Popular baby names in Montana, 2016

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2016 were Harper for girls (57 babies) and James for boys (60). Harper ranked #11 nationally for girls. James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,756 babies born in Montana in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2016

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

Girls

Aspen: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ember: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Finley: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Brooke: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Hadley: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Teagan: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Clara: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Paisley: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bailey: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 17 babies, 31.2× the national rate
Colt: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Lane: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rhett: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ryker: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tucker: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Finn: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Emmett: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Weston: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lincoln: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Harper	57	↑2	11
2	Olivia	55	–	2
3	Emma	53	↓2	1
4	Ava	41	–	3
5	Madison	41	↑11	15
6	Charlotte	39	↑7	7
7	Abigail	37	↑3	8
8	Evelyn	35	↓1	12
9	Lillian	35	↑9	28
10	Avery	33	↑17	16
11	Paisley	30	↓2	46
12	Amelia	29	↑3	10
13	Lily	29	↑1	24
14	Zoey	28	↑6	26
15	Isabella	27	↓3	5
16	Brooklyn	26	↑18	34
17	Ella	25	–	17
18	Sophia	25	↓7	4
19	Hazel	23	↓11	52
20	Aria	22	↑1	23
21	Finley	22	new	>100
22	Hadley	22	↑4	>100
23	Quinn	22	new	79
24	Chloe	21	↑17	20
25	Emily	21	↑17	9
26	Grace	21	↓3	19
27	Mia	21	↑2	6
28	Riley	21	new	22
29	Aurora	20	↓24	66
30	Clara	20	↑1	100
31	Piper	20	↓12	67
32	Autumn	19	new	65
33	Elizabeth	19	↓27	13
34	Adeline	18	↑5	63
35	Claire	18	↓10	40
36	Cora	18	↓1	87
37	Penelope	18	↑6	27
38	Bailey	17	new	>100
39	Josephine	17	new	>100
40	Layla	17	new	30
41	Rylee	17	new	>100
42	Sadie	17	↓5	60
43	Addison	16	↓21	29
44	Annabelle	16	new	>100
45	Eleanor	16	↓17	41
46	Natalie	16	↑4	31
47	Nora	16	↓15	36
48	Ruby	16	↓18	71
49	Aspen	15	↓4	>100
50	Brooke	15	↓10	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	James	60	↑4	5
2	Liam	59	–	2
3	Owen	55	↑21	24
4	Oliver	53	–	12
5	Henry	50	↑3	22
6	Lincoln	50	↑40	51
7	Benjamin	49	↑15	6
8	Logan	46	↑2	18
9	Noah	46	↑3	1
10	William	46	↓9	3
11	Wyatt	45	↓8	33
12	Grayson	44	↑33	37
13	Michael	39	↑1	8
14	Mason	36	↓7	4
15	Asher	35	↑33	71
16	Aiden	33	↑4	16
17	Carter	32	↓11	26
18	Cooper	32	↓2	79
19	Jack	32	↓2	38
20	Hudson	31	↑5	61
21	Lucas	31	↑22	14
22	Samuel	31	↓9	21
23	Parker	30	↑27	87
24	Thomas	30	new	48
25	Alexander	29	↑11	11
26	Bentley	29	new	100
27	Jaxon	29	↑6	41
28	Joseph	29	↑6	20
29	Luke	29	↓18	29
30	Jackson	28	↓15	17
31	Ryker	27	↑4	>100
32	Daniel	26	↓11	13
33	David	26	new	19
34	Ethan	26	new	10
35	Matthew	26	↑3	15
36	Sawyer	26	new	97
37	Weston	26	new	>100
38	Andrew	25	new	34
39	Eli	25	↑10	50
40	Gabriel	25	↓9	25
41	Hunter	25	↓32	45
42	John	25	↓13	28
43	Robert	25	new	62
44	Emmett	24	↓16	>100
45	Elijah	23	↓27	9
46	Declan	22	new	>100
47	Gavin	22	new	80
48	Isaac	22	↓16	31
49	Jaxson	22	↓7	82
50	Ryder	22	↓23	>100

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