State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,144 Montana births in 1988 across 402 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#76Tanneroutside the national top 200
#51Levi#174 nationally
#79Mariahoutside the national top 200
#81Coleoutside the national top 200
#78Kristine#196 nationally
#88Baileyoutside the national top 200
#75Kari#187 nationally
#89Chelsieoutside the national top 200
#92Kirstenoutside the national top 200
#92Tysonoutside the national top 200
#94Bradyoutside the national top 200
#96Tonioutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica147US #1
#2Amanda126US #3
#3Ashley119US #2
#4Sarah89US #4
#5Kayla82US #20
#6Heather69US #14
#7Nicole66US #9
#8Megan63US #12
#9Samantha62US #8
#10Amber61US #15
#11Jennifer61US #5
#12Kelsey58US #64
#13Brittany57US #6
#14Katie53US #40
#15Emily49US #18
#16Elizabeth48US #10
#17Rachel44US #19
#18Stephanie43US #7
#19Katherine36US #27
#20Danielle32US #17
#21Erin32US #37
#22Tiffany32US #13
#23Brittney29US #52
#24Courtney29US #24
#25Lisa29US #43
#26Melissa28US #16
#27Rebecca28US #26
#28Whitney28US #39
#29Hannah27US #61
#30Mary27US #34
#31Sara27US #30
#32Alyssa26US #47
#33Laura26US #23
#34Michelle26US #21
#35Amy25US #29
#36Cassandra25US #59
#37Kimberly25US #25
#38Lauren24US #11
#39Holly23US #72
#40Jamie23US #45
#41Allison22US #46
#42Anna22US #54
#43Erica22US #31
#44Kristen22US #36
#45Lindsey22US #48
#46Morgan22US #78
#47Shannon22US #56
#48Caitlin21US #44
#49Christina21US #22
#50Natasha21US #73
#51Brianna20US #96
#52Chelsea20US #33
#53Jenna20US #66
#54Kelly20US #32
#55Alicia19US #50
#56Angela19US #38
#57Lindsay19US #57
#58Crystal18US #28
#59Kendra18US #80
#60Tara18US #67
#61Andrea17US #35
#62April17US #65
#63Kathryn17US #55
#64Brooke16US #87
#65Christine16US #51
#66Catherine15US #69
#67Maria15US #60
#68Katelyn14US #84
#69Lacey14US #129
#70Jordan13US #136
#71Kristin13US #58
#72Molly13US #86
#73Chelsey12US #149
#74Julie12US #71
#75Kari12US #187
#76Kathleen12US #75
#77Katrina12US #110
#78Kristine12US #196
#79Mariah12
#80Bethany11US #89
#81Heidi11US #162
#82Krista11US #112
#83Leslie11US #94
#84Natalie11US #63
#85Sierra11US #181
#86Anne10US #153
#87Ashlee10US #133
#88Bailey10
#89Chelsie10
#90Desiree10US #127
#91Kara10US #95
#92Kirsten10
#93Leah10US #82
#94Nichole10US #115
#95Patricia10US #77
#96Toni10
#97Vanessa10US #41
#98Baby9
#99Cassie9US #176
#100Jasmine9US #53

Boys

#1Michael139US #1
#2Matthew125US #3
#3Joshua109US #4
#4Tyler108US #33
#5Andrew104US #5
#6Joseph99US #12
#7Justin98US #7
#8Ryan96US #13
#9Kyle93US #21
#10Daniel91US #8
#11Jacob89US #28
#12Christopher87US #2
#13John81US #11
#14Cody72US #43
#15David71US #6
#16James71US #9
#17Robert69US #10
#18Zachary69US #29
#19Nicholas66US #14
#20Brandon65US #17
#21Nathan63US #44
#22Brian60US #22
#23Eric54US #19
#24Jason54US #27
#25Benjamin53US #30
#26William53US #16
#27Steven51US #24
#28Kevin50US #20
#29Aaron48US #31
#30Timothy48US #25
#31Adam46US #26
#32Anthony46US #18
#33Samuel41US #45
#34Charles40US #37
#35Travis40US #41
#36Jesse39US #55
#37Jonathan38US #15
#38Dustin37US #48
#39Thomas36US #23
#40Casey35US #83
#41Jeremy35US #35
#42Logan35US #109
#43Scott35US #47
#44Jeffrey34US #36
#45Bryan33US #54
#46Jordan32US #52
#47Sean30US #38
#48Shane30US #67
#49Bradley29US #57
#50Austin27US #63
#51Levi27US #174
#52Patrick26US #42
#53Trevor26US #87
#54Chad25US #65
#55Mark25US #39
#56Richard25US #32
#57Derek24US #53
#58Kenneth24US #51
#59Jared23US #60
#60Stephen23US #40
#61Cory22US #59
#62Caleb20US #108
#63Drew20US #159
#64Nathaniel20US #81
#65Taylor20US #91
#66Erik19US #92
#67Ian19US #77
#68Shawn19US #61
#69Alex18US #58
#70Brett18US #73
#71Chase18US #127
#72Lance18US #146
#73Paul18US #46
#74Cameron17US #69
#75Lucas17US #112
#76Tanner17
#77Luke16US #119
#78Seth16US #90
#79Bryce15US #179
#80Garrett15US #118
#81Cole14
#82Jeremiah14US #136
#83Peter14US #64
#84Alexander13US #34
#85Clayton13US #147
#86Corey13US #56
#87Donald13US #76
#88George13US #78
#89Gregory13US #50
#90Isaac13US #143
#91Randy13US #113
#92Tyson13
#93Vincent13US #82
#94Brady12
#95Dylan12US #137
#96Joel12US #85
#97Kelly12
#98Philip12US #94
#99Spencer12US #114
#100Brent11US #107

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑36Morgan#46
↑35Brianna#51
↑34Holly#39
↑32Brittney#23
↑31Charles#34
↑26Lisa#25
↑26Alex#69
↑25Allison#41

Falling

↓52Vanessa#97
↓40Cassie#99
↓31Seth#78
↓30Paul#73
↓27Crystal#58
↓26Alexander#84
↓25Thomas#39
↓24Angela#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.