Popular baby names in Montana, 1966

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1966 were Lisa for girls (173 babies) and Michael for boys (241). Social Security records list 9,836 babies born in Montana in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1966

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: 16 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Tami: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shannon: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristi: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jody: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shelly: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Colleen: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Heather: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cindy: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jamie: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 37 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Chad: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Wade: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelly: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shawn: 69 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dan: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bill: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jason: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rick: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Duane: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	173	–	1
2	Michelle	101	↑7	4
3	Julie	91	↑1	13
4	Kimberly	89	↓1	2
5	Mary	79	↓3	3
6	Tammy	69	↑4	8
7	Karen	68	↓2	5
8	Brenda	64	↓1	25
9	Lori	63	↓1	21
10	Susan	63	↓4	6
11	Tracy	58	↑16	31
12	Wendy	53	↑20	41
13	Pamela	51	↑17	15
14	Cindy	50	↑2	56
15	Tina	50	–	23
16	Cheryl	49	↑12	34
17	Dawn	49	↑17	24
18	Kim	49	↑11	43
19	Christine	48	↑1	20
20	Kelly	48	↓7	26
21	Rhonda	48	↑18	39
22	Deborah	47	↓4	14
23	Patricia	46	↓12	7
24	Sandra	46	↑12	17
25	Cynthia	45	↓1	11
26	Rebecca	44	↑20	40
27	Teresa	42	↓15	29
28	Elizabeth	41	↓11	16
29	Laura	41	↓8	19
30	Jennifer	40	↓5	10
31	Barbara	39	↓9	27
32	Laurie	39	↑13	63
33	Angela	37	–	9
34	Donna	37	↑1	12
35	Linda	36	↓21	18
36	Theresa	36	↓10	46
37	Nancy	34	↑4	33
38	Amy	33	↑2	30
39	Denise	33	↓20	32
40	Shelly	32	↓3	89
41	Carol	31	↑1	48
42	Kathleen	31	new	37
43	Shannon	30	new	>100
44	Colleen	29	new	93
45	Robin	29	↓14	42
46	Connie	27	↑4	70
47	Debra	27	↓24	35
48	Jill	27	new	49
49	Janet	26	↓6	57
50	Michele	25	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	241	–	1
2	James	195	↑3	3
3	Robert	194	–	5
4	David	181	–	2
5	John	177	↓3	4
6	Scott	125	↑1	16
7	Daniel	120	↑4	19
8	Mark	113	↓2	7
9	Kevin	106	↓1	17
10	Brian	105	↑5	14
11	William	105	↑1	6
12	Timothy	102	↑1	11
13	Richard	95	↓4	8
14	Thomas	89	↓4	10
15	Jeffrey	84	↑3	9
16	Paul	82	↑4	18
17	Steven	78	↓3	13
18	Todd	74	↓2	29
19	Joseph	71	–	15
20	Shawn	69	↑7	54
21	Gregory	62	↑7	23
22	Kenneth	62	↑7	21
23	Ronald	61	↑2	24
24	Douglas	57	↓7	33
25	Christopher	48	↑7	12
26	Charles	47	↓5	20
27	Patrick	46	↓5	31
28	Donald	40	↓2	27
29	Jason	38	new	89
30	Gary	37	↓7	28
31	Randy	37	new	45
32	Shane	37	new	>100
33	Eric	36	↑13	25
34	Kelly	36	new	>100
35	Dale	35	↑5	85
36	Mike	35	↓12	69
37	Chad	34	new	>100
38	Matthew	34	↑10	34
39	Craig	33	↓4	46
40	Keith	33	↑7	32
41	Alan	32	new	57
42	Bruce	31	↑7	53
43	Darren	31	new	63
44	Edward	31	↓6	30
45	Jeff	31	↓15	72
46	Rodney	31	↓13	35
47	Larry	30	↓16	38
48	Dennis	29	↓7	44
49	Stephen	27	↓15	26
50	Tony	27	new	49

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