State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,559 Montana births in 1981 across 447 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#55Jessieoutside the national top 200
#42Levi#182 nationally
#75Annieoutside the national top 200
#77Beauoutside the national top 200
#84Kellyoutside the national top 200
#79Lacey#194 nationally
#77Hannah#190 nationally
#72Autumn#184 nationally
#93Joleneoutside the national top 200
#98Alyssaoutside the national top 200
#87Cameron#189 nationally
#99Coleoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer197US #1
#2Jessica152US #2
#3Sarah149US #4
#4Amanda142US #3
#5Melissa104US #5
#6Amber90US #20
#7Heather81US #10
#8Amy78US #6
#9Stephanie77US #8
#10Angela74US #15
#11Michelle67US #11
#12Jamie66US #28
#13Rebecca66US #12
#14Erin63US #19
#15Rachel60US #22
#16Nicole57US #7
#17Sara56US #26
#18Elizabeth55US #9
#19Andrea52US #24
#20Tiffany48US #14
#21Christina47US #17
#22Shannon47US #32
#23Lisa46US #18
#24Danielle45US #30
#25Laura45US #21
#26Crystal44US #16
#27Kristin43US #31
#28Megan43US #33
#29Mary41US #27
#30Kimberly40US #13
#31Heidi38US #84
#32Katie38US #44
#33Anna36US #54
#34Katherine36US #39
#35Lindsey36US #58
#36Ashley35US #34
#37Emily35US #29
#38Misty33US #61
#39Kelly32US #23
#40April31US #25
#41Brandi31US #50
#42Brooke31US #52
#43Julie31US #37
#44Lindsay31US #47
#45Brandy30US #41
#46Tara27US #45
#47Alicia26US #46
#48Carrie25US #55
#49Erica25US #36
#50Samantha25US #51
#51Christine24US #42
#52Holly24US #63
#53Kristen24US #38
#54Leah24US #81
#55Jessie20
#56Kari20US #145
#57Katrina20US #95
#58Jacqueline19US #67
#59Jenny19US #123
#60Nichole19US #109
#61Theresa19US #100
#62Courtney18US #43
#63Kendra18US #152
#64Kristina18US #72
#65Maria18US #40
#66Jill17US #78
#67Karen17US #64
#68Kathleen17US #82
#69Kristy17US #94
#70Natalie17US #60
#71Anne16US #105
#72Autumn16US #184
#73Julia16US #88
#74Stacy16US #65
#75Annie15
#76Dawn15US #79
#77Hannah15US #190
#78Kara15US #121
#79Lacey15US #194
#80Monica15US #49
#81Tanya15US #92
#82Beth14US #125
#83Bonnie14US #169
#84Catherine14US #73
#85Krista14US #153
#86Kristi14US #129
#87Melanie14US #66
#88Mindy14US #155
#89Tina14US #80
#90Abigail13US #156
#91Bethany13US #114
#92Cassandra13US #104
#93Jolene13
#94Mandy13US #136
#95Miranda13US #128
#96Rachael13US #132
#97Summer13US #179
#98Alyssa12
#99Jodi12US #173
#100Kathryn12US #48

Boys

#1Michael212US #1
#2Joshua209US #6
#3Matthew183US #3
#4Christopher173US #2
#5Ryan156US #13
#6Jason119US #4
#7James118US #7
#8Justin115US #12
#9Daniel114US #10
#10Jeremy108US #22
#11David107US #5
#12John104US #8
#13Brian101US #14
#14Brandon99US #19
#15Joseph96US #11
#16Robert90US #9
#17Jesse87US #37
#18William86US #15
#19Nathan85US #36
#20Andrew84US #18
#21Dustin83US #42
#22Eric83US #17
#23Nicholas83US #21
#24Adam80US #20
#25Benjamin77US #32
#26Aaron74US #30
#27Travis71US #40
#28Jonathan65US #16
#29Thomas64US #26
#30Jacob61US #43
#31Steven60US #28
#32Chad58US #47
#33Scott58US #34
#34Timothy58US #24
#35Jeffrey57US #29
#36Patrick57US #38
#37Tyler54US #96
#38Kevin53US #25
#39Sean52US #44
#40Casey46US #85
#41Cody45US #119
#42Levi42US #182
#43Cory39US #90
#44Richard39US #27
#45Kyle38US #52
#46Mark38US #33
#47Anthony37US #23
#48Luke36US #100
#49Shawn36US #49
#50Bradley34US #50
#51Paul33US #35
#52Seth32US #95
#53Samuel31US #54
#54Shane31US #81
#55Jared30US #57
#56Lucas30US #89
#57Brett29US #79
#58Charles29US #31
#59Kenneth29US #41
#60Zachary29US #63
#61Derek28US #53
#62Gregory27US #46
#63Bryan25US #48
#64Douglas25US #64
#65Jeremiah25US #77
#66Stephen25US #39
#67Russell23US #98
#68Peter21US #55
#69Lance20US #160
#70Craig19US #72
#71Donald19US #56
#72Gary19US #62
#73Keith19US #58
#74Nathaniel19US #80
#75Trevor19US #155
#76Alexander18US #70
#77Beau18
#78Erik18US #76
#79Ian17US #101
#80Jon17US #132
#81Jordan17US #102
#82Phillip17US #66
#83Edward16US #51
#84Kelly16
#85Randy16US #91
#86Brent15US #88
#87Cameron15US #189
#88Joel15US #65
#89Martin15US #127
#90Ronald15US #59
#91Todd15US #74
#92Wesley15US #99
#93Curtis13US #94
#94George13US #61
#95Isaac13US #150
#96Philip13US #84
#97Shaun13US #86
#98Austin12US #173
#99Cole12
#100Dennis12US #83

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑39Theresa#61
↑21Christine#51
↑20Lindsey#35
↑20Jeremy#10
↑20Sean#39
↑19Brandy#45
↑18Jessie#55
↑18Russell#67

Falling

↓49Kathryn#100
↓34Jodi#99
↓26Beth#82
↓26Miranda#95
↓24Krista#85
↓23Brent#86
↓22Charles#58
↓22Todd#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.