Popular baby names in Montana, 2002

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2002 were Madison for girls (77 babies) and Ethan for boys (80). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Ethan ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,643 babies born in Montana in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2002

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

Girls

Rylee: 23 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Kendra: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Kylee: 19 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mckenna: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Mariah: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Bailey: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cassidy: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaylee: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sierra: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Hailey: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 20 babies, 66.9× the national rate
Kyler: 18 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Wyatt: 41 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Payton: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Chance: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kaden: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Brady: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Colton: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brayden: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dawson: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	77	–	2
2	Emily	72	–	1
3	Hannah	69	–	3
4	Emma	48	↑5	4
5	Abigail	44	↑8	7
6	Elizabeth	44	–	11
7	Taylor	43	↑1	18
8	Alexis	42	↑6	5
9	Olivia	42	↑10	10
10	Grace	41	↑7	15
11	Samantha	40	↓4	9
12	Hailey	38	↓1	31
13	Sarah	36	↓8	8
14	Megan	33	↑4	22
15	Alyssa	32	↓11	12
16	Sydney	32	↑10	23
17	Jessica	31	↓7	16
18	Morgan	31	↑5	29
19	Chloe	29	↓3	25
20	Isabella	29	↑30	14
21	Anna	26	↓6	20
22	Faith	26	↑13	48
23	Kaylee	26	↑13	57
24	Rachel	26	↑6	24
25	Mackenzie	25	–	42
26	Sierra	25	↑20	62
27	Ashley	24	↓15	6
28	Sophia	24	new	27
29	Bailey	23	↓9	84
30	Rylee	23	new	>100
31	Zoe	22	new	60
32	Jordan	21	new	45
33	Lauren	21	↑7	13
34	Paige	21	new	51
35	Haley	19	new	35
36	Kaitlyn	19	↓15	32
37	Kylee	19	–	>100
38	Natalie	19	↑6	30
39	Shelby	19	↓17	75
40	Jasmine	18	↑2	26
41	Mariah	18	new	>100
42	Alexandra	17	new	38
43	Amanda	17	↓10	46
44	Riley	17	new	77
45	Trinity	17	↓14	70
46	Brooke	16	new	52
47	Katelyn	16	new	53
48	Kendra	16	new	>100
49	Cassidy	15	–	>100
50	Ella	15	new	89

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Ethan	80	↑1	5
2	Jacob	65	↓1	1
3	Dylan	63	↑1	23
4	Logan	62	↑4	29
5	Tyler	61	↓2	14
6	Michael	57	↑4	2
7	Austin	55	↑4	26
8	Caleb	54	↑6	35
9	Hunter	51	↓4	38
10	Zachary	50	↑6	19
11	Joseph	49	↑12	7
12	Joshua	47	–	3
13	Ryan	47	–	16
14	Matthew	46	↓5	4
15	William	46	↑6	11
16	Mason	44	↑33	53
17	Nicholas	42	↑5	9
18	Wyatt	41	↑20	>100
19	Andrew	39	↓13	6
20	Daniel	39	↑5	10
21	Christopher	38	new	8
22	Robert	37	↑12	34
23	David	34	new	13
24	Gabriel	34	↑6	32
25	Cody	33	↓5	71
26	Samuel	33	↑11	25
27	Benjamin	32	↓10	27
28	Isaac	32	↑4	48
29	John	32	↓10	17
30	Alexander	31	↓3	15
31	Connor	31	↑13	47
32	Elijah	31	new	41
33	James	31	↓15	18
34	Justin	31	↓10	22
35	Noah	31	↓7	31
36	Anthony	30	new	12
37	Brandon	30	↓30	20
38	Gavin	30	↑2	61
39	Christian	29	↓10	24
40	Jack	29	↑2	44
41	Nathan	29	↓8	28
42	Riley	29	new	99
43	Cole	28	↓7	69
44	Colton	28	new	>100
45	Tanner	28	↓14	>100
46	Jackson	27	new	50
47	Kaden	26	new	>100
48	Kaleb	26	new	>100
49	Luke	26	↓1	46
50	Thomas	26	↓35	36

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