Popular baby names in Montana, 1990

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1990 were Jessica for girls (120 babies) and Michael for boys (162). Social Security records list 8,018 babies born in Montana in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1990

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

Girls

Miranda: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shelby: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kendra: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Lacey: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kelsey: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hannah: 54 babies, 3× the national rate
Cassandra: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Jordan: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Natasha: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Molly: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Cole: 21 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Levi: 28 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tanner: 21 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bryce: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Colton: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Casey: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Logan: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Seth: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jake: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chase: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	120	↑1	1
2	Ashley	99	↓1	2
3	Amanda	82	–	4
4	Sarah	75	↑3	6
5	Kayla	72	↑1	14
6	Megan	65	↑5	11
7	Samantha	65	↓2	5
8	Brittany	58	↓4	3
9	Hannah	54	↑7	30
10	Kelsey	53	↑3	32
11	Jennifer	49	↓3	8
12	Nicole	46	↓3	13
13	Stephanie	46	↓1	7
14	Emily	45	↑1	12
15	Heather	45	↓5	19
16	Melissa	45	↑9	20
17	Courtney	41	↑3	17
18	Danielle	39	↓4	18
19	Rebecca	38	↑3	21
20	Cassandra	37	↑8	49
21	Amber	35	–	15
22	Rachel	34	↑8	16
23	Sara	34	↑4	34
24	Brittney	33	↓1	44
25	Elizabeth	31	↓6	9
26	Jordan	31	↑16	59
27	Michelle	30	↑9	22
28	Caitlin	29	↑12	50
29	Erin	29	↑18	43
30	Tiffany	29	↑15	23
31	Shelby	28	new	100
32	Christina	26	↑9	25
33	Jamie	26	↑10	55
34	Miranda	25	new	>100
35	Whitney	25	↓3	60
36	Alyssa	24	↓18	27
37	Amy	24	new	38
38	Chelsea	24	↓7	24
39	Katie	24	↓22	53
40	Kimberly	24	↓14	31
41	Lauren	24	↑3	10
42	Mary	24	↓7	35
43	Brooke	23	new	70
44	Katherine	23	↓20	26
45	Morgan	23	new	58
46	Kendra	22	new	>100
47	Brianna	21	new	61
48	Lindsey	20	↓19	51
49	Crystal	19	new	39
50	Kristen	19	new	42

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	162	–	1
2	Joshua	124	↑1	4
3	Matthew	120	↓1	3
4	Christopher	115	↑7	2
5	Tyler	110	–	21
6	Jacob	104	↑1	20
7	Justin	93	↑2	9
8	Joseph	85	↑9	10
9	Ryan	82	↓1	11
10	Andrew	81	↓6	7
11	Zachary	81	↑13	22
12	John	78	–	12
13	Kyle	74	↑2	18
14	Daniel	73	↓8	5
15	Brandon	71	↓5	19
16	David	69	↓3	6
17	Robert	69	↑5	13
18	Cody	68	↑1	31
19	James	65	↓5	8
20	William	61	↓4	16
21	Thomas	59	–	26
22	Jordan	56	↑13	29
23	Aaron	55	↑4	34
24	Jesse	50	↓1	48
25	Nicholas	48	↓5	14
26	Steven	48	–	25
27	Kevin	46	↑3	23
28	Sean	45	↑10	37
29	Anthony	43	↑2	15
30	Nathan	43	↑7	44
31	Patrick	43	new	36
32	Travis	42	↑2	42
33	Benjamin	39	↓15	33
34	Brian	39	↓6	27
35	Scott	39	new	53
36	Timothy	39	↓3	30
37	Austin	37	new	55
38	Eric	37	↓6	24
39	Ethan	37	↑8	58
40	Samuel	37	↑2	45
41	Casey	36	↑4	89
42	Jonathan	35	↓13	17
43	Dustin	34	↑1	50
44	Adam	33	↓8	32
45	Derek	33	↓2	54
46	Jason	30	↓21	46
47	Jeffrey	30	new	43
48	Alexander	29	↓8	28
49	Colton	29	new	>100
50	Logan	29	↓4	>100

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