Popular baby names in Montana, 1973

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (220 babies) and Jason for boys (228). Jason ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,442 babies born in Montana in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1973

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: 28 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Stacie: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jody: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Becky: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jodi: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jamie: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Krista: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 20 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Tyler: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Cory: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Trevor: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Travis: 81 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Clinton: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Justin: 75 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kelly: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Casey: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shane: 61 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	220	–	1
2	Heather	102	↑2	8
3	Michelle	91	–	3
4	Amy	89	↓2	2
5	Kimberly	83	↑1	4
6	Lisa	66	↓1	5
7	Angela	65	↑3	7
8	Rebecca	62	↑7	10
9	Melissa	61	↓2	6
10	Julie	51	↓1	12
11	Nicole	50	↓3	11
12	Stephanie	49	↑5	9
13	Tammy	45	↓2	15
14	Tara	44	↑4	37
15	Sarah	43	↑9	35
16	Dawn	41	↓4	21
17	Shannon	41	↓3	22
18	Brenda	39	↑4	53
19	Heidi	39	↓3	65
20	Andrea	38	↑24	30
21	Kelly	38	new	18
22	Lori	38	↑4	28
23	Mary	38	↓2	14
24	Tanya	38	↑7	50
25	Wendy	33	↓12	29
26	Laura	32	↑8	19
27	Christine	30	↑14	17
28	Jessica	30	new	34
29	Jodi	30	↑6	100
30	Christina	29	↑3	16
31	Rachel	29	↑11	42
32	Jill	28	↑17	62
33	Shawna	28	↑5	>100
34	Brandy	27	new	82
35	Susan	27	↑8	25
36	Holly	26	↑9	54
37	Jamie	26	↑11	>100
38	Crystal	25	new	48
39	Sara	25	↑11	89
40	Stacy	25	↓10	32
41	Tracy	25	↓16	20
42	Elizabeth	24	↓14	13
43	Stacey	24	↓23	41
44	Carrie	23	↓17	46
45	April	22	new	33
46	Stacie	22	new	>100
47	Brandi	21	new	>100
48	Melanie	21	↓25	43
49	Tina	21	↓30	24
50	Misty	20	new	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jason	228	↑1	3
2	Michael	227	↓1	1
3	John	129	↑1	6
4	James	127	↑2	4
5	Brian	120	↑4	8
6	Robert	120	↓1	7
7	Christopher	119	↓4	2
8	David	115	↓1	5
9	Scott	89	↓1	18
10	Chad	88	↑1	25
11	Shawn	86	↑2	27
12	Travis	81	↑9	53
13	William	80	↓3	9
14	Matthew	77	↑5	10
15	Daniel	75	↓3	11
16	Justin	75	↑4	51
17	Kevin	72	↓3	14
18	Ryan	68	↑6	30
19	Eric	65	↑4	13
20	Jeffrey	63	↓3	17
21	Joseph	62	↓6	12
22	Mark	62	↓4	15
23	Shane	61	↓7	54
24	Richard	54	↑2	16
25	Aaron	50	↑20	34
26	Jeremy	50	↑1	33
27	Joshua	49	new	42
28	Thomas	48	↓3	19
29	Timothy	46	↓7	22
30	Steven	45	↓2	20
31	Charles	43	↑3	23
32	Paul	43	↑12	24
33	Jonathan	39	new	31
34	Todd	38	↓5	35
35	Gregory	36	↓4	26
36	Patrick	34	↑10	37
37	Andrew	33	↑12	29
38	Cory	33	↓2	>100
39	Craig	32	↑11	48
40	Nathan	32	new	63
41	Douglas	31	↓4	47
42	Ronald	30	↓9	40
43	Brandon	26	↑4	58
44	Kenneth	25	↓12	28
45	Stephen	25	new	32
46	Donald	24	↓5	38
47	Gary	23	↓9	44
48	Sean	23	–	36
49	Troy	23	↓14	59
50	Anthony	22	↓10	21

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