Popular baby names in Montana, 1969

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1969 were Lisa for girls (141 babies) and Michael for boys (246). Social Security records list 8,979 babies born in Montana in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1969

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: 27 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Karla: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kari: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Shari: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Heidi: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jamie: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Becky: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Connie: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jodi: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shelly: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 60 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cory: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wade: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rick: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lance: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Justin: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jay: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeremy: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawn: 74 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Travis: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	141	–	1
2	Michelle	120	–	2
3	Kimberly	86	–	4
4	Jennifer	83	↑6	3
5	Julie	80	↓1	12
6	Melissa	60	↑5	5
7	Tammy	57	↑1	9
8	Amy	56	↑16	6
9	Lori	53	↑5	20
10	Dawn	49	↑3	21
11	Wendy	49	↑9	29
12	Laura	48	↑5	10
13	Mary	48	↓8	8
14	Shannon	48	↑30	31
15	Christine	47	↓6	14
16	Angela	46	↓9	7
17	Susan	46	↓2	11
18	Tina	43	↓6	22
19	Brenda	41	↓13	38
20	Heidi	41	↑1	80
21	Stephanie	41	↑12	19
22	Tracy	40	↑23	17
23	Kelly	39	↓5	15
24	Pamela	39	↓5	24
25	Rebecca	38	↓2	28
26	Karen	36	↓10	13
27	Heather	31	↑14	34
28	Jill	30	↑12	51
29	Kathleen	30	↓4	42
30	Barbara	29	↓3	39
31	Rhonda	29	–	44
32	Sandra	29	↓6	25
33	Stacy	29	↑3	53
34	Stacey	28	↓12	52
35	Ann	27	new	57
36	Deborah	27	↓8	27
37	Patricia	27	↓7	18
38	Shawna	27	new	>100
39	Elizabeth	26	↓5	16
40	Jamie	26	↓1	>100
41	Teresa	25	↑6	32
42	Theresa	25	↓5	49
43	Kathy	24	new	77
44	Tamara	24	new	78
45	Christina	23	new	37
46	Cindy	23	new	74
47	Debra	23	↑3	43
48	Laurie	23	↓5	79
49	Robin	23	new	46
50	Cynthia	22	↓12	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	246	–	1
2	John	169	↑1	4
3	David	164	↓1	2
4	James	147	–	3
5	Robert	140	–	5
6	Scott	136	↑2	12
7	Mark	117	↓1	8
8	Brian	103	↑5	9
9	Richard	103	–	10
10	Steven	99	–	14
11	William	99	↓4	6
12	Jason	97	↑22	25
13	Daniel	85	↑4	18
14	Jeffrey	80	–	11
15	Shawn	74	↓3	41
16	Joseph	72	↑11	15
17	Thomas	72	↑1	13
18	Paul	70	↑1	22
19	Todd	68	↓4	28
20	Timothy	65	↓4	17
21	Kevin	64	↓10	16
22	Christopher	60	↓2	7
23	Shane	60	↑12	87
24	Charles	54	–	19
25	Eric	50	↑4	21
26	Gary	50	↓1	35
27	Troy	46	↑5	42
28	Donald	45	↓2	30
29	Matthew	45	↑1	24
30	Douglas	44	↓2	34
31	Patrick	44	–	31
32	Kenneth	43	↓11	23
33	Gregory	42	↓10	26
34	Sean	40	↑13	37
35	Craig	39	↑1	39
36	Ronald	39	↓14	29
37	Chad	35	new	69
38	Keith	34	↓1	36
39	Lance	34	new	>100
40	Stephen	33	new	27
41	Andrew	31	new	33
42	Bradley	31	↓2	53
43	Anthony	30	↓4	20
44	Cory	30	new	>100
45	Raymond	30	new	50
46	Jay	29	↓5	95
47	Bryan	26	↓9	51
48	Edward	25	new	32
49	Larry	25	–	40
50	Travis	25	new	>100

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