State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,491 Montana births in 1984 across 440 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#56Coleoutside the national top 200
#37Kelsey#177 nationally
#61Chanceoutside the national top 200
#62Levioutside the national top 200
#76Tysonoutside the national top 200
#81Bryceoutside the national top 200
#83Tristaoutside the national top 200
#84Tanneroutside the national top 200
#86Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#93Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#94Carlyoutside the national top 200
#97Lacyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica168US #2
#2Jennifer166US #1
#3Amanda143US #4
#4Ashley126US #3
#5Sarah120US #5
#6Amber94US #18
#7Nicole92US #7
#8Heather90US #9
#9Megan79US #11
#10Melissa75US #8
#11Stephanie71US #6
#12Amy70US #13
#13Elizabeth69US #10
#14Danielle63US #16
#15Katie61US #44
#16Rebecca61US #23
#17Rachel54US #15
#18Tiffany53US #14
#19Laura52US #19
#20Jamie51US #31
#21Brittany50US #41
#22Lindsey50US #35
#23Erin49US #25
#24Christina48US #20
#25Katherine46US #30
#26Lisa46US #29
#27Emily45US #24
#28Michelle45US #17
#29Kimberly44US #22
#30Sara43US #32
#31Angela41US #26
#32Andrea39US #28
#33Crystal37US #12
#34Jenna36US #54
#35Mary35US #33
#36Holly34US #53
#37Kelsey34US #177
#38Shannon34US #37
#39Alicia33US #40
#40Kelly32US #27
#41Misty31US #98
#42Lindsay30US #36
#43Samantha30US #39
#44Kayla29US #100
#45Christine28US #43
#46Heidi27US #101
#47Kristen27US #38
#48Lacey27US #116
#49Tara27US #49
#50Erica26US #34
#51Anna25US #57
#52Cassandra25US #63
#53Allison23US #51
#54Julie23US #52
#55Kathryn23US #48
#56Kristin23US #47
#57Molly22US #131
#58Bethany20US #93
#59Kendra20US #150
#60Sheena20US #80
#61Brandi18US #61
#62Brooke18US #99
#63Desiree18US #128
#64Kara18US #95
#65Kathleen18US #71
#66Nichole18US #97
#67April17US #42
#68Erika17US #81
#69Jenny17US #136
#70Chelsea16US #84
#71Jill16US #120
#72Kristy16US #135
#73Meghan16US #65
#74Whitney16US #125
#75Brittney15US #176
#76Krista15US #133
#77Lauren15US #21
#78Bridget14US #163
#79Carrie14US #78
#80Cassie14US #158
#81Leslie14US #75
#82Miranda14US #114
#83Trista14
#84Vanessa14US #45
#85Alison13US #110
#86Chelsey13
#87Julia13US #87
#88Kari13US #156
#89Kristina13US #68
#90Leah13US #83
#91Margaret13US #92
#92Renee13US #108
#93Shawna13
#94Carly12
#95Gina12US #109
#96Kristi12US #159
#97Lacy12
#98Maria12US #50
#99Rachael12US #103
#100Savannah12

Boys

#1Michael220US #1
#2Matthew189US #3
#3Christopher179US #2
#4Joshua157US #4
#5Daniel141US #6
#6Tyler123US #47
#7Ryan112US #12
#8James111US #7
#9Brandon105US #15
#10Andrew103US #14
#11David103US #5
#12John102US #8
#13Robert102US #9
#14Kyle98US #34
#15Justin96US #13
#16Joseph92US #10
#17Jacob87US #37
#18Nicholas86US #20
#19Jason84US #11
#20Cody79US #62
#21Adam77US #18
#22Nathan73US #38
#23Travis70US #42
#24William70US #16
#25Brian69US #17
#26Dustin68US #41
#27Eric64US #22
#28Jeffrey64US #28
#29Jeremy62US #31
#30Thomas62US #25
#31Kevin60US #24
#32Timothy58US #26
#33Aaron57US #29
#34Anthony55US #21
#35Steven53US #23
#36Benjamin52US #30
#37Jonathan52US #19
#38Chad50US #51
#39Jesse50US #50
#40Scott47US #39
#41Cory45US #83
#42Zachary45US #45
#43Derek44US #52
#44Sean43US #43
#45Patrick39US #36
#46Shawn37US #56
#47Casey36US #82
#48Charles36US #33
#49Shane36US #85
#50Kenneth35US #46
#51Mark35US #32
#52Paul35US #40
#53Richard35US #27
#54Chase30US #133
#55Bradley29US #53
#56Cole28
#57Jordan28US #65
#58Trevor28US #115
#59Samuel27US #55
#60Stephen27US #35
#61Chance26
#62Levi26
#63Mathew26US #139
#64Donald25US #63
#65Joel25US #66
#66Gregory24US #44
#67Brett23US #72
#68Jared22US #59
#69Luke22US #110
#70Bryan21US #48
#71Peter21US #60
#72Brent20US #89
#73Keith20US #61
#74Lance20US #127
#75Seth20US #99
#76Tyson20
#77Alexander18US #54
#78Caleb18US #163
#79George18US #68
#80Jeremiah18US #102
#81Bryce17
#82Erik17US #84
#83Mitchell17US #125
#84Tanner17
#85Alex16US #93
#86Clinton16US #145
#87Lucas16US #130
#88Cameron15US #164
#89Craig15US #75
#90Douglas15US #71
#91Marcus15US #57
#92Phillip15US #70
#93Troy15US #114
#94Curtis14US #96
#95Wesley14US #101
#96Evan13US #98
#97Nathaniel13US #80
#98Tyrel13
#99Vincent13US #95
#100Austin12US #117

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑36Mathew#63
↑35Bethany#58
↑30Allison#53
↑30Kenneth#50
↑29Donald#64
↑24Brittany#21
↑24Brent#72
↑23Christine#45

Falling

↓28Leslie#81
↓26Cassie#80
↓23Jared#68
↓23Craig#89
↓23Douglas#90
↓22Maria#98
↓20Kristin#56
↓20Chelsea#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.