Popular baby names in Montana, 1985

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1985 were Jessica for girls (165 babies) and Michael for boys (188). Social Security records list 9,910 babies born in Montana in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1985

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

Girls

Brianne: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Chelsey: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Kayla: 39 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelsey: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Haley: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lacey: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kari: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miranda: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dawn: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 18 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Levi: 29 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Beau: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tyson: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Cole: 25 babies, 7× the national rate
Casey: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tyler: 124 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chase: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Trevor: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cody: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	165	–	1
2	Amanda	152	↑1	4
3	Ashley	150	↑1	2
4	Jennifer	129	↓2	3
5	Sarah	97	–	5
6	Nicole	84	↑1	7
7	Stephanie	83	↑4	6
8	Megan	79	↑1	10
9	Heather	71	↓1	8
10	Melissa	70	–	11
11	Amber	68	↓5	16
12	Danielle	63	↑2	18
13	Elizabeth	61	–	9
14	Crystal	59	↑19	21
15	Brittany	58	↑6	17
16	Erin	57	↑7	26
17	Rebecca	55	↓1	25
18	Christina	51	↑6	12
19	Michelle	48	↑9	22
20	Emily	45	↑7	24
21	Jamie	45	↓1	27
22	Sara	45	↑8	30
23	Amy	43	↓11	20
24	Andrea	42	↑8	33
25	Katie	42	↓10	39
26	Lindsey	41	↓4	37
27	Rachel	41	↓10	13
28	Alicia	39	↑11	45
29	Kayla	39	↑15	>100
30	Laura	39	↓11	14
31	Katherine	38	↓6	32
32	Lisa	35	↓6	36
33	Angela	32	↓2	31
34	Holly	32	↑2	56
35	Lindsay	32	↑7	40
36	Kimberly	30	↓7	19
37	Samantha	30	↑6	29
38	Tiffany	30	↓20	23
39	Jenna	29	↓5	50
40	Kelly	29	–	28
41	Tara	29	↑8	51
42	Chelsea	25	new	75
43	Cassandra	24	new	62
44	Christine	24	↑1	44
45	Erica	24	↑5	34
46	Kristen	24	↑1	38
47	Lacey	23	↑1	>100
48	Vanessa	23	new	42
49	Anna	22	new	54
50	Courtney	22	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	188	–	1
2	Matthew	171	–	3
3	Joshua	156	↑1	4
4	Christopher	148	↓1	2
5	Ryan	138	↑2	12
6	Tyler	124	–	43
7	Kyle	109	↑7	27
8	Daniel	103	↓3	5
9	Andrew	102	↑1	11
10	Justin	99	↑5	15
11	John	97	↑1	9
12	James	95	↓4	7
13	David	94	↓2	6
14	Robert	93	↓1	8
15	Brandon	91	↓6	13
16	Joseph	85	–	10
17	Jacob	79	–	35
18	Kevin	76	↑13	23
19	Nicholas	75	↓1	19
20	Nathan	70	↑2	40
21	Aaron	69	↑12	33
22	Brian	69	↑3	18
23	Cody	68	↓3	52
24	Jason	65	↓5	14
25	William	63	↓1	16
26	Eric	62	↑1	21
27	Zachary	60	↑15	39
28	Benjamin	59	↑8	31
29	Adam	57	↓8	22
30	Anthony	56	↑4	20
31	Thomas	54	↓1	25
32	Jeffrey	53	↓4	29
33	Jonathan	52	↑4	17
34	Travis	52	↓11	46
35	Dustin	51	↓9	41
36	Jesse	51	↑3	51
37	Steven	49	↓2	24
38	Casey	48	↑9	86
39	Jeremy	48	↓10	30
40	Timothy	47	↓8	26
41	Patrick	46	↑4	37
42	Shane	42	↑7	68
43	Richard	41	new	28
44	Chad	40	↓6	57
45	Sean	40	↓1	38
46	Paul	37	new	42
47	Derek	35	↓4	56
48	Shawn	35	↓2	55
49	Trevor	33	new	>100
50	Samuel	32	new	54

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