Popular baby names in Montana, 1971

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (196 babies) and Michael for boys (226). Social Security records list 9,321 babies born in Montana in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1971

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: 25 babies, 7× the national rate
Tami: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Jody: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kari: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Becky: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jamie: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristi: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jodi: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tanya: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 15 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Wade: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Trevor: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Shane: 73 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Justin: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cory: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dustin: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darin: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Travis: 59 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelly: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	196	↑1	1
2	Michelle	116	↓1	2
3	Lisa	96	–	3
4	Kimberly	86	↑1	4
5	Amy	76	↑2	5
6	Angela	72	↑2	6
7	Heather	64	↓3	12
8	Julie	64	↓2	10
9	Melissa	61	–	7
10	Shannon	54	↑1	21
11	Mary	51	↑7	9
12	Dawn	50	↑5	14
13	Lori	45	↑3	25
14	Wendy	45	↓1	29
15	Rebecca	43	↑13	23
16	Stephanie	43	↑17	11
17	Christine	42	↑3	18
18	Tina	41	↑8	20
19	Tracy	41	↓7	13
20	Tammy	40	↓10	8
21	Brenda	39	↓7	43
22	Stacy	39	↑18	32
23	Karen	35	↓1	15
24	Nicole	34	–	27
25	Susan	34	↓6	17
26	Heidi	33	↓3	77
27	Kelly	33	↓12	22
28	Stacey	33	↑1	41
29	Teresa	33	new	34
30	Andrea	32	↑5	35
31	Tanya	32	↑3	72
32	Jodi	30	↓5	94
33	Laura	30	↓12	16
34	Dana	29	new	44
35	Elizabeth	29	↑10	19
36	Jamie	28	–	>100
37	Pamela	28	↓12	28
38	Patricia	28	↓1	26
39	Tara	27	new	49
40	Kristi	26	new	>100
41	Tamara	26	new	80
42	Deborah	25	new	33
43	Holly	25	new	76
44	Shawna	25	↓14	>100
45	Michele	24	new	39
46	Denise	23	↓8	36
47	Jody	22	new	>100
48	Leslie	22	new	68
49	Rachel	22	new	54
50	Tami	22	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	226	–	1
2	Jason	182	↑4	8
3	Robert	178	–	5
4	John	176	–	4
5	David	155	–	3
6	James	139	↓4	2
7	Scott	129	–	10
8	Shawn	100	–	28
9	Chad	98	↑23	29
10	Christopher	95	↑5	6
11	Brian	94	↑1	9
12	Kevin	94	↑2	14
13	William	93	↓4	7
14	Daniel	88	↓1	20
15	Steven	88	↑2	16
16	Mark	80	↓5	13
17	Shane	73	↑5	60
18	Matthew	71	↑8	19
19	Richard	70	↓9	11
20	Jeffrey	67	↓4	12
21	Eric	66	↑8	18
22	Paul	63	↓3	24
23	Thomas	59	↓5	17
24	Travis	59	↓4	61
25	Timothy	58	↓4	21
26	Joseph	54	↑8	15
27	Kenneth	54	↑3	25
28	Gregory	48	↑3	26
29	Gary	46	↑4	38
30	Charles	45	↓6	22
31	Douglas	45	↓3	39
32	Todd	45	↓9	30
33	Ronald	43	↓8	31
34	Troy	43	↓7	46
35	Patrick	42	–	35
36	Justin	40	↑1	>100
37	Jeremy	39	new	45
38	Aaron	37	↑9	41
39	Craig	36	–	43
40	Ryan	33	new	51
41	Bradley	32	↑5	58
42	Andrew	30	↓4	33
43	Sean	30	new	36
44	Donald	29	↓8	34
45	Bryan	26	↑4	48
46	Chris	26	new	68
47	Cory	26	new	>100
48	Russell	26	↓3	64
49	Brett	25	new	90
50	Dennis	24	new	49

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