Popular baby names in Montana, 1982

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1982 were Jessica for girls (183 babies) and Christopher for boys (208). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 10,797 babies born in Montana in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1982

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

Girls

Kelsey: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lacey: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jessie: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Autumn: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Hannah: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Whitney: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kayla: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cassie: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shawna: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katie: 63 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 15 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Cole: 22 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Levi: 27 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Logan: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cody: 62 babies, 6× the national rate
Tyler: 87 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelly: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Trevor: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shane: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Ross: 19 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jessica	183	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	177	↓1	1
3	Amanda	172	↑1	3
4	Sarah	148	↓1	4
5	Amber	95	↑1	18
6	Melissa	90	↓1	5
7	Michelle	77	↑4	11
8	Crystal	73	↑18	9
9	Heather	69	↓2	12
10	Rebecca	68	↑3	15
11	Stephanie	67	↓2	7
12	Erin	64	↑2	20
13	Katie	63	↑19	45
14	Elizabeth	62	↑4	8
15	Nicole	62	↑1	6
16	Angela	59	↓6	16
17	Lindsey	59	↑18	40
18	Megan	58	↑10	34
19	Rachel	57	↓4	21
20	Lisa	55	↑3	23
21	Sara	55	↓4	28
22	Kimberly	52	↑8	14
23	Amy	51	↓15	10
24	Andrea	47	↓5	27
25	Lindsay	47	↑19	39
26	Ashley	45	↑10	17
27	Jamie	42	↓15	29
28	Tiffany	42	↓8	13
29	Christina	39	↓8	19
30	Kelly	36	↑9	25
31	Lacey	35	new	>100
32	Katherine	34	↑2	36
33	Shannon	34	↓11	38
34	Tara	34	↑12	47
35	Danielle	33	↓11	31
36	Emily	33	↑1	24
37	Mary	32	↓8	30
38	Anna	31	↓5	56
39	Laura	31	↓14	22
40	Julie	30	↑3	41
41	Brandi	28	–	55
42	Cassandra	28	new	62
43	Holly	28	new	61
44	Kristin	28	↓17	37
45	Samantha	27	↑5	44
46	Brooke	25	↓4	92
47	Heidi	25	↓16	86
48	April	24	↓8	32
49	Kayla	24	new	>100
50	Kristen	24	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	208	↑3	2
2	Michael	198	↓1	1
3	Matthew	182	–	3
4	Joshua	163	↓2	7
5	Justin	144	↑3	12
6	Ryan	130	↓1	13
7	Robert	123	↑9	9
8	Jason	110	↓2	4
9	David	108	↑2	5
10	Joseph	108	↑5	11
11	James	104	↓4	6
12	John	101	–	8
13	Daniel	99	↓4	10
14	Dustin	96	↑7	42
15	Brian	91	↓2	14
16	Tyler	87	↑21	66
17	Jacob	85	↑13	41
18	William	85	–	15
19	Andrew	84	↑1	17
20	Jesse	81	↓3	43
21	Nathan	81	↓2	36
22	Nicholas	81	↑1	22
23	Brandon	80	↓9	18
24	Eric	75	↓2	20
25	Scott	71	↑8	34
26	Aaron	69	–	30
27	Jonathan	68	↑1	16
28	Adam	67	↓4	19
29	Travis	67	↓2	39
30	Jeremy	63	↓20	28
31	Thomas	63	↓2	23
32	Cody	62	↑9	95
33	Kevin	62	↑5	25
34	Jeffrey	60	↑1	29
35	Benjamin	56	↓10	33
36	Kyle	55	↑9	47
37	Timothy	55	↓3	24
38	Chad	47	↓6	48
39	Patrick	47	↓3	37
40	Steven	47	↓9	26
41	Shane	46	new	84
42	Mark	43	↑4	32
43	Zachary	43	new	55
44	Jared	41	new	54
45	Richard	41	↓1	27
46	Anthony	40	↑1	21
47	Paul	39	new	35
48	Casey	38	↓8	86
49	Charles	38	new	31
50	Sean	37	↓11	44

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