9Angela76US #12
#10Nicole76US #7
#11Rebecca72US #17
#12Jamie71US #24
#13Michelle68US #10
#14Erin62US #20
#15Kimberly62US #11
#16Stephanie56US #13
#17Lisa55US #16
#18Megan54US #30
#19Christina51US #15
#20Rachel49US #23
#21Elizabeth48US #9
#22Sara48US #27
#23Katie47US #44
#24Tiffany46US #14
#25Crystal45US #18
#26Shannon45US #29
#27Kelly44US #19
#28Emily43US #31
#29Lindsay41US #71
#30Andrea40US #28
#31Heidi38US #79
#32Laura35US #21
#33Holly34US #52
#34Anna33US #55
#35Danielle33US #33
#36Tara33US #43
#37Brandi32US #63
#38Kristin32US #37
#39Mary31US #25
#40Misty31US #49
#41April29US #26
#42Ashley29US #40
#43Carrie29US #46
#44Brooke27US #57
#45Katherine27US #35
#46Samantha26US #58
#47Wendy26US #75
#48Courtney25US #48
#49Jenny25US #117
#50Julie25US #32
#51Kathryn24US #50
#52Kristen24US #39
#53Alicia22US #47
#54Nichole22US #102
#55Lindsey21US #91
#56Beth20US #106
#57Dawn20US #67
#58Jill20US #66
#59Kari20US #158
#60Katrina20US #90
#61Krista20US #121
#62Meghan20US #114
#63Susan20US #62
#64Brandy19US #42
#65Jodi19US #167
#66Kristina19US #73
#67Stacy19US #53
#68Kendra18US #154
#69Miranda18US #128
#70Aimee16US #174
#71Autumn16US #180
#72Christine16US #41
#73Jessie16
#74Kara16US #127
#75Kristy16US #78
#76Melanie16US #60
#77Molly16US #133
#78Allison15US #59
#79Kristi15US #122
#80Shawna15US #188
#81Jolene14
#82Robin14US #109
#83Tanya14US #88
#84Catherine13US #77
#85Cynthia13US #64
#86Desiree13US #156
#87Lacey13
#88Patricia13US #51
#89Vanessa13US #69
#90Abby12
#91Brenda12US #115
#92Casey12US #135
#93Colleen12US #137
#94Jaime12US #116
#95Kelli12US #125
#96Mandy12US #132
#97Pamela12US #86
#98Rebekah12US #162
#99Teresa12US #94
#100Theresa12US #104

Boys

#1Joshua219US #7
#2Michael186US #1
#3Ryan161US #15
#4Jason156US #3
#5Matthew146US #6
#6Christopher143US #2
#7Justin136US #13
#8James130US #5
#9Daniel128US #11
#10David118US #4
#11Robert113US #9
#12Brian112US #12
#13John105US #8
#14Joseph103US #10
#15Nicholas90US #17
#16Dustin88US #44
#17Eric86US #16
#18Adam84US #22
#19Benjamin83US #32
#20Brandon83US #31
#21William78US #14
#22Chad74US #39
#23Jeffrey73US #27
#24Kevin73US #23
#25Nathan73US #36
#26Timothy73US #20
#27Jonathan72US #21
#28Travis72US #37
#29Andrew70US #19
#30Jeremy70US #18
#31Jesse68US #45
#32Scott67US #33
#33Aaron66US #34
#34Jacob61US #43
#35Thomas59US #25
#36Charles55US #29
#37Richard50US #26
#38Tyler47US #114
#39Mark44US #30
#40Steven44US #28
#41Patrick41US #38
#42Cody39US #143
#43Shane39US #69
#44Casey38US #93
#45Anthony37US #24
#46Kyle37US #57
#47Zachary37US #72
#48Derek36US #50
#49Levi36
#50Paul36US #35
#51Shawn36US #47
#52Cory35US #83
#53Jeremiah35US #76
#54Kenneth35US #41
#55Bradley33US #51
#56Luke33US #97
#57Jared32US #61
#58Bryan31US #49
#59Sean30US #48
#60Seth27US #99
#61Lucas25US #98
#62Samuel25US #54
#63Brent24US #84
#64Gregory23US #42
#65Peter23US #55
#66Clinton22US #131
#67Brett20US #96
#68Douglas19US #62
#69Todd19US #75
#70Trevor19US #155
#71Craig18US #73
#72Erik18US #64
#73Joel18US #67
#74Kristopher17US #138
#75Phillip17US #65
#76Ronald17US #58
#77Beau16
#78Donald16US #53
#79Ian16US #104
#80Keith16US #56
#81Stephen16US #40
#82Troy16US #106
#83Clayton15US #194
#84Gary15US #63
#85Russell15US #92
#86Corey14US #68
#87Dennis14US #80
#88Edward14US #52
#89Jeffery14US #90
#90Alan13US #112
#91Jay13US #141
#92Lee13US #125
#93Randy13US #87
#94Ty12
#95Tyson12
#96Brad11US #116
#97Caleb11
#98Clint11US #195
#99George11US #60
#100Isaac11US #150

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑51Courtney#48
↑41Beth#56
↑33Ashley#42
↑25Autumn#71
↑24Tiffany#24
↑22Tyler#38
↑20Derek#48
↑19Brent#63

Falling

↓39Mandy#96
↓32Jodi#65
↓32Teresa#99
↓26Julie#50
↓22Kristy#75
↓22Randy#93
↓20Lindsey#55
↓20Douglas#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.