State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,755 Montana births in 1987 across 411 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#50Levi#193 nationally
#59Coleoutside the national top 200
#64Tanneroutside the national top 200
#71Kylaoutside the national top 200
#73Tysonoutside the national top 200
#76Callieoutside the national top 200
#77Jessieoutside the national top 200
#89Kayleeoutside the national top 200
#85Autumn#193 nationally
#69Emma#175 nationally
#95Lacyoutside the national top 200
#96Nikkioutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley172US #2
#2Amanda148US #3
#3Jessica144US #1
#4Sarah95US #5
#5Kayla85US #27
#6Nicole84US #8
#7Megan77US #12
#8Jennifer72US #4
#9Samantha68US #11
#10Heather60US #9
#11Whitney60US #32
#12Brittany56US #7
#13Melissa56US #13
#14Stephanie56US #6
#15Danielle54US #14
#16Amber52US #15
#17Emily50US #19
#18Rachel49US #17
#19Tiffany49US #18
#20Elizabeth47US #10
#21Jamie47US #39
#22Erin44US #34
#23Amy42US #24
#24Laura41US #22
#25Katie40US #38
#26Rebecca35US #25
#27Sara35US #29
#28Kelsey34US #67
#29Katherine33US #28
#30Lindsey33US #41
#31Crystal32US #26
#32Angela31US #35
#33Kelly31US #30
#34Kimberly31US #23
#35Michelle30US #21
#36Courtney29US #33
#37Erica27US #31
#38Alyssa26US #60
#39Anna26US #52
#40Andrea25US #36
#41Christina25US #20
#42Hannah24US #66
#43Jenna24US #57
#44Lindsay24US #49
#45Vanessa24US #43
#46Chelsea23US #47
#47Cassandra22US #68
#48Brooke20US #94
#49Caitlin20US #63
#50Alicia19US #46
#51Lisa19US #40
#52Mary19US #37
#53Molly19US #97
#54Lacey18US #117
#55Brittney17US #61
#56Kendra17US #77
#57Maria17US #53
#58Tara17US #69
#59Cassie16US #155
#60Kristen16US #42
#61Lauren16US #16
#62Shannon16US #45
#63Brandi15US #88
#64Kari15US #167
#65Krystal15US #70
#66Allison14US #44
#67April14US #58
#68Brandy14US #92
#69Emma14US #175
#70Heidi14US #144
#71Kyla14
#72Catherine13US #74
#73Holly13US #71
#74Jacqueline13US #54
#75Meghan13US #78
#76Callie12
#77Jessie12
#78Julie12US #65
#79Kristin12US #55
#80Miranda12US #140
#81Misty12US #162
#82Morgan12US #95
#83Alisha11US #118
#84Ashlee11US #112
#85Autumn11US #193
#86Brianna11US #122
#87Haley11US #178
#88Kathryn11US #51
#89Kaylee11
#90Kristina11US #62
#91Leslie11US #89
#92Sandra11US #115
#93Chelsey10US #186
#94Jasmine10US #79
#95Lacy10
#96Nikki10
#97Rachael10US #98
#98Victoria10US #50
#99Alexandra9US #59
#100Ashleigh9

Boys

#1Michael168US #1
#2Christopher129US #2
#3Matthew129US #3
#4Andrew118US #6
#5Joshua104US #4
#6Kyle104US #22
#7David94US #5
#8Daniel92US #7
#9Tyler92US #39
#10Ryan89US #13
#11Justin88US #9
#12James84US #8
#13Cody76US #49
#14Thomas76US #24
#15John75US #11
#16Robert73US #10
#17Brandon71US #14
#18Jacob71US #31
#19Joseph71US #12
#20Eric65US #21
#21Nicholas65US #16
#22Adam64US #27
#23William59US #15
#24Nathan58US #45
#25Benjamin57US #28
#26Zachary56US #33
#27Jason54US #23
#28Timothy53US #26
#29Aaron52US #34
#30Travis52US #42
#31Jesse50US #55
#32Dustin47US #44
#33Kevin47US #19
#34Brian45US #20
#35Casey45US #80
#36Jeffrey45US #32
#37Derek43US #54
#38Steven43US #25
#39Anthony41US #17
#40Jeremy41US #29
#41Scott41US #43
#42Jordan40US #52
#43Paul40US #46
#44Cory37US #62
#45Mark37US #36
#46Patrick37US #41
#47Seth37US #89
#48Shane36US #65
#49Jonathan35US #18
#50Levi34US #193
#51Samuel34US #50
#52Chad33US #63
#53Richard33US #30
#54Bryan32US #51
#55Sean31US #40
#56Jared30US #58
#57Stephen30US #38
#58Alexander26US #37
#59Cole25
#60Logan25US #144
#61Bradley24US #56
#62Luke24US #111
#63Austin23US #76
#64Tanner23
#65Charles22US #35
#66Nathaniel22US #78
#67Shawn22US #59
#68Evan20US #83
#69Taylor20US #117
#70Trevor20US #93
#71Corey19US #57
#72Erik19US #94
#73Tyson19
#74Caleb18US #115
#75Chase18US #139
#76Drew18US #160
#77Kenneth18US #53
#78Brett17US #71
#79Douglas17US #85
#80Jake17US #166
#81Marcus17US #67
#82Spencer17US #124
#83Cameron15US #96
#84Peter15US #64
#85Craig14US #88
#86Dylan14US #141
#87Raymond14US #79
#88Blake13US #106
#89Curtis13US #100
#90Garrett13US #113
#91Gregory13US #47
#92Jeremiah13US #130
#93Joel13US #75
#94Lance13US #142
#95Alex12US #60
#96Bryce12US #195
#97Calvin12US #157
#98Derrick12US #86
#99Ross12US #162
#100Donald11US #70

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑43Maria#57
↑34Krystal#65
↑33Alyssa#38
↑32Seth#47
↑30Tanner#64
↑28Caitlin#49
↑26Taylor#69
↑25Erica#37

Falling

↓41Kristin#79
↓38Peter#84
↓32Holly#73
↓32Misty#81
↓30Alex#95
↓29Chelsey#93
↓25Gregory#91
↓23Lisa#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.