Popular baby names in Montana, 1979

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (222 babies) and Michael for boys (204). Social Security records list 10,485 babies born in Montana in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1979

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

Girls

Jodi: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lindsey: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kari: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heidi: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amber: 99 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brianne: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jamie: 89 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brandi: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lindsay: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brooke: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 43 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Cody: 37 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Luke: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyler: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dustin: 61 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Casey: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lucas: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jordan: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cory: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	222	–	1
2	Amanda	137	↑4	3
3	Melissa	128	↑2	2
4	Jessica	123	↓2	4
5	Sarah	117	↓1	6
6	Heather	102	↓3	7
7	Amber	99	↑8	22
8	Nicole	98	↑9	9
9	Jamie	89	↑1	19
10	Amy	84	↓3	5
11	Angela	75	↓3	8
12	Michelle	67	↑1	10
13	Kimberly	64	↑3	12
14	Lisa	61	↓3	13
15	Erin	59	↓1	21
16	Stephanie	58	↑8	15
17	Kelly	55	↓8	16
18	Rebecca	52	↓6	17
19	Christina	51	↑1	14
20	Megan	50	↑26	31
21	Elizabeth	47	–	11
22	Crystal	46	↑1	18
23	Rachel	46	↓5	27
24	Julie	45	↓2	29
25	Laura	40	↑5	20
26	Mary	40	↑5	24
27	Shannon	37	↓1	25
28	Heidi	36	–	83
29	Brandi	34	↑11	61
30	Holly	34	↑4	48
31	Sara	34	↓12	30
32	Tara	34	↓3	38
33	Jodi	33	new	>100
34	Andrea	31	↓7	26
35	Lindsey	30	new	>100
36	Katie	29	↓1	63
37	Anna	28	new	59
38	Danielle	28	↓5	33
39	Emily	28	↑2	34
40	Jill	27	new	52
41	Misty	26	↓16	42
42	Alicia	25	new	47
43	Brooke	25	new	85
44	Kristin	25	new	73
45	Lindsay	25	new	88
46	Brandy	24	↓14	39
47	April	23	↓4	23
48	Tiffany	23	↓1	28
49	Carrie	22	↓5	41
50	Kathryn	21	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	204	–	1
2	Joshua	201	↑1	9
3	Christopher	179	↑1	2
4	Jason	173	↓2	3
5	Ryan	163	–	14
6	Matthew	144	↑4	6
7	David	130	↓1	4
8	Justin	127	↑1	22
9	Daniel	125	↑2	12
10	Robert	114	↑5	8
11	James	107	↓4	5
12	Brian	105	–	10
13	John	105	↓5	7
14	Jeremy	102	↓1	16
15	Joseph	102	↑4	11
16	Nicholas	95	↑2	15
17	Kevin	82	↑10	19
18	Eric	81	↑2	17
19	William	81	↓5	13
20	Andrew	73	↑4	20
21	Nathan	70	–	37
22	Scott	70	↑16	29
23	Chad	69	↑3	38
24	Aaron	68	↓8	32
25	Travis	68	↓8	36
26	Jeffrey	66	↓1	24
27	Brandon	65	↓4	35
28	Adam	63	↑3	23
29	Thomas	62	↑15	26
30	Dustin	61	–	62
31	Jesse	59	↑11	50
32	Timothy	58	↓3	18
33	Benjamin	56	↓11	33
34	Patrick	52	↑5	39
35	Jacob	51	↑6	45
36	Mark	48	↓2	30
37	Richard	47	↓2	25
38	Shawn	47	↑2	43
39	Kyle	45	↑10	56
40	Levi	43	new	>100
41	Charles	42	↓4	28
42	Shane	42	↓6	67
43	Steven	42	↓15	27
44	Jonathan	41	↓11	31
45	Cory	40	↑3	82
46	Casey	37	–	93
47	Cody	37	↓4	>100
48	Douglas	35	new	58
49	Paul	35	↓17	34
50	Luke	34	new	>100

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