Popular baby names in Montana, 1998

The most popular baby names in Montana in 1998 were Emily for girls (77 babies) and Jacob for boys (103). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,863 babies born in Montana in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 1998

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

Girls

Shelby: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bailey: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Mariah: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hailey: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Makayla: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cassidy: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kylie: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jade: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Mikayla: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Madison: 74 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Wyatt: 32 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Chance: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Riley: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tanner: 44 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Colton: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Troy: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bryce: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kaleb: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Parker: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	77	↑4	1
2	Madison	74	–	9
3	Hannah	73	↓2	2
4	Ashley	62	↓1	5
5	Jessica	55	↑4	8
6	Taylor	48	↑10	7
7	Abigail	47	↑7	18
8	Samantha	43	↓4	3
9	Sarah	41	↓1	4
10	Shelby	40	↑8	49
11	Megan	38	↓5	13
12	Bailey	35	–	60
13	Alyssa	34	↑10	11
14	Emma	34	↑26	22
15	Elizabeth	33	↓2	10
16	Alexis	32	↑22	6
17	Mariah	32	↑2	62
18	Morgan	32	↓3	23
19	Olivia	31	↑11	21
20	Brianna	29	↑4	17
21	Kayla	29	↓14	12
22	Rachel	29	↓12	15
23	Hailey	27	↓6	70
24	Kaitlyn	27	↑5	35
25	Jordan	26	↑1	42
26	Makayla	26	↑16	71
27	Amanda	25	↑5	19
28	Courtney	25	–	39
29	Sierra	25	↑18	51
30	Gabrielle	24	new	47
31	Brooke	23	↓20	46
32	Nicole	23	↑3	24
33	Rebecca	23	↓11	30
34	Allison	22	new	38
35	Savannah	22	↑11	45
36	Sydney	22	↓9	28
37	Grace	21	new	53
38	Julia	21	new	32
39	Katelyn	21	new	58
40	Lauren	21	↓7	14
41	Alexandra	20	↓10	27
42	Anna	20	new	31
43	Victoria	20	↑6	16
44	Haley	19	↓24	36
45	Mikayla	19	new	82
46	Amber	18	↑4	37
47	Cassidy	18	↑1	>100
48	Stephanie	18	new	29
49	Kylie	17	new	>100
50	Autumn	16	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	103	–	2
2	Austin	84	–	10
3	Michael	81	↑2	1
4	Tyler	72	↓1	8
5	Cody	62	↑5	43
6	Joshua	62	–	4
7	Hunter	57	↑25	36
8	Brandon	54	↑7	7
9	Andrew	53	↑2	9
10	Nicholas	53	↑15	6
11	Matthew	51	↓7	3
12	Joseph	50	↑6	11
13	Ryan	50	↓6	17
14	James	49	↑5	18
15	Justin	49	↑8	20
16	Logan	49	↑5	44
17	Dylan	48	↓5	25
18	Ethan	48	↑13	38
19	Zachary	48	↓10	16
20	John	47	–	15
21	Caleb	46	↑8	42
22	Tanner	44	↑5	82
23	William	42	↓15	14
24	Jordan	41	↑2	27
25	Alexander	40	↑11	22
26	Thomas	38	↑4	31
27	Christopher	36	↓11	5
28	Daniel	36	↓11	12
29	Samuel	36	↓15	28
30	Kyle	35	↓17	24
31	Colton	34	↑11	>100
32	Bryce	33	new	94
33	Nathan	32	↓9	34
34	Wyatt	32	↑5	>100
35	Benjamin	31	↑2	30
36	Trevor	31	↑11	58
37	Anthony	30	↑12	19
38	Riley	30	↓4	>100
39	Robert	30	↓4	23
40	Seth	30	↑5	86
41	Aaron	29	↓1	37
42	Christian	29	new	26
43	Taylor	28	↓2	>100
44	Connor	27	↓1	47
45	Levi	27	new	>100
46	Cameron	26	new	35
47	David	26	↓25	13
48	Ian	26	new	73
49	Jonathan	26	↓11	21
50	Kevin	26	new	32

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