Popular baby names in Montana, 2012

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2012 were Emma for girls (58 babies) and Liam for boys (67). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,646 babies born in Montana in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2012

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

Girls

Kinley: 18 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Hayden: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Aurora: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ellie: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lyla: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cora: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Piper: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Harper: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Khloe: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Annabelle: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 17 babies, 38.1× the national rate
Kyler: 19 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Lane: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tanner: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Sawyer: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tucker: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brody: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Ryder: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Weston: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cooper: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	58	–	2
2	Olivia	58	–	4
3	Ava	53	↑1	5
4	Sophia	45	↑2	1
5	Harper	44	–	24
6	Isabella	43	↑6	3
7	Zoey	39	↑15	20
8	Emily	38	↑1	6
9	Grace	38	↓1	21
10	Lily	38	↑7	16
11	Ella	37	↑9	12
12	Abigail	36	↓2	7
13	Elizabeth	34	↑3	10
14	Madison	34	↓11	9
15	Chloe	32	↑3	11
16	Mia	30	new	8
17	Addison	27	↓2	14
18	Hannah	27	↑10	22
19	Ellie	26	new	85
20	Khloe	26	new	55
21	Amelia	25	↑6	23
22	Brooklyn	25	↓15	29
23	Lillian	25	↓10	25
24	Samantha	25	↑8	26
25	Avery	24	↓11	13
26	Hailey	23	↓15	32
27	Nevaeh	20	↑4	39
28	Piper	19	↑9	98
29	Annabelle	18	new	99
30	Aubrey	18	new	15
31	Kinley	18	new	>100
32	Sophie	18	↓8	52
33	Taylor	18	–	46
34	Anna	17	↓11	34
35	Lyla	17	new	>100
36	Natalie	17	↓17	17
37	Zoe	17	↑5	30
38	Cora	16	new	>100
39	Evelyn	16	new	27
40	Hayden	16	new	>100
41	Serenity	16	new	58
42	Aubree	15	new	60
43	Aurora	15	↓9	>100
44	Charlotte	15	↓9	19
45	Claire	15	↑1	45
46	Gabriella	15	↑1	37
47	Leah	15	new	33
48	Paisley	15	new	>100
49	Arianna	14	new	49
50	Elise	14	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Liam	67	↑1	6
2	William	62	↑4	5
3	Wyatt	58	–	41
4	Mason	55	↓3	2
5	James	54	↑6	14
6	Jacob	48	↓2	1
7	Michael	44	↑6	7
8	Gabriel	43	↑15	24
9	Hunter	42	↑23	45
10	Logan	39	↓3	22
11	Cooper	38	↑20	83
12	Joseph	38	↑7	19
13	Lucas	38	↑37	27
14	Noah	38	↓9	4
15	Benjamin	37	↑15	16
16	Owen	37	↑4	38
17	Brody	36	new	91
18	Caleb	36	–	32
19	Ethan	35	↓11	3
20	Jackson	35	↑14	21
21	Aiden	34	↓9	10
22	Blake	33	↓8	71
23	Eli	33	new	43
24	Carter	32	↑16	36
25	John	32	↑10	28
26	Landon	32	↓10	35
27	Bentley	31	↓6	75
28	Elijah	31	↓2	13
29	Henry	31	↓14	44
30	Levi	31	new	55
31	Andrew	30	↓7	18
32	Ryder	30	↑7	100
33	Alexander	29	↓5	9
34	Isaac	29	↓1	30
35	Luke	29	↑6	37
36	Parker	29	↑2	81
37	Daniel	28	–	11
38	Samuel	28	↓28	25
39	Thomas	28	new	63
40	Brayden	27	↓31	39
41	Robert	27	new	60
42	Easton	26	new	96
43	Jack	26	↑5	46
44	Sawyer	26	new	>100
45	Carson	25	new	87
46	Colton	25	new	65
47	Gavin	25	new	40
48	Jaxon	25	new	66
49	Connor	24	new	59
50	Austin	23	↓8	58

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