Popular baby names in Montana, 2000

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2000 were Madison for girls (95 babies) and Jacob for boys (99). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 6,912 babies born in Montana in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2000

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

Girls

Mckenna: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Payton: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Bailey: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mariah: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mckenzie: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Katie: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jade: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hailey: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Molly: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cassidy: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 19 babies, 64.9× the national rate
Kaden: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Brayden: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Caden: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Riley: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Levi: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Josiah: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wyatt: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Taylor: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cole: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Madison	95	–	3
2	Emily	77	–	1
3	Taylor	55	↑1	10
4	Hannah	54	↓1	2
5	Abigail	52	↑14	14
6	Sarah	46	↑2	5
7	Elizabeth	43	↑2	9
8	Samantha	43	↑2	7
9	Hailey	42	↑12	35
10	Ashley	41	↑2	4
11	Emma	41	↓4	17
12	Olivia	40	↑31	16
13	Grace	36	↑4	19
14	Jessica	36	↑4	8
15	Morgan	36	↓1	25
16	Megan	35	↓10	18
17	Sydney	33	↓6	23
18	Alexis	30	↓13	6
19	Jasmine	30	new	27
20	Kaitlyn	30	new	30
21	Bailey	29	↓1	68
22	Anna	28	↑2	22
23	Brianna	28	–	15
24	Kayla	26	↓9	13
25	Mariah	26	↑14	75
26	Rachel	26	↓4	21
27	Katelyn	24	↑10	54
28	Haley	23	↓2	28
29	Katherine	23	new	33
30	Lauren	23	↑12	11
31	Mackenzie	23	↑7	43
32	Sierra	23	↓19	53
33	Alyssa	22	↓17	12
34	Brooke	22	↓9	51
35	Makayla	22	new	67
36	Shelby	22	↓5	70
37	Courtney	21	↓5	59
38	Mary	21	new	46
39	Katie	20	↓6	95
40	Alexandra	19	new	36
41	Jordan	19	↓14	50
42	Amanda	18	↓8	32
43	Caitlin	17	new	76
44	Danielle	17	↑5	48
45	Julia	17	new	29
46	Molly	17	new	96
47	Nicole	17	↓19	31
48	Savannah	17	new	37
49	Trinity	17	new	74
50	Allison	16	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	99	↑1	1
2	Tyler	77	↓1	10
3	Zachary	64	↑17	15
4	Michael	63	↓1	2
5	Dylan	62	↑1	24
6	Logan	61	↑12	40
7	Joseph	57	↑2	8
8	Daniel	54	↑23	9
9	Austin	53	↓2	23
10	Andrew	52	↓2	7
11	Joshua	52	↑10	4
12	Ethan	49	↑16	25
13	James	48	↑13	18
14	William	47	↓1	11
15	Matthew	46	↓11	3
16	Samuel	45	↓1	28
17	Cody	44	↓5	60
18	Nicholas	43	↑9	6
19	Noah	43	↓5	27
20	Caleb	42	↑13	38
21	Cole	41	↑19	71
22	Hunter	41	↓11	35
23	John	41	↑1	14
24	Ryan	41	↓19	13
25	Benjamin	40	↑13	26
26	Connor	39	↓3	50
27	Kyle	38	↓10	37
28	Brandon	37	↓12	12
29	Alexander	36	↑17	20
30	Thomas	35	↓5	33
31	Riley	34	↑8	>100
32	Cameron	33	–	31
33	Nathan	32	↓4	30
34	Seth	32	↑9	63
35	Christopher	30	↓16	5
36	Jonathan	29	new	21
37	Jordan	29	–	36
38	Justin	29	↓28	19
39	Sean	29	new	57
40	David	28	↓4	16
41	Isaac	28	↑1	53
42	Robert	28	↓12	29
43	Aaron	27	↑7	41
44	Mason	27	new	64
45	Tanner	27	↓23	93
46	Wyatt	27	↓1	>100
47	Blake	25	new	80
48	Christian	25	↓13	22
49	Gabriel	24	new	44
50	Anthony	23	↓3	17

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