Popular baby names in Montana, 1964

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1964 were Lisa for girls (173 babies) and Michael for boys (273). Social Security records list 11,912 babies born in Montana in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Montana that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Shawna: 17 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Kari: 25 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Tami: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Chris: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristi: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shelly: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ronda: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jody: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Karla: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Teri: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Monte: 16 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Pat: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Shane: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Wade: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kelly: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Doug: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawn: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marty: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dan: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brad: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	173	–	1
2	Mary	107	–	2
3	Julie	95	↑7	17
4	Susan	88	–	3
5	Brenda	82	↑1	18
6	Lori	82	↓3	15
7	Karen	80	↓2	4
8	Linda	73	–	8
9	Kimberly	71	↑6	6
10	Tammy	69	↓1	10
11	Laura	67	↑3	14
12	Patricia	64	–	5
13	Michelle	63	↑6	23
14	Cheryl	61	↑10	29
15	Barbara	60	↓8	19
16	Pamela	59	↑7	11
17	Cindy	55	↓4	47
18	Debbie	55	↑4	52
19	Teresa	55	↓8	21
20	Kathy	53	↑14	39
21	Laurie	53	↓3	59
22	Kelly	52	↑3	35
23	Carol	49	↑4	36
24	Kathleen	49	↑15	30
25	Donna	48	↓4	7
26	Nancy	47	↓6	26
27	Tracy	46	↑4	40
28	Cynthia	45	↑10	9
29	Janet	45	↑18	48
30	Robin	45	↑7	27
31	Theresa	45	↓5	38
32	Connie	43	↑10	64
33	Dawn	43	new	33
34	Terri	42	↑6	62
35	Christine	41	–	28
36	Debra	41	↓20	24
37	Sandra	41	↓8	13
38	Deborah	40	↓10	12
39	Shelly	39	↓9	>100
40	Rhonda	38	↓4	43
41	Tina	38	–	34
42	Colleen	36	↓9	94
43	Diane	35	↑1	32
44	Rebecca	35	↓1	46
45	Wendy	35	–	55
46	Elizabeth	34	↑4	16
47	Sheila	34	↑1	51
48	Angela	33	new	22
49	Amy	32	new	44
50	Kim	32	↓33	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Michael	273	↑3	1
2	John	248	↓1	2
3	Robert	239	–	5
4	James	219	↑2	4
5	David	217	↓3	3
6	Mark	175	↓1	6
7	Scott	154	↑1	14
8	Richard	140	↑1	8
9	Kevin	136	↑1	13
10	Thomas	111	↑2	9
11	Steven	110	–	12
12	William	109	↓5	7
13	Brian	98	–	20
14	Daniel	95	–	19
15	Joseph	94	↑6	11
16	Todd	93	↑2	28
17	Jeffrey	90	↓2	10
18	Donald	82	↑7	25
19	Kenneth	75	–	18
20	Mike	74	–	47
21	Timothy	74	↓5	15
22	Paul	72	↓5	16
23	Douglas	69	↓1	31
24	Patrick	69	↑6	30
25	Gary	68	↑2	26
26	Charles	67	↓2	17
27	Ronald	65	↓4	24
28	Larry	52	↑1	36
29	Shawn	52	new	88
30	Randy	51	↓2	38
31	Edward	50	new	27
32	Gregory	50	↓6	22
33	Dennis	48	↑1	42
34	Dale	44	new	72
35	Keith	44	↓2	34
36	Jerry	43	↑11	40
37	Steve	43	↓1	51
38	Craig	41	↑8	48
39	Jeff	41	–	52
40	Jay	40	new	84
41	Kelly	39	↑4	>100
42	Roger	39	new	49
43	Terry	39	↓11	35
44	Rodney	37	↓7	59
45	Bruce	36	↓14	46
46	Greg	36	↓2	95
47	Tim	36	↓4	82
48	Bradley	35	new	77
49	Jim	35	↑1	>100
50	Russell	35	↓12	58

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