Popular baby names in Montana, 2023

The most popular baby names in Montana in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (54 babies) and Oliver for boys (59). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,010 babies born in Montana in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Montana in 2023

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

Girls

Sawyer: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ember: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Elsie: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Juniper: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Oakley: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Hadley: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Eden: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Quinn: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paisley: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Emery: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Bridger: 16 babies, 23.4× the national rate
Colter: 21 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lane: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Hayes: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Stetson: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Everett: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sawyer: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rhett: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dawson: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Arlo: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Montana, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Charlotte	54	↑1	3
2	Emma	39	↑3	2
3	Hazel	37	↑6	18
4	Olivia	37	↓3	1
5	Amelia	35	↓1	4
6	Eleanor	35	↑9	14
7	Nora	35	↑5	24
8	Evelyn	34	↓2	9
9	Harper	31	↓6	11
10	Isla	31	↑10	33
11	Sophia	30	↑3	5
12	Willow	29	↑5	41
13	Ava	27	↓5	8
14	Paisley	27	↓7	56
15	Scarlett	25	↑24	17
16	Aurora	24	–	22
17	Avery	23	↑25	29
18	Lainey	23	new	54
19	Lucy	23	↑15	40
20	Eden	22	new	77
21	Elizabeth	22	↓10	15
22	Juniper	22	↑22	>100
23	Lily	22	↓13	20
24	Ellie	21	new	27
25	Quinn	21	↑3	86
26	Emery	20	↑9	70
27	Nova	20	new	35
28	Ember	19	↑22	>100
29	Violet	19	↓7	16
30	Hadley	18	↓5	>100
31	Luna	18	↓5	10
32	Madison	18	↑4	37
33	Elsie	17	new	>100
34	Oakley	17	new	>100
35	Ruby	17	↓22	65
36	Stella	17	↑10	46
37	Zoey	17	new	51
38	Kennedy	16	new	72
39	Mila	16	↓12	28
40	Millie	16	new	>100
41	Penelope	16	new	23
42	Sadie	16	↑3	59
43	Addison	15	new	62
44	Chloe	15	new	26
45	Claire	15	new	68
46	Everly	15	↓16	69
47	Grace	15	new	39
48	Isabella	15	↓30	7
49	Maeve	15	new	73
50	Sawyer	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Oliver	59	↑4	3
2	Theodore	48	↑1	7
3	James	44	↑4	4
4	Henry	39	↓2	8
5	Owen	38	↑4	20
6	Noah	37	↓2	2
7	Hudson	36	↓1	21
8	Jackson	36	↑19	28
9	William	35	↓8	10
10	Liam	34	↓2	1
11	Asher	33	↑2	23
12	Cooper	31	↑16	52
13	Everett	31	new	89
14	Levi	31	↑19	12
15	Jack	30	↓3	14
16	Waylon	30	↓2	63
17	Wyatt	30	↓6	47
18	Brooks	29	↑17	73
19	Maverick	29	↓9	37
20	Miles	29	↑19	43
21	Weston	28	↑20	75
22	Ezra	27	↑15	15
23	John	27	↓8	26
24	Luke	27	new	31
25	Benjamin	26	↓1	11
26	Joseph	26	new	29
27	Beau	25	new	81
28	Isaac	25	new	42
29	Lucas	25	↓3	9
30	Rowan	25	new	76
31	Walker	25	↓8	85
32	Charles	24	new	54
33	Samuel	24	↓17	19
34	Thomas	24	new	41
35	Elijah	23	↓15	5
36	Michael	23	↑2	16
37	Carter	22	↓12	48
38	Grayson	22	new	44
39	Mason	22	↓22	30
40	Nolan	22	new	57
41	Sawyer	22	↓10	>100
42	Colter	21	new	>100
43	Arthur	20	new	>100
44	Bennett	20	↑5	74
45	Ezekiel	20	new	50
46	Luca	20	new	25
47	Matthew	20	new	32
48	Milo	20	new	>100
49	Stetson	20	↓9	>100
50	Lane	19	new	>100

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