Popular baby names in Montana, 1987

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1987 were Ashley for girls (172 babies) and Michael for boys (168). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,754 babies born in Montana in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1987

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

Girls

Cassie: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kari: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kayla: 85 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelsey: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lacey: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Whitney: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brooke: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Molly: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Jamie: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Hannah: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 23 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Cole: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Levi: 34 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Tyson: 19 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Logan: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Casey: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Seth: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Drew: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jake: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luke: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	172	↑2	2
2	Amanda	148	↓1	3
3	Jessica	144	↓1	1
4	Sarah	95	–	5
5	Kayla	85	↑21	27
6	Nicole	84	–	8
7	Megan	77	↑3	12
8	Jennifer	72	↓3	4
9	Samantha	68	↑7	11
10	Heather	60	↑4	9
11	Whitney	60	↑6	32
12	Brittany	56	↑1	7
13	Melissa	56	↑16	13
14	Stephanie	56	↓7	6
15	Danielle	54	↓6	14
16	Amber	52	↓8	15
17	Emily	50	↑4	19
18	Rachel	49	↑2	17
19	Tiffany	49	–	18
20	Elizabeth	47	↓2	10
21	Jamie	47	↑1	39
22	Erin	44	↑3	34
23	Amy	42	↑9	24
24	Laura	41	↑3	22
25	Katie	40	↓14	38
26	Rebecca	35	↓14	25
27	Sara	35	↓12	29
28	Kelsey	34	↓5	67
29	Katherine	33	↑8	28
30	Lindsey	33	↑1	41
31	Crystal	32	↑4	26
32	Angela	31	↑11	35
33	Kelly	31	↑3	30
34	Kimberly	31	↓10	23
35	Michelle	30	↓5	21
36	Courtney	29	↓3	33
37	Erica	27	new	31
38	Alyssa	26	new	60
39	Anna	26	↑1	52
40	Andrea	25	↓6	36
41	Christina	25	↑6	20
42	Hannah	24	new	66
43	Jenna	24	↑5	57
44	Lindsay	24	↓2	49
45	Vanessa	24	↑5	43
46	Chelsea	23	↓1	47
47	Cassandra	22	new	68
48	Brooke	20	new	94
49	Caitlin	20	new	63
50	Alicia	19	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	168	–	1
2	Christopher	129	↑1	2
3	Matthew	129	↓1	3
4	Andrew	118	↑1	6
5	Joshua	104	↓1	4
6	Kyle	104	↑3	22
7	David	94	↑7	5
8	Tyler	92	–	39
9	Daniel	91	↓2	7
10	Ryan	89	↓4	13
11	Justin	88	–	9
12	James	84	↑3	8
13	Cody	76	↑6	49
14	Thomas	76	↑12	24
15	John	75	↓5	11
16	Robert	73	↓4	10
17	Brandon	71	↑5	14
18	Jacob	71	↓5	31
19	Joseph	71	↓3	12
20	Eric	65	↑10	21
21	Nicholas	65	↓4	16
22	Adam	64	↑7	27
23	William	59	↓2	15
24	Nathan	58	↑8	45
25	Benjamin	57	↓7	28
26	Zachary	56	↑1	33
27	Jason	54	↓2	23
28	Timothy	53	↑8	26
29	Aaron	52	↑8	34
30	Travis	52	↑17	42
31	Jesse	50	↑4	55
32	Dustin	47	↓12	44
33	Kevin	47	↓9	19
34	Brian	45	↓11	20
35	Casey	45	new	80
36	Jeffrey	45	↑2	32
37	Derek	43	new	54
38	Steven	43	↓4	25
39	Anthony	41	↑2	17
40	Jeremy	41	↓7	29
41	Scott	41	↓2	43
42	Jordan	40	↑2	52
43	Paul	40	↑2	46
44	Cory	37	new	62
45	Mark	37	new	36
46	Patrick	37	↓18	41
47	Seth	37	new	89
48	Shane	36	new	65
49	Jonathan	35	↓18	18
50	Levi	34	new	>100

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