Popular baby names in Montana, 1972

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (206 babies) and Michael for boys (217). Social Security records list 8,538 babies born in Montana in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1972

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: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Shawna: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kari: 23 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Amber: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jody: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Becky: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Heidi: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Krista: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jodi: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamie: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tyler: 22 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Dustin: 38 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Cory: 32 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelly: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Casey: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shane: 69 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Justin: 63 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Travis: 63 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kurt: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brent: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	206	–	1
2	Amy	96	↑3	5
3	Michelle	95	↓1	2
4	Heather	88	↑3	9
5	Lisa	82	↓2	3
6	Kimberly	75	↓2	4
7	Melissa	72	↑2	7
8	Nicole	65	↑16	10
9	Julie	62	↓1	12
10	Angela	60	↓4	6
11	Tammy	59	↑9	11
12	Dawn	50	–	20
13	Wendy	48	↑1	29
14	Shannon	44	↓4	22
15	Rebecca	43	–	14
16	Heidi	42	↑10	64
17	Stephanie	39	↓1	8
18	Tara	39	↑21	38
19	Tina	39	↓1	18
20	Stacey	38	↑8	41
21	Mary	35	↓10	13
22	Brenda	34	↓1	44
23	Melanie	34	new	42
24	Sarah	33	new	49
25	Tracy	33	↓6	19
26	Lori	32	↓13	28
27	Carrie	31	new	53
28	Elizabeth	29	↑7	15
29	Michele	29	↑16	36
30	Stacy	29	↓8	33
31	Tanya	29	–	54
32	Teresa	29	↓3	39
33	Christina	28	new	26
34	Laura	28	↓1	17
35	Jodi	27	↓3	97
36	Karen	27	↓13	21
37	Denise	26	↑9	35
38	Shawna	26	↑6	>100
39	Monica	25	new	47
40	Amber	24	new	>100
41	Christine	24	↓24	16
42	Rachel	24	↑7	40
43	Susan	24	↓18	24
44	Andrea	23	↓14	30
45	Holly	23	↓2	71
46	Kari	23	new	>100
47	Kristin	23	new	67
48	Jamie	22	↓12	>100
49	Jill	22	new	62
50	Sara	22	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	217	–	1
2	Jason	215	–	7
3	Christopher	139	↑7	2
4	John	132	–	5
5	Robert	122	↓2	6
6	James	121	–	3
7	David	113	↓2	4
8	Scott	107	↓1	11
9	Brian	103	↑2	8
10	William	99	↑3	9
11	Chad	91	↓2	25
12	Daniel	85	↑2	15
13	Shawn	77	↓5	28
14	Kevin	71	↓2	13
15	Joseph	69	↑11	12
16	Shane	69	↑1	55
17	Jeffrey	67	↑3	17
18	Mark	64	↓2	18
19	Matthew	64	↓1	10
20	Justin	63	↑16	60
21	Travis	63	↑3	57
22	Timothy	61	↑3	21
23	Eric	59	↓2	16
24	Ryan	58	↑16	39
25	Thomas	58	↓2	20
26	Richard	55	↓7	14
27	Jeremy	50	↑10	42
28	Steven	48	↓13	19
29	Todd	39	↑3	31
30	Dustin	38	new	>100
31	Gregory	36	↓3	26
32	Kenneth	35	↓5	27
33	Ronald	34	–	32
34	Charles	33	↓4	23
35	Troy	33	↓1	49
36	Cory	32	↑11	>100
37	Douglas	32	↓6	43
38	Gary	32	↓9	41
39	Brent	31	new	77
40	Anthony	30	new	22
41	Donald	30	↑3	36
42	Bryan	29	↑3	45
43	Kelly	29	new	>100
44	Paul	29	↓22	24
45	Aaron	28	↓7	40
46	Patrick	28	↓11	35
47	Brandon	27	new	63
48	Sean	26	↓5	33
49	Andrew	25	↓7	30
50	Craig	25	↓11	46

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