State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,107 Montana births in 1986 across 412 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#54Levioutside the national top 200
#58Coleoutside the national top 200
#64Chelseyoutside the national top 200
#70Tessaoutside the national top 200
#76Logan#192 nationally
#85Tysonoutside the national top 200
#87Bryceoutside the national top 200
#94Tanneroutside the national top 200
#67Jake#171 nationally
#94Cara#194 nationally
#49Misty#145 nationally
#83Jack#175 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda144US #3
#2Jessica139US #1
#3Ashley114US #2
#4Sarah111US #5
#5Jennifer93US #4
#6Nicole71US #7
#7Stephanie69US #6
#8Amber68US #13
#9Danielle67US #16
#10Megan64US #11
#11Katie60US #38
#12Rebecca56US #26
#13Brittany53US #8
#14Heather53US #9
#15Sara52US #27
#16Samantha51US #21
#17Whitney51US #32
#18Elizabeth47US #10
#19Tiffany47US #17
#20Rachel46US #15
#21Emily44US #24
#22Jamie44US #34
#23Kelsey42US #112
#24Kimberly42US #18
#25Erin41US #30
#26Kayla39US #64
#27Laura38US #20
#28Lisa38US #40
#29Melissa38US #12
#30Michelle34US #23
#31Lindsey33US #39
#32Amy31US #22
#33Courtney30US #35
#34Andrea29US #36
#35Crystal28US #25
#36Kelly28US #29
#37Katherine27US #28
#38Kristin27US #50
#39Mary27US #37
#40Anna26US #51
#41Holly26US #63
#42Lindsay26US #46
#43Angela25US #33
#44Shannon25US #44
#45Chelsea24US #73
#46Tara24US #56
#47Christina22US #19
#48Jenna22US #55
#49Misty22US #145
#50Vanessa22US #43
#51Alicia21US #45
#52Brittney21US #65
#53Kendra21US #101
#54Kristen21US #41
#55Lacey21US #121
#56Cassandra20US #60
#57Krista20US #93
#58Molly19US #110
#59Hannah18US #82
#60Patricia18US #66
#61April17US #53
#62Erica17US #31
#63Brooke16US #104
#64Chelsey16
#65Kathryn16US #48
#66Miranda16US #137
#67Cassie15US #156
#68Kathleen15US #68
#69Meghan15US #71
#70Tessa15
#71Alyssa14US #85
#72Brandi14US #79
#73Brianna14US #154
#74Katrina14US #99
#75Lauren14US #14
#76Allison13US #42
#77Caitlin13US #69
#78Casey13US #80
#79Heidi13US #131
#80Kari13US #170
#81Christine12US #47
#82Desiree12US #141
#83Julia12US #88
#84Kara12US #102
#85Margaret12US #90
#86Meagan12US #123
#87Dana11US #92
#88Kristina11US #62
#89Marissa11US #115
#90Morgan11US #113
#91Rachael11US #103
#92Tamara11US #134
#93Brandy10US #84
#94Cara10US #194
#95Dawn10US #184
#96Jacqueline10US #57
#97Julie10US #58
#98Karen10US #100
#99Krystal10US #61
#100Maria10US #49

Boys

#1Michael178US #1
#2Matthew144US #3
#3Christopher136US #2
#4Joshua130US #4
#5Andrew122US #8
#6Ryan122US #11
#7Daniel117US #6
#8Tyler116US #40
#9Kyle102US #23
#10John101US #10
#11Justin94US #14
#12Robert94US #9
#13Jacob92US #31
#14David88US #5
#15James86US #7
#16Joseph78US #12
#17Nicholas72US #17
#18Benjamin71US #30
#19Cody71US #56
#20Dustin71US #42
#21William71US #15
#22Brandon70US #13
#23Brian63US #20
#24Kevin61US #21
#25Jason56US #18
#26Thomas54US #26
#27Zachary54US #38
#28Patrick53US #39
#29Adam52US #24
#30Eric52US #22
#31Jonathan52US #16
#32Nathan52US #43
#33Jeremy51US #28
#34Steven51US #25
#35Jesse50US #48
#36Timothy48US #27
#37Aaron47US #33
#38Jeffrey45US #32
#39Scott45US #44
#40Sean43US #37
#41Anthony42US #19
#42Jared41US #58
#43Charles39US #34
#44Jordan36US #53
#45Paul35US #45
#46Peter35US #60
#47Travis35US #49
#48Richard34US #29
#49Samuel34US #52
#50Alexander33US #41
#51Chad33US #59
#52Shane33US #67
#53Derek30US #57
#54Levi30
#55Stephen29US #36
#56Brett28US #69
#57Casey28US #83
#58Cole28
#59Mark28US #35
#60Bryan27US #47
#61Cory27US #68
#62Marcus25US #63
#63Shawn25US #55
#64Trevor25US #98
#65Alex22US #64
#66Gregory22US #46
#67Jake22US #171
#68Keith21US #66
#69Nathaniel21US #78
#70Chase19US #142
#71Jeremiah18US #118
#72Austin17US #90
#73Carl17US #114
#74Drew17US #138
#75Kenneth17US #50
#76Logan17US #192
#77Lucas17US #126
#78Luke17US #106
#79Seth17US #97
#80Bradley16US #54
#81Craig16US #80
#82Erik16US #92
#83Jack16US #175
#84Joel16US #72
#85Tyson16
#86Allen15US #128
#87Bryce15
#88Corey15US #62
#89Dylan15US #149
#90Mitchell15US #105
#91Ronald15US #75
#92Caleb14US #131
#93Russell14US #116
#94Tanner14
#95Taylor14US #136
#96Curtis13US #100
#97Devin13US #113
#98Garrett13US #117
#99Gary13US #84
#100Lance13US #134

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑46Misty#49
↑46Alexander#50
↑38Marcus#62
↑37Whitney#17
↑36Krista#57
↑29Jordan#44
↑28Kelsey#23
↑26Brianna#73

Falling

↓37Christine#81
↓37Julie#97
↓31Lance#100
↓29Christina#47
↓29Dawn#95
↓28Jacqueline#96
↓25Bradley#80
↓25Curtis#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.