State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,799 Montana births in 1982 across 451 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#60Levioutside the national top 200
#69Coleoutside the national top 200
#64Autumn#194 nationally
#78Jessieoutside the national top 200
#75Kelly#197 nationally
#87Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#91Loganoutside the national top 200
#93Nikkioutside the national top 200
#68Hannah#175 nationally
#94Tanneroutside the national top 200
#82Whitney#185 nationally
#78Ross#179 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica183US #2
#2Jennifer177US #1
#3Amanda172US #3
#4Sarah148US #4
#5Amber95US #18
#6Melissa90US #5
#7Michelle77US #11
#8Crystal73US #9
#9Heather69US #12
#10Rebecca68US #15
#11Stephanie67US #7
#12Erin64US #20
#13Katie63US #45
#14Elizabeth62US #8
#15Nicole62US #6
#16Angela59US #16
#17Lindsey59US #40
#18Megan58US #34
#19Rachel57US #21
#20Lisa55US #23
#21Sara55US #28
#22Kimberly52US #14
#23Amy51US #10
#24Andrea47US #27
#25Lindsay47US #39
#26Ashley45US #17
#27Jamie42US #29
#28Tiffany42US #13
#29Christina39US #19
#30Kelly36US #25
#31Lacey35US #125
#32Katherine34US #36
#33Shannon34US #38
#34Tara34US #47
#35Danielle33US #31
#36Emily33US #24
#37Mary32US #30
#38Anna31US #56
#39Laura31US #22
#40Julie30US #41
#41Brandi28US #55
#42Cassandra28US #62
#43Holly28US #61
#44Kristin28US #37
#45Samantha27US #44
#46Brooke25US #92
#47Heidi25US #86
#48April24US #32
#49Kayla24US #133
#50Kristen24US #33
#51Kristina24US #70
#52Nichole24US #99
#53Cassie23US #137
#54Alicia22US #53
#55Courtney22US #43
#56Kathleen22US #77
#57Kara21US #113
#58Kathryn21US #48
#59Molly21US #131
#60Bethany20US #112
#61Erica20US #35
#62Misty20US #74
#63Kristi19US #140
#64Autumn18US #194
#65Brandy18US #50
#66Brittany18US #94
#67Dawn18US #95
#68Hannah18US #175
#69Jacqueline18US #54
#70Lauren18US #26
#71Leslie18US #60
#72Patricia18US #59
#73Shawna18US #162
#74Casey17US #119
#75Christine17US #46
#76Allison16US #58
#77Catherine16US #73
#78Jessie16
#79Meghan16US #110
#80Miranda16US #117
#81Vanessa16US #49
#82Whitney16US #185
#83Carrie15US #57
#84Chelsea15US #170
#85Jill15US #89
#86Kari15US #136
#87Kelsey15
#88Kendra15US #163
#89Melanie15US #65
#90Robin15US #108
#91Jenny14US #121
#92Kelli14US #127
#93Nikki14
#94Pamela14US #82
#95Rachael14US #120
#96Rebekah14US #143
#97Susan14US #76
#98Brenda13US #118
#99Candace13US #103
#100Erika13US #81

Boys

#1Christopher208US #2
#2Michael198US #1
#3Matthew182US #3
#4Joshua163US #7
#5Justin144US #12
#6Ryan131US #13
#7Robert123US #9
#8Jason110US #4
#9David108US #5
#10Joseph108US #11
#11James104US #6
#12John101US #8
#13Daniel99US #10
#14Dustin96US #42
#15Brian91US #14
#16Tyler87US #66
#17Jacob85US #41
#18William85US #15
#19Andrew84US #17
#20Jesse81US #43
#21Nathan81US #36
#22Nicholas81US #22
#23Brandon80US #18
#24Eric75US #20
#25Scott71US #34
#26Aaron69US #30
#27Jonathan68US #16
#28Adam67US #19
#29Travis67US #39
#30Jeremy63US #28
#31Thomas63US #23
#32Cody62US #95
#33Kevin62US #25
#34Jeffrey60US #29
#35Benjamin56US #33
#36Kyle55US #47
#37Timothy55US #24
#38Chad47US #48
#39Patrick47US #37
#40Steven47US #26
#41Shane46US #84
#42Mark43US #32
#43Zachary43US #55
#44Jared41US #54
#45Richard41US #27
#46Anthony40US #21
#47Paul39US #35
#48Casey38US #86
#49Charles38US #31
#50Sean37US #44
#51Shawn37US #52
#52Derek35US #50
#53Bryan34US #49
#54Kenneth33US #45
#55Bradley32US #51
#56Jeremiah31US #89
#57Luke29US #119
#58Seth28US #102
#59Stephen28US #38
#60Levi27
#61Trevor27US #146
#62Brett26US #72
#63Cory26US #93
#64Joel26US #69
#65Samuel26US #56
#66Curtis25US #101
#67Lance23US #142
#68Nathaniel23US #75
#69Cole22
#70Keith22US #59
#71Lucas22US #106
#72Craig21US #73
#73Ian21US #83
#74Caleb20US #170
#75Kelly20US #197
#76Donald19US #58
#77Peter19US #57
#78Ross19US #179
#79Phillip18US #67
#80Troy18US #115
#81Douglas17US #68
#82Evan17US #108
#83Jordan17US #85
#84Ronald17US #60
#85Austin16US #156
#86Brent16US #91
#87Edward16US #53
#88Gary16US #64
#89Gregory16US #40
#90Jonathon16US #153
#91Logan15
#92Mitchell15US #135
#93Raymond15US #70
#94Tanner15
#95Todd15US #82
#96Wesley15US #98
#97Cameron14US #178
#98Clayton14US #161
#99Dennis14US #87
#100Erik14US #80

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑50Cassandra#42
↑48Lacey#31
↑42Kathryn#58
↑31Bethany#60
↑30Cole#69
↑27Curtis#66
↑24Joel#64
↑23Kristi#63

Falling

↓35Carrie#83
↓32Jenny#91
↓30Kari#86
↓27Gregory#89
↓25Kendra#88
↓24Misty#62
↓24Christine#75
↓23Jessie#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.