State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,905 Montana births in 1985 across 448 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#56Levioutside the national top 200
#61Brianneoutside the national top 200
#61Coleoutside the national top 200
#62Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#70Tysonoutside the national top 200
#72Autumnoutside the national top 200
#67Haley#195 nationally
#78Tanneroutside the national top 200
#51Kelsey#168 nationally
#87Beauoutside the national top 200
#88Savannahoutside the national top 200
#93Bryceoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica165US #1
#2Amanda152US #4
#3Ashley150US #2
#4Jennifer129US #3
#5Sarah97US #5
#6Nicole84US #7
#7Stephanie83US #6
#8Megan79US #10
#9Heather71US #8
#10Melissa70US #11
#11Amber68US #16
#12Danielle63US #18
#13Elizabeth61US #9
#14Crystal59US #21
#15Brittany58US #17
#16Erin57US #26
#17Rebecca55US #25
#18Christina51US #12
#19Michelle48US #22
#20Emily45US #24
#21Jamie45US #27
#22Sara45US #30
#23Amy43US #20
#24Andrea42US #33
#25Katie42US #39
#26Lindsey41US #37
#27Rachel41US #13
#28Alicia39US #45
#29Kayla39US #109
#30Laura39US #14
#31Katherine38US #32
#32Lisa35US #36
#33Angela32US #31
#34Holly32US #56
#35Lindsay32US #40
#36Kimberly30US #19
#37Samantha30US #29
#38Tiffany30US #23
#39Jenna29US #50
#40Kelly29US #28
#41Tara29US #51
#42Chelsea25US #75
#43Cassandra24US #62
#44Christine24US #44
#45Erica24US #34
#46Kristen24US #38
#47Lacey23US #124
#48Vanessa23US #42
#49Anna22US #54
#50Courtney22US #43
#51Kelsey22US #168
#52Allison21US #46
#53Kristin21US #49
#54Whitney21US #73
#55Brittney20US #84
#56Kathryn20US #48
#57Miranda20US #128
#58Shannon20US #41
#59Heidi19US #125
#60Julie18US #55
#61Brianne16
#62Chelsey16
#63Kari16US #166
#64Mary16US #35
#65Nichole16US #95
#66Dawn15US #165
#67Haley15US #195
#68Jacqueline15US #60
#69Kristina15US #57
#70Lauren15US #15
#71Leah15US #78
#72Autumn14
#73Bethany14US #94
#74Brooke14US #102
#75Desiree14US #126
#76Hannah14US #117
#77Katrina14US #93
#78Kendra14US #154
#79Krystal14US #53
#80Melanie14US #88
#81Molly14US #119
#82Alisha13US #131
#83April13US #47
#84Brandi13US #69
#85Caitlin13US #77
#86Carrie13US #96
#87Margaret13US #90
#88Savannah13
#89Sheena13US #91
#90Theresa13US #136
#91Abigail12US #153
#92Kelli12US #142
#93Krista12US #134
#94Meagan12US #133
#95Misty12US #121
#96Rebekah12US #159
#97Trista12
#98Ashlee11US #141
#99Brianna11US #190
#100Britney11

Boys

#1Michael188US #1
#2Matthew171US #3
#3Joshua156US #4
#4Christopher148US #2
#5Ryan138US #12
#6Tyler124US #43
#7Kyle109US #27
#8Daniel103US #5
#9Andrew102US #11
#10Justin99US #15
#11John97US #9
#12James95US #7
#13David94US #6
#14Robert93US #8
#15Brandon91US #13
#16Joseph85US #10
#17Jacob79US #35
#18Kevin76US #23
#19Nicholas75US #19
#20Nathan70US #40
#21Aaron69US #33
#22Brian69US #18
#23Cody68US #52
#24Jason65US #14
#25William63US #16
#26Eric62US #21
#27Zachary60US #39
#28Benjamin59US #31
#29Adam57US #22
#30Anthony56US #20
#31Thomas54US #25
#32Jeffrey53US #29
#33Jonathan52US #17
#34Travis52US #46
#35Dustin51US #41
#36Jesse51US #51
#37Steven49US #24
#38Casey48US #86
#39Jeremy48US #30
#40Timothy47US #26
#41Patrick46US #37
#42Shane42US #68
#43Richard41US #28
#44Chad40US #57
#45Sean40US #38
#46Paul37US #42
#47Derek35US #56
#48Shawn35US #55
#49Trevor33US #105
#50Samuel32US #54
#51Scott32US #44
#52Bryan31US #48
#53Cory31US #81
#54Charles30US #34
#55Bradley29US #53
#56Levi29
#57Stephen29US #36
#58Jared27US #58
#59Kenneth27US #47
#60Chase26US #133
#61Cole25
#62Gregory24US #45
#63Mark24US #32
#64Nathaniel24US #77
#65Peter22US #60
#66Ian21US #78
#67Craig20US #79
#68Jeremiah20US #111
#69Lance20US #130
#70Tyson20
#71Curtis19US #98
#72Joel19US #67
#73Jordan19US #62
#74Brett18US #70
#75Donald18US #66
#76Edward18US #59
#77Luke18US #106
#78Tanner18
#79Austin17US #107
#80Keith17US #64
#81Mitchell17US #115
#82Drew16US #126
#83Jon16US #151
#84Seth16US #104
#85Todd16US #99
#86Alex15US #80
#87Beau15
#88Caleb15US #136
#89Corey15US #63
#90Erik15US #87
#91Lucas15US #122
#92Ross15US #147
#93Bryce14
#94Jeffery14US #96
#95Raymond14US #75
#96Alexander13US #50
#97Brent13US #89
#98Evan13US #91
#99Gabriel13US #92
#100Marcus13US #61

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑36Vanessa#48
↑33Nathaniel#64
↑28Chelsea#42
↑25Miranda#57
↑25Kari#63
↑24Chelsey#62
↑23Curtis#71
↑22Craig#67

Falling

↓54Misty#95
↓29Mary#64
↓29Sheena#89
↓25Brent#97
↓24Molly#81
↓23Brandi#84
↓20Tiffany#38
↓20Shannon#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.