State roster

Top names in Montana

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Montana birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,642 Montana births in 2002 across 436 distinct names.

Distinctively Montana

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

#30Ryleeoutside the national top 200
#48Kendraoutside the national top 200
#55Aspenoutside the national top 200
#64Bridgeroutside the national top 200
#72Chanceoutside the national top 200
#73Kyleroutside the national top 200
#47Kaden#174 nationally
#37Kylee#161 nationally
#53Mckenna#177 nationally
#78Kyraoutside the national top 200
#82Annikaoutside the national top 200
#84Paytonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Madison77US #2
#2Emily72US #1
#3Hannah69US #3
#4Emma48US #4
#5Abigail44US #7
#6Elizabeth44US #11
#7Taylor43US #18
#8Alexis42US #5
#9Olivia42US #10
#10Grace41US #15
#11Samantha40US #9
#12Hailey38US #31
#13Sarah36US #8
#14Megan33US #22
#15Alyssa32US #12
#16Sydney32US #23
#17Jessica31US #16
#18Morgan31US #29
#19Chloe29US #25
#20Isabella29US #14
#21Anna26US #20
#22Faith26US #48
#23Kaylee26US #57
#24Rachel26US #24
#25Mackenzie25US #42
#26Sierra25US #62
#27Ashley24US #6
#28Sophia24US #27
#29Bailey23US #84
#30Rylee23
#31Zoe22US #60
#32Jordan21US #45
#33Lauren21US #13
#34Paige21US #51
#35Haley19US #35
#36Kaitlyn19US #32
#37Kylee19US #161
#38Natalie19US #30
#39Shelby19US #75
#40Jasmine18US #26
#41Mariah18US #130
#42Alexandra17US #38
#43Amanda17US #46
#44Riley17US #77
#45Trinity17US #70
#46Brooke16US #52
#47Katelyn16US #53
#48Kendra16
#49Cassidy15US #131
#50Ella15US #89
#51Kylie15US #61
#52Lily15US #79
#53Mckenna15US #177
#54Savannah15US #39
#55Aspen14
#56Courtney14US #88
#57Gabrielle14US #66
#58Katie14US #103
#59Makayla14US #50
#60Molly14US #107
#61Rebecca14US #54
#62Brianna13US #17
#63Erin13US #72
#64Julia13US #33
#65Katherine13US #36
#66Danielle12US #71
#67Destiny12US #34
#68Hope12US #160
#69Isabel12US #85
#70Isabelle12US #111
#71Kayla12US #19
#72Kelsey12US #118
#73Maria12US #40
#74Victoria12US #21
#75Abby11US #166
#76Allison11US #44
#77Brooklyn11US #152
#78Kyra11
#79Nicole11US #37
#80Amber10US #65
#81Angel10US #109
#82Annika10
#83Aubrey10US #196
#84Ava10US #82
#85Gabriella10US #76
#86Jade10US #86
#87Kennedy10US #136
#88Mya10US #145
#89Payton10US #183
#90Sara10US #59
#91Alexandria9US #106
#92Autumn9US #73
#93Avery9US #132
#94Claire9US #95
#95Gracie9US #153
#96Hanna9US #194
#97Heather9US #159
#98Jenna9US #47
#99Lillian9US #96
#100Lydia9US #137

Boys

#1Ethan80US #5
#2Jacob65US #1
#3Dylan63US #23
#4Logan62US #29
#5Tyler61US #14
#6Michael57US #2
#7Austin55US #26
#8Caleb54US #35
#9Hunter51US #38
#10Zachary50US #19
#11Joseph49US #7
#12Joshua47US #3
#13Ryan47US #16
#14Matthew46US #4
#15William46US #11
#16Mason44US #53
#17Nicholas42US #9
#18Wyatt41US #121
#19Andrew39US #6
#20Daniel39US #10
#21Christopher38US #8
#22Robert37US #34
#23David34US #13
#24Gabriel34US #32
#25Cody33US #71
#26Samuel33US #25
#27Benjamin32US #27
#28Isaac32US #48
#29John32US #17
#30Alexander31US #15
#31Connor31US #47
#32Elijah31US #41
#33James31US #18
#34Justin31US #22
#35Noah31US #31
#36Anthony30US #12
#37Brandon30US #20
#38Gavin30US #61
#39Christian29US #24
#40Jack29US #44
#41Nathan29US #28
#42Riley29US #99
#43Cole28US #69
#44Colton28US #128
#45Tanner28US #112
#46Jackson27US #50
#47Kaden26US #174
#48Kaleb26US #111
#49Luke26US #46
#50Thomas26US #36
#51Brady25US #147
#52Aidan23US #60
#53Brayden23US #138
#54Carson23US #105
#55Jesse23US #90
#56Jonathan23US #21
#57Jordan23US #37
#58Trevor23US #81
#59Jayden22US #101
#60Tristan22US #103
#61Caden21US #153
#62Cameron21US #39
#63Chase21US #82
#64Bridger20
#65Jeremiah20US #86
#66Lucas20US #75
#67Aaron19US #43
#68Evan19US #56
#69Parker19US #126
#70Seth19US #72
#71Blake18US #76
#72Chance18
#73Kyler18
#74Levi18US #164
#75Timothy18US #70
#76Hayden17US #96
#77Jared17US #84
#78Kyle17US #40
#79Travis17US #144
#80Alex16US #63
#81Charles16US #58
#82Dawson16US #193
#83Landon16US #142
#84Payton16
#85Sean16US #59
#86Carter15US #108
#87Ian15US #67
#88Bryce14US #97
#89Devin14US #74
#90Garrett14US #91
#91Jaden14US #87
#92Liam14US #113
#93Paul14US #118
#94Shane14US #130
#95Skyler14
#96Trey14
#97Zane14
#98Brian13US #51
#99Colter13
#100Dalton13US #117

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑57Sophia#28
↑46Aidan#52
↑43Zoe#31
↑40Haley#35
↑36Elijah#32
↑35Christopher#21
↑35Colton#44
↑35Kaden#47

Falling

↓53Claire#94
↓52Amber#80
↓46Charles#81
↓45Garrett#90
↓44Kayla#71
↓42Trey#96
↓38Brianna#62
↓37Avery#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.