Popular baby names in Montana, 1974

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (236 babies) and Jason for boys (267). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 9,152 babies born in Montana in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1974

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

Girls

Janelle: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Kari: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shawna: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jodi: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Heidi: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Charity: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brandi: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jody: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Krista: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brandy: 33 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Travis: 92 babies, 5× the national rate
Dustin: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Wade: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Neil: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Justin: 86 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cory: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelly: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shane: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chad: 125 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	236	–	1
2	Heather	118	–	4
3	Amy	107	↑1	2
4	Michelle	98	↓1	3
5	Angela	95	↑2	5
6	Kimberly	75	↓1	6
7	Lisa	67	↓1	8
8	Stephanie	62	↑4	9
9	Rebecca	61	↓1	10
10	Shannon	59	↑7	18
11	Dawn	58	↑5	22
12	Melissa	56	↓3	7
13	Julie	55	↓3	14
14	Heidi	51	↑5	60
15	Jessica	49	↑13	17
16	Sarah	49	↓1	20
17	Christina	48	↑13	16
18	Tracy	41	↑23	23
19	Wendy	41	↑6	32
20	Nicole	39	↓9	11
21	Tara	39	↓7	39
22	Jodi	37	↑7	91
23	Kelly	35	↓2	15
24	Brenda	34	↓6	59
25	Brandy	33	↑9	80
26	Laura	32	–	21
27	Lori	32	↓5	30
28	April	31	↑17	28
29	Mary	31	↓6	13
30	Misty	31	↑20	66
31	Susan	31	↑4	27
32	Andrea	30	↓12	35
33	Crystal	30	↑5	49
34	Tina	30	↑15	25
35	Rachel	29	↓4	36
36	Tammy	29	↓23	24
37	Erin	28	new	47
38	Stacey	28	↑5	48
39	Carrie	27	↑5	42
40	Tanya	27	↓16	46
41	Amanda	26	new	34
42	Brandi	26	↑5	>100
43	Jamie	26	↓6	97
44	Kari	26	new	>100
45	Christine	25	↓18	19
46	Kristina	25	new	>100
47	Stacy	24	↓7	38
48	Danielle	23	new	40
49	Elizabeth	23	↓7	12
50	Karen	23	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jason	267	–	2
2	Michael	203	–	1
3	Brian	139	↑2	8
4	John	132	↓1	6
5	Christopher	129	↑2	3
6	Chad	125	↑4	26
7	Robert	125	↓1	7
8	David	124	–	4
9	James	124	↓5	5
10	Scott	99	↓1	18
11	Joshua	95	↑16	29
12	Ryan	93	↑6	25
13	Matthew	92	↑1	9
14	Travis	92	↓2	54
15	William	91	↓2	10
16	Jeremy	87	↑10	24
17	Justin	86	↓1	43
18	Daniel	77	↓3	11
19	Shawn	75	↓8	30
20	Joseph	74	↑1	12
21	Mark	74	↑1	16
22	Eric	69	↓3	13
23	Jeffrey	64	↓3	15
24	Paul	60	↑8	27
25	Kevin	59	↓8	14
26	Shane	57	↓3	56
27	Richard	53	↓3	17
28	Thomas	52	–	20
29	Aaron	50	↓4	32
30	Brandon	48	↑13	51
31	Steven	47	↓1	19
32	Timothy	47	↓3	22
33	Ronald	39	↑9	42
34	Andrew	38	↑3	28
35	Bradley	35	new	58
36	Bryan	34	new	45
37	Jonathan	34	↓4	33
38	Charles	33	↓7	23
39	Gregory	32	↓4	31
40	Dustin	31	new	>100
41	Benjamin	30	new	46
42	Keith	30	new	44
43	Adam	29	new	36
44	Anthony	29	↑6	21
45	Kenneth	29	↓1	34
46	Stephen	29	↓1	35
47	Troy	28	↑2	63
48	Patrick	27	↓12	38
49	Cory	26	↓11	>100
50	Craig	26	↓11	57

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