Popular baby names in Montana, 1988

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1988 were Jessica for girls (147 babies) and Michael for boys (139). Social Security records list 8,143 babies born in Montana in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1988

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: 58 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Katie: 53 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brianna: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kayla: 82 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Morgan: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Holly: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Natasha: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Hannah: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kendra: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brooke: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Tanner: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Levi: 27 babies, 7× the national rate
Logan: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Drew: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Lance: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Casey: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 108 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chase: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trevor: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	147	↑2	1
2	Amanda	126	–	3
3	Ashley	119	↓2	2
4	Sarah	89	–	4
5	Kayla	82	–	20
6	Heather	69	↑4	14
7	Nicole	66	↓1	9
8	Megan	63	↓1	12
9	Samantha	62	–	8
10	Amber	61	↑6	15
11	Jennifer	61	↓3	5
12	Kelsey	58	↑16	64
13	Brittany	57	↓1	6
14	Katie	53	↑11	40
15	Emily	49	↑2	18
16	Elizabeth	48	↑4	10
17	Rachel	44	↑1	19
18	Stephanie	43	↓4	7
19	Katherine	36	↑10	27
20	Danielle	32	↓5	17
21	Erin	32	↑1	37
22	Tiffany	32	↓3	13
23	Brittney	29	new	52
24	Courtney	29	↑12	24
25	Lisa	29	new	43
26	Melissa	28	↓13	16
27	Rebecca	28	↓1	26
28	Whitney	28	↓17	39
29	Hannah	27	↑13	61
30	Mary	27	new	34
31	Sara	27	↓4	30
32	Alyssa	26	↑6	47
33	Laura	26	↓9	23
34	Michelle	26	↑1	21
35	Amy	25	↓12	29
36	Cassandra	25	↑11	59
37	Kimberly	25	↓3	25
38	Lauren	24	new	11
39	Holly	23	new	72
40	Jamie	23	↓19	45
41	Allison	22	new	46
42	Anna	22	↓3	54
43	Erica	22	↓6	31
44	Kristen	22	new	36
45	Lindsey	22	↓15	48
46	Morgan	22	new	78
47	Shannon	22	new	56
48	Caitlin	21	↑1	44
49	Christina	21	↓8	22
50	Natasha	21	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	139	–	1
2	Matthew	125	↑1	3
3	Joshua	109	↑2	4
4	Tyler	108	↑4	33
5	Andrew	104	↓1	5
6	Joseph	99	↑13	12
7	Justin	98	↑4	7
8	Ryan	96	↑2	13
9	Kyle	93	↓3	21
10	Daniel	91	↓1	8
11	Jacob	89	↑7	28
12	Christopher	87	↓10	2
13	John	81	↑2	11
14	Cody	72	↓1	43
15	David	71	↓8	6
16	James	71	↓4	9
17	Robert	69	↓1	10
18	Zachary	69	↑8	29
19	Nicholas	66	↑2	14
20	Brandon	65	↓3	17
21	Nathan	63	↑3	44
22	Brian	60	↑12	22
23	Eric	54	↓3	19
24	Jason	54	↑3	27
25	Benjamin	53	–	30
26	William	53	↓3	16
27	Steven	51	↑11	24
28	Kevin	50	↑5	20
29	Aaron	48	–	31
30	Timothy	48	↓2	25
31	Adam	46	↓9	26
32	Anthony	46	↑7	18
33	Samuel	41	new	45
34	Charles	40	new	37
35	Travis	40	↓5	41
36	Jesse	39	↓5	55
37	Jonathan	38	↑12	15
38	Dustin	37	↓6	48
39	Thomas	36	↓25	23
40	Casey	35	↓5	83
41	Jeremy	35	↓1	35
42	Logan	35	new	>100
43	Scott	35	↓2	47
44	Jeffrey	34	↓8	36
45	Bryan	33	new	54
46	Jordan	32	↓4	52
47	Sean	30	new	38
48	Shane	30	–	67
49	Bradley	29	new	57
50	Austin	27	new	63

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