Popular baby names in Montana, 1986

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1986 were Amanda for girls (144 babies) and Michael for boys (178). Amanda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,107 babies born in Montana in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1986

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

Girls

Tessa: 15 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Chelsey: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Kelsey: 42 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Misty: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lacey: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kayla: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cassie: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miranda: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kendra: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Molly: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Cole: 28 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Levi: 30 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Tyson: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jake: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Logan: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tyler: 116 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jack: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cody: 71 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chase: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Amanda	144	↑1	3
2	Jessica	139	↓1	1
3	Ashley	114	–	2
4	Sarah	111	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	93	↓1	4
6	Nicole	71	–	7
7	Stephanie	69	–	6
8	Amber	68	↑3	13
9	Danielle	67	↑3	16
10	Megan	64	↓2	11
11	Katie	60	↑14	38
12	Rebecca	56	↑5	26
13	Brittany	53	↑2	8
14	Heather	53	↓5	9
15	Sara	52	↑7	27
16	Samantha	51	↑21	21
17	Whitney	51	new	32
18	Elizabeth	47	↓5	10
19	Tiffany	47	↑19	17
20	Rachel	46	↑7	15
21	Emily	44	↓1	24
22	Jamie	44	↓1	34
23	Kelsey	42	new	>100
24	Kimberly	42	↑12	18
25	Erin	41	↓9	30
26	Kayla	39	↑3	64
27	Laura	38	↑3	20
28	Lisa	38	↑4	40
29	Melissa	38	↓19	12
30	Michelle	34	↓11	23
31	Lindsey	33	↓5	39
32	Amy	31	↓9	22
33	Courtney	30	↑17	35
34	Andrea	29	↓10	36
35	Crystal	28	↓21	25
36	Kelly	28	↑4	29
37	Katherine	27	↓6	28
38	Kristin	27	new	50
39	Mary	27	new	37
40	Anna	26	↑9	51
41	Holly	26	↓7	63
42	Lindsay	26	↓7	46
43	Angela	25	↓10	33
44	Shannon	25	new	44
45	Chelsea	24	↓3	73
46	Tara	24	↓5	56
47	Christina	22	↓29	19
48	Jenna	22	↓9	55
49	Misty	22	new	>100
50	Vanessa	22	↓2	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	178	–	1
2	Matthew	144	–	3
3	Christopher	136	↑1	2
4	Joshua	130	↓1	4
5	Andrew	122	↑4	8
6	Ryan	122	↓1	11
7	Daniel	117	↑1	6
8	Tyler	116	↓2	40
9	Kyle	102	↓2	23
10	John	101	↑1	10
11	Justin	94	↓1	14
12	Robert	94	↑2	9
13	Jacob	92	↑4	31
14	David	88	↓1	5
15	James	86	↓3	7
16	Joseph	78	–	12
17	Nicholas	72	↑2	17
18	Benjamin	71	↑10	30
19	Cody	71	↑4	56
20	Dustin	71	↑15	42
21	William	71	↑4	15
22	Brandon	70	↓7	13
23	Brian	63	↓1	20
24	Kevin	61	↓6	21
25	Jason	56	↓1	18
26	Thomas	54	↑5	26
27	Zachary	54	–	38
28	Patrick	53	↑13	39
29	Adam	52	–	24
30	Eric	52	↓4	22
31	Jonathan	52	↑2	16
32	Nathan	52	↓12	43
33	Jeremy	51	↑6	28
34	Steven	51	↑3	25
35	Jesse	50	↑1	48
36	Timothy	48	↑4	27
37	Aaron	47	↓16	33
38	Jeffrey	45	↓6	32
39	Scott	45	new	44
40	Sean	43	↑5	37
41	Anthony	42	↓11	19
42	Jared	41	new	58
43	Charles	39	new	34
44	Jordan	36	new	53
45	Paul	35	↑1	45
46	Peter	35	new	60
47	Travis	35	↓13	49
48	Richard	34	↓5	29
49	Samuel	34	↑1	52
50	Alexander	33	new	41

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