Popular baby names in Montana, 1965

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1965 were Lisa for girls (185 babies) and Michael for boys (238). Social Security records list 10,730 babies born in Montana in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1965

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

Girls

Tami: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristi: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Teri: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Roberta: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Karla: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Jamie: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shelley: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jody: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shelly: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shannon: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 18 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Shane: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Bob: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kyle: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rick: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shawn: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kelly: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tom: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mike: 60 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	185	–	1
2	Mary	121	–	2
3	Kimberly	90	↑6	4
4	Julie	88	↓1	14
5	Karen	82	↑2	3
6	Susan	80	↓2	5
7	Brenda	76	↓2	23
8	Lori	69	↓2	19
9	Michelle	67	↑4	18
10	Tammy	62	–	11
11	Patricia	58	↑1	6
12	Teresa	54	↑7	24
13	Kelly	53	↑9	30
14	Linda	51	↓6	8
15	Tina	51	↑26	29
16	Cindy	50	↑1	53
17	Elizabeth	49	↑29	16
18	Deborah	48	↑20	13
19	Denise	48	new	28
20	Christine	47	↑15	21
21	Laura	47	↓10	17
22	Barbara	45	↓7	25
23	Debra	45	↑13	27
24	Cynthia	44	↑4	9
25	Jennifer	44	new	20
26	Theresa	42	↑5	45
27	Tracy	42	–	36
28	Cheryl	40	↓14	31
29	Kim	40	↑21	43
30	Pamela	40	↓14	12
31	Robin	40	↓1	33
32	Wendy	39	↑13	39
33	Angela	37	↑15	10
34	Dawn	37	↓1	26
35	Donna	37	↓10	7
36	Sandra	37	↑1	15
37	Shelly	36	↑2	98
38	Valerie	35	new	67
39	Rhonda	33	↑1	37
40	Amy	32	↑9	35
41	Nancy	32	↓15	32
42	Carol	31	↓19	42
43	Janet	31	↓14	55
44	Kathy	31	↓24	54
45	Laurie	31	↓24	60
46	Rebecca	31	↓2	41
47	Debbie	30	↓29	62
48	Sheila	29	↓1	50
49	Terri	29	↓15	69
50	Connie	28	↓18	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	238	–	1
2	John	226	–	2
3	Robert	207	–	5
4	David	205	↑1	3
5	James	185	↓1	4
6	Mark	137	–	7
7	Scott	117	–	15
8	Kevin	116	↑1	13
9	Richard	116	↓1	8
10	Thomas	110	–	9
11	Daniel	107	↑3	17
12	William	106	–	6
13	Timothy	98	↑8	12
14	Steven	93	↓3	14
15	Brian	84	↓2	19
16	Todd	83	–	30
17	Douglas	81	↑6	32
18	Jeffrey	78	↓1	10
19	Joseph	74	↓4	11
20	Paul	68	↑2	16
21	Charles	64	↑5	20
22	Patrick	63	↑2	31
23	Gary	62	↑2	27
24	Mike	60	↓4	51
25	Ronald	59	↑2	24
26	Donald	56	↓8	26
27	Shawn	56	↑2	69
28	Gregory	53	↑4	23
29	Kenneth	53	↓10	21
30	Jeff	50	↑9	62
31	Larry	47	↓3	38
32	Christopher	44	new	18
33	Rodney	42	↑11	33
34	Stephen	41	new	28
35	Craig	39	↑3	46
36	Russell	39	↑14	58
37	Raymond	38	new	45
38	Edward	37	↓7	29
39	Bradley	36	↑9	72
40	Dale	35	↓6	83
41	Dennis	35	↓8	44
42	Jon	35	new	78
43	Dean	34	new	88
44	Terry	34	↓1	40
45	Steve	33	↓8	55
46	Eric	31	new	25
47	Keith	31	↓12	35
48	Matthew	30	new	36
49	Bruce	29	↓4	50
50	Wayne	29	new	65

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