Popular baby names in Montana, 1970

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1970 were Michelle for girls (129 babies) and Michael for boys (228). Michelle ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,630 babies born in Montana in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1970

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

Girls

Bobbi: 19 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Shawna: 33 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Becky: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kari: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jamie: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jodi: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jody: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristine: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Stacie: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Trevor: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dustin: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Justin: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Travis: 61 babies, 5× the national rate
Wade: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shane: 55 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cory: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shawn: 119 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jay: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kelly: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michelle	129	↑1	4
2	Jennifer	120	↑2	1
3	Lisa	119	↓2	2
4	Heather	86	↑23	19
5	Kimberly	83	↓2	3
6	Julie	77	↓1	11
7	Amy	69	↑1	5
8	Angela	64	↑8	6
9	Melissa	64	↓3	7
10	Tammy	62	↓3	8
11	Shannon	59	↑3	22
12	Tracy	57	↑10	10
13	Wendy	55	↓2	28
14	Brenda	54	↑5	40
15	Kelly	54	↑8	20
16	Lori	54	↓7	23
17	Dawn	50	↓7	16
18	Mary	50	↓5	9
19	Susan	49	↓2	15
20	Christine	44	↓5	14
21	Laura	42	↓9	13
22	Karen	38	↑4	12
23	Heidi	37	↓3	81
24	Nicole	37	new	30
25	Pamela	37	↓1	26
26	Tina	37	↓8	21
27	Jodi	35	new	95
28	Rebecca	35	↓3	29
29	Stacey	35	↑5	48
30	Shawna	33	↑8	>100
31	Christina	31	↑14	35
32	Rhonda	30	↓1	46
33	Stephanie	30	↓12	17
34	Tanya	30	new	76
35	Andrea	29	new	43
36	Jamie	29	↑4	>100
37	Patricia	29	–	24
38	Denise	28	new	36
39	Sandra	28	↓7	27
40	Stacy	28	↓7	42
41	Kathleen	27	↓12	45
42	Kristine	27	new	>100
43	Sheila	26	new	75
44	Becky	25	new	>100
45	Elizabeth	25	↓6	18
46	Jill	25	↓18	52
47	Kim	25	new	78
48	Linda	25	new	38
49	Barbara	24	↓19	41
50	Connie	24	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	228	–	1
2	James	183	↑2	2
3	Robert	166	↑2	5
4	John	156	↓2	4
5	David	135	↓2	3
6	Jason	133	↑6	13
7	Scott	130	↓1	12
8	Shawn	119	↑7	34
9	William	111	↑2	7
10	Richard	110	↓1	10
11	Mark	107	↓4	9
12	Brian	104	↓4	8
13	Daniel	97	–	19
14	Kevin	97	↑7	14
15	Christopher	92	↑7	6
16	Jeffrey	89	↓2	11
17	Steven	84	↓7	15
18	Thomas	69	↓1	17
19	Paul	66	↓1	23
20	Travis	61	↑30	69
21	Timothy	59	↓1	20
22	Shane	55	↑1	64
23	Todd	55	↓4	28
24	Charles	53	–	21
25	Ronald	53	↑11	29
26	Matthew	52	↑3	24
27	Troy	50	–	41
28	Douglas	47	↑2	36
29	Eric	46	↓4	18
30	Kenneth	45	↑2	25
31	Gregory	44	↑2	26
32	Chad	42	↑5	51
33	Gary	42	↓7	35
34	Joseph	42	↓18	16
35	Patrick	42	↓4	33
36	Donald	41	↓8	30
37	Justin	41	new	>100
38	Andrew	39	↑3	32
39	Craig	39	↓4	39
40	Lance	39	↓1	76
41	Jay	37	↑5	97
42	Anthony	34	↑1	22
43	Brent	34	new	74
44	Stephen	31	↓4	27
45	Russell	28	new	58
46	Bradley	27	↓4	47
47	Aaron	26	new	52
48	Jerry	26	new	45
49	Bryan	25	↓2	53
50	Edward	25	↓2	31

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