Popular baby names in Montana, 1968

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1968 were Lisa for girls (160 babies) and Michael for boys (256). Social Security records list 9,174 babies born in Montana in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1968

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

Girls

Darcy: 16 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Kari: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lynette: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jamie: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Heidi: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Leah: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tami: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jody: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kristi: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Wade: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shane: 40 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rick: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Justin: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dale: 40 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shawn: 90 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lance: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Travis: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jay: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	160	–	1
2	Michelle	124	–	2
3	Kimberly	96	–	3
4	Julie	84	–	16
5	Mary	68	↑3	6
6	Brenda	65	↑1	34
7	Angela	61	↑32	7
8	Tammy	60	↓3	8
9	Christine	58	↑3	14
10	Jennifer	56	↑5	4
11	Melissa	56	↑12	5
12	Tina	56	↑9	18
13	Dawn	55	↓2	21
14	Lori	55	↑3	22
15	Susan	52	↓9	10
16	Karen	51	–	9
17	Laura	48	↑10	11
18	Kelly	47	↑15	12
19	Pamela	47	↓6	20
20	Wendy	46	↓10	31
21	Heidi	43	new	89
22	Stacey	41	↑25	55
23	Rebecca	40	↓5	33
24	Amy	38	↓10	13
25	Kathleen	37	new	40
26	Sandra	37	↑9	26
27	Barbara	33	↓7	36
28	Deborah	33	↓6	27
29	Michele	33	↓4	29
30	Patricia	33	↓1	15
31	Rhonda	33	↓3	42
32	Cheryl	32	↑9	37
33	Stephanie	32	↑15	23
34	Elizabeth	31	↓4	17
35	Linda	31	↓16	28
36	Stacy	31	new	64
37	Theresa	31	↓6	47
38	Cynthia	30	↑6	19
39	Jamie	30	new	>100
40	Jill	30	↓8	46
41	Heather	28	new	62
42	Jacqueline	28	new	50
43	Laurie	28	new	79
44	Shannon	28	↓6	53
45	Tracy	28	↓36	25
46	Denise	27	↑3	35
47	Teresa	27	↓4	30
48	Paula	26	↓2	45
49	Sheila	26	new	59
50	Debra	25	↓26	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	256	–	1
2	David	187	–	2
3	John	167	–	3
4	James	152	↑1	4
5	Robert	152	↓1	5
6	Mark	121	–	7
7	William	118	↑6	6
8	Scott	117	↓1	14
9	Richard	96	–	8
10	Steven	94	–	15
11	Kevin	91	↑3	17
12	Shawn	90	↑6	43
13	Brian	89	↓5	10
14	Jeffrey	89	↑3	11
15	Todd	89	↑4	28
16	Timothy	77	↓1	13
17	Daniel	76	↓5	18
18	Thomas	73	↓7	12
19	Paul	68	↑1	19
20	Christopher	59	↑6	9
21	Kenneth	57	↑3	23
22	Ronald	57	↑6	25
23	Gregory	54	↑2	26
24	Charles	50	↓1	20
25	Gary	49	↑5	32
26	Donald	48	↓5	29
27	Joseph	46	↓11	16
28	Douglas	43	↓6	33
29	Eric	43	↑2	22
30	Matthew	43	↑2	24
31	Patrick	43	↓4	30
32	Troy	41	↓3	40
33	Dale	40	new	91
34	Jason	40	↑3	47
35	Shane	40	↓1	>100
36	Craig	33	↓3	41
37	Keith	33	↑12	35
38	Bryan	32	new	51
39	Anthony	31	↓4	21
40	Bradley	31	new	57
41	Jay	30	new	88
42	Randy	29	↓3	54
43	Curtis	27	new	75
44	Kelly	27	↓6	97
45	Mike	27	↓1	93
46	Rodney	27	new	42
47	Sean	27	new	37
48	Jon	25	new	65
49	Larry	25	↓8	38
50	Russell	25	↓10	56

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