State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,195 Montana births in 1989 across 403 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#70Coleoutside the national top 200
#74Karioutside the national top 200
#86Tanneroutside the national top 200
#87Kateoutside the national top 200
#68Bryce#181 nationally
#93Baileyoutside the national top 200
#62Levi#169 nationally
#94Chanceoutside the national top 200
#97Jayoutside the national top 200
#80Kirsten#183 nationally
#65Breanna#163 nationally
#69Colton#157 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley135US #2
#2Jessica124US #1
#3Amanda112US #4
#4Brittany83US #3
#5Samantha79US #6
#6Kayla74US #20
#7Sarah69US #5
#8Jennifer65US #7
#9Nicole65US #12
#10Heather57US #15
#11Megan57US #11
#12Stephanie54US #8
#13Kelsey50US #31
#14Danielle49US #17
#15Emily46US #13
#16Hannah45US #42
#17Katie45US #45
#18Alyssa44US #33
#19Elizabeth43US #10
#20Courtney42US #21
#21Amber40US #14
#22Rebecca38US #24
#23Brittney37US #41
#24Katherine37US #26
#25Melissa37US #19
#26Kimberly35US #28
#27Sara33US #29
#28Cassandra32US #54
#29Lindsey32US #48
#30Rachel31US #18
#31Chelsea29US #27
#32Whitney28US #57
#33Laura27US #25
#34Allison26US #46
#35Mary26US #38
#36Michelle25US #22
#37Angela24US #47
#38Andrea23US #39
#39Anna23US #51
#40Caitlin23US #49
#41Christina23US #23
#42Jordan23US #72
#43Jamie22US #52
#44Lauren22US #9
#45Tiffany22US #16
#46Erica21US #34
#47Erin20US #40
#48Kathryn20US #58
#49Kelly20US #37
#50Lisa20US #55
#51Molly20US #93
#52Amy19US #35
#53Brooke19US #74
#54Jenna19US #71
#55Kristen19US #36
#56Lacey19US #143
#57Shannon19US #61
#58Alexandra18US #43
#59Brianna17US #77
#60Crystal17US #32
#61Miranda17US #130
#62Natasha17US #87
#63Alicia16US #53
#64Ashlee16US #144
#65Breanna16US #163
#66Holly16US #79
#67Kendra16US #99
#68Brandy15US #121
#69Nichole15US #136
#70Christine14US #59
#71Kylie14US #151
#72Rachael14US #109
#73Jasmine13US #30
#74Kari13
#75Kristin13US #60
#76Lindsay13US #63
#77Meghan13US #80
#78Morgan13US #69
#79Kathleen12US #90
#80Kirsten12US #183
#81Krista12US #137
#82Kristina12US #65
#83Marissa12US #81
#84Tara12US #70
#85Brandi11US #98
#86Kaitlyn11US #95
#87Kate11
#88Paige11US #124
#89Sasha11US #169
#90Sierra11US #155
#91Anne10US #153
#92April10US #66
#93Bailey10
#94Carly10US #179
#95Chelsey10US #140
#96Jacqueline10US #64
#97Jillian10US #106
#98Julia10US #96
#99Kaitlin10US #100
#100Katelyn10US #76

Boys

#1Michael157US #1
#2Matthew118US #3
#3Joshua109US #4
#4Andrew103US #7
#5Tyler97US #30
#6Daniel91US #6
#7Jacob90US #26
#8Ryan84US #13
#9Justin81US #8
#10Brandon80US #18
#11Christopher80US #2
#12John77US #12
#13David76US #5
#14James72US #9
#15Kyle72US #20
#16William71US #15
#17Joseph65US #11
#18Benjamin61US #29
#19Cody60US #45
#20Nicholas56US #14
#21Thomas56US #23
#22Robert55US #10
#23Jesse52US #50
#24Zachary52US #25
#25Jason51US #35
#26Steven50US #22
#27Aaron49US #31
#28Brian48US #24
#29Jonathan48US #17
#30Kevin47US #19
#31Anthony46US #16
#32Eric44US #21
#33Timothy44US #28
#34Travis44US #41
#35Jordan43US #44
#36Adam42US #27
#37Nathan41US #43
#38Sean40US #39
#39Shane40US #71
#40Alexander37US #32
#41Cory37US #61
#42Samuel37US #47
#43Derek36US #54
#44Dustin36US #48
#45Casey34US #90
#46Logan32US #104
#47Ethan31US #87
#48Jared31US #57
#49Jeremy31US #34
#50Seth31US #94
#51Stephen31US #40
#52Alex30US #60
#53Austin29US #59
#54Patrick29US #38
#55Richard29US #33
#56Trevor29US #83
#57Mark28US #42
#58Taylor28US #72
#59Chad27US #74
#60Kenneth27US #53
#61Jeffrey26US #37
#62Levi26US #169
#63Bradley25US #58
#64Charles25US #36
#65Scott25US #51
#66Chase24US #113
#67Caleb23US #91
#68Bryce21US #181
#69Colton20US #157
#70Cole19
#71Paul19US #49
#72Bryan18US #56
#73Drew18US #150
#74Gregory18US #52
#75Luke18US #121
#76Cameron17US #64
#77Lucas17US #114
#78Marcus17US #67
#79Nathaniel17US #84
#80Corey16US #55
#81Evan16US #69
#82Shawn16US #65
#83Brett15US #81
#84Erik15US #95
#85Ian15US #68
#86Tanner15
#87Keith14US #70
#88Dylan13US #115
#89Garrett13US #102
#90Mathew13US #143
#91Mitchell13US #93
#92Raymond13US #86
#93Vincent13US #80
#94Chance12
#95Clayton12US #154
#96Jake12US #153
#97Jay12
#98Joel12US #88
#99Spencer12US #107
#100Colin11US #126

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑44Alexander#40
↑28Jordan#42
↑28Seth#50
↑27Jasmine#73
↑25Nichole#69
↑23Andrea#38
↑23Ashlee#64
↑21Chelsea#31

Falling

↓32Morgan#78
↓32Katelyn#100
↓30April#92
↓30Charles#64
↓27Holly#66
↓27Bryan#72
↓26Erin#47
↓25Lisa#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.