Popular baby names in Montana, 1984

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1984 were Jessica for girls (168 babies) and Michael for boys (220). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,490 babies born in Montana in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1984

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: 34 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Misty: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Lacey: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Kayla: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kendra: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Molly: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brittney: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katie: 61 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Desiree: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 17 babies, 13× the national rate
Chance: 26 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Levi: 26 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Cole: 28 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Tyson: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Bryce: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Cody: 79 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chase: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tyler: 123 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mathew: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	168	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	166	↓1	1
3	Amanda	143	–	4
4	Ashley	126	–	3
5	Sarah	120	–	5
6	Amber	94	–	18
7	Nicole	92	↑1	7
8	Heather	90	↑2	9
9	Megan	79	↑2	11
10	Melissa	75	↑2	8
11	Stephanie	71	↓4	6
12	Amy	70	↑3	13
13	Elizabeth	69	↑13	10
14	Danielle	63	↑20	16
15	Katie	61	↑5	44
16	Rebecca	61	↓3	23
17	Rachel	54	↑1	15
18	Tiffany	53	↓1	14
19	Laura	52	↑2	19
20	Jamie	51	↑9	31
21	Brittany	50	↑24	41
22	Lindsey	50	↓8	35
23	Erin	49	↓14	25
24	Christina	48	↓2	20
25	Katherine	46	↑10	30
26	Lisa	46	↑4	29
27	Emily	45	↑1	24
28	Michelle	45	↓9	17
29	Kimberly	44	↓4	22
30	Sara	43	↓6	32
31	Angela	41	↓8	26
32	Andrea	39	↓16	28
33	Crystal	37	↓6	12
34	Jenna	36	new	54
35	Mary	35	↑7	33
36	Holly	34	↑7	53
37	Kelsey	34	↑10	>100
38	Shannon	34	↑2	37
39	Alicia	33	↑9	40
40	Kelly	32	new	27
41	Misty	31	new	98
42	Lindsay	30	↓9	36
43	Samantha	30	↓6	39
44	Kayla	29	↓13	100
45	Christine	28	new	43
46	Heidi	27	↓7	>100
47	Kristen	27	↓3	38
48	Lacey	27	new	>100
49	Tara	27	↓17	49
50	Erica	26	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	220	–	1
2	Matthew	189	–	3
3	Christopher	179	–	2
4	Joshua	157	–	4
5	Daniel	141	↑6	6
6	Tyler	123	↑11	47
7	Ryan	112	↓2	12
8	James	111	↑2	7
9	Brandon	105	–	15
10	Andrew	103	↑4	14
11	David	103	↓4	5
12	John	102	↓4	8
13	Robert	102	↑2	9
14	Kyle	98	↓2	34
15	Justin	96	↓9	13
16	Joseph	92	–	10
17	Jacob	87	↑3	37
18	Nicholas	86	↑1	20
19	Jason	84	↓6	11
20	Cody	79	↑15	62
21	Adam	77	↑1	18
22	Nathan	73	↑5	38
23	Travis	70	↑5	42
24	William	70	↓3	16
25	Brian	69	↓7	17
26	Dustin	68	↓3	41
27	Eric	64	↑4	22
28	Jeffrey	64	↑1	28
29	Jeremy	62	↑3	31
30	Thomas	62	–	25
31	Kevin	60	↑7	24
32	Timothy	58	↑2	26
33	Aaron	57	↓9	29
34	Anthony	55	↑7	21
35	Steven	53	↑9	23
36	Benjamin	52	↓10	30
37	Jonathan	52	–	19
38	Chad	50	↓2	51
39	Jesse	50	↓14	50
40	Scott	47	↓1	39
41	Cory	45	new	83
42	Zachary	45	↓9	45
43	Derek	44	new	52
44	Sean	43	↑2	43
45	Patrick	39	↓5	36
46	Shawn	37	↑2	56
47	Casey	36	–	82
48	Charles	36	↑2	33
49	Shane	36	new	85
50	Kenneth	35	new	46

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