Popular baby names in Montana, 2021

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2021 were Olivia for girls (53 babies) and Oliver for boys (54). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,114 babies born in Montana in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2021

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: 24 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Aspen: 23 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Juniper: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Hadley: 21 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ember: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
River: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Rylee: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ruby: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Willow: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Piper: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Colter: 18 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Stetson: 17 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Bodhi: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Colt: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sawyer: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Knox: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brooks: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Walker: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ryder: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rhett: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	53	↑1	1
2	Evelyn	42	↑1	9
3	Ava	39	↑9	5
4	Charlotte	39	↓3	3
5	Harper	36	–	10
6	Amelia	35	↑1	4
7	Emma	35	↓1	2
8	Hazel	34	↑1	28
9	Willow	31	↑2	39
10	Eleanor	29	↓2	15
11	Nora	29	↓7	27
12	Sophia	29	↑26	6
13	Elizabeth	27	↑4	14
14	Isla	26	↑32	34
15	Violet	25	↑7	36
16	Finley	24	↑20	>100
17	Luna	24	new	11
18	Aspen	23	↑21	>100
19	Juniper	23	↑28	>100
20	Addison	22	↑6	45
21	Emily	22	↑14	21
22	Grace	22	↓6	33
23	Madison	22	↓13	29
24	Ruby	22	↓3	62
25	Ellie	21	↓11	30
26	Hadley	21	↓8	>100
27	Nova	21	new	32
28	Aurora	19	↓8	35
29	Isabella	19	↓5	7
30	Lily	19	↑12	31
31	Paisley	19	↓18	52
32	Avery	18	↓17	19
33	Rylee	18	new	97
34	Lillian	17	↓5	51
35	Scarlett	17	↑15	20
36	Ella	16	new	16
37	Kinsley	16	new	57
38	Layla	16	new	24
39	Piper	16	↓20	96
40	Quinn	16	↑3	81
41	Ember	15	new	>100
42	Emery	15	↓14	90
43	Lucy	15	↓13	48
44	Mia	15	new	8
45	River	15	new	>100
46	Stella	15	new	41
47	Zoey	15	↓13	38
48	Abigail	14	↓23	17
49	Cora	14	new	87
50	Delilah	14	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Oliver	54	–	3
2	Liam	46	↑5	1
3	James	45	↑2	5
4	Asher	42	↑37	25
5	Jackson	41	↑11	14
6	Theodore	41	↑4	10
7	Benjamin	40	↑18	7
8	Henry	39	↓6	9
9	Brooks	37	↑13	78
10	Maverick	37	↑9	47
11	Noah	37	↑1	2
12	William	37	↓8	6
13	Wyatt	37	↓10	29
14	Ezra	36	↑4	37
15	Jack	36	↓9	11
16	Hudson	35	↓7	34
17	Mason	33	↑7	18
18	Grayson	31	↑31	35
19	Waylon	31	new	69
20	Lincoln	30	↓6	45
21	Owen	30	↓13	22
22	Easton	29	↑1	72
23	Logan	29	↑14	21
24	Samuel	29	↑10	23
25	Sawyer	29	↑13	>100
26	Bennett	27	new	90
27	Cooper	26	↓1	68
28	Elijah	26	↑4	4
29	Everett	26	↑10	83
30	Ryder	26	new	>100
31	Jameson	24	new	80
32	Beau	23	↓1	94
33	River	23	new	>100
34	Weston	23	new	95
35	Charles	22	↓20	50
36	Jaxon	22	↓8	54
37	John	22	↓17	27
38	Thomas	22	↑6	46
39	Walker	22	new	>100
40	Carter	21	↓27	39
41	Daniel	21	↓14	16
42	Isaac	21	new	40
43	Leo	21	↓13	31
44	Lucas	21	↓11	8
45	Declan	20	↑2	>100
46	Miles	20	new	55
47	Parker	20	↑3	93
48	Silas	20	new	91
49	Alexander	19	↓13	13
50	Colter	18	new	>100

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