State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,049 Montana births in 1996 across 407 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#70Tuckeroutside the national top 200
#49Brady#176 nationally
#75Kyleeoutside the national top 200
#76Gageoutside the national top 200
#51Shania#171 nationally
#85Bridgeroutside the national top 200
#44Mckenzie#158 nationally
#88Makenzieoutside the national top 200
#91Laceyoutside the national top 200
#92Laneoutside the national top 200
#94Tyoutside the national top 200
#57Levi#163 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica68US #2
#2Taylor68US #6
#3Hannah57US #7
#4Emily56US #1
#5Ashley54US #3
#6Samantha54US #5
#7Madison51US #15
#8Megan50US #12
#9Sarah48US #4
#10Kayla45US #11
#11Amanda42US #13
#12Elizabeth41US #10
#13Courtney40US #21
#14Morgan40US #25
#15Rachel40US #9
#16Rebecca35US #24
#17Shelby34US #35
#18Jordan33US #49
#19Brianna32US #17
#20Alexis29US #8
#21Alyssa28US #23
#22Haley28US #30
#23Sierra28US #62
#24Danielle27US #29
#25Hailey27US #93
#26Katie27US #81
#27Mariah27US #63
#28Nicole27US #22
#29Abigail26US #32
#30Alexandra25US #26
#31Anna25US #33
#32Brooke25US #45
#33Amber24US #27
#34Kendra24US #136
#35Olivia24US #34
#36Breanna23US #74
#37Kaitlyn22US #40
#38Mikayla22US #143
#39Savannah22US #43
#40Brittany21US #14
#41Erin21US #51
#42Katelyn21US #64
#43Mackenzie21US #75
#44Mckenzie21US #158
#45Sydney21US #39
#46Jennifer20US #19
#47Kelsey20US #36
#48Paige20US #65
#49Kylie19US #111
#50Miranda19US #76
#51Shania19US #171
#52Stephanie19US #20
#53Alicia18US #91
#54Sara18US #50
#55Allison17US #38
#56Bailey17US #85
#57Emma17US #53
#58Mary17US #44
#59Whitney17US #140
#60Cheyenne16US #68
#61Jamie16US #96
#62Katherine16US #31
#63Kaylee16US #110
#64Michaela16US #102
#65Brittney15US #115
#66Cassidy15US #109
#67Gabrielle15US #54
#68Jade15US #145
#69Jasmine15US #28
#70Julia15US #48
#71Lauren15US #16
#72Victoria15US #18
#73Alexandria14US #77
#74Kaitlin14US #103
#75Kylee14
#76Tiffany14US #52
#77Autumn13US #104
#78Chloe13US #112
#79Heather13US #71
#80Laura13US #66
#81Natasha13US #170
#82Rebekah13US #146
#83Amy12US #88
#84Andrea12US #61
#85Christina12US #57
#86Jenna12US #83
#87Makayla12US #129
#88Makenzie12
#89Angela11US #90
#90Chelsea11US #55
#91Lacey11
#92Lindsay11US #134
#93Melissa11US #42
#94Audrey10US #164
#95Baylee10
#96Caitlin10US #84
#97Destiny10US #56
#98Lindsey10US #86
#99Sadie10
#100Aspen9

Boys

#1Jacob113US #3
#2Tyler96US #7
#3Michael88US #1
#4Austin80US #9
#5Joshua68US #5
#6Cody65US #31
#7Matthew63US #2
#8Brandon62US #8
#9Zachary61US #14
#10Ryan60US #16
#11Andrew58US #10
#12Robert58US #23
#13Kyle57US #25
#14Daniel56US #11
#15Samuel56US #30
#16Logan55US #42
#17Nicholas55US #6
#18Joseph49US #12
#19Justin48US #20
#20Dylan47US #33
#21Colton45US #105
#22William45US #18
#23Christopher44US #4
#24John44US #15
#25Jordan43US #27
#26David42US #13
#27Tanner42US #90
#28James41US #17
#29Alexander39US #22
#30Benjamin39US #29
#31Hunter38US #47
#32Nathan36US #37
#33Chase35US #76
#34Christian35US #24
#35Wyatt35US #134
#36Tristan33US #68
#37Jesse32US #51
#38Cole31US #106
#39Thomas31US #28
#40Aaron30US #34
#41Anthony30US #19
#42Connor30US #54
#43Caleb28US #48
#44Taylor28US #82
#45Jonathan27US #21
#46Riley27US #146
#47Eric26US #35
#48Timothy26US #40
#49Brady25US #176
#50Dakota25US #58
#51Devin25US #60
#52Garrett25US #85
#53Seth24US #103
#54Trevor24US #63
#55Bryce23US #120
#56Chance23US #154
#57Levi22US #163
#58Richard22US #45
#59Steven22US #38
#60Cameron21US #49
#61Ethan21US #62
#62Ian21US #70
#63Jared20US #64
#64Noah20US #50
#65Travis20US #73
#66Blake19US #84
#67Jackson19US #136
#68Patrick19US #44
#69Shane19US #112
#70Tucker19
#71Elijah18US #81
#72Isaac18US #86
#73Casey17US #142
#74Dillon17US #121
#75Dustin17US #79
#76Gage17
#77Mason17US #104
#78Nathaniel17US #69
#79Scott17US #108
#80Sean17US #46
#81Adam16US #39
#82Charles16US #43
#83Isaiah16US #71
#84Kevin16US #26
#85Bridger15
#86Dalton15US #99
#87Derek15US #101
#88Jack15US #89
#89Luke15US #75
#90Spencer15US #109
#91Gabriel14US #61
#92Lane14
#93Mark14US #55
#94Ty14
#95Bradley13US #83
#96Jeffrey13US #72
#97Jeremy13US #56
#98Kenneth13US #77
#99Tristen13
#100Alec12US #117

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑44Hailey#25
↑40Kylie#49
↑37Bryce#55
↑31Shane#69
↑30Jackson#67
↑29Gabrielle#67
↑28Emma#57
↑27Erin#41

Falling

↓56Melissa#93
↓51Heather#79
↓42Lauren#71
↓39Lane#92
↓29Caitlin#96
↓29Sean#80
↓27Kelsey#47
↓27Dalton#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.