State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,473 Montana births in 1983 across 442 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#47Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#60Levioutside the national top 200
#62Coleoutside the national top 200
#80Bonnieoutside the national top 200
#54Cassie#173 nationally
#84Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#84Daneoutside the national top 200
#86Jessieoutside the national top 200
#87Joleneoutside the national top 200
#90Randioutside the national top 200
#96Kate#199 nationally
#98Mandy#198 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer168US #1
#2Jessica160US #2
#3Amanda134US #3
#4Ashley116US #4
#5Sarah99US #5
#6Amber92US #17
#7Stephanie91US #8
#8Nicole87US #7
#9Erin85US #18
#10Heather80US #9
#11Megan74US #21
#12Melissa73US #6
#13Rebecca72US #19
#14Lindsey64US #35
#15Amy57US #12
#16Andrea54US #30
#17Tiffany54US #14
#18Rachel53US #20
#19Michelle52US #13
#20Katie51US #45
#21Laura50US #23
#22Christina48US #16
#23Angela47US #22
#24Sara47US #31
#25Kimberly46US #15
#26Elizabeth45US #10
#27Crystal44US #11
#28Emily44US #25
#29Jamie42US #28
#30Lisa41US #27
#31Kayla39US #81
#32Tara39US #51
#33Lindsay38US #36
#34Danielle37US #29
#35Katherine35US #34
#36Kristin33US #42
#37Samantha33US #40
#38Julie32US #46
#39Heidi31US #95
#40Shannon30US #38
#41Cassandra29US #70
#42Mary29US #32
#43Holly28US #48
#44Kristen28US #37
#45Brittany27US #64
#46Courtney27US #44
#47Kelsey27
#48Alicia26US #41
#49Anna26US #55
#50Chelsea25US #102
#51Lacey25US #128
#52Kathryn23US #50
#53Leslie22US #67
#54Cassie21US #173
#55Kathleen21US #73
#56Nichole21US #93
#57Brandy20US #57
#58Desiree20US #94
#59Erica20US #33
#60Kelly20US #26
#61Brandi19US #56
#62Kara19US #101
#63Krista19US #142
#64Molly19US #129
#65April18US #39
#66Dawn18US #106
#67Hannah18US #124
#68Christine17US #47
#69Kristina17US #63
#70Miranda17US #118
#71Jenny16US #132
#72Julia16US #85
#73Tonya16US #147
#74Catherine15US #66
#75Erika15US #80
#76Maria15US #43
#77Sheena15US #107
#78Stacy15US #61
#79Alison14US #116
#80Bonnie14
#81Jacqueline14US #53
#82Robin14US #127
#83Allison13US #59
#84Chelsey13
#85Jaime13US #158
#86Jessie13
#87Jolene13
#88Meghan13US #75
#89Natalie13US #52
#90Randi13
#91Valerie13US #74
#92Beth12US #169
#93Bethany12US #99
#94Casey12US #110
#95Joanna12US #139
#96Kate12US #199
#97Leah12US #82
#98Mandy12US #198
#99Patricia12US #60
#100Theresa12US #122

Boys

#1Michael202US #1
#2Matthew192US #3
#3Christopher189US #2
#4Joshua172US #5
#5Ryan130US #13
#6Justin127US #12
#7David120US #4
#8John112US #9
#9Brandon109US #17
#10James108US #6
#11Daniel105US #8
#12Kyle105US #34
#13Jason104US #7
#14Andrew101US #15
#15Robert100US #10
#16Joseph95US #11
#17Tyler94US #57
#18Brian89US #14
#19Nicholas85US #21
#20Jacob83US #36
#21William82US #16
#22Adam77US #18
#23Dustin77US #43
#24Aaron74US #29
#25Jesse70US #46
#26Benjamin69US #32
#27Nathan68US #40
#28Travis66US #41
#29Jeffrey62US #28
#30Thomas61US #24
#31Eric60US #20
#32Jeremy58US #30
#33Zachary58US #50
#34Timothy57US #26
#35Cody56US #81
#36Chad49US #49
#37Jonathan49US #19
#38Kevin49US #25
#39Scott49US #38
#40Patrick47US #37
#41Anthony46US #22
#42Mark45US #31
#43Richard43US #27
#44Steven43US #23
#45Jared41US #56
#46Sean41US #44
#47Casey39US #90
#48Shawn37US #53
#49Stephen37US #35
#50Charles36US #33
#51Bryan33US #47
#52Derek33US #51
#53Cory32US #83
#54Gregory31US #42
#55Paul30US #39
#56Shane30US #84
#57Bradley29US #52
#58Jordan29US #72
#59Seth27US #98
#60Levi26
#61Trevor26US #130
#62Cole24
#63Samuel24US #54
#64Jeremiah22US #99
#65Keith22US #61
#66Craig21US #70
#67Douglas21US #69
#68Luke21US #105
#69Peter21US #59
#70Russell21US #104
#71Brett20US #73
#72Chase20US #149
#73Ian19US #77
#74Troy19US #113
#75Caleb18US #159
#76Edward18US #55
#77Erik18US #80
#78Kristopher18US #134
#79Lucas18US #117
#80Kenneth17US #45
#81Marcus17US #58
#82Todd17US #87
#83Curtis16US #100
#84Dane16
#85Mitchell16US #143
#86Nathaniel16US #79
#87Randy16US #96
#88Joel15US #67
#89Ross15US #186
#90Wayne15US #171
#91Clinton14US #141
#92Derrick14US #78
#93Donald14US #60
#94Alan13US #102
#95Blake13US #109
#96Brent13US #94
#97Cameron13US #177
#98Clayton13US #158
#99Mathew13US #146
#100Wesley13US #101

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑40Kelsey#47
↑35Gregory#54
↑34Chelsea#50
↑25Erika#75
↑25Jordan#58
↑24Kyle#12
↑23Erik#77
↑22Ashley#4

Falling

↓33Bethany#93
↓30Kelly#60
↓27Patricia#99
↓26Kenneth#80
↓24Joel#88
↓20Lacey#51
↓20Brandi#61
↓20Casey#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.