Popular baby names in Montana, 1983

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (168 babies) and Michael for boys (203). Social Security records list 10,475 babies born in Montana in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1983

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: 27 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Cassie: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kayla: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Heidi: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lacey: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chelsea: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Krista: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tonya: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katie: 51 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 26 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Cole: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dane: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Tyler: 94 babies, 5× the national rate
Cody: 56 babies, 5× the national rate
Trevor: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Casey: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ross: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chase: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Caleb: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	168	↑1	1
2	Jessica	160	↓1	2
3	Amanda	134	–	3
4	Ashley	116	↑22	4
5	Sarah	99	↓1	5
6	Amber	92	↓1	17
7	Stephanie	91	↑4	8
8	Nicole	87	↑7	7
9	Erin	85	↑3	18
10	Heather	80	↓1	9
11	Megan	74	↑7	21
12	Melissa	74	↓6	6
13	Rebecca	72	↓3	19
14	Lindsey	64	↑3	35
15	Amy	57	↑8	12
16	Andrea	54	↑8	30
17	Tiffany	54	↑11	14
18	Rachel	53	↑1	20
19	Michelle	52	↓12	13
20	Katie	51	↓7	45
21	Laura	50	↑18	23
22	Christina	48	↑7	16
23	Angela	47	↓7	22
24	Sara	47	↓3	31
25	Kimberly	46	↓3	15
26	Elizabeth	45	↓12	10
27	Crystal	44	↓19	11
28	Emily	44	↑8	25
29	Jamie	42	↓2	28
30	Lisa	41	↓10	27
31	Kayla	39	↑18	81
32	Tara	39	↑2	51
33	Lindsay	38	↓8	36
34	Danielle	37	↑1	29
35	Katherine	35	↓3	34
36	Kristin	33	↑8	42
37	Samantha	33	↑8	40
38	Julie	32	↑2	46
39	Heidi	31	↑8	95
40	Shannon	30	↓7	38
41	Cassandra	29	↑1	70
42	Mary	29	↓5	32
43	Holly	28	–	48
44	Kristen	28	↑6	37
45	Brittany	27	new	64
46	Courtney	27	new	44
47	Kelsey	27	new	>100
48	Alicia	26	new	41
49	Anna	26	↓11	55
50	Chelsea	25	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	203	↑1	1
2	Matthew	192	↑1	3
3	Christopher	189	↓2	2
4	Joshua	172	–	5
5	Ryan	130	↑1	13
6	Justin	127	↓1	12
7	David	120	↑2	4
8	John	112	↑4	9
9	Brandon	109	↑14	17
10	James	108	↑1	6
11	Daniel	105	↑2	8
12	Kyle	105	↑24	34
13	Jason	104	↓5	7
14	Andrew	101	↑5	15
15	Robert	100	↓8	10
16	Joseph	95	↓6	11
17	Tyler	94	↓1	57
18	Brian	89	↓3	14
19	Nicholas	85	↑3	21
20	Jacob	83	↓3	36
21	William	82	↓3	16
22	Adam	77	↑6	18
23	Dustin	77	↓9	43
24	Aaron	74	↑2	29
25	Jesse	70	↓5	46
26	Benjamin	69	↑9	32
27	Nathan	68	↓6	40
28	Travis	66	↑1	41
29	Jeffrey	62	↑5	28
30	Thomas	61	↑1	24
31	Eric	60	↓7	20
32	Jeremy	58	↓2	30
33	Zachary	58	↑10	50
34	Timothy	57	↑3	26
35	Cody	56	↓3	81
36	Chad	49	↑2	49
37	Jonathan	49	↓10	19
38	Kevin	49	↓5	25
39	Scott	49	↓14	38
40	Patrick	47	↓1	37
41	Anthony	46	↑5	22
42	Mark	45	–	31
43	Richard	43	↑2	27
44	Steven	43	↓4	23
45	Jared	41	↓1	56
46	Sean	41	↑4	44
47	Casey	39	↑1	90
48	Shawn	37	new	53
49	Stephen	37	new	35
50	Charles	36	↓1	33

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