Popular baby names in Montana, 1978

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (215 babies) and Michael for boys (199). Social Security records list 9,875 babies born in Montana in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1978

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

Girls

Hannah: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lacey: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kari: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Heidi: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Shawna: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Krista: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katie: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Mandy: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Jenny: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Summer: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Cody: 41 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tyler: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Trevor: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelly: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dustin: 58 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Travis: 85 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Casey: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Seth: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lucas: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	215	–	1
2	Jessica	123	↑4	3
3	Heather	114	–	5
4	Sarah	109	↑3	8
5	Melissa	99	–	2
6	Amanda	91	↑7	6
7	Amy	88	↓5	4
8	Angela	80	–	7
9	Kelly	77	↑5	12
10	Jamie	67	↓6	20
11	Lisa	64	↓2	11
12	Rebecca	61	–	17
13	Michelle	59	↓2	9
14	Erin	56	↑4	21
15	Amber	55	–	30
16	Kimberly	54	↑8	13
17	Nicole	54	↓7	10
18	Rachel	51	↑7	25
19	Sara	51	↑2	28
20	Christina	49	↑7	15
21	Elizabeth	48	↑1	14
22	Julie	48	↑1	26
23	Crystal	47	↑16	18
24	Stephanie	47	↓7	16
25	Misty	45	↑8	43
26	Shannon	45	↓10	22
27	Andrea	41	↓7	23
28	Heidi	41	↑6	83
29	Tara	37	↓10	40
30	Laura	33	↓2	19
31	Mary	33	↑6	24
32	Brandy	30	↑8	37
33	Danielle	29	new	31
34	Holly	29	↓2	55
35	Katie	29	new	90
36	Christine	28	new	29
37	Katherine	28	↑4	38
38	Stacy	28	new	44
39	Wendy	28	↑11	56
40	Brandi	27	↓5	61
41	Emily	27	new	33
42	Mandy	27	–	96
43	April	26	new	27
44	Carrie	26	↓14	35
45	Dawn	26	↓19	52
46	Megan	24	new	41
47	Tiffany	24	↓18	32
48	Kari	23	↓17	>100
49	Patricia	23	new	48
50	Jenny	22	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	199	–	1
2	Jason	194	–	2
3	Joshua	162	–	12
4	Christopher	157	↑1	3
5	Ryan	141	↓1	14
6	David	129	–	4
7	James	126	↑2	5
8	John	117	↑5	7
9	Justin	112	↑1	28
10	Matthew	110	↓3	6
11	Daniel	97	↑8	11
12	Brian	96	↓1	9
13	Jeremy	92	↓1	18
14	William	89	↑1	13
15	Robert	88	↓7	8
16	Aaron	85	↑12	32
17	Travis	85	↑3	46
18	Nicholas	81	↑32	25
19	Joseph	76	↓3	10
20	Eric	75	↑3	16
21	Nathan	73	↓7	36
22	Benjamin	68	↑2	34
23	Brandon	68	↑2	40
24	Andrew	67	↑12	22
25	Jeffrey	67	↑4	19
26	Chad	66	↓8	35
27	Kevin	65	↓10	15
28	Steven	64	↓1	24
29	Timothy	61	↓3	17
30	Dustin	58	↑10	68
31	Adam	54	↑12	29
32	Paul	54	↑7	33
33	Jonathan	52	↑9	31
34	Mark	52	↓13	26
35	Richard	51	↓5	21
36	Shane	51	↓5	65
37	Charles	48	↓2	27
38	Scott	46	↓16	30
39	Patrick	45	↓7	42
40	Shawn	44	↓3	39
41	Jacob	43	new	50
42	Jesse	42	↓8	51
43	Cody	41	↑2	>100
44	Thomas	39	↓11	23
45	Bradley	38	new	53
46	Casey	36	new	92
47	Anthony	34	↓9	20
48	Cory	33	↓7	73
49	Kyle	32	new	63
50	Sean	31	new	45

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