State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,018 Montana births in 1990 across 418 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#69Coleoutside the national top 200
#71Tanneroutside the national top 200
#52Levi#180 nationally
#81Mariahoutside the national top 200
#56Bryce#169 nationally
#91Rileyoutside the national top 200
#92Chanceoutside the national top 200
#95Karissaoutside the national top 200
#96Kylaoutside the national top 200
#96Jayoutside the national top 200
#100Tiaoutside the national top 200
#80Kylie#180 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica120US #1
#2Ashley99US #2
#3Amanda82US #4
#4Sarah75US #6
#5Kayla72US #14
#6Megan65US #11
#7Samantha65US #5
#8Brittany58US #3
#9Hannah54US #30
#10Kelsey53US #32
#11Jennifer49US #8
#12Nicole46US #13
#13Stephanie46US #7
#14Emily45US #12
#15Heather45US #19
#16Melissa45US #20
#17Courtney41US #17
#18Danielle39US #18
#19Rebecca38US #21
#20Cassandra37US #49
#21Amber35US #15
#22Rachel34US #16
#23Sara34US #34
#24Brittney33US #44
#25Elizabeth31US #9
#26Jordan31US #59
#27Michelle30US #22
#28Caitlin29US #50
#29Erin29US #43
#30Tiffany29US #23
#31Shelby28US #100
#32Christina26US #25
#33Jamie26US #55
#34Miranda25US #112
#35Whitney25US #60
#36Alyssa24US #27
#37Amy24US #38
#38Chelsea24US #24
#39Katie24US #53
#40Kimberly24US #31
#41Lauren24US #10
#42Mary24US #35
#43Brooke23US #70
#44Katherine23US #26
#45Morgan23US #58
#46Kendra22US #117
#47Brianna21US #61
#48Lindsey20US #51
#49Crystal19US #39
#50Kristen19US #42
#51Molly19US #80
#52Alicia18US #54
#53Jenna18US #81
#54Kathryn18US #57
#55Lindsay18US #69
#56Alexandra17US #37
#57Andrea17US #40
#58Angela17US #52
#59Anna17US #45
#60Ariel17US #94
#61Katelyn16US #75
#62Leah16US #82
#63Natasha16US #105
#64Lacey15US #148
#65Taylor15US #46
#66Bethany14US #107
#67Erica14US #36
#68Kristin14US #65
#69Sierra14US #141
#70Christine13US #62
#71Kara13US #110
#72Laura13US #29
#73Chelsey12US #128
#74Felicia12US #121
#75Holly12US #89
#76Kaitlyn12US #78
#77Kelly12US #41
#78Kirsten12US #157
#79Kristina12US #77
#80Kylie12US #180
#81Mariah12
#82Marissa12US #87
#83Shannon12US #68
#84Sydney12US #150
#85Ashlee11US #154
#86Jasmine11US #28
#87Kelli11US #182
#88Natalie11US #63
#89Abigail10US #90
#90Alexa10US #146
#91April10US #73
#92Catherine10US #71
#93Haley10US #108
#94Julie10US #93
#95Karissa10
#96Kyla10
#97Maria10US #47
#98Meghan10US #91
#99Tara10US #85
#100Tia10

Boys

#1Michael162US #1
#2Joshua124US #4
#3Matthew120US #3
#4Christopher115US #2
#5Tyler110US #21
#6Jacob104US #20
#7Justin93US #9
#8Joseph85US #10
#9Andrew81US #7
#10Ryan81US #11
#11Zachary81US #22
#12John78US #12
#13Kyle74US #18
#14Daniel73US #5
#15Brandon71US #19
#16David69US #6
#17Robert69US #13
#18Cody68US #31
#19James65US #8
#20William61US #16
#21Thomas59US #26
#22Jordan56US #29
#23Aaron55US #34
#24Jesse50US #48
#25Nicholas48US #14
#26Steven48US #25
#27Kevin46US #23
#28Sean45US #37
#29Anthony43US #15
#30Nathan43US #44
#31Patrick43US #36
#32Travis42US #42
#33Benjamin39US #33
#34Brian39US #27
#35Scott39US #53
#36Timothy39US #30
#37Austin37US #55
#38Eric37US #24
#39Ethan37US #58
#40Samuel37US #45
#41Casey36US #89
#42Jonathan35US #17
#43Dustin34US #50
#44Adam33US #32
#45Derek33US #54
#46Jason30US #46
#47Jeffrey30US #43
#48Alexander29US #28
#49Colton29US #139
#50Logan29US #104
#51Charles28US #38
#52Levi28US #180
#53Cameron27US #62
#54Jared27US #63
#55Bradley26US #65
#56Bryce26US #169
#57Jeremy26US #40
#58Seth25US #102
#59Stephen25US #39
#60Taylor25US #64
#61Cory24US #67
#62Alex23US #59
#63Chad23US #85
#64Trevor23US #76
#65Chase22US #110
#66Dylan22US #83
#67Paul22US #49
#68Richard22US #35
#69Cole21
#70Shane21US #73
#71Tanner21
#72Bryan20US #57
#73Marcus18US #72
#74Spencer18US #105
#75Caleb17US #88
#76Lucas17US #112
#77Jake16US #140
#78Shawn16US #69
#79Corey15US #56
#80Craig15US #117
#81Edward15US #68
#82Evan15US #71
#83Garrett15US #99
#84Gregory15US #51
#85Kenneth15US #52
#86Brett14US #84
#87Clayton14US #153
#88Dillon14US #184
#89Ian14US #70
#90Mark14US #47
#91Riley14
#92Chance13
#93Dalton13US #193
#94Devin13US #98
#95Donald13US #87
#96Jay13
#97Dakota12US #195
#98Joel12US #95
#99Keith12US #80
#100Luke12US #118

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑39Katelyn#61
↑33Morgan#45
↑30Scott#35
↑27Miranda#34
↑25Spencer#74
↑23Patrick#31
↑23Cameron#53
↑22Chelsey#73

Falling

↓39Laura#72
↓33Mark#90
↓31Shane#70
↓28Kelly#77
↓26Shannon#83
↓25Kenneth#85
↓25Luke#100
↓22Katie#39

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.