Popular baby names in Montana, 2017

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2017 were Olivia for girls (60 babies) and James for boys (59). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,367 babies born in Montana in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2017

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

Girls

Finley: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Piper: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Emery: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Hadley: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Clara: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rylee: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Isla: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hazel: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Aurora: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Josephine: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 21 babies, 48.5× the national rate
Augustus: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Brooks: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Sawyer: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Silas: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ryker: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maverick: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Parker: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ryder: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rowan: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Olivia	60	↑1	2
2	Emma	53	↑1	1
3	Harper	45	↓2	11
4	Ava	44	–	3
5	Charlotte	37	↑1	7
6	Amelia	33	↑6	8
7	Evelyn	32	↑1	9
8	Madison	30	↓3	17
9	Piper	30	↑22	81
10	Elizabeth	29	↑23	13
11	Lillian	29	↓2	27
12	Abigail	28	↓5	10
13	Grace	28	↑13	21
14	Lily	28	↓1	33
15	Avery	27	↓5	14
16	Hazel	27	↑3	43
17	Sophia	27	↑1	5
18	Addison	26	↑25	34
19	Nora	26	↑28	29
20	Zoey	26	↓6	28
21	Aurora	25	↑8	51
22	Ella	25	↓5	16
23	Ellie	25	new	44
24	Isabella	25	↓9	4
25	Brooklyn	23	↓9	39
26	Lucy	23	new	52
27	Paisley	23	↓16	45
28	Penelope	22	↑9	24
29	Emery	21	new	>100
30	Mia	20	↓3	6
31	Chloe	19	↓7	22
32	Hadley	19	↓10	>100
33	Hannah	19	new	32
34	Clara	18	↓4	95
35	Eleanor	18	↑10	36
36	Everly	18	new	82
37	Rylee	17	↑4	>100
38	Willow	17	new	80
39	Aria	16	↓19	20
40	Elena	16	new	68
41	Finley	16	↓20	>100
42	Isla	16	new	>100
43	Luna	16	new	37
44	Scarlett	16	new	18
45	Claire	15	↓10	49
46	Josephine	15	↓7	>100
47	Kinsley	15	new	59
48	Ruby	15	–	79
49	Violet	15	new	47
50	Athena	14	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	James	59	–	4
2	William	57	↑8	3
3	Liam	53	↓1	1
4	Oliver	50	–	10
5	Wyatt	47	↑6	25
6	Jackson	45	↑24	20
7	Luke	42	↑22	30
8	Benjamin	39	↓1	6
9	Logan	39	↓1	5
10	Owen	39	↓7	28
11	Noah	38	↓2	2
12	Henry	37	↓7	19
13	Michael	36	–	12
14	Mason	35	–	7
15	Sawyer	34	↑21	95
16	Carter	31	↑1	24
17	Ethan	31	↑17	14
18	Gabriel	31	↑22	31
19	Grayson	31	↓7	34
20	Maverick	31	new	84
21	Samuel	31	↑1	21
22	Charles	30	new	48
23	Lincoln	30	↓17	41
24	Landon	29	new	57
25	Hunter	28	↑16	53
26	Lucas	28	↓5	11
27	Parker	28	↓4	90
28	Andrew	27	↑10	40
29	Jack	27	↓10	36
30	Alexander	26	↓5	13
31	Hudson	26	↓11	64
32	Jaxon	26	↓5	43
33	Daniel	25	↓1	15
34	Aiden	24	↓18	17
35	Asher	24	↓20	59
36	Joseph	24	↓8	18
37	Silas	24	new	>100
38	Cooper	23	↓20	88
39	Thomas	23	↓15	49
40	David	22	↓7	22
41	Easton	22	new	66
42	Elijah	22	↑3	8
43	Jaxson	22	↑6	79
44	Theodore	22	new	61
45	Bridger	21	new	>100
46	Ryder	21	↑4	>100
47	Ryker	21	↓16	>100
48	Ezra	20	new	69
49	Isaac	20	↓1	32
50	John	20	↓8	27

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