Popular baby names in Montana, 1980

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (208 babies) and Joshua for boys (219). Joshua ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,485 babies born in Montana in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1980

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

Girls

Jessie: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Kari: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Jodi: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Autumn: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shawna: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Aimee: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kendra: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lindsay: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heidi: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jenny: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 36 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Cody: 39 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tyler: 47 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Beau: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Casey: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Clayton: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trevor: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luke: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dustin: 88 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Clinton: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	208	–	1
2	Amanda	160	–	2
3	Jessica	137	↑1	3
4	Sarah	122	↑1	5
5	Melissa	115	↓2	4
6	Heather	91	–	6
7	Amber	86	–	22
8	Amy	80	↑2	8
9	Angela	76	↑2	12
10	Nicole	76	↓2	7
11	Rebecca	72	↑7	17
12	Jamie	71	↓3	24
13	Michelle	68	↓1	10
14	Erin	62	↑1	20
15	Kimberly	62	↓2	11
16	Stephanie	56	–	13
17	Lisa	55	↓3	16
18	Megan	54	↑2	30
19	Christina	51	–	15
20	Rachel	49	↑3	23
21	Elizabeth	48	–	9
22	Sara	48	↑9	27
23	Katie	47	↑13	44
24	Tiffany	46	↑24	14
25	Crystal	45	↓3	18
26	Shannon	45	↑1	29
27	Kelly	44	↓10	19
28	Emily	43	↑11	31
29	Lindsay	41	↑16	71
30	Andrea	40	↑4	28
31	Heidi	38	↓3	79
32	Laura	35	↓7	21
33	Holly	34	↓3	52
34	Anna	33	↑3	55
35	Danielle	33	↑3	33
36	Tara	33	↓4	43
37	Brandi	32	↓8	63
38	Kristin	32	↑6	37
39	Mary	31	↓13	25
40	Misty	31	↑1	49
41	April	29	↑6	26
42	Ashley	29	new	40
43	Carrie	29	↑6	46
44	Brooke	27	↓1	57
45	Katherine	27	new	35
46	Samantha	26	new	58
47	Wendy	26	new	75
48	Courtney	25	new	48
49	Jenny	25	new	>100
50	Julie	25	↓26	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Joshua	219	↑1	7
2	Michael	186	↓1	1
3	Ryan	161	↑2	15
4	Jason	155	–	3
5	Matthew	146	↑1	6
6	Christopher	143	↓3	2
7	Justin	136	↑1	13
8	James	130	↑3	5
9	Daniel	128	–	11
10	David	118	↓3	4
11	Robert	113	↓1	9
12	Brian	112	–	12
13	John	105	–	8
14	Joseph	103	↑1	10
15	Nicholas	90	↑1	17
16	Dustin	88	↑14	44
17	Eric	86	↑1	16
18	Adam	84	↑10	22
19	Benjamin	83	↑14	32
20	Brandon	83	↑7	31
21	William	78	↓2	14
22	Chad	74	↑1	39
23	Jeffrey	73	↑3	27
24	Kevin	73	↓7	23
25	Nathan	73	↓4	36
26	Timothy	73	↑6	20
27	Jonathan	72	↑17	21
28	Travis	72	↓3	37
29	Andrew	70	↓9	19
30	Jeremy	70	↓16	18
31	Jesse	68	–	45
32	Scott	67	↓10	33
33	Aaron	66	↓9	34
34	Jacob	61	↑1	43
35	Thomas	59	↓6	25
36	Charles	55	↑5	29
37	Richard	50	–	26
38	Tyler	47	new	>100
39	Mark	44	↓3	30
40	Steven	44	↑3	28
41	Patrick	41	↓7	38
42	Cody	39	↑5	>100
43	Shane	39	↓1	69
44	Casey	38	↑2	93
45	Anthony	37	new	24
46	Kyle	37	↓7	57
47	Zachary	37	new	72
48	Derek	36	new	50
49	Levi	36	↓9	>100
50	Paul	36	↓1	35

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