Popular baby names in Montana, 1996

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1996 were Jessica for girls (68 babies) and Jacob for boys (113). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,049 babies born in Montana in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1996

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

Girls

Mckenzie: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Shania: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Kendra: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Mikayla: 22 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Whitney: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hailey: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kylie: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Jade: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Katie: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaylee: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 15 babies, 75.1× the national rate
Tucker: 19 babies, 11× the national rate
Brady: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wyatt: 35 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Colton: 45 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Riley: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gage: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chance: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Levi: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tanner: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jessica	68	–	2
2	Taylor	68	↑2	6
3	Hannah	57	↑3	7
4	Emily	56	↑1	1
5	Ashley	54	↓3	3
6	Samantha	54	↓3	5
7	Madison	51	–	15
8	Megan	50	↑8	12
9	Sarah	48	↓1	4
10	Kayla	45	↑8	11
11	Amanda	42	↓2	13
12	Elizabeth	41	↓2	10
13	Courtney	40	↑2	21
14	Morgan	40	↓3	25
15	Rachel	40	↓3	9
16	Rebecca	35	↑9	24
17	Shelby	34	↓3	35
18	Jordan	33	↑5	49
19	Brianna	32	↑26	17
20	Alexis	29	↑14	8
21	Alyssa	28	–	23
22	Haley	28	↑5	30
23	Sierra	28	↑10	62
24	Danielle	27	↓2	29
25	Hailey	27	new	93
26	Katie	27	↑5	81
27	Mariah	27	↓14	63
28	Nicole	27	↓9	22
29	Abigail	26	↓5	32
30	Alexandra	25	↑11	26
31	Anna	25	↓1	33
32	Brooke	25	↑6	45
33	Amber	24	↓7	27
34	Kendra	24	new	>100
35	Olivia	24	↑13	34
36	Breanna	23	new	74
37	Kaitlyn	22	↑3	40
38	Mikayla	22	new	>100
39	Savannah	22	↑5	43
40	Brittany	21	↓23	14
41	Erin	21	new	51
42	Katelyn	21	new	64
43	Mackenzie	21	↓11	75
44	Mckenzie	21	new	>100
45	Sydney	21	new	39
46	Jennifer	20	↓7	19
47	Kelsey	20	↓27	36
48	Paige	20	↓12	65
49	Kylie	19	new	>100
50	Miranda	19	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	113	↑1	3
2	Tyler	96	↑1	7
3	Michael	88	↑2	1
4	Austin	80	↓3	9
5	Joshua	68	↑3	5
6	Cody	65	↑3	31
7	Matthew	63	↓3	2
8	Brandon	62	↓1	8
9	Zachary	61	↓3	14
10	Ryan	60	↑9	16
11	Andrew	58	↑6	10
12	Robert	58	↑8	23
13	Kyle	57	↓1	25
14	Daniel	56	↑1	11
15	Samuel	56	↑14	30
16	Logan	55	↑7	42
17	Nicholas	55	↑11	6
18	Joseph	49	–	12
19	Justin	48	↓9	20
20	Dylan	47	↓4	33
21	Colton	45	↑13	>100
22	William	45	↑5	18
23	Christopher	44	↓12	4
24	John	44	↑2	15
25	Jordan	43	↓1	27
26	David	42	↑4	13
27	Tanner	42	↓13	90
28	James	41	↓15	17
29	Alexander	39	↓7	22
30	Benjamin	39	↑6	29
31	Hunter	38	↑6	47
32	Nathan	36	↓1	37
33	Chase	35	↑7	76
34	Christian	35	↑8	24
35	Wyatt	35	↓10	>100
36	Tristan	33	new	68
37	Jesse	32	↑10	51
38	Cole	31	↑11	>100
39	Thomas	31	↓18	28
40	Aaron	30	↓7	34
41	Anthony	30	↓2	19
42	Connor	30	↓1	54
43	Caleb	28	↓11	48
44	Taylor	28	↓9	82
45	Jonathan	27	↑3	21
46	Riley	27	new	>100
47	Eric	26	↓1	35
48	Timothy	26	↓10	40
49	Brady	25	new	>100
50	Dakota	25	new	58

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