Popular baby names in Montana, 1997

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1997 were Hannah for girls (71 babies) and Jacob for boys (121). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,961 babies born in Montana in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1997

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

Girls

Kylee: 16 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Hailey: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bailey: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kendra: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kaylee: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jade: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Mariah: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Michaela: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Makayla: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Faith: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Colter: 18 babies, 92.7× the national rate
Bridger: 16 babies, 65.2× the national rate
Lane: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Riley: 35 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Wyatt: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Chance: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Carter: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kaleb: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Tristan: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tanner: 42 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	71	↑2	5
2	Madison	65	↑5	10
3	Ashley	58	↑2	3
4	Samantha	57	↑2	6
5	Emily	51	↓1	1
6	Megan	48	↑2	11
7	Kayla	47	↑3	12
8	Sarah	47	↑1	4
9	Jessica	46	↓8	2
10	Rachel	42	↑5	13
11	Brooke	40	↑21	45
12	Bailey	39	new	65
13	Elizabeth	39	↓1	9
14	Abigail	37	↑15	26
15	Morgan	37	↓1	22
16	Taylor	37	↓14	7
17	Hailey	36	↑8	80
18	Shelby	35	↓1	43
19	Mariah	32	↑8	67
20	Haley	31	↑2	31
21	Danielle	30	↑3	34
22	Rebecca	29	↓6	25
23	Alyssa	28	↓2	15
24	Brianna	28	↓5	17
25	Brittany	27	↑15	20
26	Jordan	27	↓8	40
27	Sydney	27	↑18	35
28	Courtney	26	↓15	28
29	Kaitlyn	26	↑8	41
30	Olivia	26	↑5	27
31	Alexandra	25	↓1	30
32	Amanda	24	↓21	16
33	Lauren	23	new	14
34	Mackenzie	23	↑9	71
35	Nicole	23	↓7	21
36	Kelsey	22	↑11	57
37	Michaela	22	new	100
38	Alexis	21	↓18	8
39	Cheyenne	21	new	68
40	Emma	21	new	36
41	Kaylee	21	new	>100
42	Makayla	21	new	>100
43	Katherine	20	new	32
44	Miranda	20	↑6	70
45	Paige	20	↑3	64
46	Savannah	20	↓7	47
47	Sierra	20	↓24	56
48	Cassidy	19	new	>100
49	Victoria	19	new	19
50	Amber	18	↓17	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	121	–	2
2	Austin	95	↑2	9
3	Tyler	83	↓1	10
4	Matthew	72	↑3	3
5	Michael	70	↓2	1
6	Joshua	65	↓1	5
7	Ryan	63	↑3	16
8	William	62	↑14	19
9	Zachary	58	–	13
10	Cody	57	↓4	36
11	Andrew	53	–	7
12	Dylan	53	↑8	30
13	Kyle	53	–	24
14	Samuel	53	↑1	27
15	Brandon	52	↓7	8
16	Christopher	52	↑7	4
17	Daniel	51	↓3	11
18	Joseph	51	–	12
19	James	50	↑9	17
20	John	50	↑4	15
21	Logan	50	↓5	42
22	David	48	↑4	14
23	Justin	46	↓4	20
24	Nathan	45	↑8	34
25	Nicholas	44	↓8	6
26	Jordan	43	↓1	26
27	Tanner	42	–	82
28	Tristan	40	↑8	92
29	Caleb	37	↑14	47
30	Thomas	37	↑9	31
31	Ethan	36	new	46
32	Hunter	36	↓1	44
33	Jared	35	new	56
34	Riley	35	↑12	>100
35	Robert	35	↓23	23
36	Alexander	34	↓7	22
37	Benjamin	34	↓7	29
38	Jonathan	33	↑7	21
39	Wyatt	32	↓4	>100
40	Aaron	31	–	33
41	Taylor	31	↑3	87
42	Colton	29	↓21	>100
43	Connor	28	↓1	52
44	Cole	27	↓6	72
45	Seth	27	new	97
46	Timothy	27	↑2	43
47	Trevor	27	new	62
48	Gabriel	26	new	57
49	Anthony	25	↓8	18
50	Noah	25	new	38

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