Popular baby names in Montana, 1976

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (241 babies) and Michael for boys (227). Social Security records list 9,270 babies born in Montana in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1976

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

Girls

Jami: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Kari: 38 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Autumn: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Shawna: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Traci: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kristi: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Molly: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Amber: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mandy: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Luke: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dustin: 54 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Toby: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Cody: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tyler: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Travis: 90 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Casey: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Cory: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clinton: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	241	–	1
2	Amy	124	–	2
3	Heather	109	↑1	4
4	Jamie	93	↑15	18
5	Jessica	88	↑11	8
6	Michelle	88	↓1	6
7	Angela	87	↓4	5
8	Melissa	87	↓2	3
9	Sarah	81	↓2	15
10	Lisa	70	–	9
11	Kimberly	67	↓3	7
12	Amanda	58	↑9	10
13	Rebecca	54	↓4	12
14	Amber	51	↓1	49
15	Shannon	49	↑19	17
16	Stephanie	46	↓1	11
17	Christina	45	↓6	14
18	Julie	44	↓4	21
19	Sara	44	↑14	27
20	Erin	43	↑26	24
21	Misty	43	↑11	46
22	Nicole	42	↓2	13
23	Kari	38	↑24	>100
24	Dawn	34	↓6	35
25	Heidi	34	↓13	70
26	Laura	34	↑4	20
27	April	33	↑15	30
28	Mary	33	↑3	22
29	Andrea	32	↑21	25
30	Brandy	32	↓2	55
31	Elizabeth	32	↑7	16
32	Wendy	32	↑12	39
33	Stacy	30	↓7	38
34	Jaime	29	new	29
35	Carrie	28	↓8	28
36	Kelly	28	↓14	19
37	Christine	27	↑2	26
38	Mandy	26	new	100
39	Tammy	26	↑2	41
40	Tanya	26	↓5	61
41	Brandi	25	↓17	79
42	Karen	25	new	31
43	Kristi	25	new	>100
44	Patricia	25	new	43
45	Tara	25	↓22	42
46	Crystal	24	↓21	36
47	Holly	24	↓18	56
48	Rachel	24	↓31	23
49	Tracy	24	–	37
50	Tiffany	23	↓14	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	227	↑1	1
2	Jason	205	↓1	2
3	Christopher	150	–	3
4	Joshua	131	↑5	18
5	Jeremy	124	↑8	14
6	David	115	↑1	4
7	Matthew	111	↑5	9
8	Robert	110	↑3	7
9	Brian	109	↓4	8
10	John	109	↓2	6
11	James	103	↓7	5
12	Ryan	99	↓6	16
13	Daniel	97	↑3	10
14	Chad	94	↑3	29
15	Justin	91	↓5	33
16	Travis	90	↑2	46
17	William	82	↓2	11
18	Eric	81	↑1	13
19	Scott	74	↓5	24
20	Jeffrey	70	↑7	17
21	Shawn	70	↓1	34
22	Joseph	68	–	12
23	Kevin	68	–	15
24	Aaron	56	↓3	30
25	Mark	55	↑8	25
26	Nathan	55	–	39
27	Dustin	54	↑9	82
28	Timothy	52	↑3	21
29	Richard	49	–	19
30	Shane	49	↓6	57
31	Steven	49	↓6	20
32	Brandon	47	↑5	40
33	Thomas	47	↓3	23
34	Andrew	46	↓6	27
35	Jesse	46	↑12	55
36	Benjamin	43	↑3	32
37	Paul	41	↓3	28
38	Anthony	37	new	22
39	Cory	36	↓1	83
40	Charles	34	↓8	26
41	Jonathan	34	new	31
42	Bradley	33	↓2	51
43	Patrick	32	↓2	41
44	Adam	31	↑4	36
45	Kenneth	31	↓3	38
46	Todd	29	↓2	50
47	Casey	28	new	>100
48	Jeremiah	27	new	93
49	Gregory	26	↓6	35
50	Samuel	25	new	59

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