Popular baby names in Montana, 1981

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (197 babies) and Michael for boys (212). Social Security records list 10,559 babies born in Montana in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1981

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: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Annie: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lacey: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Autumn: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hannah: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kari: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kendra: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jenny: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lindsey: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 42 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Cody: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Beau: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Tyler: 54 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kelly: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Casey: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Lance: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cory: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Luke: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cameron: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	197	–	1
2	Jessica	152	↑1	2
3	Sarah	149	↑1	4
4	Amanda	142	↓2	3
5	Melissa	104	–	5
6	Amber	90	↑1	20
7	Heather	81	↓1	10
8	Amy	78	–	6
9	Stephanie	77	↑7	8
10	Angela	74	↓1	15
11	Michelle	67	↑2	11
12	Jamie	66	–	28
13	Rebecca	66	↓2	12
14	Erin	63	–	19
15	Rachel	60	↑5	22
16	Nicole	57	↓6	7
17	Sara	56	↑5	26
18	Elizabeth	55	↑3	9
19	Andrea	52	↑11	24
20	Tiffany	48	↑4	14
21	Christina	47	↓2	17
22	Shannon	47	↑4	32
23	Lisa	46	↓6	18
24	Danielle	45	↑11	30
25	Laura	45	↑7	21
26	Crystal	44	↓1	16
27	Kristin	43	↑11	31
28	Megan	43	↓10	33
29	Mary	41	↑10	27
30	Kimberly	40	↓15	13
31	Heidi	38	–	84
32	Katie	38	↓9	44
33	Anna	36	↑1	54
34	Katherine	36	↑11	39
35	Lindsey	36	new	58
36	Ashley	35	↑6	34
37	Emily	35	↓9	29
38	Misty	33	↑2	61
39	Kelly	32	↓12	23
40	April	31	↑1	25
41	Brandi	31	↓4	50
42	Brooke	31	↑2	52
43	Julie	31	↑7	37
44	Lindsay	31	↓15	47
45	Brandy	30	new	41
46	Tara	27	↓10	45
47	Alicia	26	new	46
48	Carrie	25	↓5	55
49	Erica	25	new	36
50	Samantha	25	↓4	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	212	↑1	1
2	Joshua	209	↓1	6
3	Matthew	183	↑2	3
4	Christopher	173	↑2	2
5	Ryan	156	↓2	13
6	Jason	119	↓2	4
7	James	118	↑1	7
8	Justin	115	↓1	12
9	Daniel	114	–	10
10	Jeremy	108	↑20	22
11	David	107	↓1	5
12	John	104	↑1	8
13	Brian	101	↓1	14
14	Brandon	99	↑6	19
15	Joseph	96	↓1	11
16	Robert	90	↓5	9
17	Jesse	87	↑14	37
18	William	86	↑3	15
19	Nathan	85	↑6	36
20	Andrew	84	↑9	18
21	Dustin	83	↓5	42
22	Eric	83	↓5	17
23	Nicholas	83	↓8	21
24	Adam	80	↓6	20
25	Benjamin	77	↓6	32
26	Aaron	74	↑7	30
27	Travis	71	↑1	40
28	Jonathan	65	↓1	16
29	Thomas	64	↑6	26
30	Jacob	61	↑4	43
31	Steven	60	↑9	28
32	Chad	58	↓10	47
33	Scott	58	↓1	34
34	Timothy	58	↓8	24
35	Jeffrey	57	↓12	29
36	Patrick	57	↑5	38
37	Tyler	54	↑1	96
38	Kevin	53	↓14	25
39	Sean	52	new	44
40	Casey	46	↑4	85
41	Cody	45	↑1	>100
42	Levi	42	↑7	>100
43	Cory	39	new	90
44	Richard	39	↓7	27
45	Kyle	38	↑1	52
46	Mark	38	↓7	33
47	Anthony	37	↓2	23
48	Shawn	36	new	49
49	Luke	35	new	100
50	Bradley	34	new	50

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