Popular baby names in Montana, 2022

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2022 were Olivia for girls (44 babies) and William for boys (54). William ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,995 babies born in Montana in 2022 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2022

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: 16 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Brynlee: 15 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Wren: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Freya: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ember: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Olive: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Piper: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charlie: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Paisley: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Ruby: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 18 babies, 26.6× the national rate
Ridge: 15 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Colter: 17 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Stetson: 21 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Colt: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Walter: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Lane: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ryker: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rhett: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Sawyer: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Olivia	44	–	1
2	Charlotte	43	↑2	3
3	Harper	41	↑2	11
4	Amelia	34	↑2	4
5	Emma	33	↑2	2
6	Evelyn	32	↓4	9
7	Paisley	32	↑24	53
8	Ava	31	↓5	7
9	Hazel	29	↓1	27
10	Lily	28	↑20	30
11	Elizabeth	27	↑2	15
12	Nora	27	↓1	28
13	Ruby	27	↑11	62
14	Sophia	27	↓2	5
15	Eleanor	26	↓5	16
16	Aurora	25	↑12	31
17	Willow	25	↓8	37
18	Isabella	23	↑11	6
19	Mia	21	↑25	8
20	Isla	20	↓6	36
21	Piper	20	↑18	>100
22	Violet	20	↓7	20
23	Charlie	19	new	>100
24	Ella	19	↑12	25
25	Hadley	19	↑1	>100
26	Luna	19	↓9	10
27	Mila	19	new	18
28	Quinn	19	↑12	73
29	Cora	18	↑20	75
30	Everly	18	new	56
31	Freya	18	new	>100
32	Kinsley	18	↑5	61
33	Layla	18	↑5	29
34	Lucy	18	↑9	48
35	Emery	17	↑7	82
36	Madison	17	↓13	34
37	Riley	17	new	39
38	Rylee	17	↓5	>100
39	Scarlett	17	↓4	14
40	Abigail	16	↑8	24
41	Aspen	16	↓23	>100
42	Avery	16	↓10	26
43	Everleigh	16	new	100
44	Juniper	16	↓25	>100
45	Sadie	16	new	68
46	Stella	16	–	40
47	Brynlee	15	new	>100
48	Clara	15	new	>100
49	Eliza	15	new	>100
50	Ember	15	↓9	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	William	54	↑11	6
2	Henry	53	↑6	7
3	Theodore	52	↑3	10
4	Noah	49	↑7	2
5	Oliver	49	↓4	3
6	Hudson	41	↑10	27
7	James	41	↓4	4
8	Liam	40	↓6	1
9	Owen	40	↑12	18
10	Maverick	38	–	40
11	Wyatt	36	↑2	38
12	Jack	35	↑3	15
13	Asher	34	↓9	20
14	Waylon	32	↑5	66
15	John	29	↑22	26
16	Samuel	29	↑8	19
17	Mason	27	–	24
18	Silas	27	↑30	87
19	Wesley	27	new	70
20	Elijah	26	↑8	5
21	Lincoln	26	↓1	54
22	Rhett	26	new	>100
23	Walker	26	↑16	78
24	Benjamin	25	↓17	9
25	Carter	25	↑15	47
26	Lucas	25	↑18	8
27	Jackson	24	↓22	23
28	Cooper	23	↓1	53
29	Daniel	23	↑12	14
30	Ryker	23	new	>100
31	Sawyer	23	↓6	>100
32	Leo	22	↑11	22
33	Levi	22	new	12
34	Alexander	21	↑15	17
35	Brooks	21	↓26	77
36	Easton	21	↓14	80
37	Ezra	21	↓23	25
38	Michael	21	new	16
39	Miles	21	↑7	56
40	Stetson	21	new	>100
41	Weston	21	↓7	82
42	David	20	new	31
43	Emmett	20	new	>100
44	Jameson	20	↓13	85
45	Logan	20	↓22	33
46	Andrew	19	new	61
47	River	19	↓14	>100
48	Aiden	18	new	29
49	Bennett	18	↓23	83
50	Bridger	18	new	>100

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