Popular baby names in Montana, 1975

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (195 babies) and Jason for boys (216). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,819 babies born in Montana in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1975

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

Girls

Jolene: 19 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jody: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Shawna: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Heidi: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Toni: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kari: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Robyn: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Trisha: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Amber: 46 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brandi: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 16 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Cody: 29 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Wade: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Dustin: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cory: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Trevor: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Travis: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Casey: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Clinton: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Justin: 106 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	195	–	1
2	Amy	113	↑1	2
3	Angela	100	↑2	5
4	Heather	94	↓2	3
5	Michelle	86	↓1	6
6	Melissa	75	↑6	4
7	Sarah	62	↑9	17
8	Kimberly	61	↓2	7
9	Rebecca	56	–	11
10	Lisa	50	↓3	8
11	Christina	49	↑6	12
12	Heidi	47	↑2	66
13	Amber	46	new	59
14	Julie	46	↓1	18
15	Stephanie	45	↓7	9
16	Jessica	41	↓1	13
17	Rachel	41	↑18	26
18	Dawn	40	↓7	23
19	Jamie	38	↑24	68
20	Nicole	36	–	10
21	Amanda	35	↑20	14
22	Kelly	34	↑1	16
23	Tara	33	↓2	41
24	Brandi	32	↑18	88
25	Crystal	32	↑8	43
26	Stacy	32	↑21	34
27	Carrie	31	↑12	29
28	Brandy	30	↓3	57
29	Holly	30	new	55
30	Laura	30	↓4	20
31	Mary	30	↓2	19
32	Misty	29	↓2	47
33	Sara	29	new	54
34	Shannon	29	↓24	21
35	Tanya	29	↑5	50
36	Tiffany	29	new	37
37	Tina	29	↓3	35
38	Elizabeth	27	↑11	15
39	Christine	26	↑6	22
40	Jill	26	new	46
41	Tammy	26	↓5	31
42	April	25	↓14	25
43	Jodi	25	↓21	94
44	Wendy	25	↓25	33
45	Brenda	24	↓21	67
46	Erin	24	↓9	38
47	Kari	24	↓3	>100
48	Melanie	23	new	52
49	Tracy	23	↓31	24
50	Andrea	22	↓18	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	216	–	2
2	Michael	216	–	1
3	Christopher	139	↑2	3
4	James	128	↑5	4
5	Brian	119	↓2	8
6	Ryan	114	↑6	23
7	David	112	↑1	5
8	John	110	↓4	7
9	Joshua	108	↑2	26
10	Justin	106	↑7	37
11	Robert	106	↓4	6
12	Matthew	104	↑1	9
13	Jeremy	91	↑3	24
14	Scott	84	↓4	17
15	William	83	–	10
16	Daniel	80	↑2	11
17	Chad	76	↓11	27
18	Travis	73	↓4	51
19	Eric	72	↑3	13
20	Shawn	68	↓1	31
21	Aaron	67	↑8	32
22	Joseph	65	↓2	12
23	Kevin	60	↑2	15
24	Shane	60	↑2	57
25	Steven	57	↑6	18
26	Nathan	55	new	45
27	Jeffrey	53	↓4	14
28	Andrew	52	↑6	28
29	Richard	52	↓2	16
30	Thomas	52	↓2	20
31	Timothy	47	↑1	22
32	Charles	46	↑6	25
33	Mark	46	↓12	19
34	Paul	44	↓10	29
35	Douglas	42	new	55
36	Dustin	41	↑4	96
37	Brandon	36	↓7	44
38	Cory	36	↑11	99
39	Benjamin	35	↑2	36
40	Bradley	34	↓5	52
41	Patrick	34	↑7	39
42	Kenneth	33	↑3	35
43	Gregory	31	↓4	33
44	Todd	31	new	43
45	Cody	29	new	>100
46	Jacob	29	new	75
47	Jesse	29	new	64
48	Adam	28	↓5	38
49	Keith	28	↓7	49
50	Craig	27	–	58

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