Popular baby names in Montana, 1977

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (261 babies) and Michael for boys (219). Social Security records list 9,854 babies born in Montana in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1977

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: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kari: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Traci: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shawna: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mandy: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jodi: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jamie: 102 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Amber: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 34 babies, 8× the national rate
Tyler: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelly: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Luke: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shane: 55 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dustin: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Trevor: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Casey: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Seth: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Travis: 73 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	261	–	1
2	Amy	116	–	3
3	Heather	116	–	5
4	Jamie	102	–	18
5	Melissa	101	↑3	2
6	Jessica	98	↓1	4
7	Sarah	92	↑2	11
8	Angela	78	↓1	6
9	Lisa	72	↑1	12
10	Nicole	68	↑12	15
11	Michelle	67	↓5	7
12	Rebecca	64	↑1	17
13	Amanda	61	↓1	9
14	Kelly	60	↑22	10
15	Amber	56	↓1	33
16	Shannon	54	↓1	19
17	Stephanie	53	↓1	14
18	Erin	52	↑2	23
19	Tara	52	↑26	35
20	Andrea	49	↑9	24
21	Sara	49	↓2	27
22	Elizabeth	46	↑9	13
23	Julie	43	↓5	22
24	Kimberly	41	↓13	8
25	Rachel	40	↑23	26
26	Dawn	39	↓2	43
27	Christina	38	↓10	16
28	Laura	34	↓2	20
29	Tiffany	34	↑21	34
30	Carrie	33	↑5	28
31	Kari	33	↓8	>100
32	Holly	32	↑15	52
33	Misty	32	↓12	40
34	Heidi	30	↓9	81
35	Brandi	29	↑6	71
36	Jaime	29	↓2	46
37	Mary	29	↓9	21
38	Karen	28	↑4	32
39	Crystal	27	↑7	25
40	Brandy	25	↓10	51
41	Katherine	25	new	44
42	Mandy	25	↓4	94
43	Melanie	24	new	53
44	Jodi	22	new	>100
45	Kristin	22	new	82
46	Shawna	22	new	>100
47	Erica	21	new	38
48	Jill	21	new	41
49	Lori	21	new	57
50	Wendy	21	↓18	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	219	–	1
2	Jason	186	–	2
3	Joshua	175	↑1	14
4	Ryan	161	↑8	16
5	Christopher	153	↓2	3
6	David	129	–	4
7	Matthew	124	–	9
8	Robert	119	–	6
9	James	118	↑2	5
10	Justin	117	↑5	30
11	Brian	116	↓2	8
12	Jeremy	116	↓7	15
13	John	98	↓3	7
14	Nathan	88	↑12	36
15	William	85	↑2	12
16	Joseph	84	↑6	10
17	Kevin	79	↑6	13
18	Chad	76	↓4	34
19	Daniel	74	↓6	11
20	Travis	73	↓4	44
21	Mark	71	↑4	25
22	Scott	69	↓3	27
23	Eric	67	↓5	17
24	Benjamin	66	↑12	29
25	Brandon	66	↑7	41
26	Timothy	64	↑2	18
27	Steven	61	↑4	23
28	Aaron	60	↓4	32
29	Jeffrey	60	↓9	19
30	Richard	59	↓1	20
31	Shane	55	↓1	61
32	Patrick	54	↑11	40
33	Thomas	54	–	22
34	Jesse	53	↑1	54
35	Charles	49	↑5	26
36	Andrew	46	↓2	24
37	Shawn	43	↓16	37
38	Anthony	41	–	21
39	Paul	41	↓2	31
40	Dustin	40	↓13	81
41	Cory	39	↓2	67
42	Jonathan	39	↓1	28
43	Adam	36	↑1	33
44	Bryan	34	new	42
45	Cody	34	new	>100
46	Douglas	34	new	59
47	Gregory	33	↑2	35
48	Samuel	33	↑2	60
49	Kenneth	32	↓4	39
50	Nicholas	31	new	51

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