Popular baby names in Montana, 1989

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1989 were Ashley for girls (135 babies) and Michael for boys (157). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,195 babies born in Montana in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1989

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

Girls

Lacey: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Breanna: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ashlee: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Miranda: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nichole: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katie: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brandy: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Hannah: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Molly: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelsey: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Cole: 19 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Levi: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Bryce: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tanner: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Colton: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Logan: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Drew: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Casey: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Seth: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shane: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	135	↑2	2
2	Jessica	124	↓1	1
3	Amanda	112	↓1	4
4	Brittany	83	↑9	3
5	Samantha	79	↑4	6
6	Kayla	74	↓1	20
7	Sarah	69	↓3	5
8	Jennifer	65	↑3	7
9	Nicole	65	↓2	12
10	Heather	57	↓4	15
11	Megan	57	↓3	11
12	Stephanie	54	↑6	8
13	Kelsey	50	↓1	31
14	Danielle	49	↑6	17
15	Emily	46	–	13
16	Hannah	45	↑13	42
17	Katie	45	↓3	45
18	Alyssa	44	↑14	33
19	Elizabeth	43	↓3	10
20	Courtney	42	↑4	21
21	Amber	40	↓11	14
22	Rebecca	38	↑5	24
23	Brittney	37	–	41
24	Katherine	37	↓5	26
25	Melissa	37	↑1	19
26	Kimberly	35	↑11	28
27	Sara	33	↑4	29
28	Cassandra	32	↑8	54
29	Lindsey	32	↑16	48
30	Rachel	31	↓13	18
31	Chelsea	29	new	27
32	Whitney	28	↓4	57
33	Laura	27	–	25
34	Allison	26	↑7	46
35	Mary	26	↓5	38
36	Michelle	25	↓2	22
37	Angela	24	new	47
38	Andrea	23	new	39
39	Anna	23	↑3	51
40	Caitlin	23	↑8	49
41	Christina	23	↑8	23
42	Jordan	23	new	72
43	Jamie	22	↓3	52
44	Lauren	22	↓6	9
45	Tiffany	22	↓23	16
46	Erica	21	↓3	34
47	Erin	20	↓26	40
48	Kathryn	20	new	58
49	Kelly	20	new	37
50	Lisa	20	↓25	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	157	–	1
2	Matthew	118	–	3
3	Joshua	109	–	4
4	Andrew	103	↑1	7
5	Tyler	97	↓1	30
6	Daniel	91	↑4	6
7	Jacob	90	↑4	26
8	Ryan	84	–	13
9	Justin	81	↓2	8
10	Brandon	80	↑10	18
11	Christopher	80	↑1	2
12	John	77	↑1	12
13	David	76	↑2	5
14	James	72	↑2	9
15	Kyle	72	↓6	20
16	William	71	↑10	15
17	Joseph	65	↓11	11
18	Benjamin	61	↑7	29
19	Cody	60	↓5	45
20	Nicholas	56	↓1	14
21	Thomas	56	↑18	23
22	Robert	55	↓5	10
23	Jesse	52	↑13	50
24	Zachary	52	↓6	25
25	Jason	51	↓1	35
26	Steven	50	↑1	22
27	Aaron	49	↑2	31
28	Brian	48	↓6	24
29	Jonathan	48	↑8	17
30	Kevin	47	↓2	19
31	Anthony	46	↑1	16
32	Eric	44	↓9	21
33	Timothy	44	↓3	28
34	Travis	44	↑1	41
35	Jordan	43	↑11	44
36	Adam	42	↓5	27
37	Nathan	41	↓16	43
38	Sean	40	↑9	39
39	Shane	40	↑9	71
40	Alexander	37	new	32
41	Cory	37	new	61
42	Samuel	37	↓9	47
43	Derek	36	new	54
44	Dustin	36	↓6	48
45	Casey	34	↓5	90
46	Logan	32	↓4	>100
47	Ethan	31	new	87
48	Jared	31	new	57
49	Jeremy	31	↓8	34
50	Seth	31	new	94

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